Pre-defined reports on activity

Post Author: Jon80
CA Forum: General Feedback
It seems that Business Objects XI provides pre-defined reports on the 'Activity' universe. Any idea where to get documentation on this universe and where to find these reports?
One of the reports should be named 'Document Information Detail'

Post Author: jsanzone
CA Forum: General Feedback
Jon,
There is a PDF you should be able to find on the BusObjects Tech Support site entitled "xir2_bip_auditor" here.
Also, as Amr pointed out, there is under your install folder a sample datbase and reports (biar) files (C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Samples). If you install auditor after the fact, then you'll have institute both the universe and reporting capability using the import wizard.

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