Official Product Tutorials – SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.x

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General Platform

• NEW for 4.1 SP5 View all components in BI 4.1 SP5 interactive diagram
• 4.1 View all components in BI 4.1 interactive diagram
• View all components in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3      interactive diagram
• View all components in BI 4.0      interactive diagram
• Log on to BI launch pad      process flow
• Start the Server Intelligence Agent    process flow

Central Management Console

• Create OLAP Connections to BW      tutorial
• Set a schedule for a program object      process flow
• Run a schedule for a program object      process flow

Lumira

• NEW for 4.1 SP5 View a Lumira document  process flow
• NEW for 4.1 SP5 Refresh a Lumira document based directly on a database process flow
• NEW for 4.1 SP5 Refresh a Lumira document based on a universe (UNX)  process flow
• NEW for 4.1 SP5 Set a schedule for Lumira document  process flow
• NEW for 4.1 SP5 Run a scheduled Lumira document  process flow

Crystal Reports 2011

• Set a schedule for a report      process flow
• Run a schedule for a report      process flow
• Run a scheduled publication of a report      process flow
• View a report instance when the page is in the cache      process flow
• View a report instance when the page is not in the cache      process flow
• View a report on demand      process flow

Crystal Reports for Enterprise

• Set a schedule for a report      process flow
• Run a schedule for a report      process flow
• View a report instance when the page is in the cache      process flow
• View a report instance when the page is not in the cache      process flow
• View a report on demand      process flow

Live Office

• Insert a Web Intelligence part      process flow
• Refresh a Web Intelligence part      process flow
• Insert a Crystal Report part      process flow
• Refresh a Crystal Report part      process flow

Web Intelligence

• Set a schedule for a Web Intelligence document      process flow
• Run a schedule for a Web Intelligence document      process flow
• View a Web Intelligence document on demand      process flow
• Export a document      process flow
• Refresh a document based on a multi-source universe      process flow
• Refresh a document based on a dimensional universe      process flow
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in one-tier mode      process flow
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in two-tier mode      process flow
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in three-tier mode      process flow
• Refresh a document based on an SAP NetWeaver BW BEx Query using BICS connectivity      process flow
• Refresh a document based on an SAP Netweaver BW data using a relational UNX universe      process flow
• Refresh a document based on a multi-source datasource using a relational UNX universe      process flow
• Refresh a document based on OLAP data using a multidimensional UNV universe    process flow
• Refresh a document based on OLAP data using a multidimensional UNX universe    process flow

Analysis, edition for OLAP

• View an Analysis, edition for OLAP workspace      process flow

Dashboards

• View a dashboard when the query result is in the cache      process flow
• View a dashboard when the query result is not in the cache      process flow
• Design a new dashboard based on a universe      process flow
• Preview a new dashboard based on a universe      process flow
• Save a new dashboard to the platform      process flow

Design Studio

• View an SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio document (based on SAP NetWeaver BW) in a web or mobile client      process flow
• Refresh an SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio document (based on SAP NetWeaver BW) in a web or mobile client      process flow
• Refresh an SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio document (based on SAP HANA) in a web or mobile client      process flow
• Refresh an SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio document (based on a dimensional UNX universe) in a web or mobile client      process flow

Explorer

• Log on to Explorer      process flow
• Display list of information spaces in Explorer      process flow
• Display list of data sources in Explorer      process flow
• Create an information space based on Excel      process flow
• Index an information space based on Excel      process flow
• Create an information space based on a universe      process flow
• Index an information space based on a universe      process flow
• View an information space based on a universe or Excel file      process flow

Upgrade Management Tool

• Upgrade content directly from an older version of the platform      process flow
• Perform a complete upgrade      tutorial
• Perform an incremental upgrade      tutorial

Lifecycle Management

• Create a promotion job to promote content from a live source system to a live destination system      process flow
• Run a promotion job to promote content from a live source system to a live destination system      process flow