Business Objects Universe generator
Hello,
We came across an interesting scenario and was hoping to hear from other with smiliar situation. In a SAP-BW and BO environment using Business Object Universe generator, it appears that BO requires direct data base connectivity to read data from BW. This to me sounded quite weird due to audit requirements and other compliance issues. Was wondering if there was anyother way for accessing BW data from BO.
The primary issue with ODBO from BO to BW was the limitations on the result rows that can be returned. The way forward seemed to be directly database access with a generic read only user.
Anyother ideas? Has this changed over time with BO-XI.
Any ideas appreciated?
Regards
Karthik
Hi,
Thanks you for submitting your post, I would like to take this opportunity to reply your post, I do not have experience in BO 5.x, 6.x but I can explain you to understand how it work in BOE XI/XI R2.
In XI/XI R2 we use an RFC connection (MDX driver, which makes BAPI, SAP API calls) to SAP BW to obtain the details of the BW Query or Info Cube for building the Universe using the XI/XIR2 Business Objects designer application. The request for the query or cube details is done VIA BAPI function calls. For the SAP BW Query we must have allow External Access to this query checked under the Query Property window.
Our Integrated Solution Kits do not access the SAP BWs data source.
Regards,
Muhammad
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I getting Problem to create the below Scenario in SAP Business Objects Universe level
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<p>Hi All</p><p>as part of the organisation's upgrade to BOXi rel.1, I have also got BO Universes, which I dont know much about.</p><p>Please can someone tell me if they have used this tool, to what capacity and what it has brought your organisation?</p><p>Many Thanks in advance</p>
HI Apollo:
When you said "Please can someone tell me if they have used this tool"
Could you tell me who is "they"?Â
To what capacity and what it has brought your organisation?
Many organizations use this tool stressing to max level of utilization bringing different values back to the company which is using it....
 Could you tell me what you need to know?
Best Regards
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Thanks.
Cheta.Hi,
In a SAP-BW and BO environment using Business Object Universe generator, it appears that BO requires direct data base connectivity to read data from BW.
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Our Integrated Solution Kits do not access the SAP BWs data source.
Hope this helps,
Regards
CSM Reddy
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