Complex Objects in Business Objects

7/29/2019 Complex Objects in Business Objects

1/10

Tips & Tricks


2/10

2 Copyright 1999 Business Objects SA - All Rights Reserved Issue 2, July 1999

Topics

Complex Objects

Creating Dynamic Dimensions

Simplifying Hierarchy Navigation

Techniques for Combining Incompatible Data

Strategies for Testing Complex Designs

Managing and Maintaining Complex Universes

Questions


3/10


Complex Objects

Embedding HTML

||

table_name.column_name ||

Dont forget to set format to Read as HTML

Database functions to get max dates

Get_max_date(time.time_date)

Embedding HTML or RDBMS Function in Your Object
http://www.website.com/http://www.website.com/


4/10


Complex Objects

CY Oct Sales

Using Your Time Objects to Create Complex Measure Objects

Potential issues

Double sum

How do you test?


5/10


Database Complex Objects in Semantic Layer

(CASE WHEN SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME) = 0 THEN 6 WHENSUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME) = 0 THEN 0 WHEN(SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME) /SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)) >= 0.5 THEN 0 ELSE ROUND(SQRT(LOG(1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME)

/SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2))) - ((2.515517 + 0.802853 *(SQRT(LOG (1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME) /SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2)))) + 0.010328 * POWER((SQRT(LOG(1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME)

/SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2)))), 2))) / ((1 + 1.432788 * (SQRT(LOG(1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME) /SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2)))) + 0.189269 * POWER((SQRT(LOG(1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME)

/SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2)))), 2) + 0.001308 *POWER((SQRT(LOG (1 / POWER((SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.DOWNTIME) /

SUM(dbo.CLFY_DAY_TBL.TOTALTIME)), 2)))), 3))) + 1.5, 2) END)


6/10


Complex Objects to Link Reports(In Semantic layer)

The opendocument function permit to call the openingof a document through webi via a fullclient document.

http:///wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wige

nerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=&sDocType=W&iDocId=&sRepoName=&sOpen=Y&lsS=&lsM=&lsM=

Object format as Read as Html
http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3http://%3Cservername%3E/wi/bin/iswi.dll/WIGenerator/wigenerator/generator/OpenDocument?sDocName=%3CDocName%3E&sDocType=W&iDocId=%3CDocId%3E&sRepoName=%3CDomainName%3E&sOpen=Y&lsS%3CPromptNamet1%3E=%3CValue1%3E&lsM%3CPromptName2%3E=%3CValue2%3E&lsM%3CPromptName3%3E=%3CValue3


7/10


Explanation

Explanation of bracketed items and names above: ServerName : Webi server name.

sDocType : Type of target report (WebI report: sDocType=W,BO report: sDocType=R).

sDocName : document name in the repository.

iDocId : Document ID in the repository (you can found it

if you check the document URL link in corporate document) DomainName : Document domain name.

PromptName1,2 : Prompt name

Value1,2,3 : Value of the prompt

lsS is a single select prompt and lsM is muti choice prompt :

//lsCBS single choice prompt answer //lsCBMi multiple choice prompt number i answer

// lsCBR -> refresh LOV, only one allowed


8/10


Example

For this example, Ive just modified the demo universe

E Fashion. It is call now opendoc.

Create an object call citylink in opendoc:

Citylink = ''+Agg_yr_qt_mt_mn_wk_rg_cy_sn_sr

_qt_ma.City+''

Remark: I use a prompt call City


9/10


Complex Variable to link Reports

=If (IsNull()) Then Else "" & & "

Variable Format -????


10/10


Complex Variable to display Images

=If (IsNull( )) Then "" Else If

( >=4.2) Then "" Else If ( >=4.0 And =0 And

Documents

Complex Objects in Business Objects