What Are the Steps for Creating or Editing an Analysis in BI Composer?

The steps for creating or editing an analysis in BI Composer are as follows:

• Select Columns — In this step you select the columns that are to be included in the analysis. You can also:

  • Specify column interactions

  • Specify a column formula

  • Rename a column

  • Hide a column

  See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Select Columns panel" for additional information.

• Select Views — In this step you select the views that are to be included in the analysis, such as a title, table, pivot table, bar graph, and so on. (Note that not all views available in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition are supported in BI Composer.) You can also preview the results and display the associated XML code. See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Select Views panel" for additional information.

• Edit Table — In this step you edit the layout of the tabular view (if you have included a tabular view). For example, you can create prompts, use a column to section the analysis, and exclude certain columns from the tabular view. You can also preview the results. See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Edit Table panel" for additional information.

• Edit Graph — In this step you edit the properties and layout of the graph (if you have included a graph view). For example, you can create prompts, use a column to section the analysis, and exclude certain columns from the graph. You can also preview the results. See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Edit Graph panel" for additional information.

• Sort and Filter — In this step you apply sorting and filters to the views. You can also preview the results. See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Sort and Filter panel" for additional information.

• Highlight — In this step you apply conditional formatting to the tabular view (if you have included a tabular view). You can also preview the results. See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Highlight panel" for additional information.

• Save — In this step you save the analysis with the same name or with a different name. You can also:

  • Create new folders in which to save the analyses

  • Rename folders and analyses

  • Delete folders and analyses

  • Expand and collapse folders

See "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Save panel" for additional information.