BusinessObjects Board

how to design documentation for universe and reports

building semantic layer
#1

hi
Anyone can tell

      how do write universe and report documentation
       once i go through universe what can i abserve how can i find any mistakes
          same thing report also
          
               
      thank you

santhil (BOB member since 2004-09-26)

#2

A universe can be documented using the Save As PDF feature. You can also build reports against the universe domain using the ManagerO universe. As for documents, I usually document them before building then using the original requirements document.

Quite honestly, this just takes a lot of experience. Get an expert to help if you’re not sure.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

#3

A Check Integrity is the first place to start when you’re looking for mistakes.

I also like Dwayne’s VBA macro to capture universe metadata (Help Text) in a spreadsheet

Chris Pohl :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-18)

#4

I have a “souped up” version that I will be presenting at conference. It dumps virtually every detail of database tables, database columns, table joins, contexts, classes, objects, and pre-defined conditions into Excel. Far from an “enterprise” solution, but it works.

Dwayne Hoffpauir :us: (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

#5

I want to document my universe. But I don’t see ManagerO universe. Can someone tell me where can I get it? Do I contact a BO Admin?

Thanks!

Hamsa (BOB member since 2004-11-12)

#6

See Here in BOB’s Downloads. :slight_smile:

Dave Rathbun :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-06)