sap hana and bobi 4.0 - universe design guide (multi source) v2

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Universe Design Guide (Multi Source)

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Table of Contents Executive Summary: ............................................................................................... 4

Universe Development – Implementation Steps: .................................................. 10

Launching Information Design Tool ...................................................................... 12

Create a Project .................................................................................................... 13

Create a Session .................................................................................................. 15

Create a Relational Connection to InfoCube ......................................................... 17

Create a Data Foundation from InfoCube ............................................................. 27

Create a Business Layer from Data Foundation ................................................... 33

Create Classes & Objects ..................................................................................... 39 Create Actual & Plan Folder(class) ............................................................................... 41

Create Category Dimension .......................................................................................... 43

Create Other Dimensions and Measure ........................................................................ 45

Create Year and Month from Time Dimension ...................................................... 46 Create Month Dimension .............................................................................................. 47

Create Year Dimension ................................................................................................ 49

Create Parameters and List of Values .................................................................. 51 Create List of Values .................................................................................................... 51

Create Parameters ....................................................................................................... 58

Parameters and List of Values at Data Foundation Level.............................................. 61

Filters .................................................................................................................... 62

Prevent technical data from business users ......................................................... 66

Publish the Universe ............................................................................................. 68

Creating Web Intelligence Document from the published universe ....................... 71 Preview the data ........................................................................................................... 74

Using Filters .................................................................................................................. 75

Filter - Plan Category Only ............................................................................................ 75

Filter - Actual Category Only ......................................................................................... 76

Filter – Cost Center France ........................................................................................... 77

Filter – France and Germany data ................................................................................ 78

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Filter – Actual Category for Germany and India for Q1 ................................................. 82

Parameters ........................................................................................................... 83 Category Parameter ..................................................................................................... 83

Aliases and Contexts ............................................................................................ 90 Aliases and contexts are used to resolve loops in the schema...................................... 90

Aliases .......................................................................................................................... 92

Using OLAP Connection ....................................................................................... 93 Insert a OLAP Connection ............................................................................................ 94

Publish the OLAP Connection ...................................................................................... 99

Create a new Webi Document .................................................................................... 100

Select BEx as Data source ......................................................................................... 101

Select the OLAP Connection and the query ................................................................ 102

Create a Webi Document from OLAP ......................................................................... 103

Publish the webi document to the server. ................................................................... 106

Using Single Source MS Access Connection ..................................................... 109

SAP Note on creating and using OLAP connection in Information Design Tool . 110

Disclaimer: .......................................................................................................... 111

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Executive Summary:

The purpose of this document is to demonstrate step by step implementation instruction on how to design and implement multi source universe functionality in SAP BOBI 4.0. It is assumed that the reader has enough proficient in SAP HANA and SAP BOBI terminologies and technologies and also the application navigating in SAP HANA and BOBI user interfaces. In this implementation guide, SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool has been used to build out the multi source Universe.

Business Drivers:

� Access enterprise business information through single source � Maintain single version of the truth � Enable self servicing report functionality � Combine data from multiple sources to analyze business insights � Reduce technical complexity in data analysis and report development, including

� Data model � Data architecture � Data dictionary � Meta data � Data flow � Data filter � Table join � SQL complexity

� Easy access of business information irrespective of source systems � Business driven , and IT enablement � …much more

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Multi Source Universe Architecture:

� Source # 1: SAP HANA � Source # 2: SAP BW 7.3

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Multi Source Universe Architecture: � Source # 1: SAP HANA | Application Navigation

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Multi Source Universe Architecture:� Source # 1: SAP HANA

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Multi Source Universe Architecture: � Source # 2: SAP BW 7.3 | Application Navigation

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Multi Source Universe Architecture:Source # 2: SAP BW 7.

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Multi Source Universe Architecture: SAP BW 7.3 | Connection Information

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Multi Universe Development – Implementation Steps:


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Launching Information Design Too

Option 1

Option 2

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Launching Information Design Tool

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Create a Project

Select - File – New Project. Enter project Name. Leave Project and click Finish.

The project created will be listed in the Local Projects

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New Project. Enter project Name. Leave Project Location as default

The project created will be listed in the Local Projects

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Create a Session

Under the Repository Resources, click on the down arrow next to green + sign, and select Insert Session

Enter your login credentials in the Open Session window and click OK. By creating a session you are logging into the Repository, to publish the connection to the source and business layer/universe to the repository. So that it can be used by any presentationIntelligence, Dashboards,

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Under the Repository Resources, click on the down arrow next to green + sign,

credentials in the Open Session window and click OK.

