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General questions on Business objects

hi there
i have questions related to Business objects -
can you please help?
1) How to provide access to an object to a user in business objects?
2) How to provide different database connection to multiple users for the same universe?
3) How to create link for an object and provide access to the user?
thanks
tony

Hello Tony,
BO is a name for a product suite containing lots of products.
Please post a bit in more detail which product and which version you are using.
To begin with some documentation please see our [BO product guides|https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000713358&_SCENARIO=01100035870000000202].
Best regards
Falk

Question of Business Object Data Service

hi Expert,
Now we are doing project for CRM integration to BODS (Business object Data Service).
There is business request for deduplicate check whole CRM Business partner data base.
The data quantity is 10Million and most of them are consumer role, we prefer to clean up the BP data via BODS and in CRM we use standard account merge functionality.
but I not sure whether BODS support deduplicate check for 10M consumer and how to do it?
Is there any one had experience or idea for this request?
Br.
William.

Sure DS can do that, no doubt about it. But before starting, I recommend you to carefully read the Match Consolidate Transform wiki page. Pay special attention to the setting of the BREAK_KEY that will have a significant impact on the performance and throughput of the matching process.

Business Objects, external services and application services in CAs

Hi All,
right now we are developing our first eSOA Composite Application with CE and I have some questions regarding Business Objects, the import of external services and the development of application services.
As I understood there are two ways to provide business functionality for composite applications:
a. Import backend functionality as an external service (e.g. BAPI, RFC) at the CAF, build the application service which can be used as a callable object for UIs or the GPs
b. Develop a local Business Object (in CAF) providing the business logic, create the application service which again can be used as a callable object. Furthermore the application service can be exposed as a Web Service (external service).
My questions:
1. When is it appropriate to to import external services in stead of developing local BOs?
2. Under what conditions is it advisable to (solely) develop local BOs?
3. What are the advantages / disadvantages regarding the reusability of the services (in option a and b)?
Note: We are developing on NetWeaver 2004s.
Please let me know, if you need more information to answer the questions!
Thanks for your advice in advance,
Regards,
Ivonne

Hi Ivonne,
first of all, the CAF Business Objects (BOs) itself don't contain any business logic, they're basically just local database tables (with some CRUD services on top).
Business logic is implemented in Application Services (AS).
Now, regarding local BO's vs. external services, it depends on your use case. If the data is already available somewhere in your backend system it makes sense to use external services. For instance you wouldn't want to store business partners all over different composites. For data that is specific to your composite (in particular configuration, customizing etc.) and not likely to be reused by other applications you should use local BOs.
Accessing local BO's is also much faster than calling external services.
You can do reuse in both scenarios, since the CAF services can be exposed as web services.
Regards,
Christian
Edited by: Christian Loos on Apr 8, 2008 6:11 PM

Business Objects, Value Objects and more

Hey,
I've got a general question about business objects (aka entity objects or data transfer objects). The scenario I am using is not one of my own, but it might be a future one. Thus, I'd really appreciate all feedback.
Let's say that i've got a desktop application which purpose is to manage personal DVD collections. Shortly explained, what i would do here is to create a class Dvd to represent a physical DVD. Then i would create the classes DvdServices and DvdDao. The DvdServices class is what my application will use to retrive and store Dvd instances, and takes care of all session and transaction handling. The DvdDao class is where all database communication takes place. This class will only be used by the DvdServices class.
Now, say that i would want to keep things simple and use the same business object both in the front end and the back end (yes, i'm using Hibernate). That is, the Dvd instances returned by the DvdServices class is the ones i also would like to use in my GUI. This is where i start to get a little uncertain about best practice.
Let us say that i use an instance of a Dvd to present some information about a dvd to the user. However, the user would not only like to see what's already stored about that dvd - but also edit some details related to it (such as the title, description or the like). What i would do here (to support editing), is to modify the Dvd class so that it holds a DvdAttributes object which contains all its editable values like title and description (in other words, the state - except for the id and a timestamp value). Thus, i also modify the DvdServices class and create a method called updateDvd(Dvd dvd, DvdAttributes attributes). The method updateDvd() in the DvdServices class, internally, makes a reference to the existing DvdAttributes, applies the new DvdAttributes to the Dvd instance, and tries to save it. If something goes wrong, transaction is rolled back, and the old DvdAttributes are applied to the Dvd class in order to reflect the state of the Dvd instance.I like to think of the Dvd instance as the business object, and the DvdAttributes instance as a related value object (the terminology is probably all wrong here?).
My question regarding all this is wether it "adheres" to what one might consider as "best practices" (if something like that exists in relation to this)? Could i do things smarter in this case? Is there something which does not make sense (always good to hear a second opinion!).
All feedback appreciated!

