The Downfall of Business Objects? Sometimes the wonderful drag and drop functionality of BusinessObjects can be its downfall as well. When report writers do not have access to Designer or edit access the universes that they must use there exists an opportunity for this downfall. If any object in the world of SAP BusinessObjects follows […]
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Posts tagged with 'Universe'
What is a Universe Overload?
What a cool and confusing name! I have to admit that the name “Universe Overload” tends to send my imagination going to exciting science-fiction worlds and different dimensions. I think the person that coined the phrase must have chosen it for that reason, because for me it does not seem to represent. To calm my […]
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How to Backup a BO Universe and Maintain its CUID
Backing Up and Restoring Universes While Maintaining CUIDs Import Wizard BIAR File – The ultimate backup The sections that follow this one will tell you how to create a backup of a universe on your machine from which you are running Designer. The steps in those sections are “tricks” that allow you to maintain the […]
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In Business Objects how can I get a list of reports using a specific universe?
I have been asked the following related questions a few times in the past months and I thought it would be a good idea to post a public answer to them. First the questions: Is there any way to get a list of reports that are using a specific universe? If I change this universe […]
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What is an Unbound Report and Why Should I Care?
You may have read something on this web site or in one of our guides that mentioned “unbound reports” in a less than favorable light. Hopefully this article explains what we mean by this. What is an unbound report? With the migration to the Business Objects XI platform many things changed. One of these changes […]
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Using BO Query Builder to Detect Report-Universe Binding Status
The loss of binding between reports and universes is a common problem experienced by BO XI users. Often the issue can go unnoticed for quite a while, but like a dormant disease it can spontaneously begin to demonstrate severe symptoms that can result in the loss of your report. Sound serious enough? It is! The […]
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Which Business Objects Auditing Activities or Events Capture BO Universe Name?
Some of us in the in the wide world of BO use universes as a method to segregate our reporting. This is logical since a universe is usually tied to a single database connection. Therefore little groups of reporting users tend to congregate around universes. Some of us have picked up on this little fact […]
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Business Objects XI – Changing BO Report / Universe Relationships
Common Ground – Terminology Firstly, let me lay down some terminology in order to make this concept easier to discuss. “Classic BO” refers to any version of Business Objects between 5.X and 6.X. “BOXI” or “BO XI” refers to the Business Objects XI Release 1, 2, or 3 (R1/R2/R3), the injection of BO to the […]
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Extended @Prompt Syntax: Default Value, Purge Values
During my report development efforts the other day I knew that I needed a business objects universe-level prompt, but I also knew that it was mandatory to “purge” the prompt values. Like a good little Business Objects developer I always purge all of the data from my reports and reports’ prompts before I publish them […]
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