VISHAL NICHANI

SAP Business Objects Developer Phone: 973-070-3590 Email: nichani.vishal@gmail.com Professional Profile: 3+ years of professional IT experience in Business Intelligence, generating OLAP reports using Business Objects 4.0/XI R3/R2 6.5 Desktop Intelligence(Desk I), Web Intelligence(WEB I) Rich Client, Central Management Console(CMC), Universe Designer, Crystal Reports, SAP Mobile,Xcelsius and Info View.

Solid understanding of Data Warehousing, Data Marts, Star Schema, Snow Flake Schema Modeling, Dimensional Modeling, OLTP and OLAP concepts Strong in SQL Concepts such as Joins, Clauses, Views, Sub query. Personal skills include- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, excellent communication skills, strong sense of organization & effective time management.

Education: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio AUG 07 to DEC 08 Completed Masters of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. GPA-3.6 Relevant Courses: Computer networks, Software engineering, Micro electrical and mechanical systems (MEMS), Secure & Dependable Computing, Computer Architecture, Advanced computer networks.

Technical/Functional Tools: BI & DW Technologies: Business Objects 4.0/XI R3/R2/6.5- Designer, Supervisor, Desktop Intelligence (Desk I), Web Intelligence (Web I), Info View, and CMC, Crystal Reports, Xcelsius 2008, Live Office, SAP Mobile 4.4. Languages: C, C++, PL/SQL, T-SQL RDBMS: Oracle 11i/10g, Teradata 12, SQL Server 2005, 2008 R2 and Greenplum Framework Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, Lotus Notes, MS Project Operating System: Windows- 98/ 2000/ XP, 2008 server, Linux/Unix. Work Experience:

Saama Technologies, Pune Position: Business Objects Dev

DEC 11- Till Date

Description: Saama, a business analytics company works with major software vendors to create solutions that help organizations make better quality decisions. Project 1: Accelerating Roche Presence in EEMAI JAN 13 to JUNE 13 Client: Roche, Switzerland Description: The main objective of this project is to deliver a reporting dashboard containing macroeconomic, demographic, healthcare and Pharma market indicators that describe the market current and future potential. Responsibilities:

Modified existing universe to add in additional tables, implement cascading functionality, currency selection functionality, solve loops through context etc. Created Web I reports for various areas like Market dynamics, Therapeutic area, Key initiatives which acted as source for Xcelsius dashboard. Used Live office connection to feed in report data for Dashboards Helped to reduce the boot time of dashboard. Worked on various change request for dashboards like print,maps etc. Incorporated Proper GMAPs to solve problems within built SAP Maps Implemented BO 4 mobile solution by mobilizing the Web I Reports which can be viewed on IPAD Created interactive Web I reports optimal for Mobile solution including geo maps analysis, trend icons, filters, etc.

Environment: BO 4 SP 4 Patch 6, SAP BI 4.4 mobile, Oracle 11g, Dashboard Design SP 4(Xcelsius), Live Office 4. Project 2: Roche Logistics Cockpit POC NOV-12 to DEC-12 Client: Roche, Switzerland Description: The main aim of this POC (Proof of Concept) project was to help the client get familiarize with new features and capabilities of BO 4 Responsibilities: Analyzed the BRD in order to create desired Web I reports Used Business Intelligence Consumer Services (BICS) connectivity to consume BEx queries in Web I Reports. Created Web I reports (Inventories analysis) as per client needs using reporting functionalities like sort, OpenDoc, Filters and templates like chart, table etc.

Used new features like dynamic input control so that users could analyze the reports on the Fly. Environment: Business Objects 4 SP 4, SAP BI 7 Project 3: Project Roadmap Dashboard JUN-12 to OCT-12 Client: Synopsys Description: The goal of this project was to create a Project Roadmap dashboard (Gantt chart) to provide intelligence on all projects for each Business Unit and its budgeted cost. Responsibilities: Analyzed the existing BRD document, created prototype dashboard for CIO and CFO Used complex functionality in dashboards like Drill, Alerts, selectors and complex formulas like Vlookup, Index-Match etc.

Created a complex data set in excel to fit in all the functionality of dashboard like Unique Portfolios, Cost aggregation, individual selection of Portfolio etc. Used drill functionality to drill from one tab to another tab using label based menu component. Used Alerts in dashboard inspite of alerts being disabled for 2 series charts. Used various chart components like line charts, stacked bar charts, single value components like slider, Text labels, Selectors like checkbox, list builder, and combo box in the development of the dashboards. Used the SWF loader component to integrate the dashboard with other dashboards under a Tab. Used Dynamic Visibility functionality to display charts either for all projects or for selected projects.

Use Canvas component to group objects and act as a pop up box for user to select dashboard data criteria. Used Print button to aid for printing purpose and a Help box to help users navigate through the dashboard. Used Live Office connectivity to feed the data in Excel sheets. Solved issues like having reverse scale axis on dashboard, color coding of each project which falls under a certain portfolio. Environment: Business Objects 3.1 SP 3, Xcelsius 2008 SP 4, Live Office, SQL Server 2005 Project 4: Territory (TRR) Dashboard Client: Franklin Templeton Description: DEC-11 to MAR-12

The main aim of this project was to create a dashboard for wholesalers which could help them view their sales performance, Territory and market share information. Responsibilities: Analyzed the existing BRD documents, created report specs to map the existing columns to the objects. Modified the existing universe to fit in the new tables and its corresponding objects for development of dashboard. Enhanced the existing reports with inclusion of new objects for the desired functionality of dashboard. Created mockups/prototype for end users so that they could get a holistic feel and behavior of the dashboard and how its components interact.

