Course Description

BusinessObjects XI:
Advanced Universe Design

Description:  This two-day instructor-led advanced course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to design universes in BusinessObjects Designer. The business benefit of this course is that you will learn best-practice methodology for creating universes that respond to your reporting requirements. Through well-designed universes, report designers and business users will be able to create reports without having to know anything about the underlying data source or structure.

Student Profile:  The target audience for this course is anyone responsible for creating and designing universes using a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2 SP2 environment. You will be most successful if you have experience working with BusinessObjects Designer.

Objectives:  This advanced course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to design universes in BusinessObjects Designer.

The business benefit of this course is that you will learn best-practice methodology for creating universes that respond to your reporting requirements. Through well-designed universes, report designers and business users will be able to create reports without having to know anything about the underlying data source or structure.

Prerequisites:  To be successful in this advanced course, you must have working knowledge of:

• SQL and relational database management systems concepts and structures
• Familiarity with the metadata and logical structure of the databases in their organization
• BusinessObjects Universe Designer
• BusinessObjects Web Intelligence™

To satisfy the above prerequisites we recommend these courses:

• BusinessObjects XI R1/R2: Universe Design
• BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R2: Report Design

Duration:  2 days

Curriculum:  Course topics include: