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Folder Management

A video demonstration of the legacy Folder Management extension for report, folder and content storage. This method was replaced by Storage Management in v2020.1+.

High Availability

Business Intelligence Consultant Emma Cortina discusses how to implement a highly available, fault tolerant Exago deployment.

JavaScript API

A video demonstration of embedding Exago BI into host applications using the JavaScript API.

JavaScript API Filters

Nick Cortina walks through applying filters and parameters via the JavaScript API, a feature new to v2019.1!

Joins for Admins

Nick Cortina reviews adding complex joins to the configuration and to specific reports. Examples included in this lab will have joins with inequalities, as well utilizing sub queries. Finally, Nick discusses the various mechanisms available to us to apply these joins.

Linux Installation

Tom explains the different ways to use the Exago Linux installer and how to set the Exago's folder permissions. He then discusses the new process for installing the Exago Scheduler as a system service in 2019.1.

Multi-Tenanting

In this follow-up to our lab on Roles, Travis McGrath covers four methods of setting up Exago BI for multi-tenant environments, including tenanting based on column, schema, database, and custom SQL objects.

Multiple Data Models, Cloned Data Objects & Vertical Tables

Travis refreshes the Multiple Data Models Support Lab for 2020, and introduces the new Cloned Data Object feature since the last lab.

.NET and REST APIs

A video demonstration of creating application sessions with .NET and REST APIs, then setting the user identification parameters.

Parameters

A video demonstration of using Exago Parameters to store and reuse variables throughout the application, apply common values to multiple sort and filter fields, prompt users for values at report runtime or storing and passing user identification variables.

User Support Lab – Crosstab Reports

User Support Lab — CrossTab Reports Travis reviews the basics of CrossTab Reports, how to create them and how to use formulas to create pseudo-CrossTabs. He then explains when each option is appropriate. Resources:  CrossTab Reports Admin Support Lab — Custom Columns and ...

User Support Lab – Dashboards v2019.2

User Support Lab — Dashboards v2019.2 In this support lab, Tim walks you through the changes made to our Dashboard Designer and Dashboard Viewer tools in v2019.2 of Exago. He also builds a Dashboard with visualizations, existing reports and an interactive filter step-by-step. Resources ...

User Support Lab – ExpressView

Topics discussed: Making ExpressViews Applying themes Filtering and grouping data Adding visualizations Resources: Exago ExpressView

User Support Lab – Filter by Formula

Topics discussed: How to use Filter by Formula in ExpressView and Advanced Reports How to use Filter by Formula to improve the end user experience  Resources:  Filters Formula Filters ExpressView Filters

User Support Lab – Filters

Topics discussed: Why am I applying my filter, and why is important for me to ask this question before doing so? How each type of filter works, why we might use them, and how they interact with each other How filters on advanced reports will behave together on a dashboard, and what we can ...

User Support Lab – Formatting Tips and Tricks

Topics discussed: What should I consider in designing my dashboard? How can I easily format my reports to bring my whole dashboard together, visually? 

User Support Lab – Formulas in ExpressView

Topics discussed: Date formulas String concatenations Logic formulas to display more informative text Numeric calculations to eliminate guesswork Resources: ExpressView ExpressView Formula Columns

User Support Lab – Formulas

Topics discussed: Concatenating strings Combining functions together IF function, AND function Aggregates in different sections Resources: Formulas

User Support Lab – Interactive Reports

Topics discussed: Making interactive changes to reports Saving changes on a per-user basis Adding drilldowns and hyperlinks to reports Resources: Report Viewer: Interacting with Reports Report Viewer: Customizing Report Output Drilldowns Report Viewer Options Dashboard Viewer

User Support Lab – Joins for Report Writers

If you've ever wondered the following, this lab is for you! What is a join? What types of joins exist?  As an end user building reports, what benefit can understanding joins provide me? Finally, how can I use this understanding to configure joins on the report level? Travis will ...