Prerequisites: Students must have taken the Introductory course and understand basic report design concepts.

Topics Covered Include: Advanced query techniques, Character and data string functions, Calculation contexts, Using If logic, Additional reporting techniques, Linking to documents

Information Design Tool- Core

Overview: This core three course is designed to give an understanding of universe design concepts and terminology, as well as the role of universes in relation to BusinessObjects reporting tools. The course provides an overview of the process for planning, designing and creating a universe and then walks you through the process of designing a universe that responds to identified requirements.

Prerequisites: Knowledge of BusinessObjects Web Intelligence™ XI reporting skills and concepts, and/or BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 3.0/3.1: Report Design

Topics Covered Include: Understanding BusinessObjects Universes, Creating Universes, Creating Dimension Objects, Creating Measure Objects,  Resolving Loops and SQL traps, Objects and Hierarchies, Lists of Values, Derived Tables and Indexes, Linking and Managing Universes

Information Design Tool - Advanced

Overview: This 2 day course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to design universes in BusinessObjects™ Universe Designer.  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: BusinessObjects XI 3.0/3.1: Universe Design and Web Intelligence XI 3.0/3.1: Report Design

Topics Covered Include: Reviewing universe design concepts, working with aggregate awareness, designing advanced objects, creating complex predefined conditions, LOVs, and joins,  securing universes, implementing universe life cycle management, maintaining and optimizing universes, creating universes from other data sources

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 - Administration and Security

Overview: This core two day course is for system architects/administrators who are new to BusinessObjects Enterprise or Edge and who will be responsible for maintaining BusinessObjects BI Platform users, groups, and objects in their organisation.

Prerequisites: None, although experience with Microsoft Windows is useful.

Topics Covered Include: Introducing BusinessObjects BI Platform, Managing BusinessObjects BI Platform Content,  Securing BusinessObjects BI Platform Content, Application Security, Scheduling Content, Publishing and Publications

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 - Administering Servers (Windows)

Overview: This core three day course explains and demonstrates what each server component in BusinessObjects BI Platform does and how it is configured. Delegates will learn to use the Central Management Console (CMC) and the Central Configuration Manager (CCM) to manage and configure the servers and will also practice troubleshooting system problems when they arise.

Prerequisites:  To be successful, you must have attended the following offerings or have the equivalent knowledge of BusinessObjects BI Platform Administration and Security

Topics Covered Include: Preparing, Installing, and Configuring BusinessObjects BI Platform, BusinessObjects BI Platform Architecture, Performing Common Server Management Tasks, Managing the Web Application Services, Managing the Central Management Server and the System Database, Managing the File Repository Servers, Managing the Web Intelligence Servers, Managing the Crystal Reports Server,  Managing the Adaptive Servers, Managing the Event Servers,  Managing the Program Job Servers,  Managing the Destination Job Servers, Troubleshooting

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 - Designing and Deploying a Solution

Overview: This core four day course teaches system administrators the skills and knowledge required to design and deploy a BusinessObjects BI Platform system. Students will learn how to analyze and identify customer requirements in order to design a BusinessObjects BI Platform solution using the concepts of High Availability, Scalability, Sizing, Disaster Recovery and Lifecycle Management.

Prerequisites:  To be successful, you must have attended the following offerings or have the equivalent knowledge of BusinessObjects BI Platform Administration and Security and Administering Servers (Windows)

Topics Covered Include: Reviewing BusinessObjects BI Platform Architecture, Administration, and Security,  Identifying Requirements, Ensuring the Availability of your Business Intelligence Solution,  Performance, Scalability, and Sizing, Deploying a System, Content Management

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