Business Objects-General

Dear Friends,
Present we are using BI 7.0 In our organization,Now we want to install Business Objects .
we don't want to change present BI Like cubes,DSO's.Only we need new reports should be developed in Business Objects.
and the same BO'S should use existing reports from Business Explorer.
If possible what Business Objects Version need to install.because we don't want install whole .
Thanks
Seshagiri

Hi
you can either install BO Edge 3.1 ( < 100 end users) or BO Enterprise XI 3.1 ( > 100 end users). Additonally you need to install the int.Kit for SAP XI 3.1.
Depending on the type of usage you can additionally install the Crystal Reports Designer 2008 V1 (used to build CR reports) and the XCelsius 2008 Designer V1 (used for building highly interactive dashboards).
Ingo has written a great book regarding the integration of SAP BI and BusinessObjects tools.
http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/titel/gp/titelID-2053?GalileoSession=78576305A3-RD.-s47E
Take a look also here:
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/ForSAPBIConsultantslookingtostartwithBO
Regards,
Stratos
Edited by: Efstratios Karaivazoglou on Jan 16, 2010 11:34 AM

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Before posting you should look through the various resources below for the answers to your questions. A lot of the "how to" or "where can I find" questions are already answered in the material below.
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Let's say that i've got a desktop application which purpose is to manage personal DVD collections. Shortly explained, what i would do here is to create a class Dvd to represent a physical DVD. Then i would create the classes DvdServices and DvdDao. The DvdServices class is what my application will use to retrive and store Dvd instances, and takes care of all session and transaction handling. The DvdDao class is where all database communication takes place. This class will only be used by the DvdServices class.
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sbrattla wrote:
Hey,
I've got a general question about business objects (aka entity objects or data transfer objects). The scenario I am using is not one of my own, but it might be a future one. Thus, I'd really appreciate all feedback.
I don't believe a DTO would ever be considered a business object.
Let's say that i've got a desktop application which purpose is to manage personal DVD collections. Shortly explained, what i would do here is to create a class Dvd to represent a physical DVD. Then i would create the classes DvdServices and DvdDao. The DvdServices class is what my application will use to retrive and store Dvd instances, and takes care of all session and transaction handling. The DvdDao class is where all database communication takes place. This class will only be used by the DvdServices class.
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As stated no.
Process flow would normally be like this.
Happy path (it worked)
1. Query - returns DvdDto
2. GUI - display DvdDto
3. Modify DvdDto
4. Update (send to server/backend) DvdDto
5. (Return - It worked.)
Sad path (it failed)
1. Query - returns DvdDto
2. GUI - display DvdDto
3. Modify DvdDto
4. Update (send to server/backend) DvdDto
5. Exception is thrown
6. (Return - It failed)
Step 6 is a bit ambigous because it depends on the user and the actual client/server relationship. It could be an exception, a message or just true/false (false is failed.)
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Business Objects Administrator --> general admin, troubleshooting, security infrastructure and maintenance etc.
Business Objects developer(s) --> universe design, report design etc.
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I hope this helps.
kashif
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Post Author: wolfgang666
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I use Business Objects Server version 11 to distribute reports via email but was asked if there was a way to only send the reports to those people listed in the report (which changes daily) instead of the entire distribution list. I can create a list of email addresses as a variable within the report but can't find any way to pass it to the Business Objects server "To:" field located in the destination screen. I would expect to see some option for sending to some value located in the report but alas no such option is evident. This seems like a feature the product should be capable of doing as it is so basic. Any other way to do this that anybody can think of? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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<<Text removed>>
Kind regards,
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Edited by: Matt on Oct 10, 2011 10:20 AM

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