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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

Business Layer


The Business Layer tab is the first tab that we have on the Business Layer window's left panel. We will use the Business Layer tab to create business objects that will be used by end users. Before we start talking about business objects, let's have an overview of the functions available on this tab. The Business Layer tab is shown in the following screenshot:

Managing Business layer views

Business layer views are the same as Data Foundation views. We use them to organize our Business layer by grouping related objects together and reducing the number of displayed objects. We have the default master view that will hold all the created objects typically like the master Data Foundation view. The Universe end user will be able to see the created views and use them.

This feature helped us solve one of the biggest challenges that we were facing in the UDT when we have one Universe used by many business departments. Each department is interested in some specific objects that are related...

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