Posts tagged "Universe"
Exploring 4.0: Information Design Tool
The Information Design Tool is the brand new metadata modeling application used for creating universes in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0. The universe layer has been completely reworked for the 4.0 release and the Information Design Tool (IDT) is the front-end for those changes. The new model takes the traditional universe and breaks it down into three components: the Connection, the Data Foundation, and the Business Layer. These components all existed in some form in previous versions, but now they each get their own editor and a host of new features and options. Let's review these in a bit more detail.
Continue reading...Top 5 Misconceptions About Business Objects Universes
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
I recently published the post 5 Reasons Why You Should Use an SAP BusinessObjects Universe to highlight some of the core benefits you’ll see when implementing the semantic layer for you organization. The post was derived from speaking with organizations new to the Business Objects world about the benefits of leveraging the semantic layer. Throughout [...]
Continue reading...5 Reasons Why You Should Use SAP BusinessObjects Universes
Monday, September 27, 2010
In meeting with organizations who are new to SAP BusinessObjects or who are legacy Crystal Reports users, we are often asked the question “Why should I use a Business Objects Universe?”. To organizations who have worked with universes for a period of time, the advantages and value proposition are clear. But for organizations who are [...]
Continue reading...Maintain Peak Performance With a Comprehensive SAP BusinessObjects Health Check
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
We’re about to embark upon a new project to conduct a large-scale health check on one of our client’s primary reporting environments, so I thought it may be beneficial to write about the process we use. Hopefully it will give you some insight into how to conduct a health check, and the benefits your organization [...]
Continue reading...Aggregate Awareness! What is that? (Part 2 of 2)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Finally after three projects and three months later, we are back to finish up our Aggregate Awareness series. In part 1 of our blog, we discussed the definition of aggregates and how to create summary tables. Today we are going to finish the process by showing how to implement these items into a SAP BusinessObjects Universe.
Continue reading...Aggregate Awareness! What is that? (Part 1 of 2)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
In the SAP BusinessObjects community, when someone talks about "AA" they don't mean the meetings people attend, they are talking about a pretty cool function that is available in Designer. Aggregate Awareness or @aggregate_aware is a term that we use to describe the ability of a universe to utilize aggregate tables in a database. Using the function correctly can greatly improve the performance and user experience. This will be the first of two blogs and will talk about Aggregation and Summary tables. The second post will show how to implement Aggregate Awareness into a SAP BusinessObjects Universe.
Continue reading...Creating a Pass through Prompt in Designer (Top N, Industry Standards, etc.)
Monday, March 8, 2010
This topic seems to be a request that comes in on every project that I am on and since I haven't had a blog post in awhile, I thought it would be a quick and useful blog . Well, the ability to pass through a value into a WebI doc without having it to correspond to any dimensions/details/measures is a pretty simple process and can be easily done using a predefined query filter in Designer. We really have two things we need to look at and that is the logic and the syntax.
Continue reading...Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a QaaWS
Friday, March 20, 2009
With Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) becoming such a hot topic and being such a powerful tool, I figured that creating a quick cheat sheet on how to create one would be beneficial to all developers/users using this product. Check out below the steps needed to create your very own QaaWS.
Continue reading...What is a Business Objects Universe?
Friday, March 13, 2009
A Business Objects Universe is the semantic layer that resides between an organization's database and the end user but more importantly, it is a business representation of your data warehouse or transactional database. It allows the user to interact with their data without having to know the complexities of their database or where the data is stored. The universe is created using familiar business terminology to describe the business environment and allows the user to retrieve exactly the data that interests them.
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- Release of a new SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards/Xcelsius add-on component
- SAP BusinessObjects universe and report development for a financial services company
- Creation of a custom SAP BusinessObjects CBT program to provide training to end users
- Student and faculty performance analysis and benchmarking for a K-12 school district
- Development of a custom SAP BusinessObjects extranet, data warehouse, universes, reports and dashboards for a statewide Poison Center
- Claims analysis and reporting for a professional liability insurance company
- Migration from SAP BusinessObjects XIR3 to SAP BI4 for an insurance company
- Inventory and sell-through analysis for a consumers goods manufacturing company
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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