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BusinessObjects 5i Designer

Course Abstract
(3 Days)

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

Audience

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

Course Objectives

Upon conclusion of this course, each participant 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

Course Topics

• BusinessObjects Overview

• Universe Concept

• Fundamental Design

• Hierarchies

• Distribution

• Maintenance

• Summary

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with basic Windows concepts and be able to function efficiently in Windows 95/98/NT environment.  Understanding of the basic role of Data Warehousing and relational structures and concepts is assumed.