Installation
Install Java JRE, Tomcat and BIPLUS
JRE exists, install Tomcat and BIPLUS
JRE & Tomcat Exists, Install BIPLUS
BIPLUS exists, install 2nd instance
Configuration
Change the configuration settings via UI
Change the configuration settings via XML
Administration
Repository
License Key Renewal
Logging Level
Clearing Cache
Clearing Run Log
Locking Repository
Backing up the repository
Reloading the configuration
Profiles, Users & Privileges
Create, maintain, copy users
Create a Profile to disable certain functionality
Assign a Profile to a user
Dynamic variables using Profiles
Scheduler
Start / Stop the Scheduler
Approve / Suspend / Resume schedules
Scheduling on behalf of users
Modify an existing schedule
Schedule an ETL task
Data Sources
Create a Sql Server Data Source
Prevent row locking in Sql Server
Connect to Sql Server via trusted authentication
Create an Oracle Data Source
Setting Session Parameters (Oracle)
Add a Jet Datasource (Excel, Access, CSV)
Protect a datasource from performance problems
Exports & Imports
Exporting a report
Exporting Packages
Exporting Templates
Importing objects
Partial imports
Export & import Passwords
Customization
Global Field Formats
Global Expressions
Customize content text
Language Specific customization
Version Control
Simple checkin / checkout
Cancel a checked out object
Cascade checkout / Checkin
Applying a previous version
Miscellaneous
Enabling broadcast messages
Time Zones
Create & apply themes
Development
Creation of report objects
Create a category
Changing the order of an object in the tree
Create a report
Hiding a report / category
Adding Developer Comments
Adding end user for comments
Totals
Totals Basics
Group totals
Prevent rollup in totals
Override default total verbiage
Field Formats
Change a column Name
Set the default display width
Group fields together
Numeric display Options
Language depenedent column names
Date Field Format
Conditional Field Formats
Conditional Images (traffic lighting)
Column Alignment
Upper / Lower Case
Mouseover Tooltips
Charts
Pie Charts
Multi-level Pie Charts
Bar Charts
Multi-series bar charts
Multi-axis bar charts
Plot Charts
Quick-filter Plot Charts
Radar Charts
Gauge Charts
Gauge Chart Options
Gantt Charts with conditional formats
Organization Flow Chart
Process Flow Chart
Drilldown
Parent-child drilldown
Parent-child-grandchild drilldown
Master-detail drilldown
Hierarchical reports
Pop-up drilldown
Dashboard child drilldown
Drillthrough
Accessing grandparent keys
Built-in Functions
Date Function basics
More Advanced Date Functions
Unpivot
Summarize Children
Using Java Bean Shell Scripting
using Login to restrict datasets
Running Totals
Parameters
Text Entry Parameters
List Parameters
Multi-List Parameters
Dataset (picklist) parameters
Show / Hide Parameters on report
Dataset parameters using an alternate datasource
Dependent Parameters
Boolean Parameters
Date Parameters Basics
Default Parameter Values
More Default Parameter Values
Executing with default parameters
Showing parameter values in the report
Setting how many parms / line
Parameters to specify sorting
Date Parameters Advanced
Optional Parameters
Input a comma-separated list
Hidden Parameters
Dashboards
Simple Dashboard, the old way
Dashboards 2008+, with related components
Multi-tabbed Dashboard
Multi-level drilldown within dashboards
Dashboards with Parameters
Dashboard-to-dashboard drilldown
Embedding graphics
Templates
Using an RTF (Word) Template
Using a PDF template
HTML Templates
ETL
Defining an ETL Target
Defining an ETL Task
Pre & post ETL processing
Running multiple ETL jobs
Scheduling an ETL job
Creating ETL job streams
Object Integration
Delivering Alerts via text messaging
Embedding inside Siebel
Callable Reports
Static Reports
Delivering integrated XML / Excel
Data Objects
Intro to Data Objects
Integration using Data Objects
Cached Data Objects
Data Objects as inline views
Cached Data Objects
Data Objects from Oracle
Performance - indexing of Data Objects
Analytic Processing
Ranking
Running Totals
Maps
Google Maps or Open Street Maps
State / Region Level Maps
Using Postcode / zipcode on maps
Manual Zoom levels
Miscellaneous
Run-time environment variables
Auto-refresh
Executing Stored Procedures
XML as Input
Graphical Query Designer
Using GQD Basics
Expressions in GQD
Analytical Top N with GQD
Overriding GQD generated queries
Pre-formatting
Pre-Pivot
Pre-GREX
Pre-pivot large data sets
Data Segmentation (Pareto) using Pivot
Miscellaneous
Running a browserless client
Browser needs more memory
BIPLUS exists, install 2nd instance