How the Information Design Tool Works

The IDT is a Windows client application that is installed on the developer’s PC. When you first create a project, you are working locally on your computer. When you modify components of a universe, you import them to your PC and are working on a copy. When you are finished with your changes, you export your copy of the universe to a repository that end users can access.

Universe Storage During Development

When you first build a universe or after you have imported a universe from the repository, the universe is decompiled from the single .unx file into multiple individual files on your local workstation. The default directory is C:\users\username\.businessobjects\bimodeler_14\ workspace\project, where username ...

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