WebFOCUS Designer

You can create maps to identify patterns or trends in your data. By converting data into values that can be displayed on a map, you are able to visualize scenarios, illustrate hot spots, and identify potential problem areas. For example, a law enforcement agency may use mapping functionality to identify areas of higher crime within the locations they cover. You can also use maps to determine how places are related, understand where things are located, and identify the best actions to take.

Phone mode, which is available in Insight, allows you to take advantage of the features of Insight on your phone. The interactive heading that is available in Insight on a tablet or desktop is replaced by a static heading that displays the field names in the chart, in blue text. These become summary fields that allow you to see what fields are included in the chart.

Insight is a visualization tool that allows for the interactive selection of measures and dimensions, so you can create dynamic charts that refresh as you make changes.

With Insight, you can review and analyze a chart that shows the data fields that you choose in real-time. It even rebuilds as you select additional fields or specify filters.

AutoLink is supported from any WebFOCUS repository content, wherever it is run online.

Example: Launching an AutoLink Enabled Report From the WebFOCUS Home Page

From the WebFOCUS Home Page, right-click a chart that is Auto Link enabled, and then click Run.

Example: Using Hyperlinks to Link to Other Reports or Charts

Use the hyperlinks to link to other reports and charts, based on the following information:

In addition to the basic Auto Linking functionality that is available in WebFOCUS Designer, you can also add optional parameters to your Auto Link charts, extending the capability of this feature. An Auto Link enabled chart can link to any target content that you are authorized to access that satisfies the sort (BY) field to the Auto Link target report filter parameter requirement.

Auto Linking makes it easy to connect reports and charts in your development environment, expanding the reporting capabilities of your organization. Using Auto Linking, you can dynamically link HTML5 charts with a single report or chart of any format, based on their common sort (BY) fields and parameters referenced in any filters. It is this commonality that dynamically links content in your WebFOCUS repository, allowing you to discover new possibilities in your data, and explore new relationships within your reporting enterprise.

Auto Drill enables you to navigate through different levels within the dimension hierarchy of your data source. This allows you to review underlying data for a particular area, and move through the structure of your data source based on your informational needs.

To enable Auto Drill, on the WebFOCUS Designer toolbar, click More, and then click AutoDrill.

In WebFOCUS Designer, bins are used to group values by the increment you specify. This allows you to view large amounts of data across measures or calculated measures, enabling you to analyze trends and identify outliers. Data binning also allows you view your data as part of a larger group, displaying ranges of that data in manageable, visible bins.

When you create a chart, you are not restricted to the fields that exist in your data source. You can add calculations to automate summations and other mathematical tasks related to your data fields. You can specify operators, fields, variables, and functions when creating a calculation. If you can generate the information you want from the existing data, you can create a temporary field to evaluate and display it. A temporary field is a field whose value is not stored in the data source, but can be calculated from the data that is there.

With Quick Transforms, you can easily apply the most commonly used analytical functions to measure fields in your chart. This allows you to quickly specify a function for a field as you create your chart, expanding your options for incorporating aggregated data.