SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool is a complementary tool to Designer, enabling you to create universes based on multiple relational sources and/or OLAP cubes. This course will teach you how to create enriched universes using the Information Design Tool module in the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 suite.
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SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool is a complementary tool to Designer, enabling you to create universes based on multiple relational sources and/or OLAP cubes. This course will teach you how to create enriched universes using the Information Design Tool module in the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 suite.
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Creating a project with Information Design Tool
Build a data foundation based on several relational connections
Define a relational management layer and associated objects
Building queries on data
Organizing data security for restitution
Intended audience
Business analysts and experts, project management assistants.
Prerequisites
Completion of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Web Intelligence Level 1 course, knowledge of SQL, modeling and DBMS.
Practical details
Teaching methods
Several practical application exercises on various types of source data will be proposed.
Course schedule
1
Introduction
A reminder of BI and the SAP BusinessObjects company.
Designer and design tool principles.
Design stages.
2
Discover Information Design Tool
First connection to the application.
Creating a project. Sessions.
Repository resources.
Connection management. Shortcuts.
Exercise
Create a project. Create a connection based on E Mode data and an Excel file.
3
Data foundation
What is a data foundation? How it works.
Table and join management, optimization concepts.
View presentation and management.
Families. Data profiling.
Calculated and time columns.
Derived tables.
Exercise
Creation of a multi-source data foundation based on two connections.
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Creating management layers
Creation of a relational management layer.
Creating classes and objects.
Object properties. Candidate objects.
Management layer views.
Format editor.
Exercise
Creation of a relational management layer.
5
Maintain and optimize universes
The parameters of the universe.
Manage structure, update. Check integrity.
Solving loops with aliases and contexts.
Object navigation paths.
Exercise
Using the integrity test on a universe with loops. Resolution via context creation.
6
Test and distribute universes
Introduction to the query editor.
How do I create a query?
Data filtering in a query.
Value profiling. Universe publication.
Convert a ".unv" file to ".unx".
Exercise
Insert a query and use filters.
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Safety management
Presentation of safety issues.
Insert and modify a data security and management profile.
Assign security profiles to users.
Exercise
Create a management data security profile. Assign security to a user.
Customer reviews
3,9 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
PIERRE B.
01/06/26
4 / 5
flat
IMEN B.
08/12/25
4 / 5
Good training course - it's a shame the support material isn't up to date
CYNTHIA V.
08/12/25
4 / 5
The course material is very light and not up to date with the training.
ANNE L.
08/12/25
5 / 5
The support is usable but not up to date.
WALTER E.
08/12/25
4 / 5
Satisfactory training overall
PARTICIPANTS
Business analysts and experts, project management assistants.
PREREQUISITES
Completion of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Web Intelligence Level 1 course, knowledge of SQL, modeling and DBMS.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES • The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.
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This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.