By adding the query filter ancestor 18, we get the all the objects that only belong to users personal folder. Query builder business intelligence businessobjects. Is there is an automated way to do it without the sdk. It provides information which cant be found in central management console cmc. Sap business objects developer resume example american. They told me the data is not encrypted, but occasionally components dont install correctly and the queries come back in a binary form that is all garbled.
There are different universe parameters that can be passed at time of universe creation. Details of universe connections from query builder all the below mentioned tables are virtual tables and doesnt exist physically. You can get some info out of query builder, here are some notes to help. Microsoft power query connectivity to sap businessobjects. Running queries and exporting result to excel and csv. There is no limit to the scope of the queries, you can query all the content, including content not normally accessible through the cmc or bi launchpad. Sap businessobjects web intelligence users guide sap help portal. Responsible for technical design and requirement analysis. It is available only in bo xi r2 and adobe versions. Universe builder db2 cube views plugin xi r2 universe builder db2 data warehouse center plugin xi r2 universe builder oracle data warehouse plugin xi r2 universe builder oracle olap plugin xi r2 businessobjects query as a web service client tool 1 1 businessobjects query as a web service requires. Bo xi r2 query builder notes queries are limited to returning objects cannot use subqueries as in lists the order of fields in the select has no effect, it renders the results in its own order.
With the sdk ive been able iterate through webi report and universe collections but do not see a native way to retrieve either the query objects or the report query. Create new indexes based on existing workload as described in the previous section, indexes can dramatically improve performance of a query. Installation guide pdf business intelligence platform installation guide for unix, 4. When i use the query to retrieve info of unx univese, it does not list out the ids of webi reports built over the universe. Business objects and the business objects logo, businessobjects, crystal reports, crystal decisions, web intelligence, xcelsius, and other business objects products and services mentioned herein as. The tool allows extracting details about objects, tables, joins, list of values, parameters, contexts, navigation paths, and incompatibilities. Query builder in bo browse query bo repository dwbi. See the data access guide for complete information on creating, modifying, and optimizing connections.
You do need to have some programming skills, but the documentation of business objects is quite good. This simple example would return all of the objects in the my folder folder. Develop and support data warehousing reporting and maintenance requirements. Sap universe designer is a tool used by businessobjects developers to. Business objects semantic layer treats views as if they were tables in the database. We will use the edw stu course schedule universe for. Aggregate aware is one of the powerful functions in bo and very common famous function in business objects designer and reports. Domo advanced builder can select these objects, reports or filters through a simple query interface designed to be familiar to sap businessobjects users.
Query builder is a web application to query business objects repository. The report writer queries the data mart, automatically executes the query for every field. Businessobjects query builder exploring visualization. Net api accessed by rich clients in the user interaction tier, such as live office and crystal reports web services consists of software components that can be called remotely using the simple object access protocol. Businessobjects web services gerardnico the data blog. I have covered as much as possible to get the bo universe, reports, server. Sap business objects developer fifth third bank cincinnati, oh 082011 0220. Bo repository has set of tables to store bi information such. Building a query on the universe using webi the query in the screenshot below will list the objects in the favorites folder for all users. Infostore query builder with export to excel universe documenter some best practices. Returns a list of reports that fall under a specific folder.
Creating custom reports businessobjects oracle docs. Sample queries will be provided to get you started immediately and provide inspiration for your own custom creations that will meet your requirements. Sap bo xi r3 webi user guide bo xi r2 query builder tips. If you want to store queries and get the query results in ms excel, you can better use the business objects sdk in visual basic for applications vba. To explain more in detail, businessobjects repository made up of set of tables to hold the information about the bi content such as universes, reports, users, schedules, etc. Sap businessobjects business intelligence suite document version. The connector makes it easy to pull data from the sap businessobjects universe, convert it to information users can understand at a glance, and deliver it through a browser. Here is an introductory tutorial with pdf training materials about sap business objects. Business objects query builder is a quickly accessible backdoor to the bo xi and bo bi infostorerepository that requires no sdk development but can return anything a single sdk query might. I would like to get only webi reports and associated instances of webi pdf and excel, how do i.
Information design tool idt is a business objects design tool that extracts the data from different data sources using an olap and relational connection to create universes. Designer, renamed into universe design tool in sap businessobjects bi 4. Businessobjects query builder exploring visualization objects. Identify problematic objects with query builder web. Using query builder to explore your businessobjects repository. Minor release update guide pdf minor release update guide, 4. How to list bo xir2 universe objects used in a webi report. Query builder is one of the essential and interesting tools in businessobjects. To explain more in detail, businessobjects repository made up of set.
Scroll through the list of universes and select report writer. Installation guide pdf business intelligence platform installation guide for windows, 4. How to list universe objects from a webi report using the business objects sdk for xir2. Drag and drop the filter criterion from the data tab into the query filters panel. Sap businessobjects is the main application coming under sap business intelligence bi.
The query builder is a tool that you can use to create ad hoc queries. Path queries business objects query builder business. Get your supervisor to check your permissions, because you should have a button labeled sql in the query panel when you edit the query. I have already shared complete details on the query builder cms tables in the below blog. Here is the query with all the properties listed above in a single query. Cms query builder is a tool for building cms queries, running them against the database and exporting the result to excel spreadsheet. A connection is a named set of parameters that defines how a business objects application accesses data in a database file and is defined in an universes via universe designer. To access the query builder, point your web browser to your businessobjects server. Since output frs stores the report instances, deleting instances would remove instances not the actual reports.
Some of the query builder queries to explore the businessobjects repository. Wid files are stored as reportsdocuments with saved data. To connect to an sap businessobjects bi universe, select from other sources in the power query ribbon. How to view the sql query of the standard report of. Click edit query to view the data tab objects and the result objects panel. The system does not prompt the new user to log on to businessobjects.
In this section you will learn how to set up query conditions. Businessobjects query builder queries part ii sap blogs. Universes can be considered as a semantic layer that can isolate the end users from the various issues that are. Query builder in bo additional queries dwbi castle. Business objects enterprise xi release 2 sp4 for windows. You can save the report in microsoft excel, adobe pdf, csv, and csv with options formats.
The businessobjects repository is a database that contains all the information about the reports, universes, and security that make up your. It will speeds up the execution of queries, improving the performance of sql transactions using database aggregate tables. This will be handy for those who searching for query builder queries. Querying repository finding scheduled reports i think we can all agree that the administration tools provided by business objects lack alot of functionality. This is a blog about business intelligence, data warehousing, databases, programming etc. User manual for the sap business objects bi platform 4. It allows you to specify relationships between objects the above example defaults to a parentchild relationship, specify filters, sort order, and they can even function as a kind of subselect. By using query builder we can only extract information from cms database tables.
Businessobjects query builder xi release 2 internal. Business objects query builder 3 business objects security 2 business. Since the repository is what drives the entire businessobjects system, there is a lot to explore. Businessobjects deployment repository made up of set of tables to hold the information about the bi content such as universes, reports, users, schedules, etc. Every week a question arises that cant be answered by anything other than a query with query builder. Universe parameters define the universe, database connection, query type and. The designer is a module related to business objects is used by the designers for creating and maintaining universes. Business layer views to restrict the objects seen in the query panel. The problem here is that the required information universe objects are stored in the form of. You can perform an integrity check and save the business layer by clicking the save icon at the top. It is a platform for analyzing the data and creating reports based on that. Query builder is one of the powerful administrative tools in business objects and its used to query your bo repository to get all kinds of information which is not even available in cms. This will allow you to view and save the sql that bo initially generates. Sap businessobjects tutorial pdf training materials.
To list universe that doesnt associated with any webi reports. The business objects query builder guide will specify the best methods of utilizing bo query builder and help you to tune your more sluggish queries to the highest level of performance. Using queries that are very similar to sql, you can tap the information hidden away there. Navigate to the bottom and select the from sap businessobjects bi universe data source. Unx documenter unx universe documenter unxdoc is a tool for extracting unx universe metadata to an excel spreadsheet. After installing power query, there will be a power query ribbon in excel. Queries are normally limited to returning objects bobi administration, data warehousing vvi faq, sap bo xir3 universe pdf pdf. The query uses objects from two different levels level 0 and level 1. Using query builder one can easily query the businessobjects repository and get the required information which cannot be found even in cmc. Responsible for effort estimations for business objects universe and reports requirement.
Hopefully you can find more information by searching for, crystal business query corruption instead of calling them if the reinstall doesnt work for you. The opinions expressed here represent my own and may or may not reflect. To avoid ambiguities in a query, the universe designer identifies the different ways that objects can be used in. Drag and drop the data fields from the data tab into the result objects panel. The query builder tool, enables you to query the full cms database and return meaningful results, dencrypting its contents. Export a document as a pdf, text, excel or excel 2007 file. Query builder queries for businessobjects this simple webapp can be used to query your businessobjects repository to get all kinds of information not readily available in other places such as the central management console. Business layer editor is used to manage business layer objects and its properties efficiently.
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