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Universe Design Tool User Guide SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 Service Package 4

2012-03-14
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well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany andother countries.Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports,Crystal Decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and servicesmentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of BusinessObjects Software Ltd. Business Objects is an SAP company.Sybase and Adaptive Server, iAnywhere,Sybase 365, SQL Anywhere, and other Sybase products and services mentioned herein as well astheir respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc. Sybase is an SAPcompany. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respectivecompanies. Data contained in this document serves informational purposes only. National productspecifications may vary.These materials are subject to change without notice. These materials areprovided by SAP AG and its affiliated companies ("SAP Group") for informational purposes only,without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP Group shall not be liable for errors oromissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP Group products and servicesare those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products andservices, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.

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Contents

Introducing the universe design tool.....................................................................................15Chapter 1

Document History: Universe design tool................................................................................151.1Overview................................................................................................................................151.2Universe design tool and universe fundamentals....................................................................161.3What is a universe?................................................................................................................161.3.1What is the role of a universe?...............................................................................................161.3.2What does a universe contain?...............................................................................................171.3.3About the universe window....................................................................................................191.3.4Universe design tool install root path......................................................................................191.3.5How do you use the universe design tool to create universes?..............................................201.4How do objects generate SQL?.............................................................................................201.4.1What types of database schema are supported?....................................................................211.4.2How are universes used?.......................................................................................................211.4.3Who is the universe designer?...............................................................................................221.5Required skills and knowledge...............................................................................................221.5.1What are the tasks of the universe designer?.........................................................................231.5.2The basic steps to create a universe......................................................................................231.6Introducing the universe development process.......................................................................241.7Universe design methodology................................................................................................241.7.1Universe development cycle..................................................................................................261.7.2Optimizing universe planning and implementation time...........................................................271.7.3Multilingual universes.............................................................................................................281.8Multilingual universes.............................................................................................................281.8.1Definitions of languages and locales.......................................................................................291.8.2The different locales...............................................................................................................301.8.3Setting the product language for the universe design tool user interface................................301.8.4Consuming multilingual universes...........................................................................................311.8.5Determining the fallback locale in linked universes.................................................................311.8.6The translation management tool............................................................................................311.8.7Multilingual data.....................................................................................................................321.8.8Universe design tool example materials..................................................................................321.9Demonstration databases......................................................................................................321.9.1

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Demonstration universes.......................................................................................................331.9.2Using universes with the information design tool....................................................................331.10

Doing basic operations.........................................................................................................35Chapter 2

Overview................................................................................................................................352.1Starting the universe design tool............................................................................................352.2To start the universe design tool............................................................................................362.2.1Using the Quick Design wizard ..............................................................................................372.2.2Working with XI R2 connections and universes with Designer XI R3......................................372.3Creating a basic universe with the Quick Design wizard.........................................................382.4Why use the Quick Design wizard?........................................................................................382.4.1Using the Quick Design Wizard..............................................................................................382.4.2Following up on a universe created with the Quick Design wizard..........................................462.4.3Importing a universe...............................................................................................................462.5Importing a universe from the repository................................................................................462.5.1What is the difference between opening and importing?.........................................................472.5.2Opening a universe................................................................................................................472.6Exporting a universe...............................................................................................................482.7How are universes organized on the repository file system?..................................................492.7.1Exporting a universe to the repository....................................................................................492.7.2What is the difference between exporting and saving?...........................................................502.7.3Saving a universe...................................................................................................................502.8Universe file names as identifiers...........................................................................................512.8.1Saving a universe...................................................................................................................512.8.2Saving a universe definition as PDF........................................................................................512.8.3Closing a universe..................................................................................................................522.9Working with multiple designers.............................................................................................532.10Locking a universe.................................................................................................................532.10.1Revision number....................................................................................................................532.10.2Using the universe design tool user interface.........................................................................542.11The main components of the user interface............................................................................542.11.1The universe design tool user interface..................................................................................552.11.2Mani