BO Universe Objects

Hi all
I want a list of all the objects in my universe, with the foll details :
Class Name, Description, Object Name, Object Description,SQLCode(definition).
Is there a query I can use to query the system tables to get this information.
Please help!
Thanks.

You can open the Universe in the Universe Designer tool and save to PDF. The PDF will list out the objects, but will not get you all the info you require.
To get what you'd want, you'd have to write a program using the Universe Designer SDK, described [here|http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXI3/en/diagrams/unvsdk_com_omd_12.zip]
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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The problem that it makes a cartezian product between all value, so the output is:
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Asia/Active
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America/Validating
But, what I want is:
Europe
Asia
America
Active
Validaing
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How to identify reports that are using a specific universe object?

Any idea how to use BO Auditor or Metadata Manager to identify webi reports that are using a specific universe object or universe prompt in the report SQL?

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Replace the CrystalEnterprise.Webi.xml file (Take a backup) with the edited one.
Path where you can find this file- Tomcat/webapps/businessobjects/enterprise115/desktoplaunch/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/CrystalEnterprise.Webapps/ePortfolio/plugins
Paste the Custom Documentation folder in Tomcat\webapps\businessobjects\enterprise115\desktoplaunch\
May I know your email Id so that I can send you the edited crystalenterprise.webi.xml file.
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Universe object that returns the number of rows in table?

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Amr,
Hey dude, welcome back, long time no hear from you.
You were on the right track with "number of rows", but here is the correct syntax:
=NumberOfRows([Query 1])
Thanks,
John

Identify reports using a specific universe object

Hi,
How do I find out all webi reports using a particular universe object or universe prompt in the report SQL?
Thanks.

Samuel,
You might have some success working with an Excel spreadsheet which has been programmed with macros and was developed to access the CMS database and produce a universe to reporting pairing product. The source for this spreadsheet/macro is on the BOB board, available here:
[http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=101886&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30&sid=41504e1606a79a263d57748b2bcd8ccc]
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John

Function to show Universe Objects used by reports

Is there a function in XI3.1 to see all of the reports in which a particular Object is being used?
I don't see any of the canned audit reports that would show this.
Example: I have a Universe Object called "Ins. Proper Name'' and I want to see how many of our reports are using this object.
Thanks,
Mike

Mike,
Here is what I use:
Result Objects:
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Query Filters:
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Report Filters:
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Note: Action Type Detail contains the SQL for every query that is run within the date range provided. While the SQL contains the name of every query in every report, it does not use reference a universe object by name. i,e, to check whether a specific universe object exists in the report, you will have to search for the object's sql.
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What are the pros and cons of creating Dimension vs Detail Universe objects?
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Any response would be appreciated.
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Mike

Jacques,
Thanks for the helpful reply. If I could as an example, we have several instances where we have defined dates as dimension objects in a universe. Of course a date can have many detail attributes and for these we created them as attributes under the date dimension. So for dimension Month_End_Date we have attributes such as Month_End_Date_Year or Month_End_Date_Quarter; and as mentioned we cannot merge on these attributes. Perhaps one persons dimension is anotheru2019s attribute; potato, potahto. While still somewhat of a newbie with Business Objects it just seems that merging of attributes should be allowed.
Again thanks for your earlier reply and listening to me rant a little.

BW OLAP universe object with Aggregate

How to create an BW OLAP universe object with Aggregate to a higher level than the underlying query?
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Example;
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1             2011    1         230
6             2011    2          50
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u2026
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The following syntax gives the total quantity by contract / Year / Month, not the overall contract quantity. I could not find any MDX reference to use to solve this.
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<EXPRESSION> AGGREGATE({[0SALESDEAL].CurrentMember:[0SALESDEAL].CurrentMember},[Measures].[DBKTD232QCONV8CVZYB17B5P0]) </EXPRESSION>
Thanks,
Marco
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Hi Andrew,
Looking at your statement I get the feeling you want this as a dimension/characteristic.
Since an expression has to be numeric and a characteristic in BW cannot be numeric, this will not work.
Only measures/keyfigures are possible.
The direction from SAP is to push any modeling to the BW query or even BW itself.
Hope this helps,
Marianne

