Business Objects XI R2 Designer

    

Summary:
This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach BusinessObjects XI R2 basic Designer concepts. Topics to be covered include universe creation, creating database connections, joins, classes and objects, hierarchies, loop resolution, contexts, table aliases, aggregate awareness, viewing table keys, creating predefined conditions, restrictions, universe maintenance, and universe distribution/documentation.

Duration:
2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This class is designed for technical analysts who are required to create the BusinessObjects XI R2 semantic layer as an interface to the data in a data warehouse, data mart, or database.

Topics:

• Universes (Semantic Layer)
• Classes and Objects
• Dimensions/Details/Measures
• Equi/Outer/Theta Joins
• Lists of Values
• @Functions
• Loop Resolutions
• Join Cardinality
• Fan/Chasm Traps
• Predefined Conditions
• @Aggregate_Awareness
• Contexts and Aliases
• Hierarchies
• Restrictions
• Security Restrictions
• Saving Documentation to PDF

Prerequisites:
-Basic Windows Skills-Some Database Background-Some SQL Skills-Desktop Intelligence XI R2 Basic Reporting (Recommended)

Last Update: July 31, 2010