Selecting Data Sources and Working with Them

Regular reports can use one or several data sources to create the slices used for data visualization as tables and charts.

The following elements can be used as data sources:

To manage regular report data sources, use the Sources side panel.

To open the panel

Available operations:

To hide the Sources side panel, click the Sources button on the tab panel.

Adding a Data Source

To add a data source, use the Add Source dialog box.

To open the dialog box

Available operations:

Add a data source

Add a data source including two or more cubes

Set up displaying of repository objects

Rename source

Delete source

Data source search

Searching for Data Source from the List of Selected Sources

To quickly search for the required data source by name in the list of selected data sources, use the search:

  1. Click the Search button on the Sources side panel.

  2. Enter the text to be searched in the search string. Search is executed automatically as the searched text is entered in the search string. The list will display only the data sources, which names contain the entered text.

To reset search results, click the Clear button.

Setting Up Data Source Including Two or More Cubes

To create and edit data sources including two or more cubes, use the Set Up Data Source dialog box.

To open the dialog box

NOTE. The setting is available for data sources with a single data slice.

Available operations:

Add a cube to data source

Remove cube from data source

Set up displaying of list of added cubes

Rename source

Click the Apply button to save changes and close the dialog box.

NOTE. The Apply button is available if the data source include two or more cubes.

See also:

Building Report