About Business Objects and IDT
Some reminders

What is the Information Design Tool?
Accelerated interface overview

Create a local project
Share a project
Retrieve a published universe

View raw data
Export raw data

Apply dynamic filters

Best practices for creating a universe
Create a universe in 3 steps: connection to the database, the data foundation, the business layer
Define families, foundation views and business views

New features on object properties
Create smart indicators
Loop resolution methodology with aliases, contexts and join shortcuts
New in custom LOVs: hierarchical, static, à la carte SQL-based
Use the new universe parameters to limit data
Optimize a universe with aggregates and primary key management (Index)
Advanced use of the @aggregate_aware function
Use the @: @select, @where, @variable, @execute functions
Create a time hierarchy and navigation (calculated columns)

Create a universe from an OLAP source
Create a universe from several SAP or non-SAP relational sources

Security Editor
Conversion of existing universes to unx
Synchronization of shared projects
Translation management tool

Data federation
Custom formatting
Improved interface and query on SAP BW

Workshop: various exercises in data manipulation

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