Desktop Intelligence 3.1 Basic Reporting

    

Summary:
This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach Desktop Intelligence( 3.1 basic reporting concepts. Topics to be covered include data warehousing concepts, Desktop Intelligence( data sources and providers, creating reports and charts, building queries, formatting techniques, using the Slice and Dice panel, sorting and filtering, creating drill-down reports, using new Find functionality, creating and applying alerters. The student will also learn data warehousing concepts and how to use Desktop Intelligence( 3.1 reporting to access information contained in data warehouses.

Duration:
2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This class is designed for both technical and non-technical business analysts working in a business environment who require access to information contained in a data warehouse to generate a variety of reports and graphs utilizing the Desktop Intelligence Basic Reporting tools.

Topics:

• Data Warehousing Concepts
• Data Sources/Providers
• Report Manipulation
• Introduction to Objects and Queries
• Using Find Functionality
• Sorting
• Working with Cells and Columns
• Formatting Techniques
• Calculations
• Ranking
• Breaking
• Block Structure Creation
• Grouping
• Filtering
• Slice and Dice Feature
• Master/Detail Reports
• Variance
• Predefined Conditions
• Chart Creation and Formatting
• Inserting Pictures
• Basic Hierarchies
• Alerters
• Simple Conditions
• Simple Drilling

Prerequisites:
Students should have basic windows skills.

Last Update: May 22, 2012