Interacting with Documents in Reading Mode

Web Intelligence shows complex and varied data in reports that you can understand quickly and easily.

Web Intelligence documents based on queries created in one of several available applications (for example Universe or SAP HANA), are designed in Design mode to be viewed in Reading mode by any number of general or specific groups or individuals.

When you view a Web Intelligence document, your access rights and the default settings configured by your administrator determine which data you see.

Refreshing an object enables you to view data on demand. However, refreshing may use a considerable amount of system resources.

Input controls provide a convenient, easily accessible way to filter and analyze report data. You can edit the values of existing input controls in Reading mode.

You can hide and display report data by folding and unfolding the display of different report elements.

You can fold and unfold sections, breaks and tables. Data is concealed and displayed in different ways, depending on the report element:

Drilling on reports lets you look deeper into your data to discover the details behind a good or bad summary result displayed in tables, charts, or sections.

When you drill on a dimension to see more data behind the displayed result, the calculation is done according to the values to which you drill.

Dimensions typically represent character data, such as customer or business names, and dates. Calculations are based around the dimensions in a report. For example, a report calculates a region’s total sales revenue for a given year, where a sales revenue measure is calculated based on the state and year dimensions.

If you drill on a year, you display sales revenue by state and quarter, because quarter is the next dimension in the time hierarchy below year.

You can export the current document in a variety of formats.

When exporting to PDF format, you can select which of the reports in the document to export. If you decide to export only one report, then you can select:

• All pages

• The current page, only if you have selected to export the report you are currently viewing

• Specific pages, for example, pages 10 to 15 only

You can also fine-tune the DPI for images using the Images DPI drop-down under the Options section.

Check Display bookmarks to display the bookmarks tab by default when opening the file to make the navigation through the document easier.

When exporting to an Excel file, if you have several reports in your document, you can decide to export all of them or explicitly select the ones to export. Each report is saved as a spreadsheet in the Excel file. You can select between two options:

• Check Prioritize the formatting of documents to keep the formatting in the XLSX file.
• Check Prioritize easy data processing in Excel to avoid merging multiple cells into Excel cells as much as possible and benefit from the data processing features of Excel.

You can also fine-tune the DPI for images using the DPI drop-down list.

You can print one or multiple reports from a document. When printing reports, the application generates a PDF file, then you can save or print the file.

• When printing a report, the application uses the print layout settings and ignores the quick display mode settings.
• If a report exceeds the size defined in the Layout Settings, page breaks are inserted.
• The size and orientation for printing can be different for each report in the document.