Complex things in universe design

what all the complex things which you faced in universe design?
thanks in advanced,
krishna

Hi,
Are you creating universe on the top of SAP query or some Database?
There are so many things and hurdle one faces when creating universe.
There could be formula issue, tbale join issue and various others.
What issue you have?
You go to following universe sdn forum to see what issues users are experiencing.
[Semantic Layer;
Regards,
Bashir Awan

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Hi SR,
In some way is true what you think, is important to put effort and intelligence in design very well the Bex query also the BW solution.
But the effort is not only there, you can improve that with a good Universe creating MDX Measures, changing the BW names (Dimensions and measures) for other more comprehensives for the users, change and reorder the classes and dimensions to be more close to user concept, create new hierarchies and others.
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Best Regards
Edited by: Federico Sperling on Jun 18, 2009 8:36 PM

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