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SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook

You're reading from   SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook Over 80 recipes to help you build, customize, and distribute reports using SAP BusinessObjects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782172437
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yoav Yohav Yoav Yohav
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Working with the BI Launch Pad FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating New Queries 3. Working Inside the Report 4. Working with Tables 5. Working with Charts 6. Formatting Reports 7. Filtering the Report Data 8. Merging Data 9. Using Formulas and Variables 10. Using Hyperlinks 11. Using Drill 12. Scheduling Reports 13. Working with BI Workspaces 14. Web Intelligence Rich Client Index

Working with the Left Pane panels

The Left Pane panels are interactive panels that provide additional functionalities to the report and not just how to manipulate the data in it.

With the Left Pane report panels, the user can get important information regarding the report and query status, as we saw when we performed the drag-and-drop data tasks, and use advanced filters and navigate through the report structure.

Getting ready

We will explore the Left Pane panels' functionalities and options.

How to do it...

We will explore the Left Pane panels, starting from the top most one, as follows:

  • Document Summary: This provides the report's metadata, which is categorized into several topics discussed as follows:
    • General: This includes Type, Author, Creation date, Locale, Description, Keywords
    • Statistics: This includes Last Refresh Date, Last Modified, Last Modified By, and Duration of Previous Refresh
    • Document options: This supplies information about the properties defined in the Properties report...
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