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Filtering Overview for In-Document Analytic Reports

You can add filters to interactive reports that are enabled with In-Document Analytics capabilities to control the display of information in the reports and to give your recipients or end-users the ability to focus on a specific set of data for additional analysis. Filters can be created by both the report developer, and the end-user, using the options in the Column menus.   

To access the Column menu:

Video: How to Download Chart Plug-ins From the HTML5 Chart Extensions Page

Today, we’re going to introduce the HTML5 Chart Extensions Console, which is a way to create your own chart types using JavaScript and visualization libraries such as D3, and use those chart types in InfoAssist.

Even if you don’t have the coding skills necessary to create your own chart type, you can install a chart extension. 

Once it is installed and enabled, WebFOCUS makes the chart type associated with that chart extension available in InfoAssist, giving you more charting options.

WebFOCUS InfoAssist User's Manual PDF

This content describes how to use the InfoAssist application. It is intended for users that need to create, modify, and run reports.

Video: How to View the Data Behind Visuals

Visualizations are stylish ways to display your data, but sometimes you may want to see the raw numbers behind them. InfoAssist provides multiple ways to do this. 

Once you’ve created content for a visualization, accessing the data behind it is simple. In the top right-hand corner of every visual in a visualization, there is an arrow that opens a menu of data view options.

390I8205: Self-Service Analytics With InfoAssist (Basic Techniques)

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.

You will learn how to:

Video: How to Use Procedure Settings in InfoAssist

Hello, and welcome to this video on controlling procedure settings in InfoAssist. You can use the Procedure Settings feature to quickly and easily apply certain types of formatting to affect how your data displays, which is especially useful in cases where you want to customize your content for localization purposes or for different output formats.

Video: How to Leverage Intelligent Application Objects and Advanced Auto Linking Capabilities to Create Content

Today, we will show you how in Release 8.2 Version 03 and higher, the advanced features of Auto Linking can improve drilldown capabilities by expanding the scope of the qualified Auto Link Target reports. 

Video: How to Freeze Column Headings in Interactive Reports

Hello, and welcome to this video on Freezing Column Headings in In-Document Analytics Reports.

When working with an HTML report with In-Document Analytics capabilities (AHTML format), you can define a scroll area within the data of your report and lock the column titles in place, enabling you to scroll through the data within the output container while the column tiles stay in view.  This is particularly useful when you are creating a large report. The scrolling capability allows you to page through a report quickly, giving you the ability to locate information easily.

Video: How to Download InfoAssist Report Data to Excel (csv) Format

Hello and welcome to this video on downloading data from InfoAssist in Excel (csv) format. This feature makes it easy to create a report and capture the data for use with any external program that utilizes comma delimited data, including Microsoft Excel. With this feature, you can generate data extracts and pass your data between systems with ease.