BusinessObjects™ XI R1/R2: Universe Design
DM310R2

This course is designed to give learners the comprehensive skills needed to design, build and maintain BusinessObjects XI and XIR2 universes.

Learners should attend this course to understand universe design concepts and terminology, as well as the role of universes in relation to BusinessObjects XI reporting tools such as Crystal Reports, Desktop Intelligence, and Web Intelligence. The course provides an overview of the process of planning, designing and creating a universe, and then walks the learners through the process of designing a universe that responds to identified user requirements.

The business benefit of this course is that learners will learn best-practice methodology for creating universes that respond to their users’ reporting requirements. Through well-designed universes, report designers and business users will be able to create their own reports without having to know anything about the underlying data source or structure.

Who Should Attend?
This three-day instructor-led course is designed for universe designers, new to BusinessObjects Designer, who need to design, build, document, maintain, and distribute BusinessObjects universes.

Although this course presents the latest version of BusinessObjects, a majority of the material covered is directly applicable to previous versions such as 5.1.x, 6.x, and XI R1.

What Will I Learn?
To design, optimize and maintain universes that reflect the reporting needs of end users in your organization.

Detailed Course Outline
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Prerequisites

Prerequisite Education
As part of the activities in this class, learners will be asked to construct reports using Web Intelligence XI to validate and test universes.  If learners want to increase their skill level and knowledge of Web Intelligence reporting skills and concepts (especially if they have no prior exposure to Business Objects), this course is recommended:

• BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Report Design

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience
To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge of:

• SQL and relational database management systems concepts and structures
  
• Familiarity with the type of data and the logical structure of the databases in their organization.
  
• Familiarity with BusinessObjects Web Intelligence report building.

Certification Applicability
This course is not part of a certification path.