Principles of effecitve report design

This thesis focuses on reporting and problems which are related to it. The main goal is to define the principles of effective report design and its usage and also define rules for choice of appropriate and useful content. This principles and rules are result of detailed analysis based on problems with reports. Contemporary theses are above all focused on technical and visual aspects of reporting. This thesis the contemporary field of view extends by aspect of content. It also focuses on mechanisms, which are important in reporting systems and setting of these mechanisms. The thesis consists of five related parts. The first two chapters define a theoretical basis, while first chapter is dedicated to principles of Business Intelligence and second chapter focuses on reports. Next chapter contains the analysis of problems with reports and defines their fundamental causes. Fourth chapter defines principles of effective report design and the last chapter confronts conclusions of author of this thesis with practice