Following changes has been made in designer :
1) Designer is called ''Information Design Tool now"
2) The file extension has been changed to .unx from .unv
3) There are 4 modules in designer -
a) Project , b) Connections , c) Data Foundation , d) Business Layer.
a) Project is where you create a universe.
b) Connection is where you create a connection to the BO universe. You can also use a connection from data federation.
c) Data foundation is where you set up the tables and joins (much like the right hand place of the existing designer module).
d) Where you create folder (what we know as classes) and objects (dimensions and measures).
How it will help ? -- One example will be a user can create a data foundation layer (with all tables and joins) and different users can create different folders and objects structure for their part of business. Previously you could have done part of it in linked universe but this looks like a much better way to do it. Also object level security helps a user to see , let's say, one business layer out of many created on the same data foundation.
When you export a universe the data foundation layer, connections and business layer gets embedded in the unx file and you export only one file in the repository. Just wanted to mention (as someone has it pointed out in BOBJ) that Universe designer will still be there. Webi reports and crystal reports will be able to work on both .unx and .unv file in the next release.
2) The file extension has been changed to .unx from .unv
3) There are 4 modules in designer -
a) Project , b) Connections , c) Data Foundation , d) Business Layer.
a) Project is where you create a universe.
b) Connection is where you create a connection to the BO universe. You can also use a connection from data federation.
c) Data foundation is where you set up the tables and joins (much like the right hand place of the existing designer module).
d) Where you create folder (what we know as classes) and objects (dimensions and measures).
How it will help ? -- One example will be a user can create a data foundation layer (with all tables and joins) and different users can create different folders and objects structure for their part of business. Previously you could have done part of it in linked universe but this looks like a much better way to do it. Also object level security helps a user to see , let's say, one business layer out of many created on the same data foundation.
When you export a universe the data foundation layer, connections and business layer gets embedded in the unx file and you export only one file in the repository. Just wanted to mention (as someone has it pointed out in BOBJ) that Universe designer will still be there. Webi reports and crystal reports will be able to work on both .unx and .unv file in the next release.
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