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Dynamic Measures in Webi (On Any Data Source) : I'm Using

This document describes how to create a dynamic Webi report that allows users to select different measures to display, without needing to duplicate the report layout. It involves: 1. Creating a dimension variable for the user to select the measure from input controls. 2. Using an IF formula to return the appropriate measure based on the user selection. 3. Applying formatting rules to change the number format depending on the selected measure (e.g. percentage for margins, whole number for quantities). This allows a single report template to dynamically update the displayed measure based on the user input, rather than requiring separate reports for each measure.

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Dynamic Measures in Webi (On Any Data Source) : I'm Using

This document describes how to create a dynamic Webi report that allows users to select different measures to display, without needing to duplicate the report layout. It involves: 1. Creating a dimension variable for the user to select the measure from input controls. 2. Using an IF formula to return the appropriate measure based on the user selection. 3. Applying formatting rules to change the number format depending on the selected measure (e.g. percentage for margins, whole number for quantities). This allows a single report template to dynamically update the displayed measure based on the user input, rather than requiring separate reports for each measure.

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Dynamic Measures in Webi (on Any Data Source)

Imagine that you have database that contains a number of different measures, and the reporting requirements
call for many identical reports where the only difference is the measure. For example, the one report layout may
be required to show either Revenue, Gross Margin, Net Margin, Volume, Average Sale, etc.
Rather than duplicate the reports that are shown, you can let the user decide which measure to show, and design
only one report. Previously Id written a post showing how to do this using a derived table in the universe. This
post shows you how to get the same results without a universe (for example if your source is BEx or MSAS or
you simply dont have access to edit your universe).
Im Using

BOBJ BI4.0 SP2 (but the steps apply in XI3.1 SP3+)

BI Launch Pad/Webi

Im Assuming

You know your way around Webi

Let's get started.

1.

Create a new Webi Intelligence report, or open an existing one. For the instructions to make sense,
youll need at least two measures and one dimension.

2.

On your report canvas, create a new block that contains a dimension and all of the measures that you
want your users to be able to chose between.

3.

Add a variable called Select A Measure, of type Dimension, with the value of Revenue ($).

4.

Click OK

5.

On the left side of the screen, click the Input Controls icon.

6.

Add a new Input Control, and base it on the dimension called Select a Measure.

7.

Make it a single-select input control, either radio buttons or a drop-down will do.

8.

In the List Of Values section click the ellipsis to the right.

9.

In the box in the top left, type Revenue ($) (or the name of any of your measures).

10. Click the > button to add it to the list.

11. Repeat for any other measures that you want your users to select from. Since there's no way to reorder
them once added, add them in the order that you want them to appear to your users.

12. When finished, click OK.


13. Click Finish. You should now have an input control that looks something like this.

14. Now you need to add a measure variable that will return the appropriate measure, based on what the
user has selected from the input control. So, add a variable measure called Selected Measure, and
enter in the formula below.

=If ReportFilter([Select a Measure]) = "Revenue ($)" Then [Revenue ($)]


ElseIf ReportFilter([Select a Measure]) = "Margin ($)" Then [Margin ($)]
ElseIf ReportFilter([Select a Measure]) = "Margin (%)" Then [Margin (%)]
ElseIf ReportFilter([Select a Measure]) = "Order Quantity" Then [Order Quantity]
Else 0
Note that the names that you present to your user don't need to be the same as the actual measures,
but it makes sense to do so. Also, it's bad practice to use if statements like this in a measure variable,
but since I know that my dimension can only ever have one value, I'm going to allow it.
15. Click OK to save the variable.
16. Now add this measure variable to your report block and test. With Revenue ($) selected, it should return
revenue.

17. With Margin (%) selected it will show margin.

18. But the format of the selected measure won't always be right. For this we will use Formatting
Rules (formally known as Alerters). So, click on the Analysis tab, then the Conditional tab.

19. Click New Rule

20. The logic you will use is this:


if the dimension "Select a Measure" is "Order Quantity" then format as a whole number, if the dimension
is "Margin (%)" then format as a percentage, otherwise format as currency.
So, in the the Filtered object or cell box, click the ellipsis, select the option Select an object or
variable, then select Select a Measure from the list. Lots of selecting.
21. Set the Operator to Equal.
22. In the Operands box, type Order Quantity.
23. Click the Format button.
24. In the Display section set the formatting under Format Number
25. In the Text section, set the font colour to black.
26. Add another condition (in 3.1 a 'Sub-alerter') and repeat similar steps for Margin (%).
The end result will look like this (pity you can't see the number format in the preview):

27. Click OK.


28. Now when creating your report, simply use Selected Measure in place of a normal measure, and let
your users select what they would like to see. A finished report might look something like this:

With Revenue ($) Selected

With Order Quantity Selected


And thats it!
- See more at: http://blog.davidg.com.au/2011/09/dynamic-measures-in-webi-on-anydata.html#sthash.vROWWTlT.dpuf

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