Course : SAP BusinessObjects 4, Designer

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. BOU
Price : 1430 € E.T.

SAP BusinessObjects 4, Designer




A business representation of one or more data sources, the universe is the heart of Business Objects, manipulated by end-users to produce their reports. In this course, you'll learn how to create, enrich and deploy universes on an SAP BusinessObjects 4 platform, and how to use the most useful features of the Designer module to deliver all the information needed by the users who consume the data.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. BOU
  2d - 14h00
1430 € E.T.




A business representation of one or more data sources, the universe is the heart of Business Objects, manipulated by end-users to produce their reports. In this course, you'll learn how to create, enrich and deploy universes on an SAP BusinessObjects 4 platform, and how to use the most useful features of the Designer module to deliver all the information needed by the users who consume the data.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Getting to grips with the Designer interface
Understand the steps involved in designing a universe
Create a universe and set its parameters
Create the central schema of the universe using tables and joins
Create and organize universe objects in classes
Enrich, optimize and deploy a universe

Intended audience
IT specialists and users responsible for designing SAP BusinessObjects universes.

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of relational database management and SQL language. Basic knowledge of SAP BusinessObjects 4 as a user.

Course schedule

1
Introduction to Designer

  • What's new in SAP BusinessObjects version 4.
  • Notions of Designer and Universe.
  • Universe development procedure.
  • Implementation methodology.
Exercise
Discover the SAP BusinessObjects environment.

2
Basic operations

  • Using Designer. Importing a universe.
  • How it works. Opening a universe.
  • Exporting a universe. Create a universe.
  • Definition of universe parameters.
  • Using Designer's user interface.
Exercise
Getting to grips with the Designer module's user interface. First steps in creating a universe. Define universe parameters.

3
Creating a schema with tables and joins

  • Definition of a schematic.
  • Insert tables, define derived tables.
  • Definition of joins and cardinalities.
  • Checking the universe.
Exercise
Define a schema. Working with tables, joins and cardinalities.

4
Solving join-related problems

  • Problems related to joint paths.
  • Alias definition. Object definition.
  • Loop resolution.
Exam
Identify joint path problems. Implement corrective solutions.

5
Universe creation

  • Introduction to universe creation.
  • Simple operations on classes and objects.
  • Simple conditions on classes and universes.
  • Definition of classes, objects and hierarchies.
  • Value lists.
Exercise
Create a universe in BO4. Create classes, objects, hierarchies and operations on classes.

6
Universe optimization

  • Use of aggregated tables.
  • Using @ functions.
  • Use of analytical functions.
Exercise
Manipulate the elements covered in the chapter to optimize your world.

7
Universe management

  • Universe deployment.
  • Define access restrictions to a universe.
Exercise
Deploy your SAP BusinessObjects universe.


Dates and locations
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Remote class

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Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 30 Mar., 8 June, 17 Sep., 30 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 30 Mar., 8 June, 17 Sep., 30 Nov.