sbrattla wrote:
Hey,
I've got a general question about business objects (aka entity objects or data transfer objects). The scenario I am using is not one of my own, but it might be a future one. Thus, I'd really appreciate all feedback.
I don't believe a DTO would ever be considered a business object.
Let's say that i've got a desktop application which purpose is to manage personal DVD collections. Shortly explained, what i would do here is to create a class Dvd to represent a physical DVD. Then i would create the classes DvdServices and DvdDao. The DvdServices class is what my application will use to retrive and store Dvd instances, and takes care of all session and transaction handling. The DvdDao class is where all database communication takes place. This class will only be used by the DvdServices class.
Now, say that i would want to keep things simple and use the same business object both in the front end and the back end (yes, i'm using Hibernate). That is, the Dvd instances returned by the DvdServices class is the ones i also would like to use in my GUI. This is where i start to get a little uncertain about best practice.
It appears that 'Dvd' is in fact a DTO. Probably best to name it as such - DvdDto.
Let us say that i use an instance of a Dvd to present some information about a dvd to the user. However, the user would not only like to see what's already stored about that dvd - but also edit some details related to it (such as the title, description or the like). What i would do here (to support editing), is to modify the Dvd class so that it holds a DvdAttributes object which contains all its editable values like title and description (in other words, the state - except for the id and a timestamp value). Thus, i also modify the DvdServices class and create a method called updateDvd(Dvd dvd, DvdAttributes attributes). The method updateDvd() in the DvdServices class, internally, makes a reference to the existing DvdAttributes, applies the new DvdAttributes to the Dvd instance, and tries to save it. If something goes wrong, transaction is rolled back, and the old DvdAttributes are applied to the Dvd class in order to reflect the state of the Dvd instance.I like to think of the Dvd instance as the business object, and the DvdAttributes instance as a related value object (the terminology is probably all wrong here?).
As stated no.
Process flow would normally be like this.
Happy path (it worked)
1. Query - returns DvdDto
2. GUI - display DvdDto
3. Modify DvdDto
4. Update (send to server/backend) DvdDto
5. (Return - It worked.)
Sad path (it failed)
1. Query - returns DvdDto
2. GUI - display DvdDto
3. Modify DvdDto
4. Update (send to server/backend) DvdDto
5. Exception is thrown
6. (Return - It failed)
Step 6 is a bit ambigous because it depends on the user and the actual client/server relationship. It could be an exception, a message or just true/false (false is failed.)
In the above there is no step that corrects or alters the DvdDto instance that was thrown. One reason for this is that it might be a minot mistake on the users part and if you destroy everything they alread typed in they are not going to be happy.

Business object for sales order credit status

Is there a sap delivered business object that has a method to get credit status and overall blocked status of a sales order?

This forum is for general questions about Business Objects (the company) products and information; since your question pertains to SAP products you will want to find the forum that relates most closely to your question so you can have experts in that area helping you.

Comparison between Crystal Report Server XI R1, Crystal Report Server XI R1 , Business objects Enterpirse XI R1 and BOXI R2?

