Business Objects 5/6 Foundations Course

Course Code: BO 09
Course Abstract: This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with emphasis on Business Objects 5/6 Reporting concepts. Topics to be covered include Introduction to Business Objects Architecture, Creating Simple Reports, Using Report Functions, Creating Conditions, Basic Report Formatting, Simple Drilling, and Using Slice and Dice.

Free BusinessObjects User Group Meeting available when you schedule this course.

Audience: This class is designed for Project Managers and IT Professionals that are interested in understanding Business Objects role as an interface to the data in a company data warehouse, datamart or database.
Duration: 1 day
Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
> Understand the Basic Architecture of Business Objects
> Build Simple Queries
> Create Table, Financial, Crosstab and Chart Blocks
> Use Business Objects 5/6 Reporting Functions
> Basic Report Formatting and Styles
> Slice and Dice Data
> Simple Drilling
> Creating Reports Using Multiple Data Sources
> Export Data
> Share Reports

Course Topics:

Business Objects Basic Architecture
Product Diagram
Query, Reporting and Analysis
Administration
Advanced Analysis
Portal

Introduction to Business Objects
Role of Business Objects
Data Sources and Providers
Defining Universe
Business Objects Users
Objects (Dimensions, Details and Measures)
Report Manager
Query Panel
Block Styles
Editing Existing Queries
Report Manipulation
Building Queries
Predefined Conditions
Simple Conditions

Basic Report Formatting and Styles
Working with Cells and Columns
Formatting Cells
Free Standing Cells
Creating Table Blocks
Creating Financial Blocks
Creating Crosstab Blocks
Creating Charts

Conditions
Creating
Removing
Components (Object, Operator and Operand)
Pattern Matching and Wildcards
Type a New Constant Operand
List of Values Operand
Prompts
Multiple Conditions (Using AND, OR and Shifting)
Predefined
Simple

Slice and Dice
Overview
Object ManipulationBlock Structure TransitioningRankingBreaking Sorting FilteringMaster/DetailCalculationsTransposing to Charts

Simple Drilling
Basic Hierarchies
Drill Down
Drill Up
Drill Across
Drill Through

Multiple Data Providers
Using Multiple Universes
Using Personal Files
Linking Data Providers

Exporting Data
Local File Formats
DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)

Report Sharing
Sharing With Business
Objects Users
Sharing With Non-Business Objects Users

Prerequisites:

Basic Windows 95/98/2000/NT skills

NEXT RECOMMENDED CLASS
Business Objects 5/6 Basic Reporting

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At the present time we do not offer training for individuals or groups less then 6 individuals. We apologize for any inconvenience.


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