Description

This course combines instructor-led lecture and discussion with progressive hands-on exercises to illustrate the following topics: role of Universes, design methodology, locating required tables, using Joins, understanding the List of Values concept, defining Universe hierarchy via classes and objects, and Universe distribution.

Audience

IT professionals that will be designing, creating, documenting, maintaining, and deploying BusinessObjects Universes for their clients.

Prerequisite

Working knowledge of Windows 95/98/NT and familiarity with your Data Warehouse structure.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• understand the role of BusinessObjects Universes
• illustrate the critical path for designing and developing BusinessObject Universes
• define the capabilities of Universe parameters
• incorporate the usage of table joins
• understand the role of classes and objects
• illustrate the use of @ functions in Universe creation
• use the List of Values to increase product usability
• define the role of hierarchies in Universe creation
• illustrate techniques for query optimization within Universe design
• understand the process of Universe deployment