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Introduction to PowerPlay 5.2 CBT

Computer Based Training course with exercises and workshops

The basic PowerPlay skills taught in this course enable users to explore corporate data on the desktop and create graphical or tabular reports with point-and-click simplicity.

This course gives you the knowledge and skills you require to be an effective PowerPlay user. You are shown the power and flexibility of PowerPlay, which allows you to explore data in the way that best reflects your decision-making process. You learn how to control both the level of detail and the viewpoint from which you investigate business performance. In the exercises, you create and customize reports that contain only the data relevant to you. In hands-on workshops, you apply your newly acquired skills and knowledge of PowerPlay fundamentals.

Why should I take this course?

You gain PowerPlay skills that enable you to effectively monitor business performance and develop many practical ideas for using PowerPlay in your business. Your overall workplace productivity will increase.

Recommended for New PowerPlay users

What will I learn?

Fundamental Concepts

- Business intelligence
- Multidimensional analysis
- Measures, dimensions, the dimension line
- Levels and categories

Exploration Techniques

- Drilling down to detailed data
- Slicing and dicing the display
- Changing display type
- Exploring with measures
- Adding layers
- Alternate drill downs

Reporting the data

- Populating Reporter reports
- Ranking performance data
- Deleting hidden categories
- Adding calculations to a report
- Intersecting categories in a report
- Highlighting exceptional data
- Hiding and unhiding data
- Customizing and formatting reports
- Switching between Explorer and Reporter reports

Special features

- Saving as local PowerCube
- Drilling through to details in Impromptu
- Drilling from cube to cube in PowerPlay

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