| Bookshelf Home | Contents | Index | Search | PDF | |
Siebel Analytics User Guide > Working with Siebel Analytics Views >
Types of Siebel Analytics Views
There are three categories of views that you can add to your results—result views, criteria views, and other views. Figure 9 shows the Add View section on the Views tab, which you can use to select the type of view that you want to add to the results.
The following topics describe the view types:
Siebel Analytics Result Views
Result views control how the data is displayed. The default is to show the data in a table. After you have run a request, you can add other views to show the data in different ways. Result views include the following views:
- Funnel Chart. The Funnel Chart view displays a three-dimensional chart representing target and actual values using volume, level and color. It is useful for depicting target values that decline over time, such as a sales pipeline.
For information about working with funnel charts, see Working with Siebel Analytics Funnel Chart Views.
- Narrative. The Narrative view displays results as one or more paragraphs of text. You can type a sentence with placeholders for each column in the results, and specify how rows should be separated.
For information about working with narrative text, see Working with Siebel Analytics Narrative Views.
- Nested Request. The Nested Request view allows the results of another request to be included in the existing results view. You can select the request to include from the Web Catalog, and specify the view to use.
For information about working with nested requests, see Working with Siebel Analytics Nested Request Views.
- Pivot Table. The Pivot Table view allows you to take row, column, and section headings, and swap them around to obtain different perspectives of the data. Pivot tables are navigable and drillable. There are no restrictions on data placement. Elements can be placed in pages for an interactive result set, and can be formatted using custom formatters.
For information about working with pivot tables, see Working with Siebel Analytics Pivot Table Views.
- Chart. The Chart view allows you to drag and drop columns to a layout chart, and customize the title, legend location, axis titles and data labels. You can customize the size and scale of a chart, and control colors using a style sheet. Chart results are drillable.
Siebel Answers supports a variety of standard chart types, including bar charts, column charts, line charts, area charts, pie charts, and scatter charts. Custom chart subtypes include two-and-three-dimensional, absolute, clustered, stacked, combination, and custom.
For information about working with charts, see Working with Siebel Analytics Chart Views.
- Table. The Table view allows you to perform in-depth analysis of the results data. Tables are navigable and drillable. You can customized the display to present a page of information at a time, which is convenient for larger result sets, and control the size of the page, and the position of the page control tape deck.
Tables are supported in a wide variety of formats and can include graphics, links, and so on, using custom formatters. You can also change the format of the table headings.
For information about working with tables, see Working with Siebel Analytics Table Views.
- Ticker. The Ticker view displays the results of the request as a ticker or marquee, similar in style to the stock tickers that run across many financial and news sites on the Internet. You can control what information is presented and how it scrolls across the page. The Ticker view can include graphics and links, and supports a wide variety of formats.
For information about working with tickers, see Working with Siebel Analytics Ticker Views.
Siebel Analytics Criteria Views
Criteria views display the criteria used in the request. You can display the filters in effect for a request, the SQL generated for the request, and add a request title, subtitle, and customized graphics and buttons. Criteria views include the following views:
- Column Selector. The Column Selector view displays a set of controls that allow you to change which columns are displayed in a report.
For information about working with column selectors, see Using Column Selectors in Siebel Answers Requests.
- Filters. The Filters view allows you to display the filters in effect for the request. Filters may be unique to the request, or may be global in nature.
For information about working with filters, see Filtering Requests in Siebel Answers.
- Logical SQL. The Logical SQL view allows you to display the SQL generated for the request. This is useful for trainers and Siebel Analytics Web Administrators. The Logical SQL view is generally not included in the results set for typical users.
You cannot modify this view, except to delete it.
- Title. Use the Title view to add a title, a subtitle, a logo, a link to a custom online help page, and timestamps to the request.
For information about working with title views, see Working with Siebel Analytics Title Views.
Siebel Analytics Other Views
Use the Other views to add text to the results. Users of the Siebel Marketing application can also create a segment within Siebel Marketing. Other views include the following views:
- Static Text. Use the Static Text view to add or edit markup text to the results. For more information, see Analytics Web Online Help.
- Create Segment. Use this view to display a Create Segment link in the results. Users can click this link to create a segment in the Siebel Marketing application, based on the results data.
NOTE: The Create Segment view is for use only by organizations that have the Siebel Marketing application.
| Bookshelf Home | Contents | Index | Search | PDF | |
Siebel Analytics User Guide Published: 18 April 2003 |
