03 IDT BusinessLayer Lab

7/28/2019 03 IDT BusinessLayer Lab

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SAP AG 2010 SAP BusinessObjects / Page 1

Lab: Relational UniverseCreate a Relational Business Layer View

Scenario

Your business layer is large and contains too many objects to be displayed to users inthe Query Panel at query design time. The business layer layout contains variousdimensions and measures related to many business activities like product purchase,product delivery, sales, and customer satisfaction. You will create a view for customersatisfaction that includes only objects related to this subject in order to limit the scope oflayout in the query panel.

Objectives

In this lab, you will:

Create a new Business Layer view

Display the view content in the Business Layer layout (authoring)

Consume the view in the Query Panel (consumption)

Duration

5 minutes

Prerequisites

You must complete the following prerequisite(s) before performing these steps:

Create Local Projects and Resources named My Relational Resources

(Menu File>New>Project)


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Perform the following steps as described in order:

Set up Files

1. Copy the Warehouse BL Views.blx, Warehouse BL Views.dfx, and Warehouse BLViews.cnx files from the C:\DKT\DocumentsIDT to theproject location (the path of the projectlocation is highlighted above).

2. In the Local Projects view, right-click the My Relational Resources project and click Refresh.

The new connection, data foundation, and business layer are now available in the project.

Create Business Layer View1. Double-click Warehouse.blxto open the business layer.

2. In the Business Layer pane, click Business Layer Views ( ) to open the editor.

3. Click New.

4. In the Name text box, type Customer Satisfaction.

5. In the Objects Viewed list, select the check boxes for the objects that relate to customersatisfaction and customer care:

Class Objects

Customer Customer, City, Number of Customers

Call Reason ALL

Product Product, Line, Category, Number of Products

Customer Satisfaction ALL

Customer Calls ALL


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6. Click OK.

7. From the views selector list, select the Customer Satisfaction view.


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8. Click Expand All ( ) to display all objects in the view.

9. Click Queries (bottom of the pane) to open the query panel.

10. Click Insert Query ( ) to create a new query.

11. In the business layer view list, select the Customer Satisfaction view.

Note that the layout of the business layer changes to only expose objects included in the view.Not only does the view help users to easily find objects they want to add to the query, it alsolimits the scope to a specific business area so that they only add appropriate objects to thequery. Views are stored with the Business layer in the same file, and are published with theBusiness Layer on the CMS.


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12. Click Cancel.

End of lab