Web Intelligence Tips from the Trenches

Runali Ghosh, InfoSol Inc.

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Agenda

• Merged Dimensions

• Dynamic Visibility

• Break to create Summary-Detail Table

• And more

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Merged dimension

• It is used to synchronize data frommultiple data providers.

• It allows objects from more than 1query to be displayed in same reportblock.

• It lets you pair data from multipleuniverses with different detail levels.

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Techniques

• Making Detail object

• ForceMerge()

• Extended Merge

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Dynamic visibility

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• User needed to view charts followedby switching to a detail table view

• Control required within same tab

• Replicate dashboard effect

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Using break to create summary detail

• Needed to create summary and detail in the same table

• Need to display summary for various combination

– Then way

– Now way

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More Tips

• Filter data with Query Filter first

• However, use variable/report filter to bring a superset instead of multiple queries for superset and sub-set of data

• Merge when absolutely needed

• If-then-else instead of Where

• Use and re-use Variable

• Name variable consistently

• Use Data Structure mode for heavy docs

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Let’s have a look….

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THANK YOU

• Questions?

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