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Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide Hardcover – December 31, 2013
* Everything you need to know about the new Information Design Tool and UNX universes
* Explore step-by-step universe design, from connecting to different data sources, to creating data foundations, to building business layers
* Compare and convert UNV to UNX universe
Information Design Tool
Explore its interface and find tips to design and manage universes that fit your needs.
The Semantic Layer
Begin with a conversation on the fundamental role of the semantic layer and then move into the pillars of universe design: the data foundation and the business layer.
Connecting to any Data Source and to SAP Systems
Connect to any relational data source or OLAP cube with your universe, and make sure you're using the right parameters and access methods to retrieve enterprise data from SAP systems.
Comparing the Old with the New
Differentiate between universes created with the Universe Design Tool and Information Design Tool, and learn how to convert UNV to UNX.
* Semantic layer
* Information Design Tool
* Multidimensional universes
* Connections, data foundations, and business layers
* Federating data with multisource universes
* Query panels
* Publishing and retrieving universes
* Multilingual universes
* Connecting with SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver BW, and SAP HANA
- Print length729 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSAP Press
- Publication dateDecember 31, 2013
- Dimensions7.25 x 2 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-109781592299010
- ISBN-13978-1592299010
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Didier Mazoué works for SAP as a member of the SAP BusinessObjects platform team, where he is the product owner for the semantic layer. He has years of experience with the SAP BusinessObjects product offerings.
Pierpaolo Vezzosi works at SAP as a member of the SAP BusinessObjects platform team, where he is the director of solution management for the semantic layer. He has years of experience with the SAP BusinessObjects product offerings.
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- ASIN : 1592299016
- Publisher : SAP Press; First Edition (December 31, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 729 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781592299010
- ISBN-13 : 978-1592299010
- Item Weight : 3.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.25 x 2 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,783,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Unlike its predecessor, the Universe Design Tool, which had a monolithic file format (UNV), the Information Design Tool breaks a universe into three distinct components: the connection, the data foundation and the business layer. As you might expect, this guide devotes entire chapters to each of these components. Additional chapters bring clarity to new features unfamiliar to users of the classic Universe Design Tool such as team project features and multi-source data foundations. Organizations that use SAP applications to run their business will appreciate a chapter devoted to connecting to SAP ERP, SAP Netweaver BW, and SAP HANA, with detailed explanations of when to create universes versus using direct connectivity with Business Intelligence Consumer Services, or BICS.
Experienced universe designers will find the final chapter, Comparing the Universe Design Tool and Information Design Tool, extremely helpful in understanding the differences and similarities between the two tools. I remember feeling very inadequate the first time I opened the Information Design Tool. The user interface is a radical departure from the legacy Universe Design Tool. However, both tools create universes. Once I realized that designers must still cope with contexts, fan traps, and chasm traps, it didn’t seem quite so daunting.
The book is well-illustrated, which alone is worth the purchase price, as the free product documentation on the SAP Help Portal is nearly devoid of any illustrations or screen shots. The UNX universe and the Information Design Tool are the future of SAP’s business intelligence platform. BI teams should start using it for new projects as well as considering when and how to convert older classic universes. BI managers would do well to equip their teams with this book and universe designers should ask for permission to expense it.
I received a review copy of this title from the publisher.
