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Key Concepts
- NEW for 4.1 SP3 Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1 SP3 (1:41) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 SP2 Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1 SP2 (2:49) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1 (5:08) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 SP5 Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 SP5 (2:00) interactive / video
- Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 Feature Pack 3 (4:33) interactive/ video
- Concept: What's new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 (7:07) interactive /video
- Concept: Navigate the interface (6:51) interactive /video
- Concept: Describe how the semantic layer works (2:03) interactive /video
Getting Started
- Create a query (2:15) interactive /video
- Run and save a query (2:01) interactive /video
- Edit a query (1:29) interactive /video
- View or change the properties for a query (1:43) interactive /video
- View the SQL or MDX for a query (1:27) interactive /video
- Set up preferences for the Web Intelligence Rich Client interface (2:21) interactive /video
- View the properties of a document (1:49) interactive /video
- Drag and drop objects to create a report (2:28) interactive /video
- Duplicate a report object (1:48) interactive /video
- Add a report to a document (0:59) interactive /video
- Add a row or column in a table (1:31) interactive /video
- View the metadata for objects (1:19) interactive /video
- Publish a document to the CMS (2:18) interactive /video
- Save a document as other formats (2:31) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Copy and paste content within Web Intelligence and to other applications (2:46) interactive /video
Connecting to Data Sources
- Add another query to a document (1:59) interactive /video
- Change the data source on which a query is based (2:00) interactive /video
- Create a query based on an Excel file (1:14) interactive /video
- Combine multiple queries (3:26) interactive /video
- Create a query within a query (2:27) interactive /video
- Merge dimensions from different universes (2:26) interactive /video
- Connect to a web service (3:02) interactive/video
- NEW for 4.0 Create a query based on an OLAP universe (2:39) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Connect to a Bex query with hierarchical data (2:42) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Connect to an Analysis view (1:35) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Work with scaled values in BEx queries (2:27) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Perform level or prompt-based members selection on hierarchical data (3:07) interactive/ video
- NEW for 4.1 Work with hierarchy and hierarchy node variables in BEx queries (3:35) interactive / video
Working with Tables and Crosstabs
- Create a table (3:28) interactive /video
- Change the layout of a table (1:53) interactive /video
- Delete columns and rows from a table (1:26) interactive /video
Working with Charts
- Create a chart (2:47) interactive /video
- Turn a table into a chart (1:47) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Create a chart for hierarchical data (1:55) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Create charts with hierarchical dimensions (1:52) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Set default chart series colors (1:25) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 SP2 Format a data series in a chart (0:57) interactive / video
Setting up Interactive Elements
- Add a hyperlink to a document (1:28) interactive /video
- Create a link between documents (DHTML client) (2:05) interactive /video
- Drill down into a table (3:48) interactive /video
- Drill down into a chart (2:51) interactive /video
- Fold and unfold sections in a document (1:30) interactive /video
- Create an input control for a document (2:43) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Create an input control on a hierarchy (2:19) interactive/ video
Selecting, Sorting, Grouping, and Summarizing Data
- Select a subset of data based on a predefined filter (1:25) interactive /video
- Select a subset of data based on a custom filter (1:54) interactive /video
- Remove a filter from a document (1:07) interactive /video
- Create a prompt to select a subset of data (1:59) interactive /video
- Select a subset of data based on multiple filters (3:02) interactive /video
- Define the order in which multiple filters are applied (2:58) interactive /video
- Create breaks between groups of data (1:19) interactive /video
- Calculate totals and subtotals for data (1:38) interactive /video
- Sort the data in a document (3:14) interactive /video
- Change the order and format of breaks between groups of data (2:36) interactive /video
- Select a subset of data in a report (1:33) interactive /video
- Add a ranking to data (1:26) interactive /video
- Divide a report into sections (1:49) interactive /video
- Calculate totals and subtotals for sections in a report (1:28) interactive /video
- Navigate a document using the Report Map pane (1:20) interactive /video
- Set a filter on a section or a block in a document (2:38) interactive /video
- Sort the sections in a document (1:31) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Create a prompt for hierarchical data (1:57) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Divide a report with hierarchical data into sections (1:25) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Apply simple and complex sorting (1:52) interactive/ video
- NEW for 4.1 SP2 Group the values of a dimension (1:48) interactive / video
Working with Formulas
- Create a formula to display a filter selection (3:12) interactive /video
- Create a formula to calculate a value (1:51) interactive /video
- Create a variable based on a formula (1:19) interactive /video
Applying Formatting
- Add text to a document (1:29) interactive /video
- Change the format of text or numbers in a document (1:16) interactive /video
- Track changes to data (1:59) interactive /video
- Conditionally format data based on defined thresholds (2:36) interactive /video
- Add a background to a document (1:55) interactive /video
- Add page numbers to a document (1:14) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for a table (2:21) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for a cell (2:55) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for sections (2:43) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.0 Change the formatting for a chart (6:39) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Modify the default style sheet (3:05) interactive/video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Format charts (3:07) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Freeze header rows or columns (1:01) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Create a custom color palette (1:41) interactive/video
- NEW for 4.1 Change the locale settings for right-to-left document or interface layout (2:51) interactive / video
Creating Documents for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile
- UPDATED for Mobile 4.2 Save Web Intelligence documents for access in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:28) interactive /video
- Format documents to display sparkline charts in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:16) interactive /video
- UPDATED for Mobile 5.0 Format documents to display with micro charts in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:37) interactive / video
- Format documents to display trend or status icons in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (4:58) interactive /video
- UPDATED for Mobile 4.2 Format blank cells and images for display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (5:02) interactive /video
- UPDATED for Mobile 4.2 Select charts for display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:35) interactive /video
- Link report elements using input controls (2:34) interactive / video
- Format documents to display bullet charts in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (4:19) interactive / video
- Format documents to display as geomaps in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:45) interactive / video
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