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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

Computed items


While there is a significant ability to add and create custom columns in the Query section, the Results and Table section also contains the ability to create custom columns. Computed items are custom columns where logic is used to create new values, modify existing items, or to create calculations.

The syntax used in computed items in Query section is the SQL of the database, but the syntax used in the Results and Table section leverages JavaScript to create the custom columns. To add a computed item, right-click anywhere in the Results or Table section and select the Add Computed Item menu item or click on the Add Computed Item menu item from the Results or Table menu. Once the menu item has been selected, the Computed Item window appears as shown in the following screenshot:

The textbox at the top of the window is used to set the name of the computed item column in the section. The Definition textbox is used for entering the case sensitive logic for the Computed Item, and...