Hello Everybody,
I am new to Business Objects Enterprise. I need to know what is differnce between Crystal Report Server XI R1and Crystal Report Server XI R1 ; Business objects Enterpirse XI R1 and BOXI R2?
As a beginner, it will be very much helpful for me to learn in a better way and to go in the right track.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Annapoorani

Annapoorani,
I will start off with the basic difference beteen Crystal Report Server and Business Objects Enterprise. We can continue on after this initial bit of information.
Essentially, Crystal Report Server is a much like a subset of the full Enterprise Product line. Whereas CRS is used for storing and scheduling Crystal Reports, the Enterprise product extends this usability to also include Desktop Intelligence Reports as well as Web Intelligence reports. There are also added features available with the full Enterprise Suite (depending on the licensing and installation) that also provide Performance Management, Dashboards and other enhancements.
In the sence of XI vs XIR2, XIR2 is more up to date with fixes and service packs. You will find the original XI products to be closer to an end of lifecycle when it comes to support.
As well, the newest release not mentioned in your line of questioning is Business Objects XI3.0. Currently this is a java based deployment, but there will be a .NET version forthcoming. Many new features have been added and you can find more information directly at www.businessobjects.com pages. There is a full section on the website that outlines the various products.
Edited by: Tony Foster on Jul 16, 2008 11:22 AM

Business Object Modeler Question

Hi Experts,
I'm new to CE and currently trying to figure out what can I do with it?
Assume that I'm planning to create an application to follow activities that our consultants doing.
For this, we're planning to use Local Portal Database to store datas.
When I checked, "Business Object Modeler" is a tool which helps to create business objects and generates tables behind and access services automatically.
Then generating a Web Service for this BO and then using the WS with VC and WD4J is a great asset for us.
But, my questions?
1. Is this a right approach for such scenario?
2. I've created a sample BO and generated WS and tried to use with VC. Create, Delete, Reand and Update Operations can be made available for WebService, but I'm unable to add FindAll or FindByMultiple Parameter operations to Web Service?
Any idea for Q1 and answer for Q2 will be appreciated.
Regards

Hi,
Yes, You have to arite the code.Actually, Application services are the place where you will wrtie your business logic.
In th application service operations you have to call the business object operations.
For architechturel guidelines you can go [through thii doc|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00caf8bd-487a-2a10-36a9-93d840309310].
answer to second question:
You can't change the code in the BO operations. What ever you want, you have to do it in the application servcies only.
Create an application service operation say:
operation(). Create a input/output data structures.
Exapmle: OperationResponce operation(OperationRequest).
Yuor lists add to the OperationRequest datatype. Similarly for OperationResponce also. In this case you don,t have any issues.Actually this is the standered for Web Services.
[This document|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f0d97ec6-5de0-2a10-a5b3-b5926075566c], you can use as an example
[CE 7.1 Tuorial Center.|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-development?rid=/webcontent/uuid/903c2cdb-98d6-2a10-84b7-ab22535de11a]
Reward Points, If you feel it is useful.
Sampath

Business Object LB - Probe question

Has anyone ever worked with Business Object for load balancing ?
My main question concerns the probe to get all the content of a web page where I would need to follow all the links included in a probed web page to get all the content.
Otherwise the probe is useless. Anything at this point would help.
Thanks

Hi Nancy,
I can´t find it right now, but I do remember reading that there were different XML definition versions for SBO objects. In the version 1, table names where used. In the version 2, object names where used. Looks like the schema defines version 2, but SBO is using version 2.
I will check if I can found where I did read that. Try speaking with someone in SAP and about XML versions, perhaps they could help you with this info.
Hope helps,
Ibai Peñ

Business Objects Training -General Questions

Hi,
I am just Going through the Business Objects...had some few general questions.
1)What is the current Version on BO
2)Where does Crystal reports & Xcelsius fit in Business Objects
3)Does Power Center & Informatica are also included in Business Objects
Thanks

The latest version of Business Objects Enterprise is XI Release 3.1 Service Pack 2. There have been several fixpacks delivered on top of this as well.
Crystal Reports and XCelsius are tools to build Reports and Dashboards respectively. While XCelsius is suited for creating sleek dashboards with very aggregated data - usually less than 2000 rows per report, Crystal Reports can be used for reporting off data warehouses requiring reporting off large data sets.
Informatica Powercenter is a tool proivded by an independant vendor and is not a Business Objects Product. Business Objects Provides Data Integrator, which is pretty much as rugged as Informatica and provides all the functionalities of ETL(Extraction Transformation and Loading).