Universe Objects Displayed Via Live Office

Post Author: Natali
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
Universe Objects Displayed Via Live Office have different order list than these same Objects are in Webi
Is there known resolution?
Thank you
Natali

Hi Gloria,
I had a look at this in XI release 3.0 and received the same issue. The only way I could get this to work was to use the FormatNumber() method. This returns the value as a string, which live office represents with the trailing 0.
So if the cell value was 12345.6, then FormatNumber([my cell]; "#,##0.00") will display 12345.60. This will display correctly in Excel (except that it is justified as text) when brought in by live office.
This more of a work around than a fix, so you may want to raise a case.
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Is there a possibility to query the repository directly to find reports using a certain universe object?
I need a list of reports using a specified dimension-object, to be able to rework the reports, since data data-structure in database has changed.
- i don't want to go through 1800 reports .
I am using SAP BO 4.1
Please provide your valuable ideas.
Thanks,
Prabhu

Hi Prabhu ,
There is EXCEL utility available.
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=187444&start=0&sid=09edf46717046b141f5ce73a4cfe8295
hope it'll help.

Longer timeout setting for universe object descriptions popup tooltip

When building a report using the Java Report panel, if I hover my mouse over a universe object the description will appear in a popup tooltip-style box. However, the description only displays for five seconds, which is not enough time to read the whole description.
How can I make the popup tooltip display for 15 seconds?

The answer I got from Business Objects is that the timeout is part of the .jar file and cannot be changed.

Design Pattern: Is the Universe Object a Singleton or Static or either way.

Hi All,
1. I've read this thread: static versus singleton
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=425&thread=401035&tstart=105&trange=15
2. Now, specifically if you were to model the Universe Object, what would you choose? a Singleton
or a Static Class or either way depending on your design point of view?
(either way depending on your design point of view imply there is more than one solution to a problem.)
Basically, I'm looking for is the justification of one (singleton) or the other (static) or doesn't matter
in addition to the pure technical pros and cons (or avantage/disavantage) of singleton versus Static (see pt. 1)

<dubwai>
What's 'the Universe Object'?
</dubwai>
Sorry, for not being clear. My assumption is that every body would undertand the word 'Universe' immediately. So with this clarification. I hope you will have more input. Thanks.
public class Universe //Singleton
     private static Universe instance = new Universe();
     private Universe()
     public static Universe getInstance()
       return instance;
     public void do()
public class Universe //Static Class like Math class for example
     public static void do()
     ...all other methods are static
<os>
Personally, I'd make the universe a singleton.
The universe is an 'object', not a class, and if alternate universes are proved to exist you can create new instances,
and not treat it as a singleton any more, without much rewriting (a static implementation would need a total rewrite).
</0s>
1. Keywords: Personally and alternate universes are proved to exist.
Yes, this is the kind of reasoning I'm looking for. By that I mean when we design a class, our reasonning should not depends
on the 'pure' technical concepts of what Singleton class or Static class can do but rather depending on the reality
of the world. And then from that understanding we would choose a Singleton or Static class. This is what I meant by 'Either way, it doesn't matter' which depend on one's view about of existence of the universe whether it's unique or not. In your case (Os), you prefer Singleton because of the possibility of alternate universes.
2. Now, let's admit, there is only one Universe, would you still prefer Singleton class over Static class? for all the techincal reasons that you said
"As a singleton,..."
"It would also probably be useful to treat the universe as a generic Object..."
OR just because a Singleton would be 'safer' to cover the possibility of design extension in that can cover all cases (alternate as well)

