BI Composer wizard

Use this wizard to quickly and easily create, edit, or view an analysis, without the complexities of the "Analysis editor."

The steps of this wizard display the following panels:

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Select Columns panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Select Views panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Edit Table panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Edit Graph panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Sort and Filter panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Highlight panel"

• "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Save panel"

For more information, see:

• "What Are Analyses?"

  "What Is BI Composer?"

• "Creating Analyses Using BI Composer"

• "Editing Analyses Using BI Composer"

• "Editing Analyses Created by Using the Analysis Editor"

Components

BI Composer train

This train is available only after you select a subject area in the Subject Areas tab and click Create, or select an existing analysis in the Catalog tab and click Edit.

Use the buttons in this train to navigate the steps of the BI Composer wizard. The availability of some buttons depend on your actions. For example:

• The Select Columns button is the only button enabled until you select at least one column in the Select Columns panel.

• The Edit Table and Highlight buttons are enabled only if you select a tabular view in the Select Views panel.

• The Edit Graph button is only enabled if you select a graph view in the Select View panel.

You can navigate among the enabled steps in any order. For example, from the Highlight step, you can click the Select Views button to navigate back to the Select Views step. You do not have to navigate these steps in order.

Catalog tab

This tab is not available in Oracle BI EE.

Displays the following folders from the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog:

• My Folders — Contains your personal folders and analyses

• Shared Folders — Contains the folders and analyses that you have permission to access

You use this tab to select an existing analysis to edit or view.

For more information on the Oracle BI Presentation catalog, see "What is the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog?"

Reload

Use this button to refresh the objects that are displayed in the Catalog tab.

Subject Areas tab

This tab is not available in Oracle BI EE.

Displays the list of available subject areas. You use this tab to select a subject area from which you want to select columns to create an analysis.

For more information on subject areas, see "What Are Subject Areas and Columns?"

Edit

Use this button to display the "Edit Analysis Analysis_Name: Select Columns panel," where the analysis that is selected in the Catalog tab is available for you to edit.

View

Use this button to display the analysis that is selected in the Catalog tab for viewing.

Create

Use this button to display the "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Select Columns panel," where you create an analysis using columns from the subject area selected in the Subject Areas tab.

View Area

Displays the analysis that is selected in the Catalog tab for viewing.

Collapse (Restore) Pane

Use this toggle button to collapse and restore a pane. For example, you might want to collapse the Catalog and Subject Areas pane to provide more room for the display of one of the panels, such as the Select Views panel.