How-to's

You can make your newly created WebFOCUS Infographic available to other users by publishing it in your repository, sharing it with specific users and groups, or by distributing it using WebFOCUS ReportCaster. You can also distribute it using the burst option, which enables you to share specific sections of the infographic procedure with different users, based on the coordinated field in our infographic compound document. The following steps outline how you can share your infographic by email or burst it to members of your organization.

You can modify your infographic at any time to reflect new data that is available to you. For example, you may create an infographic that sends information monthly or quarterly. Once you set up the initial infographic template, and Reporting Object, you can easily distribute an updated infographic.

In our example, we created an infographic for the first quarter of a year. You can reuse the same template and Reporting Object for subsequent quarters without making any extensive changes. All you need to do is modify the Reporting Object so it uses data for a new quarter.

You add data to your infographic template using WebFOCUS InfoAssist. When you open the infographic template in InfoAssist, it becomes a compound document. Specifically, each object that you marked with a WebFOCUS tag in the template becomes a component of the compound document, where you can add your data. Text objects become report components, where you can add the data field to the SUM field container or Header.

You can begin creating your infographic template, once you have registered your WebFOCUS Infographics account. This allows you to access to WebFOCUS Infographics powered by Easelly, which provides a library of infographic templates, and a design tool that contains a WebFOCUS tag option and placeholder objects that can be linked to WebFOCUS charts once you upload your template into WebFOCUS.

You can access the Creation Tool in one of the following ways:

Before you begin creating any infographic, you should outline the information you want to share, and build your story. This planning includes considering the following elements that contribute to the success of your message.

The Storyboard feature allows you to capture and preserve snapshots of your visualizations as you create them.

Each time you add something to the storyboard, it is placed onto a unique PowerPoint slide. When you click Show, you can open and review your slides in PowerPoint.

Since storyboards give you the ability to turn your visualizations into a PowerPoint presentation, you can modify your storyboard to create a customized demo. For example, you can rearrange or delete slides, or add titles and text.

A workbook is a compound page that makes it possible for users to create charts and incorporate these embedded charts along with external content into a compelling display. The ability to create workbooks extends the role of the advanced user, empowering this user to build data narratives while employing the powerful combination of chart and page modes of WebFOCUS Designer. Workbooks can be run as content items directly from a browser, they can be published or shared with specific users and groups.

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:

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.