OInvoice Business Object XML Schema question

I am trying to produce an xml file based on the oInvoices business object to use in an EDI translation. I am running Sap Business One 2005 A SP:01 PL:03. I used one of the sample programs in the SDK Samples folder to produce an XML schema of the oInvoices object. The sample program is in the COM DI folder, program #06. ObjectSchemas. When I run this program is produces an xml file that is really a schema for oInvoices, and it uses the GetBusinessObjectXmlSchema function for the oInvoices BoObjectType. If I use the SaveXML function on the SAPbobsCOM.BoObjectTypes.oInvoices, I get a different xml file that does not use the same table or fields names. (See sample below - schema uses the table name, OINV, SaveXml uses 'Documents' in place of the OINV name, schema has a QueryParams tag set, SaveXml does not, SaveXml has a Version defined within the AdminInfo, the Schema does not have this). Why doesn't the oInvoices xml schema match the xml file produced using the SaveXML function. Which example below is the correct xml representation of an Invoice? I have copied parts of each file below.
oInvoices file produced using GetBusinessObjectXmlSchema for oInvoices:
- <element name="BOM">
- <complexType>
- <all>
- <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="BO">
- <complexType>
- <sequence>
- <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="AdmInfo">
- <complexType>
- <all>
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="Object" type="long" />
</all>
</complexType>
</element>
- <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="QueryParams">
- <complexType>
- <all>
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="DocEntry" type="string" />
</all>
</complexType>
</element>
- <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="OINV">
- <complexType>
- <sequence>
- <element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="row">
- <complexType>
- <all>
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="DocNum" type="long" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="DocType" type="string" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="Handwrtten" type="string" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="DocDate" type="string" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="DocDueDate" type="string" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="CardCode" type="string" />
<element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ......
OInvoices xml file produced using SaveXml
- <BOM>
- <BO>
- <AdmInfo>
<Object>13</Object>
<Version>2</Version>
</AdmInfo>
- <Documents>
- <row>
<DocNum>5</DocNum>
<DocType>dDocument_Items</DocType>
<HandWritten>tNO</HandWritten>
<Printed>tNO</Printed>
<DocDate>20050116</DocDate>
<DocDueDate>20050215</DocDueDate>
<CardCode>C20000</CardCode>.....
I did not copy all of the xml for each file as it would be too lengthy.
Thanks,
Nancy Walk
[email protected]

Hi Nancy,
I can´t find it right now, but I do remember reading that there were different XML definition versions for SBO objects. In the version 1, table names where used. In the version 2, object names where used. Looks like the schema defines version 2, but SBO is using version 2.
I will check if I can found where I did read that. Try speaking with someone in SAP and about XML versions, perhaps they could help you with this info.
Hope helps,
Ibai Peñ

Business Objects XI 4.0 Semantic Layer Questions

Can someone tell me if the new Business Objects XI 4.0 Semantic Layer is an alternative to the use of Universes?
I.E. There will be no need for Crystal Reports 2011 Enterprise, and Xcelcius to use Universes at all to access SAP ERP data as well as SAP BI/BW data?
Is the new direction of SAP not to use Universes to access ERP and BI/BW data at all?
We are a new SAP NETWEAVER ERP installation with BI/BW and are debating on using
1)Business Objects 3.2 with Universes
2)Crystal Reports with custom SQL, Rapidmarts and Data Integrator
3)Business Objects XI 4.0 with this new Semantic Layer and BI Consumer Services.
Any suggestions, pros and cons would be greatly appreaciated.
We are looking to align ourselves with future SAP Business Objects architectures.
Thanks in Advance,
Randy
Edited by: Randy on Feb 11, 2011 7:58 PM

