The presentation supported the webinar delivered by Alberto Ghedin, SpagoBI Developer, on 11th April 2012, within SpagoWorld Webinar Center. http://www.spagobi.org/

1. Free inquiry and Ad hoc reporting with
SpagoBI
11th April 2012
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2. Agenda
• SpagoBI Query By Example
– Basics
– Create a query
– Advanced functions
• Ad hoc reporting
– Document layout
– Widgets
– A complex document

3. Query By Example (Qbe)

4. Query By Example

5. Qbe: query creation

6. Qbe: query creation

7. Qbe: query creation
You can give aliases to your columns:
You can use aggregation functions and grouping on your
columns:
You can order your results:

8. Qbe: query creation
QbE gives the possibility to add filters to your request :
Select the field you
want to filter
Select the operator to Select the Operand which can be
use either a fix value(or a set of
values) or another field

9. Qbe: query creation

10. Qbe: query creation

11. Qbe: Calculated Fields & Ranges

12. Qbe: Calculated Fields & Ranges

13. Qbe: Calculated Fields & Ranges

14. Qbe: save a query

15. Qbe: export the result

16. From Qbe to Worksheet

17. Ad Hoc Reporting

18. AHR: document creation

19. AHR: document creation

20. AHR: document creation

21. AHR: filters
2 types of filters
– Not editable by the user
• For 1 sheet (A)
• For all sheets (B)
– Editable by the user (C)
• Single/multi value
• Mandatory or not

22. AHR: filters

23. AHR: save a document

24. AHR: execute a document

25. AHR: execute a document

26. AHR: execute a document (filters)

27. AHR: Crosstab

28. AHR: Crosstab (CF)

29. • Ad hoc-reporting
– Technical focus:
• Power user and simple user
• Design and usage via web
• Modular usage
– Functional focus:
• Excel style
• Free and easy to use to create your own report
– Evolutionary guideline:
• More widgets in the palette (chart types, formatting options)

30. For more information:
spagobi.org
Contact:
alberto.ghedin@eng.it
or spagobi@eng.it