This 40 hour course provides an introduction to SAP's BusinessObjects XI R4.0 platform. It will cover topics such as data warehouse concepts, new features in R4.0, architecture, components like Information Design Tool, Interactive Analysis, BI Launch Pad, dashboard design, and life cycle management. The training will be led by an experienced BI consultant with over 14 years of experience implementing BI projects, including being one of the first to implement R4.0 in Asia Pacific.

1. SAP Business Objects XI R4.0 course content:
Duration: 40 hrs
Course Introduction:
SAP’s Flagship Business Intelligence product titled BusinessObjects XI, with components that
provide dashboards reporting, query and analysis and enterprise information management.
It is a strategic business intelligence platform and integrated toolset that lets users access,
analyze, and share information both within and beyond the enterprise. It is designed to be
easy to use and architected to be secure, scalable, and extensible.
With SAP Business Objects you can rapidly deploy Enterprise reporting and analysis
solutions using various tool sets to Model the data using Information Design Tool or
Universe Designer, and create content using analytical reports and corporate dashboards.
• Data Warehouse concepts
• Whats new in Business Objects XI R4.0 (BI R3.0 vs R4.0)
• New features, deprecated components.
• Business objects XI R4 Architecture / Components
• Information Design Tool
Converting Universes created in prior XI versions (.unv)
Working with relational, OLAP connections
Creating single / multi source universes
Working with data foundations
• Single source data foundation
• Multisource data foundation
Working with data foundation editor
• Working with connections
• Data foundation
• Aliases and Contexts
• Parameters and List of values
• Properties
Query Panel
Integrity checking
Publishing
• Interactive Analysis Desktop
Interactive analysis menu features
Creating Reports
Table reports, charts, Sections
Applying conditions
Ranking, conditional formatting
Filters, links
Slice and Dice
Using formulas, creating calculations

2. Formatting Options
Publishing
• BI Launch Pad
Using Applications
Creating reports using interactive analysis
Tables, Charts, Sections
Applying conditions, ranking, sorting, Filters
• Dashboard Design
Creating Models
Adding controls, charts tables
Generating Xcelcius dashboards
Publishing Dashboards to BI Launch Pad.
• Life Cycle Management
Life cycle management console
Promotion Jobs
Version Management
Course Features:
- Training by one of the first hand BOXI R4 Implementer in Asia Pacific
- B.I Project implementation process
- Comprehensive course content, essentially covers project implementation
requirements of all types
- Teaching with real world implementation techniques.
Trainer Profile Summary:
Trainer, Mr.Srikanth Addagiri, a veteran Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence expert
with well over 14 years of Software Development, Project Management experience, of
which about a decade of experience in the area of Data Warehouse and Business
Intelligence projects. Mr. Srikanth has rendered his technical expertise for large scale Data
Warehouse and Business Intelligence projects implementation for Fortune 500 companies,
Government and public sector clients in various business domains in Singapore and Asia
Pacific region in the last decade.