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Creating Universes with SAP BusinessObjects

You're reading from   Creating Universes with SAP BusinessObjects Create and maintain powerful SAP BusinessObjects Universes with the SAP Information Design Tool

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782170907
Length 310 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Taha Mahmoud Taha Mahmoud
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to BI and the Semantic Layer FREE CHAPTER 2. Aligning BI Solutions with Business Demands 3. Creating Our First Universe 4. Creating the Data Foundation Layer 5. Creating the Business Layer 6. Testing Your Universe 7. The Data Foundation Layer – Advanced Topics 8. The Business Layer – Advanced Topics 9. Data Security and Profiles 10. A Multiuser Development Environment Index

History of SAP Business Objects

Business Objects is one of the leading companies in the BI and reporting field. The company was created in 1990 and finally taken over by SAP in 2007. There were many products offered by Business Objects, but the most famous one is Business Objects XI. The first official SAP release was SAP Business Objects XI3. The last available version of SAP Business Objects is BO 4.x, and the framework was completely changed in this version to comply with the Microsoft Ribbon technology. The integration between Business Objects and other SAP products was dramatically enhanced in this version, as shown in the following table:

Release name

Number of the service pack

Release date

BusinessObjects 3.x

NA

1995

BusinessObjects 5

11

1999

BusinessObjects Enterprise 6.x

9

2003

BusinessObjects Enterprise XIR2

5

2005

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3

5

2008

SAP BusinessObjects BI4

NA

2011

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