instantOLAP Online documentation 2.2.7 - Starting the editor

Starting the editor

Reports can be created and edited in two different ways: With the Web-Frontend or with the instantOLAP-Workbench.

Within the Web-Frontend the editor is available as a Java Applet and you can open and use the editor within the Browser (provided that you to have Java 1.4 or higher installed on your computer). In order to be able to use the editor, you must be an administrator or Power-User.

The Workbench (the administration tool of instantOLAP) is a standalone desktop application, which is used for remote maintenance and administration of the server. The Workbench must be installed on your computer before its use. In order to be able to use the Workbench, you must use a user-account with administration rights.

Contents of this chapter:

Starting the editor in the Web-Frontend
Starting the editor in the Workbench

Using the Web-Frontend
Using the Workbench
Using the Query-Editor
Structure of a query
Starting the editor
Starting the editor in the Web-Frontend
Starting the editor in the Workbench
Structure of the editor
Editing queries
Using the Config-Editor
Query properties
Chart properties
Configuration properties
Expressions
Formats
SQL-Expressions