Filtering and Selecting Data for Analyses

This chapter explains how to construct filters, selection steps, groups, and calculated items in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. It explains how to use these objects to specify the data that is displayed in analyses and dashboards.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• "Saving Objects as Inline or Named"

• "What are Filters and Selection Steps?"

• "Working with Selections of Data"

• "Creating Column Filters"

• "Editing Column Filters"

• "Working with the EVALUATE_PREDICATE Function"

• "Applying a Named Filter to an Analysis"

• "Combining and Grouping Column Filters"

• "Using a Saved Analysis as a Filter"

• "Creating and Editing the SQL Statements for a Column Filter in an Analysis"

• "Working with Groups and Calculated Items"