Chapter 8. Creating Dashboards and Analyses

In the previous chapters, we have installed a new system, learned how to administer the system, and developed the metadata (the .rpd file) for a brand-new project. This chapter is the culmination of all that work in that we are finally ready to develop reports that can be delivered to our end users.

We will cover creating analyses, and how to group them in Dashboards. We will also look at the various ways of representing and formatting data that are available, along with advice on best practices gained from implementation experience.

The drive behind OBIEE and other BI tools is to create analytical reports where we are focused on gaining insights that are difficult to pick up on in our daily dealings. This often means that we are looking for patterns or information over a historical period in an aggregated format. Using the operational examples, we might want to look at call volumes over a whole Year, so that we can make better choices about the...