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Information Design Tool (**Universe

Design Tool)

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Creating a Universe using IDT

**Here the data is stored in a MS Access DB and connection to the DB is made

using ODBC**

Our intension is to design/develop a Universe, which can be used by the webI

users to create reports as per the requirements. The process is as follows;

1: Creating a project

2: Creating Database Connections

3: Creating Data Foundation layer

4: Insert Tables and Joins to DFX layer

5: Creating Business Layer

6: Creating Folders/Classes and Objects in BLX layer

7: Creating Queries to Test

8: Publish to repository

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SAP Business Objects 4.0 SP02

Working with Business Layer


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There are four building blocks in Business layer

� Folders/Classes

They act like containers for similar or related objects. Similar to Dimension

Tables in BW Star Schema

� Dimension

They acts as key in a query and maps to one or more columns or functions

in the database. Similar to Characteristics in BW

� Detail

Provides details/information about a particular dimension. Similar to

Attributes.

� Measure

Contains aggregate functions that maps to statistics in the database. Similar

to Keyfigures in BW


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For checking the values, we could use Queries from Business Layer

Folders/Classes

Dimension

Detail

Measure

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