SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise InfoView User's Guide

Guided analysis provides you with suggested navigation paths—or storylines—through objects in InfoView. When you view an object, a storyline suggests other objects that you may want to view and, if possible, displays a list of the objects in the storyline that lead to the current object that you are viewing. This enables you to show connections between reports.

Consider a company in a volatile industry. Several factors affect its profit margin. One business analyst is assigned to track each factor. At the end of a quarter, each analyst creates a report to summarize the affect of their factor. When the analysts put their reports into storylines, it allows the management team to track each factor's effect during the quarter.

The following is an example of a storyline in the Guided Analysis tab: