Business objects learning

Hi Experts,
I am a SAP BI Consultant by profession,please tell me what are all the concepts in Business objects,which will require for BI consultants.
Please guide me,is there any study material for Business objects.
Please let me know and do the needful.
Thanks
Lakshmi

This is an extremely broad topic, much like me asking tell me everything about SAP BI. Good start is to learn about good practice integrating the two tools:
http://www.sapbipartnerinfo.com/resources/docs/SBOP_Part_II_Best_Practices_BI.ppt#560,1,II. SAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions XI 3.1 and SAP NetWeaver BW 7 Current risks, approach, and mitigating strategies for Client Partners, License Sales, and Consulting Delivery Managers

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Want to learn Business Objects..please guide me in this regard

Hi All,
Could anyone guide me how to lear Business objects ? Actually thr r many tools in this module ..please suggest me which one is the latest one with some information..i would like to do certification as welll...pls guide
Thanks & Regards,
Kiran

Hi,
Getting started
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap?rid=/webcontent/uuid/20f83c7e-3f2a-2c10-7dbf-a5ec14611a1e [original link is broken]
Software / Installation
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap?rid=/webcontent/uuid/a02d2792-452a-2c10-7c8f-ddd50dad779b [original link is broken]
Content Library
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap?rid=/webcontent/uuid/70041b55-b52a-2c10-87a3-e4fa3c3acdaa [original link is broken]
http://www.sap-press.de/katalog/buecher/titel/gp/titelID-2053?GalileoSession=78576305A3-RD.-s47E
Ingo

Business Objects vs. SAP Strategy Management

Hi all,
I am new to this forum and would like to post a message regarding the recent news on SAP and Business Objects.
Business Objects has more than 6000 CPM customers and in then meantime we find many statements like http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=530626 in the web
Since the announcement a couple of weeks have passed. My question is, if you have detailed analysis on how the Balanced Scorecard solution of both companies will differ respectively overlap. Are there any documents on that point available? And are there any consequences to be expected e.g. with respect to the price model?
Thanks for your help,
Alessandro

Hi Alessandro,
I fully agree with Prakash's reply - at the moment Nenshad's comments represent the 'only version of the truth' regarding the BOBJ acquisition.
However, there is still a possibility to add some useful information on this as you are referring to a 'Balanced Scorecard' solution in general. As there are currently two sides to this equasion: SAP and BOBJ, for the SAP part we can be more specific:
SAP Strategy Management (SSM) based on the technology acquired with Pilot Systems Co. in February 2007 is the tool of choice for scorecarding in the current CPM portfolio of SAP (SAP's current CPM portfolio is based on the acquisitions of Outlooksoft, Pilot and the reseller agreement with Acorn). This reduces the complexity a little bit as you no longer have to contemplate which of SAP's own scorecarding solutions is the leading one at the moment. SEM-CPM Balanced Scorecard is retired - being put in maintenance mode - and all customers encouraged to move to Strategy Management, facilitated by a planned migration utility.
Shall you want to learn more about SAP Strategy Management, feel free to refer to my blog series (e.g. <a href="/people/karol.bliznak/blog/2007/09/12/one-blog-is-not-enough--how-to-manage-performance-management).
Thanks / Regards,
Karol

How to install and configure Business objects on a local Maschine

Hi Experts,
i am a newbi in BO and would like to work with BO.
The first thing i learned was to install and configure BO on my notebook.
I downloaded the followings Tools:
- CR Report 2008
- Integration Kit
- Live office 3.1 Upgrade
- Web Intelligence
- XCelsius
By trying to download - Query as a Webservice i saw there were with sequences 1-3. Which one should i donwload?
1. I would like to know which logic to follow toinstall it.Which one should be the firt and which one the last.
2. Before installing Query as a webservice i should first install:
    - BusinessObjects XI Release 2 SP2 Enterprise Edition
    - Web Services--> What is that and where could i download it?
    - Tomcat or another supported Web Application and JDK--> where can i download it?
3. .What is NET 1.1? Where to download it and how to install it?
Any information or expereince will be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your Input.
Pat
Edited by: Gilo on Feb 1, 2009 12:25 AM

Hi Pat,
            You can get the guides and Installtion guides from this
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/
You can download the from
.subscribenet.com
you can enter the user name and password then you can download the Business Objects software that can be download.
"By trying to download - Query as a Webservice i saw there were with sequences 1-3. Which one should i donwload? "
Sequence 1-3 you will have to download all the 3 as it can be part 1 part 2 and part 3.
Tomcat .If you are installing for the first time it will automatically install tomcat and JDK if you are connected to the net while installing Business Objects.
Regards
Prashant

RFC for getting a list of business objects.