Used dynamic visibility to toggle in multiple view of dataset.(Table or chart) Used the Tab set component to embed Territory, Market share and sales information Used the Local scenario component so that users could save their own local scenarios on the machine Formatted the raw data in Xcelsius spreadsheet using VLOOKUP, IF, AND, OR, CONCATENATE and many other excel formulae/functions that are supported in Xcelsius. Used Live Office to pull in data from corporate data sources to excel worksheet where the components were mapped up with excel data. Involved in complete dashboard testing- Functional, performance and data validation. Involved in documentation of dashboard and reports Involved in UAT, production support of TRR dashboard

Environment: Business Objects XI 3.1 SP3- Designer, Info View, Xcelsius 2008 SP3 FP 3.2, Live Office, Green Plum, Windows 7. Cisco Systems Inc, San Jose, CA APR-10 to AUG-11

Position: Business Objects Developer Description: Cisco (CSCO) is the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management of Internet Products - routers, hubs, Ethernet. The objective of this project was to create reports to aid business users to evaluate their customers and businesses better. The reports generated increased visibility for the business processes, and thus helped the business managers to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Responsibilities: Interacted with clients and assisted in business requirements gathering, including working with end users to interpret functional requirements into report specifications. Experienced in User Administration of BO XI environment for setting up user accounts and groups using Central Management Console (CMC). Involved in developing, designing and maintaining new and existing universes by creating joins and cardinalities responsible for Creation of the universe with Classes, Objects and Condition Objects. Created Aliases and Contexts to resolve the Loops and Traps (fan traps and chasm traps). Handled Embedded Functions like @Prompt, @Select and @Where in the Designer to handle User requests for report generators

Created Custom LOVs (List of Values) and Custom Hierarchies for drilling down to lower levels in the reports. Used Index awareness, Analytical functions, Short cut joins to optimize the performance of universe. Created ad-hoc reports using various Business Objects functionalities like alerter, sorts, ranking, filters, breaks, sections, crosstab, Merge dimensions, union queries, sub queries, custom variables, and context operators in web intelligence rich client. Linked Summary report with Detail report in Web I using Info view in order to obtain detail information about an object contained in summary report. Created POC Corporate Dashboards and Business Presentations by feeding data to Excel sheets using Crystal Xcelsius.

Formatted the raw data in Xcelsius spreadsheet using VLOOKUP, IF, AND, OR, CONCATENATE and many other excel formulae/functions that are supported in Xcelsius. Used SQL server management studio to test and validate data. Involved in production support by modifying and correcting production reports.

Environment: Business Objects XI R3, 3.1 SP2, R2, (CMC, CCM, Designer, Desk I, Web I Rich Client, Info View,), Xcelsius 2008, Oracle 10g, TOAD, PL/SQL, MS- Excel, Windows XP. Satellite Laboratory Services, CA MAY-09 to FEB-10 Position: Business Objects Developer. Description: The objective of this POC (proof of concept) based project was to convert the existing reports in

Cognos portal to Business objects Web I based reports. Satellite Labs wanted to check the offline capabilities, scalability, and performance of business objects reports when compared to cognos. Responsibilities: Interacted with Business users and stakeholders to assist in business requirements gathering, including working with users to interpret functional requirements into report specifications. Created prototypes for business users so that they could get a holistic feel, behavior and view of the functionality of Business object reports. Involved in developing, designing new universes by creating joins and cardinalities, Classes, Objects and Condition Objects. Created Aliases and Contexts to resolve the Loops and Traps (fan traps and chasm traps).

Used Index awareness, Analytical functions, Short cut joins to optimize the performance of universe. Created ad-hoc reports using various Business Objects functionalities like Input controls, alerter, sorts, ranking, filters, breaks, sections, and crosstab. Created complex reports using Calculation context operators like ForEach, ForAll, and IN and used Merge dimensions, union queries, sub queries, custom variables, etc in Web I rich client. Created Crystal Reports using Crystal reports formulas, Grouping, Parameters , Selection criteria. Created linked, unlinked and on demand sub reports and used shared variables with sub reports.

Build specialized reports in crystal using functionalities like- Running totals, Alerts, Top N, Dynamic graphic locations. Used Teradata SQL assistant to test and validate data. Involved in production support by modifying and correcting production reports.

Environment: Business Objects XI R2 (CMC, CCM, Designer, Desk I, Info View), Teradata 12, Teradata SQL Assistant, Windows XP, Cognos 8.3(Framework Manager, Report Studio) Academic Projects: Personal Time Tracking System for Cleveland State University An efficient system designed to help faculty members monitor their daily schedules.

Actively involved in completing the Requirements Engineering tasks to help elicit client requirements and to choose a right process model for the project. Prepared Use cases, Class diagrams, RTM and Test cases for this system. Environment: UML, MS Visio and MS Office

Columnar Transposition Cipher Columnar transposition cipher is a cipher where the letters of the plaintext by themselves remain unchanged but the order of these letters is completely mixed up. Transposition cipher scheme is used to encrypt and decrypt messages. Designed an Algorithm for encryption and decryption of messages using Transposition cipher scheme. Environment: C++, MS office

Transmission Control Protocol: Created Wiki pages on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and TCP/IP reference model. Environment: HTML, JavaScript. References: Available upon request.