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What is report

XML
Extract

Oracle
tables

CSV
files
server

What is BO

Components of BO

REPORTING TOOLS

Other tools

Description

Report is an organized collection of data , prepared for viewing and analysis

Report contains data from many transactions
Report can be made to be viewed in a web page by an system anywhere without need for any othe

Transform
For transforming
data there are
many tools
available in the
market

Data
ware
house
DWH

1) Informatica
2) SAP BI
3) SAP BODS
4) Orace business
intelligence (OBI)
5) MSBI ( microsoft
business
After the data comes
into Data warehouse then next comes the reporting
intelligence
BO
BO
BO
BO

was a separate company . They released different versions

5.0 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5
XI R2
XI 3.1 -- was released in 2007
In 2008 sap acquired this company and they renamed it as SAP BO XI 3.1 ( they also c
SAP BO XI 4.0 -- got released in 2011 end. It is now integrated with BI tool
Many projects are still run in SAP BO XI 3.1 -- More than 70% orojects are still in this version
New implementation in SAP BO XI 4.0
Migration from SAP BO XI 3.1 to 4.0 will take minimum 6 months has lot of changes has happened

Once u install BO it will create a repository. To install BO we need one database. By default u will ge
You can also use other database like oracle. BO repositroy is nothing but a place where it will have
database.Meta data means table strucutre, reports etc

ccm is a tool where u can start the server or stop the server you can configure a new server , you c
configuration manager. Its a service based tool

Central management console. From here we maintain all business object components, security par
user , creating of user , giving access to
CCM and CMS are part of administration

BI launch pad is a business object portal and from here the end user can view the reports access d
Coming to the implementation part we have a tool called WEB intelligence. Its one of the reporting
Its a web based tool.
HOW ONE CAN CONNECT TO WEB INTELLIGENCE REPORTS . Its the SAP BI Launch pad
BI launch pad communicates with repository using web application server.
whatever the reports in the BO repository can be viewed by using BI launch pad.
We can create the WEBI reports by connecting to the BI launch pad
BI launch pad can be opened through internet explorer
The same BI launch pad in SAP BO XI 3.1 is called as infoview.

The BO is installed in hyderbad server and my just using the ip address can be opened here withou
system.
How we can CREATE A REPORT
We can create a report by connecting to Universes like sales_universes
What is an universe ?
An universe is a semantic layer between database and end users (WEBI Developers)
How we can create universes?
That can be done by using UDT and IDT tool
UDT: Universe designer tool
IDT: Information designer tool
Why we have 2 tools to implement the universe
UDT is the older version and IDT is the new version
Probably in the next version SAP BO XI 4.1 we may not find the UDT and we can only find the IDT.

You can create the universes by connecting one of the source system. The source systems can be
SAP BI
HANA
ORACLE
SQL (Any relational databases)
You can create the universes by connecting to SAP BI database, hana database, oracle database et

What is the difference between UDT and IDT

Designing the universe the concept is same
In IDT one universe can connect to multiple database, in UDT one universe can connect to single d

to multiple database u have to create multiple universes.

SAP bo 4.0 = bo 4.0 = sap bobj 4.0 ( sap business objects ) = sap bi bo 4.0 = all these are same c
WEBI
Webi can connect to the universe and create the reports
Also you can use Bex queries ( developed using Bex query designer) to create reports. This is not

The difference is in 4.0 directly u can connect to Bex queries where as in 3.1 u have to create unive
the report

WEBI RICH CLIENT

Its another reporting tool , its not a web based tool
Its a desktop based tool
You can create the report by connecting to Bex queries and also to universes and also to other data
You can also create a report from any file system like excel or csv , this is not possible in WEBI tool
CRYSTAL REPORTS
Crystal is a separate company , it was acquired by by BO and also one more reporting tool
Latest version is 2011
U can connect to databases , universe or bex queries , it can connect to OLTP systems
The thing is if u save the crystal reports in the BO repository that then can be viewed by BI launch

DASHBOARD 4.0 = EXCELSIUS 2011

Its one more reporting tool
Dashboard reports can be created by connecting to 2 middle layers one is QAAWS ( query as a web
The source for live office is webi reports , crystal reports and can generate a query by connecting t

The source for QAAWS is the universe. Using universe we generate a webs service and using web s

UPGRADE MANAGEMENT TOOL / Important wizard ( for older versions )

Its for migrating the universe and reports from older versions to newer ones
LCM - Life cycle management tool
Its for releasing the project from development -- QA -- Production
How we can transport universe and reports , that is done through the LCM