Hi!
I'm currently using the RFC "RPY_BOR_TREE_INIT" (I am setting the "ALLOBJTYPS" column in the "FILTER_OBJECT_TYPES" input structure to "X") to retrieve a list of all business objects along with the hierachy.
I get back a table having nearly 2000 rows. I now want to display these in a hierarchical fashion similar to how the BAPI explorer does it. However, I see that for a number of rows in the table returned via the RFC above, the BAPI explorer does not show those categories/objects.
I wanted to know how does the BAPI explorer decide whether a category/object needs to be displayed or not. In my application, I want to display the exact same hierarchy as the BAPI explorer, and currently my app is displaying a lot of extra stuff.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have no idea who else to ask. My SAP consultants dont have any idea, and so we raised a help request with SAP, but they've said that since RPY_BOR_TREE_INIT is meant only for internal use, they wont help us.
Is there any other RFC (meant for public use) which I can use to display the exact same tree as the BAPI explorer?
Thanks,
Mustansir

...at least not to the extent that you are looking for.
Please check the E-learning:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d78ab1f9-0901-0010-8495-8ca0facaea2e?prtmode=navigate
at: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessone-elearning
...or go the sample code for the DataBrowser (sub-)object in the "SDK Help Center"...
...or go to the DI API sample (no. 2 I think I remember).
...to find out how you can navigate between the records of the result of your SQL query; from there you could e.g. export the objects to XML...
HTH

What is QueryAsAWebSerivces ? and How it works with Business Object XI Rel

Hi Support,
We have Business Object XI Rel 2 (Crystal report XI Rel 2, live Office and Excelsius 4.5). I have taken the course on the SAP Online Learning site. "BU371e - Crystal Xcelsius: Designing Advanced Interactive Presentations.". In the lesson 6, (see the screen beblow) I found out "QueryAsWebSerives" is very interested product because it allow me to connect directly to a universe which has not been installed into my PC.
Could you please explain to me how to get "QueryAsWebServices" tool and How it supports or works with Bussiness Objects XI Rel 2? What are the requirements for it?
How can I see you the attachment screen?
Thank in advance,
Regards,
Maria Pham
Maria Pham / Corporate Reporting Analyst
Frankston City Council u2014 Information Services
Civic Centre, Corner Young & Davey Streets, Frankston, Vic, 3199
Phone: 03 9784 1991 Fax: 03 9784 1833

Hi
QAAWS is part of the Productivity Pack of BOBJ XI R2. Productivity Pack comes for free and is compatible with the Service PAck 2 or higher.
You can download the productivity pack from [here|service.sap.com/installations ]
If you want to know how to use QAAWS please refer to the [Query as a Web Service Guide|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/xir2PP/en/qaaws.pdf]
Hope this helps!!!
Regards
Sourashree

How can we use business object (e.g. crystal report ) in webdynpro abap

Hi All,
We all know that business object has been part of sap products.
But even though in SAP, I really don't know much about business object.
and how can we use the great function of BO and integrate into our development to make
user have much better function and user experience.
Do we have some learning material of BO?
Could someone share some material here?
Thanks and Regards
Aaron.

One of the main ways that you can integrate some Business Objects content with WDA is via FlashIslands. If you are on 7.01 or higher, you have the option to use FlashIslands UI element. There are many tutorials on FlashIslands available on SDN. FlashIslands work well with Xcelsius content, since the output of Xcelsius is a Flex component. It is pretty easy to set the Xcelsius interface to External Connection and then write a wrapper Flex Component around the generated output, so that it can be used in the FlashIslands interface.
For Crystal Reports integration you will need NetWeaver 7.02 (comming early next year). We have integrated Crystal Reports as an output option in the Web Dynpro ABAP ALV and the Classic Dynpro ALV. You don't need to do any development to enable this. You can use two different SAP delivered Crystal Reports templates for the ALV output, or create and add your own templates.
Some of ther BOBJ integration is still in prototype and demo phase within SAP. For instance we have a data interface to send data to Explorer onDemand from any ABAP application. We have a prototype FlashIsland for WebI to run in place within Web Dynpro ABAP. Over future enhancement packages you will see increased integration opportunties with the BOBJ capabilites.