By creating a session you are logging into the Repository, to publish the connection to the source and business layer/universe to the repository. So that it can be used by any presentation/reporting tools like Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Dashboards, etc.

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Under the Repository Resources, click on the down arrow next to green + sign,

credentials in the Open Session window and click OK.

By creating a session you are logging into the Repository, to publish the connection to the source and business layer/universe to the repository. So that it

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Once you are connected to the repository all the Connections and universes published to the repository will be listed under Repository Resources.

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Create a Relational

Under the Repository Resources right click on Connections and select Insert Relational Connection

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Create a Relational Connection to InfoCube

Under the Repository Resources right click on Connections and select Insert

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Under the Repository Resources right click on Connections and select Insert

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In the New Relational Connection window, enter the resource name and description and click next.

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In the Database Middleware Driver selection window, select SAP Java Connector (JCO) under SAP NetWeaver BW and click Next.

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In the Create an SAP NetWeaver BW Connection window, enter the BW server credentials and click Test Connection. If the credentials are correct and valid, Test Result window will display with “Test Successful” message. Close the Test Result Window. (Contact your system administrator for BW server credentials)

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After the Test Connection is successful, the end of the InfoProvider line.

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After the Test Connection is successful, click on the button with three dots (…) at the end of the InfoProvider line.

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After click on the (…) button, “Select an InfoProvider Fact Table” window will display with list of all InfoProviders for the BW system.

InfoProviders listed will be IOBJ – InfoObject CUBE – InfoCube MPRO – MultiProvider VIRT- Virtual Provider ODSO – Operational Data Store. By selecting object of your interest the list will be filtered and only fact tables of selected type will be displayed.

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Here CUBE is selected, so Fact tables of InfoCube type are displayed.

List can be searched for a particular cube by selecting the search icon and entering the letters in the cube description, to search the cube of your interest. Once the cube is displayed select it and click OK. Here in the example, entering 33 brought up the BOBJ Class 3312 cube. This cube will be selected.

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The selected cube will be displayed in the InfoProvider field of the Create an SAP NetWeaver BW Connection window. Click Finish.

The connection will be created and published to the repository. Following Info window will be displayed. Select Yes for “Do you want to create a shortcut?”

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At this point connection to the InfoCube (or any other info source) is published to the repository and a short to the connection is also created in the local computer. Connection published to the repository will be used by the reports, created based on this universe, during run-time. The connection shortcut that is saved locally in the development system will be used during development time.

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Shortcut connection is listed under Local Projects with extension .cns

Connection published to the repository is listed under Repository Resources without any extension.

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Create a Data Foundation from InfoCube

Select File-New-Data Foundation. name for the data foundation and click next.

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Create a Data Foundation from InfoCube

Data Foundation. In the New Data Foundation window, enter the name for the data foundation and click next.

Enter the name of the Data Foundation and click Next.

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In the New Data Foundation window, enter the

Enter the name of

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In the Select Data Foundation Type, select Multisource-Enabled and click Next.

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Click Next in the CMS user Authentication window.

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In the Select Connections window select the appropriate connection. (if the project has more than one connection, all connections in the project will be listed here) NOTE: the connection listed here is shortcut connection (.cns extension). Click Next.

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In the Define connection properties for connection window, click on Advanced and select “Automatically create tables and joins” option. Click Finish.

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• Data foundation with the given name (DF_UNIV_DEV) will be created. • It will be created with the extension .dfx (DF_UNIV_DEV.dfx) and listed under

local project • A data foundation tab with data foundation name (DF_UNIV_DEV.dfx) will open • Fact table and dimensions with join will be displayed. • List of tables and joins will also be displayed

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Create a Business Layer from Data Foundation

Select File – New – Business Layer

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Create a Business Layer from Data Foundation

Business Layer

Select Relational Data Source in the New Business Layer (Select the type of datafor the business layer) window and click next.

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Select Relational Data Source in the New Business Layer (Select the type of data source for the business layer) window and click next.

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Enter name and description for the Business Layer and click Next.

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In the Data Foundation selection window, click on the (…) button, to open data foundation list.

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Select the data foundation created before and click OK.

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Selected data foundation will be populated in the Data Foundation selection window. Select the option for “Automatically create classes and objects for SAP NetWeaver BW connections” and click Finish.

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• Business Layer will be created with the given name (BL_UNIV_DEV.blx) with the extension .blx and listed under the project in the Local Projects area (will not be in the Repository Resources yet)

• Business Layer tab with the name (BL_UNIV_DEV.blx) will be open • Created classes (folders) and objects (dimensions and measures) will be

displayed (since “Automatically create classes and objects for SAP NetWeaver BW connections” option was selected in the previous step)

• Data foundation from which the business layer was created will be displayed

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Create Classes & Objects

BusinessObjects V 4.0

Folder

Dimension

Measure

Parameter

Creating business user friendly objects is the main task of universe design where the columns that contain business data are translated to appropriate business domain friendly terms to make business user independent from technical domain. List of values are also defined in universe design.

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& Objects

Naming in BI 4.0 and before

BusinessObjects V3 and before

Class

Object

Object

Prompt

Creating business user friendly objects is the main task of universe design where the columns that contain business data are translated to appropriate business domain friendly terms to make business user independent from technical domain. Security, ParametList of values are also defined in universe design.

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BusinessObjects V3 and before

Creating business user friendly objects is the main task of universe design where the columns that contain business data are translated to appropriate business domain friendly

Security, Parameters,

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The following table describes the Dimensions and Measure that will be created in this exercise using the objects in the above screenshot.

Class and Objects to be created in this exercise

Name Type Source

Actual & Plan Folder -

Category Dimension Category

Account Dimension P_ACCT

P Activity Dimension P_ACTIVITY

Cost Center Dimension P_CC

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Data Source Dimension P_DATASRC

Report Currency Dimension RptCurrency

Year Dimension Time

Month Dimension Time

Revenue Measure Revenue

The example data set contains Actual & Plan data. So Actual & Plan data folder(class) will be created to contain dimensions and a measure. Create Actual & Plan Folder(class)

Right click on the universe name – select New - Folder

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In the Folder Properties window enter the name of the folder – Actual & Plan and enter description if any. Actual & Plan folder should appear in the Business Layer listing.

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Create Category Dimension

Right click on the Actual & Plan – select New –Dimension.

In the Dimension Properties window enter the dimension name – Category and click on the SQL Assistant Window.

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SQL Expression Editor window will open.

1. In the Business Layer section expand category folder and select Category dimension by double clicking.

2. Selected dimension – Category will appear in the SQL Expression section.

3. Validate and click OK.

SQL Expression editor will close and Category dimension selection expression @select(CON_UNIV_DEV\Category\Category) will show up in Dimension

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properties window and the Category dimension will be listed under Actual & Plan folder.

Create Other Dimensions and Measure

Repeat the above steps to create Account, P Activity, Cost Center, Data Source, Report Currency dimensions and Revenue measure. (Refer to the table few pages above for the source) Save the universe.

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After creating all the dimensions and measure the Actual & Plan class(folder) should appear as shown below.

Create Year and Month from Time Dimension The time data in the data set is in YYYY.MMM format as a string variable. By getting the first 4 characters will return Year and last 3 characters will return month.

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Create Month Dimension

Follow the steps to create a dimension. In the SQL Expression window:

1. Go to the Functions list 2. Navigate to Database Functions – CharString and double click Rightpart function 3. Rightpart (right())functions syntax and description will appear at the bottom. Also the

function template, right($1,$2), will be add to the expression window. 4. Delete $1 from right($1,$2) template. Navigate to Time dimension in Business Layer and

double click it. Template will change to right(@Select(CON_UNIV_DEV\Time\Time),$2) 5. Change the 2

nd parameter to 3 in function template. The right($1,$2) function finally should

be right(@Select(CON_UNIV_DEV\Time\Time,3) 6. Validate and click OK.

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Checking the Month values Back in Dimension Properties window for Month dimension, click on Show Values.. button to preview the values for Month.

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All the unique values for the Month Dimension will be displayed in the “Show Values for Month” tab. Close it after checking the values. Create Year Dimension

Follow the steps for creating Month dimension from year. Instead of right() function use left($1, $2) function to get the Year from Time (in the format YYYY.MMM).

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After adding all dimensions and a measure the final list of objects should be as shown here in the folder Actual & Plan

Save the universe.

