This document provides an overview of Web Intelligence, an SAP Business Objects tool for analyzing and reporting on data. It discusses topics like documents and queries, data restrictions, creating reports, enhancing reports, formulas and variables, synchronizing multiple data sources, and analyzing and managing reports. The document also provides examples of using formulas and variables in reports as well as conditionally hiding columns using dynamic visibility.

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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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