Business Object - Start

Hi,
I want to learn Business Object. With loads of informations floating around confuses me. Would anybody suggest me from where to start. If any document, would you please give me the link. It will be a great help.
Points will be assigned for all the helpful answers..
Regards,

Hi bill,
The platform includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting.
Refer to the following links:
http://www.businessobjects.com/pdf/products/businessobjects_xi_whats_new.pdf
http://www.businessobje[cts.com/]
Link to download the useru2019s Guide:
u2022 Please go to http://help.sap.com
u2022 Click on BusinessObjects tab
u2022 Select the product as Integration Kit for SAP
User guide: BusinessObjects Integration Kit for SAP Useru2019s Guide.
It will list all the documents for Integration Kit for SAP which will be helpful to you.
You can download free trial product from the following link:
http://www.businessobjects.com/product/freetrials.asp
I hope this information helps you.
Regards,
Shweta

Business Object Creation for OBN:

Hi
I am a very new user of the SAP EP.
I believe i have EP 6.0 on my machine.(How do i find out which release of EP I am using ?)
As part of my first step towards learning OBN, I tried to create a folder under "Business Objects". But, I do not get any screen/message, when I right click on the Business Objects and say New Folder.
What authorizations / permissions are required for the same ?
Thanks for the help.
Best Regards
Prasad

Hi Prasad,
To see the version of portal click on
System administration->support->version.In Version you can see the portal version ,J2ee details and KM details.
Plz don forget points, if it helped.
Thanks,
Harish.

Business object to Discoverer

Hi All,
Any documents available, for migrating reports from BO to Disc?
Thanks

I too am not aware of any way to migrate Business Objects reports to Discoverer.
We are coming from a B.O. environment, though we are in the midst of an ERP implementation (non -EBS to EBS) so we are starting from scratch. Here are some of my thoughts:
-If your data sources are not changing (e.g. your data warehouse or your relational database), I would closely examine your existing universes. I would anticipate a correspondence between your B.O. universes and your business areas in Discoverer. I would encourage creating ER Diagrams of the existing universes and this would be the building blocks for your work in Discoverer. I too am unaware of any nice tools to ease your pain.
-I like John's suggestion: You could maybe look at doing custom folders, where you could copy in the SQL statement, and then rebuild the report in Discoverer from that custom folder
-Our B.O. universes were pointing at a relational database and so we heavily leveraged using multiple Business Objects data providers with manual links between them. There is nothing like this in Discoverer. Brace yourself if you relied on this. This has been somewhat painful for me.
-Discoverer appears to have more functions available in creating calculations.
-Discoverer appears to me to be more rigid in totaling.
-Discoverer has features to allow calculations that take into consideration context (like groups) that are similar to B.O., but feel less intuitive. I hope I change this feeling, but right now they feel awkward yet.
-A lot of our old B.O. reports had multiple tables on one tab. You cannot do this in Discoverer. Discard any thoughts of trying this.
-If your company has great aspirations for using the Discoverer scheduler, please lower its expectations. Emailing and output to files in multiple formats is not out of the box. Armstrong's book does provide some good alternatives if you still have great scheduling aspirations.
-Memorize the Armstrong's Oracle Press Discoverer book.
-Lastly, the user community does not seem/feel nearly as big, but people try to help one another.
In many respects, I am still learning a lot (I have only been seriously working with Discoverer for about 8 months). If I made a wrong assertion, I am sure someone will correct me.
Prepare yourself for a lot of work.
Patrick

How to Retrieve a List of Business Objects using DI Server?

In DI Server (and DI-API) I could not find how I can get a list of business objects, for instance ServiceCall objects.
and more - say i need the list with a filter on customer code and call status?

