MicroStrategy Report Services FAQ
- How can I create statements, report books, or dashboard books in MicroStrategy
- What OLAP capabilities do I have within a MicroStrategy Report Services document?
- I want only one version of the dashboard to view in Flash and DHTML (AJAX), but I have Flash-advanced visualizations in the dashboard. How can I design this dashboard for DHTML?
- How can users design dashboards quickly and without programming experience or training?
1. How can I create statements, report books, or dashboard books in MicroStrategy?
Users have the ability to maintain separate documents and combine them into a single, finalized document (report book, statement, or dashboard book). The individual documents can be maintained by different users and they can have the following unique qualities:
- Page groupings
- Layout
- Page Orientation
- Vertical or horizontal repeating sections
- Conditional formatting
- Pagination
- Datasets
Enabling users to group together multiple documents into one makes it significantly easier to develop and maintain individual pieces of the unified document.
2. What OLAP capabilities do I have within a MicroStrategy Report Services document?
Users have the ability to drill within the document, drill anywhere, or disable drilling. Drilling capabilities can be applied to a grid or graph, enabling users to perform an investigative analysis directly on a dashboard, scorecard, or enterprise report. Users can drill out of the dashboard to investigate across the data warehouse or multiple data sources and generate new information-rich reports.
Using the multi-select feature, business users can dynamically select any group of elements and create derived element groups on the fly. Elements can be removed or added dynamically and users can create their own calculations between various groups or individual items.
3. I want only one version of the dashboard to view in Flash and DHTML (AJAX), but I have Flash-advanced visualizations in the dashboard. How can I design this dashboard for DHTML?
Only one design of the dashboard is required. Flash-advanced visualizations have flash plug-ins that are maintained within the container of the advanced visualization. Flash-advanced visualizations can be rendered in both Flash and DHTML, and the same controls are made available to users, enabling a seamless integration between Flash and DHTML design.
4. How can users design dashboards quickly and without programming experience or training?
MicroStrategy offers out-of-the box templates that provide a great starting point for dashboard designers. Each template contains a series of containers, or panel stacks, that enable users to quickly add components to each panel stack, such as: text boxes, shapes, reports, grids, graphs, panel stacks, HTML containers, selectors, and widgets. Also, pre-formatted customized templates can be created to place the design experience in the hands of end-users. These pre-formatted templates can include the corporate logo and color layout. Users can simply drag, drop, and select dashboard components to quickly design a dashboard in the matter of minutes.