Creating Content


Video: How to Sort Values in a Report

You can modify the order and arrangement of values in a report by using different sort orders.  Based on the sort order and the order of sort fields in the report, field values are arranged and grouped differently, highlighting different relationships in your data. 
When you add a field to the Rows or Columns bucket in a report, you can change the sort order from low-to-high to high-to-low by using the sort arrow icon next to the field name.

Video: How to Add Page Headers and Footers to a Report

You can use headers and footers in a report to add key information, such as the intended purpose of the report, the audience for whom it is intended, and the general type of information that it contains. You can add dynamic text to page headings and footings that changes based on filter selections and values on each page, ensuring that the heading and footing text is always relevant.

397S8206: Managing Portals, Pages, and Content With WebFOCUS Designer (Self-Study)

This course will introduce you to the fundamental concepts and functions using WebFOCUS Designer, a web-based development tool that you can use to create interactive, responsive portals and pages, using content created by you or other members of your organization. This self-paced training gets you started using WebFOCUS Designer for building a series of user interfaces for existing reports and charts. You will learn how to:

347S8206: Creating Charts in WebFOCUS Designer (Self-Study)

This self-paced course will provide you with the necessary skills to create and modify charts in WebFOCUS Designer. It will also show you how to choose an appropriate chart style for your visualization needs.

You will learn how to:

Video: How to Use Drill-Down Links to Filter a Portal


You can use the Refresh BI Portal drill-down option on content created in InfoAssist to filter content on multiple pages of a portal, allowing you to synchronize the data in many content items at once.
To set it up, create a report with drilldowns using the Refresh BI Portal option, set up associated parameters in the other content that you want to be affected, and then build your pages and add them to a portal.

Adding Filters to Content

As you create charts or styled tabular content in WebFOCUS Designer, you may want narrow the display of information that is shown. You can do this by creating filters with data fields in your content. You can also use filters as a way to create custom displays of the data that you show in your content. For example, you may only want to show revenue information for specific product categories and models in a given year.