SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Document Version: 4.2 – 2015-11-12 Universe Design Tool User Guide Content 1 Document History.............................................................13 2 Introducing the universe design tool...............................................14 2.1 Overview.....................................................................14 2.2 Universe design tool and universe fundamentals.........................................14 What is a universe?...........................................................14 What is the role of a universe?...................................................15 What does a universe contain?...................................................15 About the universe window..................................................... 17 Universe design tool install root path...............................................17 2.3 How do you use the universe design tool to create universes?...............................18 How do objects generate SQL?...................................................18 What types of database schema are supported?......................................19 How are universes used?.......................................................19 2.4 Who is the universe designer?..................................................... 20 Required skills and knowledge...................................................20 What are the tasks of the universe designer?.........................................21 2.5 The basic steps to create a universe................................................. 21 2.6 Introducing the universe development process......................................... 22 Universe design methodology...................................................22 Universe development cycle....................................................23 Optimizing universe planning and implementation time.................................24 2.7 Multilingual universes........................................................... 25 2.8 Definitions of languages and locales................................................. 26 2.9 The different locales............................................................ 27 2.10 Setting the product language for the universe design tool user interface........................27 2.11 Consuming multilingual universes...................................................27 2.12 Determining the fallback locale in linked universes.......................................28 2.13 The translation management tool...................................................28 2.14 Multilingual data...............................................................28 2.15 Universe design tool example materials...............................................28 Demonstration databases......................................................29 Demonstration universes...................................................... 29 2.16 Using universes with the information design tool........................................ 29 3 Doing basic operations.........................................................30 3.1 Overview.................................................................... 30 Universe Design Tool User Guide 2 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 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Content 3.2 Starting the universe design tool....................................................30 To start the universe design tool..................................................31 Using the Quick Design wizard ...................................................31 3.3 Working with XI R2 connections and universes with Designer XI R3........................... 32 3.4 Creating a basic universe with the Quick Design wizard....................................32 Why use the Quick Design wizard?................................................32 Using the Quick Design Wizard...................................................33 Following up on a universe created with the Quick.....................................40 3.5 Importing a universe............................................................40 Importing a universe from the repository...........................................40 What is the difference between opening and importing?.................................41 3.6 Opening a universe..............................................................41 To open a universe directly..................................................... 41 3.7 Exporting a universe............................................................ 42 How are universes organized on the repository file system?..............................42 Exporting a universe to the repository............................................. 42 What is the difference between exporting and saving?..................................43 3.8 Saving a universe.............................................................. 43 Universe file names as identifiers.................................................44 Saving a universe............................................................44 Saving a universe definition as PDF............................................... 44 3.9 Closing a universe..............................................................45 3.10 Working with multiple designers....................................................46 Locking a universe...........................................................46 Revision number............................................................ 46 3.11 Using the universe design tool user interface...........................................46 The main components of the user interface..........................................47 The universe design tool user interface.............................................47 Manipulating windows ........................................................48 Using toolbars..............................................................48 Performing an action or operation in the universe design tool.............................50 3.12 Using Find and Replace...........................................................51 Using Find................................................................. 51 Using Quick Find.............................................................54 3.13 Organizing the table display.......................................................54 How are tables represented?....................................................54 Manipulating tables.......................................................... 55 Using List mode.............................................................55 Arranging tables automatically.................................................. 56 Changing table display........................................................ 57 3.14 Selecting schema display options...................................................58 Universe Design Tool User Guide Content © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 3 Setting graphic options for the Structure pane display..................................59 Viewing table and column values.................................................60 Viewing the number of rows in database tables.......................................63 3.15 Printing a universe..............................................................66 Setting print options..........................................................66 4 Creating a universe and setting the universe parameters...............................70 4.1 What are universe parameters?.................................................... 70 4.2 Creating a new universe..........................................................71 Creating a new universe from scratch..............................................71 4.3 Viewing and entering summary information............................................72 4.4 Setting universe parameters.......................................................73 Identifying the universe ....................................................... 73 Defining and editing connections.................................................75 Setting universe summary parameters.............................................82 Selecting strategies.......................................................... 83 Indicating resource controls.................................................... 87 What system resource options are available?........................................87 To enter resource control information............................................. 88 Limiting execution time for queries generating more than one SQL statement .................88 Indicating SQL restrictions..................................................... 89 Indicating options for linked universes............................................. 91 Setting SQL generation parameters...............................................91 About SQL Generation Parameters............................................... 93 Editing dynamic SQL generation parameters........................................ 93 SQL Parameters that you set in the user interface.....................................94 SQL Parameters that you set in the PRM files........................................110 5 Creating a schema with tables and joins...........................................124 5.1 Overview....................................................................124 5.2 What is a schema?.............................................................124 Schema design is the basis for a successful universe..................................125 Schema design and the universe creation process....................................125