A virtual field is a field whose value is not stored in the data source but can be calculated from the data that is there. A virtual field takes up no storage space. It is created only when a user accesses the Reporting Object that includes the virtual field.
A join is a temporary connection between two or more data sources that share at least one common field. After you join two data sources, each time that WebFOCUS retrieves a record from the first data source (the host file), it also retrieves the matching records from the second data source (the target file).
For more information on joining data sources, see the WebFOCUS InfoAssist User's Manual.
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You can apply styling to specific areas of a report to customize its appearance and functionality. You can also use the many optional reporting features to add custom functionality and output formats to reports.
Designing documents in Document mode allows you to add text, images, active form controls, reports, and charts to create documents that can be used to generate presentation-ready reports based on your data.
Document mode combines the features of report building with the ability to style and present customized documents.
This course goes beyond the basics to show you how to use Information Builders’ InfoAssist for governed self-service reporting, analysis, and data discovery. Besides point-and-click methodologies, it also covers techniques and best practices to gain more insights about your data.
You will learn how to:
This course will show you how to use Information Builders’ InfoAssist, an enterprise-grade analytics tool connected to the WebFOCUS BI and analytics platform, for governed self-service reporting, analysis, and data discovery. It will also introduce you to the WebFOCUS BI infrastructure and background information necessary to use InfoAssist effectively.
This course will show you how to use Information Builders’ InfoAssist, an enterprise-grade analytics tool connected to the WebFOCUS BI and analytics platform, for governed self-service reporting, analysis, and data discovery. It will also introduce you to the WebFOCUS BI infrastructure and background information necessary to use InfoAssist effectively.
Are you looking for ways to incorporate WebFOCUS content into your custom application? With this course, you will work through examples on how to embed WebFOCUS Portals, InfoAssist reports and charts, and ReportCaster schedules into your custom applications using RESTFul web services. The course is primarily delivered in HTML and jQuery but the principles are the same for other development languages.
You will learn how to:
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.
Welcome to InfoAssist, a web-based tool that makes reporting and data analysis easy.
InfoAssist is a powerful tool that you can use to make sense of your data, identify trends in it, and turn it into intuitive reports, charts, visualizations, and documents that you can distribute throughout your organization to share your insights.
Let’s take a look.
You can open InfoAssist to create content directly from the WebFOCUS Home Page…
