Learn Business Objects A step by step t utorial on Creating a U niverse using Busines s Objects Business Objects products are Numbe r One in Reporting, Data Warehousing, and ETL Categor ies. Bus inessObjects 6. 0 is us ed as an OLAP t ool and a repor ting tool. Here we will learn how to use this product for creating a universe. Universe Universes present the information stored in your company’s databases in a very organized manner . They allow acces s t o this info rmation,withou t the user hav ing to be an expert in relational database structure. Universes are the most popular and versatile methods ofretriev ing data for a document. The use of univ erses is what makes B usiness Objects t ruly powerful and easy to use. A universe contains no data itself. However, it stores the instructions on how to retrieve data fro m some data s ource, such as a database.Univ erses are simply computer files that are stored in a repository. A repository is a database that stores, among other things, the univ erse defin itions. When you select a univ erse fro m the lis t, Bus iness Objects will copy the universe file from the repository to your local hard drive. Once the universe file is copied onto the hard driv e, Business Objects will use t his file to c reate the SQL instructions to retriev e the information for your reports. The next time the same universe is used to create a report, Business Objects will check the repository to see if the lates t ver sion of the univ erse is on your computer. If the latest ver sion is not on your computer Business Objects will copy the latest version from the repository.
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A step by step tutorial on Creating a Universe using Business Objects
Business Objects products are Number One in Reporting, Data Warehousing, and ETL
Categories. BusinessObjects 6.0 is used as an OLAP tool and a reporting tool. Here we will
learn how to use this product for creating a universe.
Universe
Universes present the information stored in your company’s databases in a very organized
manner. They allow access to this information,without the user having to be an expert in
relational database structure. Universes are the most popular and versatile methods of
retrieving data for a document. The use of universes is what makes Business Objects t ruly
powerful and easy to use.
A universe contains no data itself. However, it stores the instructions on how to retrieve datafrom some data source, such as a database.Universes are simply computer files that are
stored in a repository. A repository is a database that stores, among other things, the
universe definitions. When you select a universe from the lis t, Business Objects will copy the
universe file from the repository to your local hard drive. Once the universe file is copied onto
the hard drive, Business Objects will use this file to create the SQL instructions to retrieve the
information for your reports. The next time the same universe is used to create a report,
Business Objects will check the repository to see if the latest version of the universe is on
your computer. If the latest version is not on your computer Business Objects will copy the