[SAP BO] Highlight Data - Alerters

Highlight Data-Alerters In Business Objects

The data in Business Objects(BO) can be  highlighted using alerters. Alerters use special formatting to make data that fits certain conditions stand out from the rest of the data.This helps draw attention to trends and exceptions in report data

Example: Which sales representatives generate revenue over $5,00,000?
To identify excellent salespeople who generate revenue over $5,00,000,and poor salespeople who generate revenue below $50,000, define a condition for good salespeople: "Revenue >= 500000" and define a format that will be applied for values that fit this condition: "Good job!“ in green.

Define a condition for the not so good salespeople: "Revenue <= 50000". and define a format that will be applied for values that fit this condition: "Work harder!" in red.

 

Step by Step Tutorial on How to highlight Data in BO:

 
Insert an extra column after revenue and name it Performance. The alerter is applied the alerter to the performance column.

There are four steps involved in creating an alerter:

1. Select the data that want to be used
2. Name and describe the alerter
3. Define the range of values
4. Define how the alerter will be displayed in the cell
Once you have created an alerter apply it, hide it or display it