Business Intelligence Catalog

There are two major work areas for analytics administration. The main interface is where your users view the analytics. The second area is in Business Intelligence, where you create and manage analyics.

Navigate to the Catalog

1. Click Tools > Reports and Analytics in the Navigator.

2. In the Reports and Analytics work area, click the Browse Catalog button.

Objects in the Catalog

The catalog stores the BI objects in a folder structure of individual files, organized by product family.

BI objects and reports are organized in the following folder hierarchy:

• Shared Folders (parent)

• Product family (example: Financials)

• Product (example: Payables)

• Report groups (example: Invoices)

• Dashboard reports

• Data Models

• Report Components

• Analytics Publisher reports

• Prompts

The following table describes the common BI objects that you find in the catalog:

Catalog Object	Description	Location
Analysis	Analyses are used for infolets, the Sales pages, and on object pages such as Opportunities.	Analytics library
Dashboard	Dashboards organize analytical content and catalog objects, and present them in a meaningful way.	Reporting group folder
Dashboard Prompt	Dashboard prompts allow users to filter dashboard content using provided values.	Prompts folder
Filter	Filters are used in dashboards and analyses.	Prompts folder
Report	Reports are operational reports in printable format created in Business Intelligence Publisher.	Analytics library
Data Model	Data models are used by reports created in Business Intelligence Publisher.	Data Models folder
Sub-template	Sub-templates are used by reports created in Business Intelligence Publisher.	Reporting group folder