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The Business Analyst's Guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting 11

By : Edward Cody
Book Image

The Business Analyst's Guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting 11

By: Edward Cody

Overview of this book

Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting is one of the many products in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management software suite, an industry-leading business intelligence software package. The primary focus of the Interactive Reporting product is to provide strong relational querying and data analysis capabilities. It also provides the capability to disseminate information throughout an enterprise. There is a very steep learning curve for most users of this tool.This book examines the power of the Interactive Reporting Web Client software, focusing on the key features of each section of the product. The author's experience in developing and supporting Interactive Reporting users is very well documented in this book. The goal is to educate you on every useful feature of the product, enabling you to gather information from various sources and process it to produce meaningful results that help you to spot problems and analyze trends necessary for business decisions.The book starts with a quick introduction to the product interface and the EPM Workspace, with explanation of importing and provisioning. It then takes you through each section from building a query and data model to building graphical displays of the data in a logical sequence. The report sections and interactive dashboards are also discussed at length. The book also covers advanced features of the product and provides you with the information necessary to build the foundation for creating complex queries and computations using the product.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
The Business Analyst's Guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting 11
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Modifying column definitions


Interactive Reporting leverages a JavaScript syntax programming language throughout each product section in computed items and custom programming. However, the Query section is the only section in the product that requires the use of database-specific SQL syntax for computed items or modifications to items in the query. Since the SQL is generated from the query and sent to the database, any modifications or computed items are passed to the database similar to the columns added to the Request line. New items can be added to the Request line by right-clicking on the Request line and selecting the Add Computed Item menu option. The Definition can be added in the blank Properties window that appears, as shown in the following screenshot:

The top button on the right of the screen allows for the addition of a predefined function to the request item. Clicking on the Functions... button opens a new window with a list of functions for selection. The function selection...