SAP BO universe design tool

Hi Experts,
I am new to SAP universe design tool. Please any one tell me difference b/w Alias and context and when these concepts we implement.
Thanks
Poorna

Hi Poorna,
A context is required if you have more than one route to a table, this would be because you can join to it from more than one table.
If you really do need the table to be joined twice, from different routes, you can create a copy of the table - an alias - and re-route one of the joins to this. Doing this eliminates the need for contexts.
This copy, or alias exists at the BO level and doesn't physically create a copy on your database, it serves to modify the sql that is generated

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I have quite an urgent question that I need some guidance from all you SAP gurus on!
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[Image of error|http://s9.postimage.org/pxk8raci7/UDT_Screen1.jpg]
If anyone could give any kind of advice I would really apprecaite it!
Nick

Hi Nick,
If you are trying to connect BPC 10 NW to BI 4.0 then I have some suggestions. We did this in our SAP EPM 10 training. In the Admin go to the model tab , select your model and edit it. Select the check box Use as a source. This creates a transient query in the backend.. Then we designed the connection in IDT (Information Design tool). Login to IDT and create a new project. Now Right click on the project and create a new OLAP connection. Select SAP BICS as driver selection. Provide the server details and user aunthetication. Select specify a cube in connection option. Now You can select your model <MODELNAME>_B folder and u will see one query with /CPMB/TQ_XXXX. Test your connection and publish your connection to repository . Now you can use this connection for creating Interactive Analysis (Webi Report). I am not sure about the reporting client you wish to use.
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Where can I find a sample database for practice to use in Business Objects Universe Design Tool and connect it to a server?

Thomas,
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Can BO universe design tool read from more than one data source

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can I add personal data (from excel or Text) on a designer that is connected to relational Database
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RDBMS.")
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Hello Taylan,
I think the error that you received was due to packaging issues.I placed the
UtilClass.java file under a directory called data which was present under
the project directory.
When you want to access a java class, you can either place the compiled
class file in the WEB-INF/classes folder or you can place the java file
under the project directory.
I have attached the sample project that I created with your files.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks
Raj Alagumalai
WebLogic Workshop Support
"taylan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I am trying to write a simpe web service in WebLogic Workshop, but havingan error
which I could not understand. Could you please help me? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Taylan
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import weblogic.jws.control.JwsContext;
import data.*;
public class WebService1
/** @jws:context */
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package data;
public class UtilClass
private String name;
public void setName(String name){
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public String getName(){
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like belows:
File Line Message
WebService1.jws 0 Resource found on system classpath: data.UtilClass
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OR between groups in Row-Restrictions, priority - Universe Design

Old School Univers Design, no SAP source, but plain Oracle
Two Questions here
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from documentation:
u201CYou can specify which restriction to apply to a user that belongs to multiple groups using a universe. For example a user belongs to two groups, Sales with a restriction to view 5000 rows of data, and Marketing to view 10000 rows. When the user refreshes a report, the restriction associated with the lowest level group is applied. In the example above, if the Sales group had order 1 and Marketing had order 2, the restriction from marketing (10000) would be used.u201D
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Does it work ?
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G1
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Edited by: B.Wegner on Nov 18, 2010 10:47 AM

Hi
Here what i mean was
first install BOE 3.1
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To get list of users using universe designer client tools

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Refer to chapter 12 section "User events enabled for clients"
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During the designing of a Universe on top of a MSAS cube there is the moment I may select Dimensions & Hierarchies. Here there are ID's of my model, e.g. Accounts-Lev1, Time-Lev1, etc.
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Best Regards
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Hi,
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Hi,
let me explain :
in BI 4.0, the Data Federator Query Server engine is now part of the server-side Adaptive Processing Server .
You only invoke this architecture when you select "Multi Source Enabled" - any other entry point is NOT using the Data Federation Service.
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