What is business intelligence?
What is Business Objects  ?
Other Business Objects software
The question: who does what?
The specificity of Business Objects  : the
Vocabulary semantic layer

View documents
Manage documents (rename, delete, file)
Schedule execution and delivery of documents
Change portal preferences
Create my InfoView (my home page)
Improved search

Know the elements available in a universe
Presentation of the query editor
Presentation of the data formatting interface
Modify an existing document / add data and display them
Managing the reports of a document
Create simple vertical, horizontal tables
Create forms
Create cross tables
Create charts

Create your query filters (express or advanced)
Use the different operators (« Equal to », « In list », « Corresponds to the model » …)
Query filter with prompt (dynamic choice of the values ​​of the criterion)
Query with prompt: purge data and automatic refresh, configuration of the operation of the prompt
Combine query filters: AND operator, OR operator, combine AND and OR operators
Concept of contexts
Properties of a query

Create sections
Create table breaks, table
formatting Cell
formatting Report formatting
Create fixed filters
Create dynamic filters by input controls
Create ranking
Apply conditional formatting

Create a query filter
Use the « Equal to »
operator Use the « In list »
operator Use the « Match the model
 » operator Use the « between » operator
Create a query filter with a prompt
Apply multiple query filters
Connect filters by « and »
Connect filters by « or »
Manage the priorities between the filters
Concept of context

Create variables
Create a simple calculation
Transform calculations into a variable