What are the basic concepts a Business Warehouse (BW) report user should understand?

The videos and Help Guides listed below provide the answer to that question. These concepts are essential to understand for anyone who wants to make productive use of any BW report. Alternatively, anyone who has used BW reports in the past but who wants to review basic concepts will find the materials useful.

What are the prerequisites for attending an instructor-led BW training workshop?

The items on this page make up the list of prerequisites one must watch (in the case of videos) or read (in the case of Help Guides) prior to attending any intro-level instructor-led training BW reporting session (Funds Management, Grant Management, Supplier Relationship Management, and Payroll). It’s very important that anyone planning to attend one of these workshops go through all of these materials prior to the reporting workshop meeting time.

Notes:

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Total video viewing time: 1:16 (1 hour 16 minutes)

Category/Topic Video PDF
Navigating the BUworks Environment
Introduction to the BUworks Portal Landscape (1:40) Watch N/A
Intro to BW Reporting
The BW Reporting Environment (1:21) Watch N/A
Report Folders and Folder Contents (1:47) Watch N/A
What is a BW Report? (0:48) Watch N/A
Data Basics and Data Access (1:14) Watch N/A
How to Run a Report (3:46) Watch N/A
Understanding a Report Layout (7:24) Watch N/A
Understanding the Role of Mouse Buttons in Reporting (3:23) Watch N/A
Basic BW Functions – Key Concepts
How to Add, Remove, or Move a Column of Data (8:06) Watch PDF
How to Organize Report Data According to Column Position (3:12) Watch N/A
How to Filter Report Data (10:20) Watch PDF
How to Add or Remove a Subtotal or Grand Total (6:28) Watch PDF
How to Export Report Data to Excel (5:50) Watch PDF
How to Create and Use a Saved View (11:57) Watch PDF
Online Help Search Function (1:43) Watch N/A
How to Filter Using Shortcut Methods (4:32) Watch N/A
How to Change the Key or Text of a Report Characteristic (6:43) Watch N/A