SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool
Course announcements In this course you explore the fundamental principles and common advanced options of SAP BusinessObjects universe design by creating relational universes. NOTE: This course is applicable for customers…
Last Updated: March 2026

Overview
Course announcements In this course you explore the fundamental principles and common advanced options of SAP BusinessObjects universe design by creating relational universes. NOTE: This course is applicable for customers on the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform version 4.2 or higher.…
Course Goals
- This course will prepare you to: This course is designed to give you the necessary skills needed to work with the Information Design Tool. The Information Design Tool enables designers to define and manipulate metadata from relational sources to create and deploy SAP BusinessObjects universes. In this course you learn how to use data from a relational database system to design universes to be used with the SAP BusinessObjects BI client tools
Lessons and Topics
- -Basic SAP BusinessObjects Universe Design Describing Universes Working with Local Projects -Data Connections -Data Foundations Creating Data Foundations Using Joins Creating and Using Derived Tables -Business Layers Accessing Data through the Business Layer Integrating the Business Layer Components Creating Measure Objects Testing Objects -Universe Deployment -Loops in a Data Foundation Creating Loops on the Data Foundation Resolving Loops Using Aliases Resolving Recursive Loops Resolving Loops Using Contexts -Data Restrictions Defining Data Restrictions Applying Mandatory Data Restrictions Applying Optional Data Restrictions -Lists of Values Defining a List of Values Associating a List of Values to a Business Layer Object -Parameters -Navigation Paths -SQL Traps Defining SQL Traps Identifying a Chasm Trap Resolving a Chasm Trap Identifying a Fan Trap Resolving a Fan Trap -Object @ Functions Using @ Functions in SQL Using the @Aggregate_Aware Function Using the @Select Function Using the @Where Function Using the @Execute Function Using the @Variable Function -Universe Management with Data Foundation and Business Layer Views Managing the Data Foundation Using Views Managing the Business Layer Using Views -Universe Security Securing a Deployed Universe with Security Profiles Creating and Assigning Universe Security Profiles Identifying the Priority of Security Settings Updating a Deployed Universe -Linked Universes Defining and Creating a Linked Universe Managing Core Universes Including a Core Universe
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