SUMMARY:   BusinessObjects Reporting covers query selection and creation, use of data manipulation tools, sorting of report data, creation of data filters, drill down capability, report presentation, and formatting and distribution techniques. AUDIENCE:   People working in the client community that access information from a corporate warehouse and have a need to utilize BusinessObjects' interactive abilities to create, view, save and print customized reports. DURATION:   3 Days APPROACH:   This class is taught by lecture with hands-on workshops. OBJECTIVES:   After taking this course the student should be able to: Understand the role of BusinessObjects for accessing corporate data. Illustrate the critical path for developing and executing BusnessObjects queries. Define the capabilities of filters for defining conditional selection properties via; conditional IF's, relational operators, string searching and range testing. Incorporating sort functions to manipulate report sequences Insertion of calculations and aggregate functions into queries to generate derived data columns. Illustrate the role of the grouping and sorting operations in report formation, additionally recognize the impact on query performance. Ability to customize and modify the report layout to add headers, footers and others customized information to the report template Use the drill down function to provide in-depth analysis of report information Illustrate techniques for report distribution and sharing Use of the Slice & Dice panel to provide further delineation of corporate data