HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

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Classes and Objects are presented in a tree structure as follows:
You can search for classes and objects in the tree by selecting an item in the tree, then
typing a letter. You can refine the search by typing further letters. For example, if you type
“y“ then “e”, Web Intelligence first searches for objects beginning with “T, then “searches
for objects begninning with “ye“.
The objects that correspond to the search condition are selected in the tree.
Creating and running a query
You use a universe to create a query in much the same way that you use nouns and verbs
to construct a sentence. The dimension objects form the subject matter for the query. These
are the objects that contain the information you want to retrieve, and a measure gives the
query its required action, it tells the query what to do with the information represented by
the dimensions.
Why build a query?
You build a query to answer a business question that requires data from a database. The
query is your means to ask the database for information.
How do you use the universe to build a query?
The universe is displayed in the Query Manager. From the Query Manager, you select the
dimensions and details that represent the information that you want to retrieve, and add
them to a work space called the Results Objects pane. You add one or two measure
objects that represent the calculation, or the action that you want to perform on the
information.
Once you have constructed your query, you then run the query against the database.
Each icon within a class represents an
object
Each folder represents a class
Details are under dimensions
Store details is a subclass of Store