This chapter will cover the creation of the business and presentation layers. The business layer is where we apply various business information rules to our model. The presentation layer is what the report author will see in Report Studio, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
Specifying attributes
Renaming columns
Adding prompts
Adding filters
Adding calculations
Adding formatting to data items
Using folders and namespaces for grouping information
Using shortcuts to include the same information in different places
By the end of this chapter, users will have created the business layer and extended the usefulness of their model by adding prompts, filters, calculations, and formatting to their model. Users will also have created the presentation layer ready to be used by report authors.