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Create Parameters and List of Values

Parameters: Parameters are used during runvalues to filter the data. Selected parameter values will be used in the where clause. List of Value (LOV): Predefined set of data for an object. Mostly used in combination with parameters. Create List of Values

The following exercise creates list of values for Category, Cost Center and Account In the Business Layer tab, click on the Parameters and Lists of Values button, below the Queries button. Parameter and List of Value editor will open. Click on the down arrow button in List of valuesvalues

1. List of values based on business layer objects2. Static list of values 3. List of values based on custom SQL

In this exercise first option will be used to create list of values

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Create Parameters and List of Values

Parameters: Parameters are used during run-time to prompt the user to select values to filter the data. Selected parameter values will be used in the where

Predefined set of data for an object. Mostly used in parameters.

The following exercise creates list of values for Category, Cost Center and Account

In the Business Layer tab, click on the Parameters and Lists of Values button, below the Queries button. Parameter and List of Value editor will open. Click on

List of values. There will be 3 choices to create list of

f values based on business layer objects

List of values based on custom SQL In this exercise first option will be used to create list of values. Select the 1

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time to prompt the user to select values to filter the data. Selected parameter values will be used in the where

Predefined set of data for an object. Mostly used in

The following exercise creates list of values for Category, Cost Center and Account

In the Business Layer tab, click on the Parameters and Lists of Values button, below the Queries button. Parameter and List of Value editor will open. Click on

. There will be 3 choices to create list of

. Select the 1st option.

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In the Business Object LOV Properties window enter the name for the LOV (Category LOV) and click on Edit Query.. to open Query Panel

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In the Query Panel, double click on Category under Actual & Plan folder so that it will in Result Objects for Query #1. Click OK to go back to Business Object LOV Properties window (shown above)

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Back in Business Object LOV properties window, click Preview button, the values available in the LOV will be listed (Category LOV has 2 values “ACTUAL” and “PLAN” ). Values can be sorted using the sort menu. Close the Preview Values window.

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Created LOV (Category LOV) should be listed in List of Values.

Repeat the above steps to create Cost Center, Account LOVs. Save the universe

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Category LOV, Cost Center LOV and Account LOV should be listed under List of Values.

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Create Parameters

1. Click on the Insert Parameter icon (green +). Parameter Properties will open 2. Enter name for the parameter (prompt) 3. Check Prompt to users option (this will display the Prompt Text at run-time) 4. Enter Prompt Text: (the text entered here will be displayed at run-time) 5. Click (…) button to get list of LOVs to associate with this parameter (prompt)

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In the Select a List of Values window, select Universe List of Values. All the LOVs created in the previous section will be listed. Select Category LOV and click ok.

Selected LOV will be associated with the parameter. Allow multiple values : This option allows entering or selecting (from LOV) more than one value during run-time for a prompt. When this is checked, where clause in the SQL generated, will have “column in (value1, value2, etc.)” If this option is not selected then the where clause would be “column= value1” Keep list values: This option saves the values selected from LOV or entered for the next run-time. For example. If Category=PLAN was selected and ran a report. Next time when the report is run, it will populate Category=PLAN automatically.

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Category Prompt/Parameter with Category LOV

Repeat the above steps to create Cost Center parameter and Account parameter. Save the universe. Finally the all the parameters and LOVs created should appear as shown in the following screenshot.

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Parameters and List of Values at Data Foundation Level

Parameters and List of values can be defined at data foundation level also. When defined at data foundation level, all Business Layer that uses the data foundation inherits those parameters and list of values. NOTE: More than one Business Layer (universe) can be defined based on one data foundation. Ex. data foundation can have all the enterprise data from which Sales, Inventory, and Product etc universes can be built

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Filters Filters are objects that will be used in the “where clause” of the generated SQL. Like dimensions and measures, filters are also named in business terms like – Plan Category only, Actual Category Only, Cost Center France, Cost Center Germany, etc. so that business users can understand and use them to filter appropriate data. Steps to create Filters are same as those of creating dimensions and measures.

Right click on the Actual & Plan folder and select Filters.

In the Filter Properties window: • Enter the filter name and description. • Select Business for Filter type:

o Native Filter: defined using SQL o Business Filter: define using objects in business layer.

• Click Edit Filter

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In the Edit Custom Filter window,

Double click on Category in Actual & Plan folder. Category object will appear on the Filter Objects column in the right Select “Equal to” from the operation dropdown. Enter PLAN for the value. (Category LOV can also be used to get the value PLAN) Click OK.

