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Business Objects 6.5 Intermediate Reporting

Table of Contents

Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline

Introduction

This one-day instructor-led course is designed to give learners the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to create and manage BusinessObjects reports.

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Audience

This course is designed for intermediate report designers.

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At Course Completion

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

• Create variables and alerters.
• Create running calculations.
• Sychronize data.
• Group data using sections.
• Create templates and styles.
• Use the drill functions.

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must be able to:

• Use Windows conventions.
• Use BusinessObjects to the basic or core reporting level.

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Certified Professional Exams

No exam currently exists for this course.

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Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Course Outline

Variables and Alerters

• Creating variables
• Setting alerters
• Grouping related data
• Formatting grouped data
• Calculating variance

Running Calculations

• Adding a cumulative total
• Adding a calculation
• Adding complex calculations
• Resetting values in a running calculation

Data Synchronization

• Building documents
• Creating a data provider
• Synchronizing data between data providers

Grouping Data using Sections

• Defining advantages of grouping
• Using a section in a report
• Applying aggregated totals in a sectioned report
• Navigating a sectioned report
• Using the outlining tool

Creating Templates and Styles

• Creating a new report
• Formatting the layout and structure of the report
• Using a template
• Setting the default style of a BusinessObjects report
• Setting up and apply standard report styles

Drilling

• Using the drill functions

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