Look Smarter Than You are with Smart View 11.1.2

Book excerpt: Smart View is Oracle's add-in for integrating Microsoft Office with Oracle EPM and Essbase. In this book, we'll help you learn how to use the Smart View add-in to access Essbase data. You want to slice and dice data, analyze information, and make highly formatted reports. You're sure Smart View and Essbase are the answer and thank goodness your boss bought copies of this book for your entire department! In this book, you will learn: - The basics and advanced topics of Smart View - How to connect to Essbase databases and retrieve data - What multi-dimensionality is and why you should care - How to create highly formatted reports that can be used month after month - Ways to integrate Essbase data into Word, PowerPoint, and Excel - New features and enhancements available in versions 11.1.2.102 and 11.1.2.2