Chapter 9. Reporting Live from the Desktop
In This Chapter
Logging in to BusinessObjects
Understanding the interface
Changing your password
Changing your security settings
The term reporting is frequently used in business intelligence; in BusinessObjects, reporting is the process of viewing, analyzing, and sharing data. The BusinessObjects reporting features are what most users will spend the most time using.
You can use BusinessObjects’ reporting capabilities with either of two different applications:
✓ | Desktop Intelligence: This is a thick-client application that resides on a full-featured desktop computer and works in familiar ways. |
✓ | Web Intelligence: Lovingly referred to as WebI, this application resides on the network server. You access such thin-client (or lean-client) applications as a client, usually via a Web browser. |
No, thick-client and thin-client have nothing to do with an application’s weight problem. Thick-client, or fat-client applications, are installed on a desktop computer in the traditional manner (usually by clicking a setup.exe file) and then connected to a network. Conversely, thin-client, or lean-client, applications are server-based, which means that you access them as a client, usually via a Web browser.
In this chapter, we show you how to get started with Desktop Intelligence. (We cover WebI in Part IV.) Both reporting tools have their advantages and disadvantages. ...
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