What are the server components in Business Objects XI Enterprise?

A: Central Management Console and Infoview

What are different types of authorizations? Available in Business Objects Enterprise.

A: Authorizations here called access levels. View, View on Demand, Schedule and Full
Control.

What are different types of authentications is support by Business Objects Enterprise?

A: Enterprise, LDAP, Windows AD and Windows NT.

What are the Calendars and Events? Where we will use them?

A: Calendars and Events are custom built ones defined by BOBJ Administrator and we can use
these while scheduling a Crystal Report and WEDI document.

What is the deference between Folders and Categories?

A: Folders are storage area which can store all the reports and dashboards. Categories are
like a group where we can select reports and dashboards from different folders.

What is the deference between Public Folders and Personal Folders?

A: Public Folders are the one which can share among enterprise, Personal folders are the one
each enterprise user will have his own.

What are the servers will take part in converting Crystal/DESKI reports into ActiveX, Java and
DHML format?

A: Crystal Reports Cache Server, Desktop Intelligence Cache Server

What is the significance of Input File Repository Server and Output File Repository Server?

A: Input File Repository Server will store report structure and Query of each and every report
which are in the Centralize Repository Server.

What is the significance of Destinations Job Server?

A: We can configure with SMTP server so that we can work with email and FTP process in
enterprise.

What is Everyone Group in Business Objects Enterprise?

A: This is one of default group which BOBJ is going to provide. When we are creating new
enterprise user, that user will be automatically part of Everyone group.

A user who wants to run WEBI reports what is all the access he needs to have it?
When we want to save report data through Infoview what are different types of format
available?

A: PDF and Excel.

Different connection types available in Universe Designer and explain each one.

A: Personal, Secured, Shared.

When we come across Partial Data error message in reports what should we do?

A: When we limit result set length. We can increase the length or disable the option.

What is the significance of Link Universe?

A: We can link two universes together if those two universes are created with different
database. We can also link universe which can be reused.

What are different types of joins available in BOE?

A: Equal-join, Outer join and Short cut join.

What is an alias, context, Cardinality, loop?

A: Alias is a virtual definition a table. Context is collection of join which is intended to create
a valid query path. Cardinality is relationship between the tables. Loop is closed path in
RDBMS.

What are join problems in Universe Schema? Explain.

A: Loop- which is closed path which yield few rows than what we can expect.

Chasm Trap – Two many – to –one joins conversing to one look up table which yields
Cartesian product.

Fan Trap – One – to – many joining to another one – two – many join which can also yields
to Cartesian product.

We can resolve all these problems with Aliases and contexts.

Where do we apply row level security to report data?

A: While Universe Design.

What is Derived table? What is its significance?

A: Derived table is just like another table which can a created as a view in the universe and
also we can implement free hand SQL as a table.

What is Aggregate Aware? What is its significance?

A: Using Aggregate Aware we can implement different level of aggregation with multiple
FACT tables.

What is Check Integrity?

A: Global Parse engine in the universe.

Specify Different type of Hierarchies.

A: Custom and Default.

What is significance of Aggregate Navigation?

A: To set up an in compatibility between objects.

Mention different type of objects we can create in Universe.

A: Dimension, Detail and Measure

What is LOV? Type of LOV’s

A: List of Values is distinct values of an object. Each object is associate with LOVs while
creating it. Individual LOV and Cascading LOV

Mention different type of reports we can generate in BO.

A: Tabular, Master-Detail, Cross Tap, Form

Can we create Crystal reports using Universe?

A: Yes.

What are alerts?

A: Alerts are one which can highlight based on the conditions in the report data.

What is the meaning of Drill?

A: Drill is nothing but analyzing a data to the detail level.

What are Break, Filter and Ranking?

A: Break a dimension in the report without breaking a table. Filters are two types Query filter
and report filter. Ranking is we can rank the data in the report.

How can we have two data providers in the report?

A: Using add query and we can have any number of data providers.

How can we combine two data providers in the report?

A: Using Merged dimensions.

What is Variable in Business Objects Reporting?

A: Variable is an object which pulls the data from the database and also variable can be
defined by an user based on the requirements.

What are prompts?

A: Prompts are the one which can ask for user responses to run the report.

What is Xcelsius? Explain the process.

A: Xcelsius is the tool which help us to create Visualizations. Analyze the data using different
widgets.