...at least not to the extent that you are looking for.
Please check the E-learning:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d78ab1f9-0901-0010-8495-8ca0facaea2e?prtmode=navigate
at: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessone-elearning
...or go the sample code for the DataBrowser (sub-)object in the "SDK Help Center"...
...or go to the DI API sample (no. 2 I think I remember).
...to find out how you can navigate between the records of the result of your SQL query; from there you could e.g. export the objects to XML...
HTH

About Business object

hi experts ,
what is the primary and secondary methods in Business objects?.
and what are the primary and secondary methods?
if helpful points ll be rewarded.
thanks,
vel

There are no primary and secondary methods in BOR objects. All methods are equal. However, you may have secondary methods in a step of a workflow, and you can read more about that <a href="http://help.sap.com/">here</a>.
The Wiki that was created by Mike Pokraka for <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/home/sapBusinessWorkflow+FAQ">SAP Business Workflow FAQ</a> (Frequently Asked Questions) is also a good place to start, although not necessarily for this particular question. There you can at least learn a little about the basics, preparing you to explore a little on your own before asking here.

What is Business Object!?

Hi everybody,
I'm newby in all of this, i mean SAP, i do some things in PI, but now i need to work with Business Objects, and i really don't have idea. I was looking for information about it but i didn't find something that explain what is business objects in technical way, like development, what do i need to develop?
What is the first thing that i need to install?
where can i find it (application, executable) to download?
Is a Web Server or Application Server, necessary?
I tried to find all the technical aspects (like BO theory) and the architecture for BO, but nothing clear yet. I only found funtional foundations, like the propose of the BO and the characteristics, but not how does it work!!.
Could anybody help me please?
Thanks,
Vicman

Hi,
Learning BO would be a very smooth, I can assure you a pleasant run; if you are a BI consultant, I advise you to first install BO Edge which is free on SAP site at "Free Trials"
http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/freetrials/index.epx
and start with the below link to get hold of the user guides and start familiarising with first the universe and then the Desktop Intelligence/Web Intelligence.
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/
I am very sure if you pick the universe first and jump on desktop Intelligence, you will be able to learn it fairly fast.
All the Best.

Business objects and subtyping

Hi,
I recently went through a very intriguing article on BOR at
www.sapgenie.com/abap/bor.htm
The article has raised several questions in my mind.
1) Has SAP brought all of the Business Processes to the Business Objects? I mean, can everything be done ( like creating/changing materials in MM, creating sales documents in SD etc) using BO alone? In other words, is the entire business functionality covered in the BOR?
2) Do the Business Objects call the transactions or the Transactions call the Business Objects?
This doubt has aroused because the article mentions that when we change the password of a customer the CHANGEPASSWORD method of BO KNA1 is called. And, in contrast, I found that some BAPI's(not CHANGEPASSWORD) called by the BO methods actually use 'CALL TRANSACTION' statements.
3) If the transactions actually do call the BO methods, will the subtyped method be called after delegation even when the transactions make a call to the BO?
I was not able to find satisfying answers anywhere, neither on Internet nor the SDN Forums. Please help me find some answers. Or atleast, if possible, please send me some links or forward this mail to any of your friends who might be able to help me.
Thanks in advance.
Anand.

Hi Anand,
1) No. BOR is a wrapper and uses old techniques. From a workflow perspective ABAP OO is better. There is still a place currently for BOR as a BAPI reference tool, but I'm expecting that with the Business Process Platform we will have some alternative for BOR altogether at some point. What I think you are really getting towards is the Business Process Platform ... in which case you might find the Business Process Expert forum interesting. But that's a much broader topic than workflow.
2) Both is possible but in general the BOR calls the transaction. There are a few "naughty" BAPIs that cop out and call transactions but they are mercifully few.
Tranactions do use BOR e.g. to call Generic Object Services features. All of this will change with the Business Process Platform anyway when hopefully we have more BAPI-like method calls to use and are less restricted by monolithic transactions.
3) Yes delegation would still apply in the scenario you describe - although I can't think of an example where we actually do that - as per the answer to 2., that's not usually how it works.
In the meantime, start learning ABAP OO for Workflow.
My Blog series is currently available - first 3 blogs are now available.
Regards,
Jocelyn

SAP Business Objects Data Services (free) Trail version!

Hello guys,
I am trying to learn SAP Business Objects Data Services.
After a long search, i couldn't find any (free) trail versions in sap website.
Are there any free trail versions available for Data Services!!, if so please post the link!!
Your help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Dhee

hmmm... maybe 'recently' was back in Summer 2010 ?
if you are a small to medium enterprise, and are looking to buy, take a look at our offerings over here: http://www54.sap.com/solutions/sme/software/overview.html
Else, if you are an existing customer, with an active support/maintenance agreement and license, please download your software from the marketplace here: www.service.sap.com/swdc
Regards,
H

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