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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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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

Adding another query


Building several queries in the Query Panel is a core functionality of Web Intelligence.

The ability to centralize several data aspects in the same report is considered in many ways the heart of reporting and analysis.

There are many scenarios where we would be required to build more than one query; the main reasons are presented as follows:

  • The report needs to present different queries with different filters that can't be unified into one query (will create contradiction in the filters)

  • There are also several contexts in the universe that require separation between the queries

    Note

    Contexts are structures that can be created in universes when a business question can be asked in several different contexts. For example, in the Motors universe, we can analyze the customer data in the sales context (who bought a car) and we can analyze the customer data in the rental context (which customer rented a car).

    Contexts are also created when there are data areas in the universe that...

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