Formulas and Variables in Universe

I have been trying to find out how to create formulas and variables on universe Level. I know how to accomplish this in Webi. I'd appreciate if someone can point me to any documentation on this issue.
Thanks.

Hi,
which version of BOBJ are you using? What kind of data sources do you have?
Here are some documents you can start with:
Formulas in WebI for XI 3.1
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3_web_intelligence_formulas_functions_calculations_en.pdf]
Formulas in WebI for XI 3.1 SP2
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31SP2/en/xi31_sp2_webi_ffc_en.pdf]
Universe Designer user's guide XI 3.1
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3-1_designer_en.pdf]
Universe Designer user's guide XI 3.1 SP 2
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31SP2/en/xi31_sp2_designer_en.pdf]
You can find more documentation here
[http://help.sap.com]
Regards,
Stratos

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