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TypesofViewsinOBIEE

ViewName Description

Compound

Layout

Usethecompoundlayoutviewtoassembledifferentviewsfor

displayonadashboard.

OntheCriteriatab,youcanclickthefollowingbuttontoaccessthecompoundlayoutview.

Title Usethetitleviewtoaddatitle,asubtitle,alogo,alinktoacustomonlinehelppage,andtimestampstotheresults.

Table Usethetableviewtoshowresultsinastandardtable.Userscan

navigateanddrilldownintheresults.Youcanaddtotals,customizeheadings,andchangetheformulaoraggregationrule

foracolumn.Youcanalsocontroltheappearanceofacolumnanditscontents,andspecifyformattingtoapplyonlyifthe

contentsofthecolumnmeetcertainconditions.

OntheCriteriatab,youcanclickthefollowingbuttontoaccessthetableview.

Chart Usethechartviewtodraganddropcolumnstoalayoutchart.Youcancustomizethetitle,legendlocation,axistitles,anddata

labels.Youcancustomizethesizeandscaleofthechart,and

controlcolorsusingastylesheet.

OracleBIAnswerssupportsavarietyofstandardcharttypes,

includingbarcharts,columncharts,l inecharts,areacharts,piecharts,andscattercharts.Customchartsubtypesincludetwo-

and-three-dimensional,absolute,clustered,stacked,combination,andcustom.

OntheCriteriatab,youcanclickthefollowingbuttontoaccessthechartview.

PivotTable Usethepivottableviewtotakerow,column,andsectionheadingsandswapthemaroundtoobtaindifferentperspectives.

Youcandraganddropheadingstopivotresults,previewthem,andapplythesettings.Userscannavigatethroughpivottables

anddrilldownintoinformation.Userscancreatecomplexpivottablesthatshowaggregateandnonrelatedtotalsnexttothe

pivoteddata,allowingforflexibleanalysis.Foraninteractiveresultset,elementscanbeplacedinpages,allowingusersto

chooseelements.

OntheCriteriatab,youcanclickthefollowingbuttontoaccessthepivottableview.

Gauge Usethegaugeviewtoshowresultsasgauges,suchasdial, bar,andbulb-stylegauges.

Filters Usethefiltersviewtoshowthefiltersineffectforarequest.

Filtersallowyoutoconstrainarequesttoobtainresultsthatansweraparticularquestion.

ColumnSelector Usethecolumnselectorviewtopermituserstodynamically

changewhichcolumnsappearinresults.Thisallowsusersto

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analyzedataalongseveraldimensions.Bychangingthefacts,

userscandynamicallyalterthecontentoftheresults.

ViewSelector UsetheViewSelectorviewtoselectaspecificviewoftheresultsfromamongthesavedviews.Whenplacedona

dashboard,theviewselectorappearsasadrop-downlistfromwhichuserscanmakeaselection.

Legend UsetheLegendviewtodocumentthemeaningofspecial

formattingusedinresults,suchasthemeaningofcustomcolorsappliedtogauges.

FunnelChart Usethefunnelchartviewtoshowathree-dimensionalchartthatrepresentstargetandactualvaluesusingvolume,level,and

color.Itis usefulfordepictingtargetvaluesthatdeclineover

time,suchasasalespipeline.

Narrative Usethenarrativeviewtoshowtheresultsasoneormore

paragraphsoftext.Youcantypeinasentencewithplaceholdersforeachcolumnintheresults,andspecifyhowrowsshouldbe

separated.

Ticker Usethetickerviewtoshowtheresultsoftherequestasatickerormarquee,similarinstyletothestocktickersthatrunacross

manyfinancialandnewssitesontheInternet.Youcancontrolwhatinformationispresentedandhowitscrollsacrossthe

page.

StaticText Usethestatictextviewtoincludestatictextintheresults.YoucanuseHTMLtoaddbanners,tickers,ActiveXobjects,Java

applets,links,instructions,descriptions,graphics,andsoon,intheresults.

NoResults Thenoresultsviewallowsyoutospecifyexplanatorytextto

appeariftherequestdoesnotreturnanyresults.

LogicalSQL UsethelogicalSQLviewtoshowtheSQLgeneratedfortherequest.ThisviewisusefulfortrainersandOracleBI

administrators,andisusuallynotincludedinresultsfortypicalusers.

Youcannotmodifythisview,excepttodeleteit.

CreateSegment ThecreatesegmentviewisforusersoftheOracle'sSiebelMarketingVersion7.7(orhigher)operationalapplication.Useit

todisplayaCreateSegmentlinkintheresults.UserscanclickthislinktocreateasegmentintheirOracleSiebelMarketing

operationalapplication,basedontheresultsdata.

CreateTargetList

ThecreatetargetlistviewisforusersofOracle'sSiebelLifeSciencesoperationalapplicationintegratedwithOracle'sSiebel

LifeSciencesAnalyticsapplications.UseittocreateaCreateTargetListlinkintheresults.Userscanclickthislinktocreate

atargetlist,basedontheresultsdata,intheirOracleSiebel

operationalapplication.