1. Pivot Tables and Hierarchies
OBIEE Training
Pivot Tables and Hierarchies
Ronda Stemach
EDM Group
April 8, 2013

2. Today’s Two Topics Pivot Tables Data Hierarchies
Data Summarization Tool
Change of Perspective – View Data Different Ways
Data Hierarchies
Cascaded Data, Summary to Detail
Created using business-specific logic

3. Humboldt’s Hierarchies

4. Level Based Hierarchy
Fixed Number of Levels

5. Special Level Based Hierarchy: Ragged
Not all “parent” members have “child” member

6. Special Level Based Hierarchy: Skip-Level
Not all “child” members have a direct or immediate “parent” member

7. Special Level Based Hierarchy: Mixed Example

8. Value Based Hierarchy Not often used
Based on Values within the same table
Classic Example – Org chart

9. Pivoting Lab
Create a Pivot Table to look initially like this…

10. Pivoting Lab
…and then change it to look like this…

11. Pivoting Lab
…then like this…
…to this…

12. Pivoting Lab
…to this…

13. OBIEE Graphs
A graph view displays numeric information visually, which makes it easier to understand large quantities of data.
For displaying a single data value, a gauge is often more effective than a graph.
A gauge usually plots one data point with an indication of whether that point falls in an acceptable or unacceptable range.
Gauges are useful for showing performance against goals.

14. Types of Gauges
DIAL - Shows data with one or more indicators that point to to where the data falls within predefined limits.
HORIZONTAL BAR - Shows data using a horizontal bar that changes color to indicate whether the data is within predefined limits. The inner rectangle of the horizontal bar shows the current level of data against the ranges marked on an outer rectangle.

15. Types of Gauges, continued
VERTICAL BAR - Shows data using a vertical bar that changes color to indicate whether the data is within predefined limits. The inner rectangle of the vertical bar shows the current level of data against the ranges marked on an outer rectangle.
BULB - Shows data using a circle that changes color to indicate whether the data is within predefined limits. Useful to display status, not a specific value or threshold.