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Web Intelligence

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Beginners guide to Web Intelligence

1. Introduction to Web Intelligence

2. Documents and Queries

3. Data Restrictions

4. Creating Web Intelligence Reports

5. Enhancing and Formatting Reports

6. Formulas and Variables

7. Synchronizing multiple Sources

8. Analyzing Data and Managing Reports


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Formulas and Variables

Using Formulas in WebI reports

Formulas are calculations introduced by the developer into a report to get the

data in a required format, which is not available from the universe. Formulas can

be simple or complex ones. Either one can type and enter the formula directly or

can use formula editor for the purpose.


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Variables

Variables are custom formulas that can be saved for repetitive use inside a

document. It has similar concept of “formula variable” in BEx. Variables can be

used inside a report like an ‘object’.


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Find the below example, where formula and variable is used in Java report panel

to capture user response (to a prompt)


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Now during report execution,

Dynamic Visibility in WebI

There is no direct method to hide columns in WebI. The user has to perform some

tweaks for conditionally suppress the columns. For example check the report

below.


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In below example the report will show store name for prompt filter year and if

year equal to 2004 it will hide the store name.

Create two blocks one with store name and another without store name, and

enter below formula for each table properties (RC->Format Table).


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