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Filter “Plan Category Only” will appear under the dimensions and measure in the Actual & Plan folder /class and Filter definition (Category=’PLAN’) will be displayed in Filter Properties

Repeat the steps to create Actual Category Only, Cost Center France, Cost Center Germany, Cost Center India, Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 filters. For Q1 uses Month In (JAN; FEB; MAR) (note semicolon between months). Repeat the steps to create Q2 and Q3 filters. Save the business layer.

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The final list of dimensions, measures and filters, in this exercise, should be as shown in the screenshot below

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Prevent technical data from business users The objects in the folder with the connection name (CON_UNIV_DEV) contains name of the columns from the underlying data source. This should be prevented from business users during report creation by them. Only the folder Actual & Plan with business termed dimensions, measures and filters should be visible to business users. To achieve this, the folder with technical names (CON_UNIV_DEV) can be hidden. (any object can be hidden from run-time)

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Save the universe/business layer.

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Publish the Universe

Right click on the business layerSelect Publish – To Repository

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Universe

Right click on the business layer To Repository

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In the Check Universe integrity window, select “Check all” and click Next. Check Integrity: checks if the underlying data source schema is changed between the times, when data foundation retrieved the schema and when publishing the universe. If changed, the integrity check will fail. In that case, data foundation must be updated to synchronize with data source schema before publishing. Otherwise, runtime error may occur.

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Select the folder to publish the business layer/universe (top level folder “Universes” is chosen here) and click Finish.

Business layer/ Universe will be published to repository and listed under Repository Resources also.

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Creating Web Intelligenceuniverse Before creating a Web Intelligencebased) or Start Web Intelligence Rich Client (Windows based). BI LaunchPad

Optionally you can enter the url: http:<server>:8080/BOE/BI in the browser.Web Intelligence Rich Client

In this exercise Web Intelligence Rich client will be used. Launch the Web Intelligence Rich Client and enter the login

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Creating Web Intelligence Document from the published

Web Intelligence document, you need to log into BI Lauchpad (browser based) or Start Web Intelligence Rich Client (Windows based).

the url: http:<server>:8080/BOE/BI in the browser.

In this exercise Web Intelligence Rich client will be used. Launch the Web Intelligence Rich Client and enter the login credentials.

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Document from the published

document, you need to log into BI Lauchpad (browser

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Double click the published universe (BL_UNIV_DEV) from the universe list.

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Query panel will open with all the Dimensions, Measures, Filters, Parameters and List to values developed in the Information Design Tool business layer.

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Preview the data

This exercise uses Query Panel to demonstrates filters, parameters and LOVs and preview the results in the Data Preview panel. The query can be converted to report by selecting Close-Apply changes and Close menu item, which will transfer the objects to a web intelligence report that can be saved. Select all the dimensions and the measure (click on Category first and hold shift on Revenue to select all objects in between them). Drag the selected objects into Result Objects section. Click Refresh in the Data Preview section, to preview the all the data in the cube. NOTE:SQL generated can be view using SQL script viewer.

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Using Filters

Filter - Plan Category Only

Double click the “Plan Category Only” filter or drag and drop into Query Filters section and click Refresh and verify only PLAN data is retrieved.

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Filter - Actual Category Only

Replace the Plan Category Only filter with Actual Category Only filter and verify the data retrieved.

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Actual Category Only

Replace the Plan Category Only filter with Actual Category Only filter and verify the

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Replace the Plan Category Only filter with Actual Category Only filter and verify the

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Filter – Cost Center France Replace the previous filter with Cost Center France filter and refresh. Verify data for only France is retrieved.

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Filter – France and Germany data

Add Cost Center Germany filter to the Cost Center France filter. second filter both will be joined with “And”. Click on “And” to change it to “Or”

NOTE: Filters on same columns should have “OR” operator. Filters on different columns should have “AND” operator.

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France and Germany data

Add Cost Center Germany filter to the Cost Center France filter. When you add will be joined with “And”. Click on “And” to change it to “Or”

NOTE: Filters on same columns should have “OR” operator. Filters on different columns should have “AND” operator.

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When you add will be joined with “And”. Click on “And” to change it to “Or”

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Refresh and verify that data for France and Germany only retrieved.

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Filter – Actual data for France and Germany Add Actual Category Only filter to the previous filter.

