What this book covers

Chapter 1, Working with the BI Launch Pad, provides information about the BI launch pad environment, how to work with reports and other types of applications, and how to adjust the BI launch pad preferences to match our requirements.

Chapter 2, Creating New Queries, provides all-round recipes to build simple and advanced queries, create complex filters, and get acquainted with fundamental terms in query building while also using best practices.

Chapter 3, Working Inside the Report, shows the report structure, how to use the various toolbars and functional panes of the report, and how to work with the different application modes and report properties.

Chapter 4, Working with Tables, provides recipes to create tables, explains which type of table is suited for which type of data, and demonstrates how to work with crosstab tables and how to adjust the table properties.

Chapter 5, Working with Charts, teaches you to use the different chart types and helps you understand which chart is suitable for the right type of data.

Chapter 6, Formatting Reports, explains in depth how to work with each toolbar and apply simple and advanced functionality to the report data, such as sorting, calculations, and ranking.

Chapter 7, Filtering the Report Data, explains and provides filtering techniques we can apply to the report tables and charts.

Chapter 8, Merging Data, shows us how to combine and synchronize data from several queries, universes, and data sources as well as using Excel as the data provider.

Chapter 9, Using Formulas and Variables, explains how to use the formula libraries, demonstrates how to build new calculations, and how to use variables in our reports.

Chapter 10, Using Hyperlinks, teaches us how to connect reports, how to pass parameters between them, and how to connect to external websites directly from our reports.

Chapter 11, Using Drill, teaches you how to use the drill, understand the hierarchy structure, and perform drill up, down, and through the data.

Chapter 12, Scheduling Reports, provides recipes to create scheduled jobs and publications that will run and distribute our reports to various destinations and formats.

Chapter 13, Working with BI Workspaces, shows you how to create workspaces that will centralize our most important content and reports' data on one screen.

Chapter 14, Web Intelligence Rich Client, teaches you about the Web Rich Client application, its capabilities, differences, advantages, and disadvantages compared with Web Intelligence.

Appendix, Applying Best Practices, QA, and Tips and Tricks to Our Reports, provides numerous ways to apply best practices, how to perform QA, and provides tips and tricks and useful formulas. You can find this appendix online from: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2437EN_Appendix.pdf