Hi Randy,
Universe is an important part of the Semantic Layer, whether it is version 3.x or version 4.x of SAP BusinessObjects. In version 4.0 (officially known as BI 4.0), you will be using the new Information Design Tool to build universe. It is highly recommended for all of your presentation tools (i.e. WebI, Crystal, Xcelsius/Dashboard, etc) to go through the new Information Design Tool for data (including BW data).
The BI 4.0 Virtual Launch is scheduled on Feb 23. I suggest you to sign up at http://virtualevents.sap.com/business-analytics/login.aspx.
By the way, the SAP BusinessObjects does not have a version 3.2. The most current one is version 3.1. You might be confused with the FixPack which is now up to 3.4.
Hope this helps.

WF Question: Call Transaction From Business Object Not works

Hi Frinds
I need some help
in Business Object ZBUS2012 I have a method that run a report (ALV)
in the PO nubmer I have a drill down to me23n with parameter BES (EBELN)
when I click the PO me23n Opened Empty without the PO Number.
If i try to run the report not from the BO its woks fine.
it's opened me23n with the right PO Number.
What can Be The Problem ?
Thanks in Advance

Hi Kobi
Are you passing the parameter from the business object to the method of you ALV report, if in doubt, please post your method code? Most likely this is what is wrong. The correct way to reference the PO number within the method is
object-key-purchaseorder
Then test using SWO1 to ensure you method is correct before calling through workflow.
Regards
Gareth

Please only post SAP Business Objects products related questions here

Hi
Thanks for reading.
Unfortunately many people get confused with the term BI which was used for SAP BW at one time. With the acquisition of Business Objects some product names have changed.
SAP BW is still SAP BW, please post in the respective forums: /community [original link is broken]
Business Intelligence in this forum refers to the these SAP Business Objects products:
SAP Business Objects Enterprise
SAP Business Objects 4.0
SAP Business Objects Intelligence Platform 4.0
For more information and great articles and videos please see:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi
Kind Regards
Roland Hoeller

>
Suresh Babu Aluri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can create All prompt in lovs of reuired object as
>
> do the following steps for all prompt creation.
>
> 1. Go to Object to which the lovs are mapped. -> select object -> properties -> advanced (not sure) -> edit lovs -> then a query panel will display and it will have query like
>
> select distinct(..........) from ......................
>
> change the above query to
>
> select distinct(..........) from ......................
> union
> select 'all' from dual -> dual is temporary table in oracle (you define a temporary table w.r.to database)
>
> 2. In designer go to the object on which prompt is defined.
> i.e.
>
> may be in selecor where clause you might defined prompt as
>
> .............. @prompt('Member Name')
>
> so change that to
>
> .................. .............. @prompt('..Member name')
> or
> 'all' in @prompt('Member name')
>
> 2. For your second requirement the max no lov values are changed in prm files. For that go to programs -> BO -> BO ii.5 or ur version -> dataaccess->win32_x86-> based on ur back end select required folder -> search in *.prm files to change the max no lovs.
>
> Cheers,
> Suresh Aluri.
Hi Suresh
Thank you for the detailed response. I tried your suggestions and neither works.
LOV issue:
Within the Business View manager, i right-click on the LOV object and click "Edit List of Values..." and i get a dialog box that only shows me Available fields, List of Value Fields used, description field, and Referenced objects. Along with buttons for Clear Instance & Refersh Status.
I have read similar posts to what you suggested but never get to the same place as described.
Please advise....
as for _Max Number LOV _
I have researched this as well and found the same suggestion you made. But the PRM file does not have that value, and the file contains all XML code
Now what???
Thanks
Mike

Business Objects Question

Has SAP come out with anythign to integrate Business Objects with BI 7.0? If our company upgrades to 7.0 will Business Objects work it? Is there an Add-on for it yet? Where can I get more inforamtion about it?

Please check this document for required info.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10c3bca6-7dbc-2a10-7aa8-81d2731c7bb1
Also you will find many articles on this here-
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/businessobjects-for-sap
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc
Abhijit

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