When you add the Actual Category Only filter the filters may have OR operator. The proper filter should be (Actual Category Only) AND (Cost Center France or Cost Center Germany) Cost Center France and Cost Center Germany need to be grouped together

To group Cost Centers, click and hold on Cost Center Germany, push it towards Cost Center France and release the mouse. This will group Cost Center France and Germany together and isolate Actual Category Only as a separate group.

Click on the “And” and “Or” to toggle them appropriately as shown here.

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Refresh and verify only Actual Category data is returned for France and Germany.

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Filter – Actual Category for Germany and India for Q1

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Parameters Parameters are also kind of filters, but filters have pre-defined filter values, where as parameters (or prompts) prompts the user to enter or select values to filter the data. Category Parameter

In the Query Panel remove all filters. Drag and drop Category dimension into the Query Filters section. Click on the down arrow and select Prompt as show here.

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Click on the ? icon to open Parameter

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In the Parameter properties window,

Select Use Universe Parameters. This will list the parameters defined in the Universe. Select Category Parameter and Click Ok.

In the query panel click refresh icon. Prompt window will appear as shown below. It will use the parameter defined in the universe.

The following image shown how the parameters defined in the universe are used

during run-time.

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Select PLAN from the LOV and click ok. Verify only PLAN data is retrieved.

Repeat the above steps to add Account parameter to the category parameter. Click Refresh.

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Two prompts will be displayed – one for Category (added in previous step) and another for Account

Select two values for the Account (CE00004210, CE0004020) and click ok. Verify that select Accounts data and selected Category data only is retrieved.

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Aliases and ContextsAliases and contexts are used to resolve loops in the schema.

Context – A group of joins with a nameAlias - A table with another name.The following schema illustratesTable A and another from Table C, the result may include

• Table A, Table B and Table C• Table A, Table E, Table D and Table C

The first option is better than the second since the second involves 3 joins which will be more restrictive and product incorrect result.

If the SQL is created manually we have control to select Table A and Table C going through intermediate Table B. Buscene based on the dimensions and measures selected by the user. paths are available, the system can be directed to select themore contexts.

The following table describes all the possible contexts that can be defined to resolve the above loop. With it is possible to navigate between any tables to produce appropriate results.

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Aliases and Contexts Aliases and contexts are used to resolve loops in the schema.

group of joins with a name A table with another name.

The following schema illustrates a loop. If two columns are selected –Table A and another from Table C, the result may include

Table A, Table B and Table C Table A, Table E, Table D and Table C

The first option is better than the second since the second involves 3 joins which will be more restrictive and product incorrect result.

If the SQL is created manually we have control to select Table A and Table C going through intermediate Table B. But in BusinessObjects the SQL is generated behind the scene based on the dimensions and measures selected by the user. When such multiple paths are available, the system can be directed to select the best path by defining

The following table describes all the possible contexts that can be defined to resolve the above loop. With these context definitions in BO for the above scenario

to navigate between any tables to produce appropriate results.

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– one from

The first option is better than the second since the second involves 3 joins which

If the SQL is created manually we have control to select Table A and Table C going t in BusinessObjects the SQL is generated behind the

When such multiple best path by defining one or

The following table describes all the possible contexts that can be defined to in BO for the above scenario

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Context Name

Join(s) in the Context Used by BO when Dimensions and Measures selected from

AB Join AB Table A and Table B

ABC Join AB and Join AC Table A, Table B and Table C Table A and Table C

BC Join BC Table B and Table C

BCD Join BC and Join CD Table B, Table C and Table D Table B and Table D

CD Join CD Table C and Table D

CDE Join CD and Join DE Table C, Table D and Table E Table C and Table E

DE Join DE Table D and Table E

DEA Join DE and Join EA Table D, Table E and Table A Table D and Table A

EA Join EA Table E and Table A

AE Joins AB, BC and CD Table A, B, C and D

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Aliases

Aliases are used to break a loop situationeliminated by defining an alias table for one of the tables. The following illustrates this by defining an alias for Table D.

One of the disadvantages of this approach is that, two set of object need to be created from Table D. Users need to be educated when to use objects from Table D and Table D alias.

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e used to break a loop situation. For example the above loop can be eliminated by defining an alias table for one of the tables. The following illustrates this by defining an alias for Table D.

