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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

Formatting and conditional formatting


Each Pivot can be formatted using the Format menu, Format toolbar, or formatting options contained in the right-click menu. Font colors, font styles, borders, backgrounds, number formats, and text justification can be set and configured to produce the desired formatting of the Pivot. To format item(s) in the Pivot, highlight and right-click on the item(s) of interest and use the desired formatting options.

Conditional formatting

Conditional formatting is used to apply formatting to a particular data column based on a condition. The conditional formatting feature is a new feature to Interactive Reporting and replaces the previous Spotlighter functionality. Conditional formatting is commonly used to draw attention to numerical values in the Fact columns of Pivots but the feature can also be used on Row or Column labels. To apply conditional formatting to a Pivot, select the Conditional Formatting menu item from the Format menu. The Conditional Formatting...