Let’s Speak BO Webinar: IDT Tips and Tricks

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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022 at 10AM PT/1PM ET

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Till the good is better and the better is best!” True story – My Dad’s eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Kurchigator, was well known in my family for having passed on that bit of wisdom. It was such a big thing in my family that my musical brother wrote a “Good, better, best” song. As with anything we do, we can do it at the basic level or we can try and get the most out of it. This session is “just” a tips and tricks for IDT session, but if we listen close, there might be a few pearls that will make us use IDT better. And that’s the point, isn’t it?

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Let’s Speak BO Webinar: IDT Special Features: Context

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January 19th, 2021 at 10AM PT/11AM AZ/1PM ET

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You asked and we listened, Join us for our continued IDT educational series delivered by Minith Patel. This session will focus on the concept of “Context” via IDT tool, examples will be provided on how to setup different type of contexts, when to use it, why it can be a good option. This will touch core concept of performing efficient data modeling in the Semantic layer of BusinessObjects….a must attend session for those who are learning about universe design.

Let’s Speak BO Webinar: IDT special Feature Part Two

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August 18th, 2020 at 10AM PT/1PM ET

In this session we will continue to explore IDT feature in depth with more time to cover the mountain of questions that we received in our previous session. Key feature focus will be creating connection, Multi Source Universe, data federation administration tool and if time permits a bit more about Data foundation. This session will be delivered by our expert Minith Patel. Be sure to bring your questions as we will be dedicating more time for these special features in this segment

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Let’s Speak BO Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About IDT – Part Two

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Tuesday, October 15th at 10AM PT/1PM ET

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This is Part two of the IDT review Webinar, where Minith will continue to talk about IDT. This time the focus will be on Business Layer, View, Project synchronization and Security. Please join us in this popular part two of IDT review.

Let’s Speak BO Webinar: How Group Healthcare Cooperative Designed a New IDT Universe for Open Enrollment

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Tuesday, September 20th at 10AM PT/1PM ET

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Find out how Group Health Cooperative, a Washington based nonprofit healthcare organization, designed a BusinessObjects Universe for Healthcare open enrollment using Information Design Tool. Join Senior BO Consultant, Rajesh Ponnurangam, and Subhadra Ghosh, Group Health Care, as they discuss the project life cycle including the business use case, data warehouse design, data foundation and business layer design. The various BusinessObjects tools that consume this new universe and their impact on the universe design will also be discussed.

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Rajesh Ponnurangam is a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant with Infosol. He is a SAP certified associate with extensive experience in design and development of Business Intelligence applications for apparel, retail, consumer goods and manufacturing industries. He specializes in Business Objects solutions, SAP HANA and BW data modeling. He has a proven track record in designing strategies for ETL, BI application development, implementation, rollout and support.

 

Information Design Tool (IDT) for Universe Designers

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Presenter: Teresa Scott, InfoSol Inc.

Intended Audience

Specialists currently building universes in Universe Design Tool that will be transitioning to the new  Information Design Tool in BI 4

Prerequisites

Attendees should have a minimum of one year experience designing universes with Universe Design Tool and thorough knowledge of universe design concepts.  Attendees should also have a basic understanding of data warehouse concepts, SQL programming and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence.

Synopsis

This boot camp is designed to transition universe designers from Universe Design Tool (UDT) to SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool 4.1 (IDT) and provide the universe designer with a solid understanding of the design concepts, workflow and development cycle of building a universe in IDT.  Participants will follow the process of designing the universe, creating a data foundation, creating business layers, testing during different stages of the development cycle and migrating a universe into production.

Topics  Explored:

  • UNX vs. UNV
  • New Design Workflow
  • IDT Interface
  • Connections/Data Foundation/Business Layer
  • Object Creation
  • Filters and Filter Types
  • Creating List of Values
  • Securing a UNX
  • Converting UNV’s

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Information Design Tool Iron Chef

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Presenters: Teresa Scott & Jean-Francois Cayron, InfoSol Inc.

Intended Audience

Specialists responsible for the design and development of BusinessObjects universes in BI 4.

Prerequisites

Attendees should have a basic understanding of data warehouse concepts, SQL programming, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and a minimum of one year experience as a universe designer.

Synopsis

This boot camp is designed to provide the universe designer with a solid understanding of the design concepts, workflow and development cycle of building a universe in SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool 4.1.  Participants will follow the process of designing the universe, creating a data foundation, creating business layers, testing during different stages of the development cycle and migrating a universe into production. Features such cascading prompts, calculated columns and shared projects will be covered.  Additionally we will use Data Federator to test performance on universes with multiple data sources as well as maximizing query performance and explore useful features of this tool.

Topics  Explored:

  • UNX vs. UNV
  • IDT Components
  • Data Foundation
  • Business Layer
  • Cascading prompts and parameters
  • Securing a UNX
  • Converting UNV’s
  • Data Federator and multiple data source universes

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