What is Business Objects:
Business Objects is a French enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence (BI). Since 2007, it has been a part of SAP AG. The company claimed more than 46,000 customers worldwide in its final earnings release. Its flagship product is Business Objects XI, with components that provide performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis and enterprise information management. Business Objects also offers consulting and education services to help customers deploy its business intelligence projects.
SAP Business Objects offers a broad portfolio of tools and applications designed to help you optimize business performance by connecting people, information, and businesses across business networks.
SAP BO Course Content
1. Query as Web service:
• Usage of Query as web service
• How to configure and use
• Viewing the Universe and Webi reports using web service
• Viewing the Crystal Xcelcius reports using web service
2. Universe Designer
• Understanding how universes allow users to query databases using their everyday business terms
• Creating an ODBC connection to the course database
• Creating a universe
• Populating the universe structure
• Defining joins in a universe
3. Live Office
• Introduction
• How Data can be extracted using Live office
• Extracting data in Xcelcius using Live Office
4. Xcelcius
• Introducing Crystal Xcelcius with SAP implementation options.
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• sourced through Crystal Reports or Web Intelligence
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard fon SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• created through the use of live Office
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• Created through the use of query as a Web Service (QaaWS)
• Crystal Xcelsius Dashboards Using Analytics as part of Dashboard Manager
• Create an Analytic Dashboard from SAP data through a Universe
5. Web Rich Client (Web Intelligence)
• Introduction to desktop intelligence
• Report Creation
• Publishing the report
• Understanding how universes allow you to query database using everyday business terms
• Understanding Web Intelligence core functionalitiesCreating a document in the Web Intelligence Rich Client
• Viewing a Web Intelligence document in Info View • Building a simple query • Modifying a document query
• Working with query properties
• Restricting data with query filters
• Modifying a query with a predefined query filter
• Applying a single-value query filter
• Using prompts to restrict data
• Using complex filters
• Working in the Report Panel
• Displaying data in tables and charts
• Using breaks and cross tabs
• Formatting break, calculations, and report filters
• Formatting breaks and cross tabs
• Using default and custom sorts
• Ranking data to see top or bottom values
• Using alerter to highlight information
• Organizing a report into sections
• Copying data to other applications
• Preparing document for PDF and print
• Document formatting
• Exporting documents from the Rich Client
• Accessing Info View
6. SAPBO – VOYAGER
• Getting started with Business Objects Voyager
• Using Queries to Analyze Cube Data
• Highlighting Exceptions in Data
• Using Voyager with SAP
• Logging on to SAP
• Member Selector with SAP data
• Using Variables
• Mandatory and optional variables
• Variable types • More about variables
• Free CharacteristicsKey figures and formatted values
• Formatting with no key figures
• Display Attributes
• Compounded characteristics
• mutually exclusive Hierarchies
• Unbalanced and Ragged Hierarchies
• SAP display attributes
7. SAPBO-WIDGETS
• Installing BI Widgets
• Using BI Widgets to Access BI content 19
• Login to BI Widgets
• Locating content BI content on one or more XI R3 servers
• Using BI Widgets explorer to view content
• Using BI Widgets with Xcelsius documents
• Importing an Xcelsius document as a widget
• Selecting and opening a Web Intelligence Report
• Viewing a Web Intelligence Document
• Creating a Report Part Widget from a Report
8. SAPBO-DASHBOARD BULDER
• Getting started with Dashboard Builder
• Creating Corporate Dashboards using Dashboard Builder
• Creating Personal Dashboards using Dashboard Builder
• Analyzing Dashboard Content
• Setting Dashboard preferences in Info View
• Customizing Dashboards
9. Project
Complete End to end development of Report Using SAP BO with the help of Xcelcius.
1. Query as Web service:
• Usage of Query as web service
• How to configure and use
• Viewing the Universe and Webi reports using web service
• Viewing the Crystal Xcelcius reports using web service
2. Universe Designer
• Understanding how universes allow users to query databases using their everyday business terms
• Creating an ODBC connection to the course database
• Creating a universe
• Populating the universe structure
• Defining joins in a universe
3. Live Office
• Introduction
• How Data can be extracted using Live office
• Extracting data in Xcelcius using Live Office
4. Xcelcius
• Introducing Crystal Xcelcius with SAP implementation options.
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• sourced through Crystal Reports or Web Intelligence
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard fon SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• created through the use of live Office
• Create a Crystal Xcelsius Dashboard from SAP data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• Created through the use of query as a Web Service (QaaWS)
• Crystal Xcelsius Dashboards Using Analytics as part of Dashboard Manager
• Create an Analytic Dashboard from SAP data through a Universe
5. Web Rich Client (Web Intelligence)
• Introduction to desktop intelligence
• Report Creation
• Publishing the report
• Understanding how universes allow you to query database using everyday business terms
• Understanding Web Intelligence core functionalitiesCreating a document in the Web Intelligence Rich Client
• Viewing a Web Intelligence document in Info View • Building a simple query • Modifying a document query
• Working with query properties
• Restricting data with query filters
• Modifying a query with a predefined query filter
• Applying a single-value query filter
• Using prompts to restrict data
• Using complex filters
• Working in the Report Panel
• Displaying data in tables and charts
• Using breaks and cross tabs
• Formatting break, calculations, and report filters
• Formatting breaks and cross tabs
• Using default and custom sorts
• Ranking data to see top or bottom values
• Using alerter to highlight information
• Organizing a report into sections
• Copying data to other applications
• Preparing document for PDF and print
• Document formatting
• Exporting documents from the Rich Client
• Accessing Info View
6. SAPBO – VOYAGER
• Getting started with Business Objects Voyager
• Using Queries to Analyze Cube Data
• Highlighting Exceptions in Data
• Using Voyager with SAP
• Logging on to SAP
• Member Selector with SAP data
• Using Variables
• Mandatory and optional variables
• Variable types • More about variables
• Free CharacteristicsKey figures and formatted values
• Formatting with no key figures
• Display Attributes
• Compounded characteristics
• mutually exclusive Hierarchies
• Unbalanced and Ragged Hierarchies
• SAP display attributes
7. SAPBO-WIDGETS
• Installing BI Widgets
• Using BI Widgets to Access BI content 19
• Login to BI Widgets
• Locating content BI content on one or more XI R3 servers
• Using BI Widgets explorer to view content
• Using BI Widgets with Xcelsius documents
• Importing an Xcelsius document as a widget
• Selecting and opening a Web Intelligence Report
• Viewing a Web Intelligence Document
• Creating a Report Part Widget from a Report
8. SAPBO-DASHBOARD BULDER
• Getting started with Dashboard Builder
• Creating Corporate Dashboards using Dashboard Builder
• Creating Personal Dashboards using Dashboard Builder
• Analyzing Dashboard Content
• Setting Dashboard preferences in Info View
• Customizing Dashboards
9. Project
Complete End to end development of Report Using SAP BO with the help of Xcelcius.