How to select different database columns in a single BO Universe Object

We have 'n' databases. All the databases have identical tables and views but some tables in few database have custom columns.
Ex. 'database1' has table 'sites' with the following columns
1. sitenumber
2. sitename
3. siteaddress
4. phone
5. email
6. ActivatedDate
'database2' has table 'sites' with the following columns
1. sitenumber
2. sitename
3. siteaddress
4. phone
5. email
6. ActivatedDate
7. LocalActivatedDate
The condition says that
"Local Activated date will be used if populated in the system otherwise Activated Date will be used"
How do i create a condition at the universe level which checks whether the column "LocalActivatedDate" is present in the database or not. Also, how to give a condition which select between "ActivatedDate" and "LocalActivatedDate"
A single universe needs to be created for all the databases. Only the Default Database in connection parameter changes during deployment.
Can this be achieved using BO Universe Designer only?
Thanks in Advance,
Arun
Edited by: arunkumars on Dec 2, 2009 10:00 AM

Create a universe with your default connection and then while changing the universe connection you can write an SDK script using universe designer sdk do a REFRESH STRUCTURE so that all the you will get the schema same as current DB and then you can add predefined condition or object to this universe (before doing this keep a copy of the universe) .
You have to do a lot of stuff to keep your universe proper and stable to work with all the databases using designer SDK.
Can achieve this but with an overhead of writing and calling SDK scripts again and again . ...
Hope this helps...
Regards
Kunal

Convert Values to Single Value in Universe Object

Hi,
Our environment is BO 3.1 and all universes are on top of SAP BI 7.0.
How do we convert the values coming from a dimension to a single value?
I have created an object as "Active" by copying the existing "E01 Cutomer key" and added a Where clause in the object.
Select -
[ZEU_KUNNR].[LEVEL01].[[2ZEU_KUNNR]].[Value]
Where -
<FILTER KEY="[ZEU_KUNNR].[LEVEL01].[[2ZEU_KUNNR]].[Value]">
<CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION="InList">
<CONSTANT CAPTION='16278'/><CONSTANT CAPTION='16279'/>
</CONDITION>
</FILTER>
When I drag the above object Active (dimension) to the result object; Web I report works fine and retrieve only the values for - 16278 and 16279. But my requirement is to get the value as "Active" instead of filter values.
For eg.,
Active     Subtotal2
=================
16278       $100
16279       $400
Instead of above we need to get like this:
Active     Subtotal2
=================
Active     $500
Is this possible in Universe? Do we have any MDX function/syntax to convert the values in Universe?
Thanks
Jai
Edited by: Jai on Sep 28, 2009 4:21 PM

Hi,
The best way to obtain your result would be to create a caluclated measure like this:
<EXPRESSION> IIF( [ZEU_KUNNR].currentmember.properties.("[2ZEU_KUNNR]") = "16278", "Active",
IIF( [ZEU_KUNNR].currentmember.properties.("[2ZEU_KUNNR]") = "16279", "Active",""),"")</EXPRESSION>
Then add the where clause you defined in the new calculated measure.
Unfortunately, all calculated measures and calculated members MUST return a numeric value with SAP MDX. In your case you want to return "Active" that is string.
This expression works fine with Microsoft Analysis Services.
So I recommend that you keep the object you defined and create a Web Intelligence formula that will group the 2 values in a single value "Active".
Didier

Universe Object Description in WEBI

I think this question has been asked before, but I haven't been able to find a response.
1) Is there a way to dynamically put the object description entered in Universe Designer and have it show up in a WEBI document with current built in functionality (no SDK)?
2) Is there a way to notify the client that the report fetched partial results?
Thanks for your help,
Gera Mats

1) Is there a way to dynamically put the object description entered in Universe Designer and have it show up in a WEBI document with current built in functionality (no SDK)?
No. Not in the report. The description does show in Java Report Panel (you probably already knew that..)
2) Is there a way to notify the client that the report fetched partial results?
I presume this is BOE XI+. You could use the
=DocumentPartiallyRefreshed()
function. This returns a boolean value depending on whether or not the document was partially refreshed.

How to know which universe object is used in which BO documents?

Post Author: rOmain
CA Forum: Administration
Hi,
what is the easy way to know, at any time, if an object on a specific universe is used in BO documents (Desk I).
BO support advises me to use Uuditor, but I want to know if users have another solution.
Thanks for your feedback,
Regards,
rOmain

Post Author: V361
CA Forum: Integrated Solutions
What are you using CR XI ? or ???

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