Abstract:
This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach Desktop Intelligence 3.0/3.1 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.

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.

Duration:
2 Days

• Access Data
• Analyze Information
• Slice and Dice Data
• Create Useful Reports and Charts
• Use Built-In Help Features

• Where to Find Help
• Simple Drilling
• Basic Hierarchies
• Predefined Conditions
• Simple Conditions
• Alerters
• Slice and Dice Features
• Inserting Pictures
• Charts
• Block Structure Creation
• Variances
• Master/Detail Reports
• Calculations
• Filtering
• Grouping
• Sorting
• Breaking
• Ranking
• Formatting Techniques
• Working with Cells and Columns
• Introduction to Objects, Blocks, and Queries
• Report Manipulation
• Data Sources/Providers
• Data Warehouse Concepts

• Basic Windows Operating System Skills