Which custom report should I use?

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GW - Technical Writer

July 22, 2014 16:57

There are three kinds of custom reports as explained here. However, I'm not sure when to use the Interactive Report Builder and when to use the Analysis Report Builder. Could I get more information? What are the differences?

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  GW - Technical Writer July 22, 2014 16:57

  	Interactive Reports	Analysis Reports
  Summary	A web-based design interface that you can use to create both simple and on-demand operational reports without depending on IT or report developers.	A web-based design interface that you can use to create analytical reports that you can filter and drill down into to visualize business information contained in the data sources.
  Expertise	Knowledge of basic computer functions, such as operating systems and web browsers.
  Recommendation	Use this type of report builder if you want to create a tabular report that answers an immediate business question, looks professional, can be printed quickly, and provides significant control over formatting elements, such as fonts, column widths and sorting, and backgroung colors.	Use this type of report builder if you want to compile data quickly while visually exploring your data, perform advanced sorting and filtering of your data, and see charts that include detailed stop-lighting.

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