Create Report Views
The first step in creating a report is to create a view.
A view is based on a domain, topic, or OLAP client connection. A Report view can be a table, chart, or cross tab and is the entry point to analysis operations such as slice and dice, drill down, and drill through. You can save a Report view as a report, to edit it in the interactive viewer, or add it to a dashboard.
From the Create pull-down list, click Ad-hoc View. The Data Chooser is displayed.
In the Data Chooser, the three repository objects, which provide a prepared connection to a data source for Report view creation are the following:
You can use an existing Report view as a "template" to create a new Report view.