BusinessObjects: Introduction to Designer-Universe Construction

Course Number:  517-JC
Recommended Duration:  2 days

Intended Audience
Employees that will construct BusinessObjects universes and manage BusinessObjects resources.

Objectives
The objective of this course is to teach the concepts and techniques required for constructing accurate, usable and effective BusinessObjects universes.  Additionally, time will be spent on reviewing functionality of the Supervisor module.  Supervisor is used to manage BusinessObjects resources.

Prerequisites
The course is designed for professionals with a working knowledge of SQL and an understanding of relational databases.  Completion of the Introduction to BusinessObjects class or significant experience with BusinessObjects is recommended so that the impact of design decisions on end-users is understood.

Topics

• Introduction to Designer

• Universe parameters

• Selecting and joining tables

• Creating classes and objects

• Testing the universe

• Universe distribution

• Constructing hierarchies

• Common universe design issues

• Aggregate awareness

• Loops, contexts and aliases