I am exploring the utilization of Analysis for Office 2.0 as an end user application. We want the users to be able to create analytic reports sourced from BEx queries in the BW that IT creates. We abandoned the potential for Analysis for OLAP sourcing data from a Microsoft SSAS cube or a BOBJ universe created from a Microsoft SSAS cube. The limited functionality for the users to create calculations in this tool led us to look at Analysis for Office. It appears the only functions available for creating calculations using more than one existing measure are ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE, PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE, and PERCENTAGE SHARE. One of the key metrics that we were able to create in our Webi reports in the reporting layer required the ABS function (Absolute Value). We also used IF ERROR. Both of these appear not to be available in Analysis for Office and would have to be developed in the BEx query. Am I missing something, or is Webi the only BOBJ front end option for end users to have a full array of calculation functions at their disposal? Thanks Zack
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