One of the disadvantages of this approach is that, two set of object need to be rom Table D. Users need to be educated when to use objects from Table

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. For example the above loop can be eliminated by defining an alias table for one of the tables. The following illustrates

One of the disadvantages of this approach is that, two set of object need to be rom Table D. Users need to be educated when to use objects from Table

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Using OLAP ConnectionIn Information Design Tool universes cannot be built on top of OLAP This is the limitation currently exists in Information Design Toolregarding this is attached at the end of this document)on the published OLAP connection. Steps in creating, publishing and using

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Using OLAP Connection In Information Design Tool OLAP connection can be created and published. But universes cannot be built on top of OLAP connection in Information Design Tool. This is the limitation currently exists in Information Design Tool (SAP NOTE regarding this is attached at the end of this document). Reports can be directly built on the published OLAP connection.

, publishing and using an OLAP connection.

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OLAP connection can be created and published. But connection in Information Design Tool.

(SAP NOTE . Reports can be directly built

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For Steps 1 and 2, an existing project and session can be used. If not follow the steps explained before in this guideInsert a OLAP Connection

In the Repository Resources section, right click Connections and select Insert OLAP Connection.

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For Steps 1 and 2, an existing project and session can be used. If not follow the steps explained before in this guide. Insert a OLAP Connection

In the Repository Resources section, right click Connections and select Insert

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For Steps 1 and 2, an existing project and session can be used. If not follow the

In the Repository Resources section, right click Connections and select Insert

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In the New OLAP connection window enter the connection name and click Next.

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In the OLAP Middleware Driver Selection, expand SAP- SAP Netweaver BI 7.x and select SAP BICS Client and click Next.

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Enter all the connection parameters and click Next.

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In the Cube Selection window, select the cube of interest, which was created in the BW system, from which reports need to be created. Click Finish. NOTE: In this example, the Consolidation cube is used from the Starter Kit. But the steps are applicable to any OLAP connection and reporting.

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Publish the OLAP Connection

The previous step, when Finish button is clicked, will publish the connection to the repository. Verify that the OLAP connection is published to the repository. The created OLAP connection must be listed under Connections folder in the Repository Resources.

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Connection

The previous step, when Finish button is clicked, will publish the connection to the

Verify that the OLAP connection is published to the repository. The created OLAP connection must be listed under Connections folder in the Repository Resources.

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The previous step, when Finish button is clicked, will publish the connection to the

Verify that the OLAP connection is published to the repository. The created OLAP connection must be listed under Connections folder in the Repository Resources.

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Create a new Web Intelligence

Launch Web Intelligence Rich Client. New Document window will open

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Web Intelligence Document

Web Intelligence Rich Client.

window will open on launching the Web Intelligence Rich client.

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Select BEx as Data source

In the new document window click on More.. link under

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Select BEx as Data source

In the new document window click on More.. link under BEx

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Select the OLAP Connection

In the Select a BW BEx query window,

• Select the published OLAP connection from Folders section on the left.• Select the query from the query list on the right section. • Click OK.

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OLAP Connection and the query

elect a BW BEx query window, Select the published OLAP connection from Folders section on the left.Select the query from the query list on the right section.

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Select the published OLAP connection from Folders section on the left.

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Create a Web Intelligence

Query Panel will open will (In this example, there are Time and Account dimensions and SignData)

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Document from OLAP

Query Panel will open will all the BEx query objects listed under Universe outline.(In this example, there are Time and Account dimensions and SignData)

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all the BEx query objects listed under Universe outline.

(In this example, there are Time and Account dimensions and SignData)

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In the query panel,

• Double click on the desired dimensions and measure to add them to the Result Objects section.

• Run the Query • Preview the data returned by the query in the Data Preview section • Select Apply Changes and close

Query will be saved and a Web Intelligence document will be generated based on the OLAP query and will be displayed.

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Publish the web document to the server.

Select the Save – Publish to...

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Publish a document to the server window will open. • Select a folder for the report (under Public Folders) • Enter a report name • Save.

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Log into to server using BI Launch Pad, navigate to the folder and run the report and verify.

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Using Single Source MS Access Connection This section will cover the creating connection to single source connection to efashion MS Access database. All other steps before creating the connection and after are the same as for multi-source SAP Netweaver connection. In the Database Middleware Driver Selection step, select MS Access 2007- ODBC Drivers and click Next

Enter the credentials for database connection and test the connection. NOTE: The ODBC source must be configured for the MS Access database in the windows OS level before using the MS Access data source.

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SAP Note on creating and using OLAP connection inInformation Design Tool

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SAP Note on creating and using OLAP connection inInformation Design Tool

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