Business Objects XI: The Complete Reference

Description

This book is a must read for anyone deploying BusinessObjects. It covers everything from planning your upgrade to the latest release, to best practices in universe design, and powerful report creation that maximizes business insight. This book covers the most frequently used features for the full BI suite, in one comprehensive book. There's in depth coverage of Designer, security via the Central Management Console, InfoView, Web Intelligence, and Desktop Intelligence. It goes beyond step-by-step instructions to cover how and why in a business context. Transition notes are interspersed for version 5 and 6 customers to understand the biggest changes in XI Release 2. If you drive BI requirements in your company or are a data warehouse program manager, Business Objects administrator, report author or consumer, this book is for you.

CONTENTS:

PART I: GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS XIChapter 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence Chapter 2: Goals of Deploying Business Objects XIChapter 3: Understanding your UsersChapter 4: Marketing Your BusinessObjects XIChapter 5: Under the Covers: Migrating to a New ArchitecturePART II: A BETTER UNIVERSEChapter 6: Universe Design PrinciplesChapter 7: Using Designer to Build a Basic Universe Chapter 8: Universe JoinsChapter 9: Classes and ObjectsChapter 10: List of Values Chapter 11: Advanced Objects Chapter 12: Multidimensional Analysis Chapter 13: Securing the System Chapter 14: Design Principles: Where to Put the IntelligenceChapter 15: Minimizing Universe MaintenanceChapter 16: Getting Ready for ProductionPART III: REPORTING AND ANALYSISChapter 17: Navigating InfoViewChapter 18: Working with DocumentsChapter 19: Analyzing the DataChapter 20: Creating a New QueryChapter 21: Advanced Report and Chart FormattingChapter 22: Formulas and VariablesChapter 23: Complex QueriesChapter 24: Desktop IntelligenceBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX