Part VI

Reporting on Data

Part VI describes how to create reports on the data in Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server databases, including how to create reports quickly, develop report scripts, optimize reports, and export data to other programs. Part VI contains the following chapters:

Quick Start to Report Scripts introduces you to the basic concepts behind reports and describes how to create them using the Report Writer.
Developing Report Scripts describes how to create complex report scripts, including page layout and formatting information, how to select and sort members, how to restrict and order data values, how to convert data to a different currency, and how to generate reports using the C, Visual Basic, and Grid APIs.
Examples of Report Scripts contains detailed examples of report scripts.
Optimizing Your Reports describes ways to generate your reports more quickly.
Copying Data Subsets and Exporting Data to Other Programs describes how to move data from Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server databases to other programs by extracting an output file of the data to move using the Report Writer.