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OTBI – To Date calculations (YTD/MTD/QTD)

OTBI does not support TODATE functions. Similar functionality is obtained by writing complex TIMESTAMPADD functions. In this post we provide, a set of date functions to calculate Year-to-date, Month-to-date, Quarter-to-date filters of any selected year, using only TIMESTAMPADD function.

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4 ways to export dashboard to excel – OTBI 101

3 possible ways to export an OTBI dashboard to excel. 1. Export to excel using standard layouts - Manually select Page Options on the Dashboard page toolbar, select Export to Excel, and then Export Current Page, Export Entire Dashboard 2. Export to excel, using a custom export layout - create a layout to use instead of standard layouts 3. Use Agents to deliver a dashboard page as Excel format. 4. Create a OTBI analysis and design its layout according to the desired excel layout/format. Include a link to this analysis in the main dashboard

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