Shortcut Join and Its use in Business Objects Universe
In this SAP Business Objects Universe Designer Tutorial we will learn about shortcut joins, How to use shortcut join to generate performance optimized query and use of shortcut join to resolve loops....
View ArticleSQL Traps in Business Objects Universe : How to Solve CHASM Trap
A Chasm trap is a join path type problem between three tables where two many-to-one join path converge on a single table and there is no context to separate the converging path. However even if we have...
View ArticleHow to solve Fan Trap in Business Objects Universe
Apart from CHASM trap, fan trap is another kind of trap that may occur in universe causing wrong results in reports. A fan trap can occur in universe when there is a one-to-many join between two tables...
View ArticleHierarchies in Business Objects Universe
Hierarchy is an ordered sequence of dimensions which is very helpful for multi-dimensional analysis of data. e.g. time hierarchy. Day->Week->Month->Quarter->Year Multidimensional analysis...
View ArticleUsing @Functions with Universe Objects
@Functions are available in Universe designer and are available in the edit select box of an object. Following @functions are available in Designer. @Select() @Variable() @Where() @Script @Prompt...
View ArticleUsing Data Restriction Techniques in Business Objects Universe
Data restriction is a condition which would restrict the data to be returned to user. There are multiple ways and type of restrictions in universe which you can use. Forced Restrictions. Forced...
View ArticleUsing Derived Table in SAP Business Objects Universe
What are Derived table and its use? Derived table is not a physical in database however its logical table created in Business Objects Universe using SQL. Derived table can be considered like views in...
View ArticleLinking Universe in Universe Designer
There are many times when universe development task is big and it’s not possible to dingle person to develop the universe in stipulated time. To cater this need Business Objects has provided the...
View ArticleUsing Index Awareness in Business Objects Universe for Performance Optimization
What is Index Awareness? Making universe index aware means telling universe on which columns indexes are created. This helps Business Objects to generate efficient query which uses indexes instead of...
View ArticleUniverse Access Restriction
Once you are done with development of universe there might be requirement to restrict the universe access to particular user or user group. You can achieve this by applying various access restrictions...
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