Answer / sathish arichandran

you should gather the following info from client for universe.

a. Business Process,its flow
b. what is the source of universe i.e OLAP or OLTP
c. Database details(like tables,cardinality
relationship,values,aggregate tables details)
d. How the data is stored in DB from process flow
e. E-R Diagram
f. Object mapping details,formulas for creating objects if
any, object names, class names

For Report:
a. Report object details
b. Formula details which is used in report if any
c. Report Layout include report headers, font
size,logo,position of logo,etc.
d. Report Types

Answer / naveen

we can gather information by asking QUESTION TO THE CLIENT
like WHAT,WHY,WHEN and HOW.
Role of BO Developer is,
--->Firstly we have to understand the Business Process and
user requirement of the client.
--->Based on that we have to design and develope Universe.
--->test the universe.
--->Design and develope Reports.
--->Fianlly view and share reports between endiusers.

Answer / sapna

As part of the universe designer:

We should get the below information like :

Datasource name (it could be either OLAP or OLTP)
Table names
object names
Join types
Cardinality etc

What is the equivalent oracle operators for following BO Operators where we use in prompt: a. Different from pattern b.Match pattern c. Both and d.Except

2 Answers   Nucleus Software,

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how change the order of prompts in bo xi? eg. i create first prompt with 'year' and second prompt with 'city'. my question is to display the 'city' prompt first .what can i do for it ?

3 Answers   Cambridge, Patni,

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How can you check the universe?

3 Answers  

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can anybody tell me about issues faced while creating reports

3 Answers   Accenture,

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how to creat 2 way drilling mode.can any one know this

0 Answers  

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what is main functional differences between BO and COGNOs?

5 Answers   TCS,

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1) How can you use slowly changing dimension type 2 in Universe, Reporting and what would be the build process. 2) How can you identify the users in webintelligence not using the reports past few months. And delete them. 3) How can you move documents from one environment to other environment

3 Answers   Hexaware,

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how to prepare the documentation in business objects and where to get the requirement?

0 Answers   IBM, TCS,

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How many universes are required for a single project,and how many reports are required for a single Universe.

2 Answers  

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what is the core universe and what is the active universe?

1 Answers  

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HOW TO PUBLISH A REPORT IN BO?

1 Answers   Polaris,

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If any one Deleted the BOMain key by accidently,is any possible to get back that Bomain key.if possible please send some steps.

2 Answers   iFlex, Pfizer,

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