Getting Started with DataBlocks
User Guides and Videos are available to assist you with building your first DataBlock. Videos can be viewed within In-Product Help (see below) with User Guides (Argos Report Viewers Guide, Argos Report Writers Guide, and Argos DataBlock Designers Guide) also contained within In-Product Help.
For a good place to start, see our video on DataBlock Designer Training.
Select the links below to view videos which provide step-by-step instructions on how to create OLAP Cubes:
Videos
Creating Your First OLAP Cube
The Argos DataBlock Designer Guide also contains step-by-step instructions on how to create your first DataBlock. Both videos and the Argos DataBlock Designers Guide are excellent tools for learning how to create your first DataBlock.
Also included within the Argos DataBlock Designers Guide are Advanced topics describing complex features available for designing DataBlocks. The Advanced topics include:
Advanced Form Design topics
- Data Aware Property
- Creating multiple forms in one DataBlock
- Charting with multiple series
- Creating a filtered OLAP cube
Advanced Query Design topics
- Summing and Grouping
- Free Type Report Query
- Scalar Subquery
- Correlated Subquery
- Non Correlated Subquery
- Unions
Other Advanced topics
- Report Scheduling
- Library of Objects
- Data Dictionary
- Object and Field Level Security
Argos Support Resources
Getting Started with API
Getting Started with Banded Reports
Getting Started with CSV Reports
Getting Started with Extract Reports
Report Scheduling
Getting Started with Charting
Getting Started with OLAP Cubes