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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Drag and drop the objects onto the Result Objects pane.

The objects appear on the Result Objects pane.

For step-by-step instructions on selecting objects to build a query, see ”Adding an

object to a query” on page 39.

3. Double-click the predefined filter.

Drag-and-drop the predefined filter to the Query Filters pane.

The predefined filter appears on the Query Filters pane.

When you run the query, the data corresponding to the query filter(s) you selected is

returned to the report.

You can apply multiple filters to the same query by combining predefined filters with

custom filters. For more information, see ”Combining multiple filters on a query” on

page 95.

NOTE: Predefined filters are created and edited by your administrator. As a Web

Intelligence user, you cannot view the component parts of predefined filters or edit

predefined filters.

Creating custom query filters

You create custom query filters to limit document data to information corresponding to:

• a specific business question

• the business information needs of a specific group of users

For example, you can create custom filters to retrieve sales results data for specific dates,

products, or services, or to view customer information only for customers who are high

wage earners or who live in a particular region.

Example: Analyzing year 2002 sales revenue figures at large stores nationwide

In this example, you are a finance officer who wants to analyze the revenue figures for the

larger stores nationwide at your company. The universe you connect to contains data for

all stores for all years. You create the following filters:

Year = 2002

AND

Sales floor size group greater than 3000-3999

The custom filters, which you defined and applied to the [Store Floor Size] and [Year]

dimensions, limits the values returned to the document to values for year 2002 for larger

stores.

You can define custom query filters two ways: