Keeping It Simple
Some designers create universes that include thousands of objects and every table in the data warehouse. Such universes are difficult to maintain and, more important, are overwhelming for even expert users to use correctly. What’s the result? End users create invalid queries and blame the tool for bad data. With such an overwhelming interface, authoring and modifying queries is a task reserved for only a handful of specialists.
To build a successful universe, keep the business layer simple. Changes in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 make this vision easier to achieve. The universe should be useful for a clearly defined group of users. While the data foundation may have hundreds and sometimes thousands of objects, the business layer ...
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