What is SAP BO administration?

Advertisements. BusinessObjects (BO) is a Business intelligence (BI) software from SAP to create interactive ad-hoc reports for users on SAP and non-SAP data sources. Managing BO environment in a large enterprise is one of biggest challenge for System Administrators.

What is new in SAP BO 4.2 sp8?

Adding custom services or external extensions can potentially create security threats. Your administrator can now build a list of trusted URLs in the Central Management Console. This white list controls the addition of new custom services or external extensions that you can use in Web Intelligence.

How do I create a Web Intelligence report in SAP BO?

To generate an ad-hoc report in the SAP BusinessObjects BI launch pad

1. Log on to the BI launch pad.
2. From the Applications menu, select Web Intelligence Application.
3. Create a new Web Intelligence Document ( button).
4. In the opened window, select Universe as the data source, and click OK.

How do I connect to SAP BO?

Procedure

1. Log on to the Central Management Console (CMC) in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence.
2. Choose OLAP Connections .
3. Check whether a connection has been established to the BW system.
4. Make sure that you have selected Predefined under Authentification and have made the required entries for user and password.

How do Business Objects work in SAP?

Create a Business Object

1. Step 1 − To create a Business Object, use the Business Object Builder (T-Code − SWO1).
2. Step 2 − Click Create.
3. Step 3 − Fill in all the other details.
4. Step 4 − Next, save the package.

What are the components of SAP BusinessObjects?

Essential Components of SAP BusinessObjects BI

• Reporting.
• Data Discovery and Visualization.
• Application and Dashboard Building.
• Deployment and Administration.

What is information design tool?

Information Design Tool (IDT) is a Business Objects design tool that extracts the data from different data sources using an OLAP and Relational connection to create Universes. There are different Universe parameters that can be passed at time of Universe creation.

How does SAP BW work?

Unlike most data warehousing products that are based directly on a database platform, SAP BW allows for defining data warehouse objects like data sources, data stores and queries, which it then instantiates and manages in different ways depending on the platform it runs on, as well as other constraints.

What is the latest version of Business Objects?

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 SP02 is released and available now.

How do I create a BO report?

To start Report Writer and create a new report:

1. Navigate to Reports, Report Writer, and select New.
2. Enter your user name and password, and click Log On.
3. Click Document List.
4. Open the New menu and select Web Intelligence Document.
5. Scroll through the list of universes and select Report Writer.