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Quick Design
A wizard in the Designer module that provides guided instructions for creating a basic universe. It lets a designer name a universe, set up a connection to a database, select strategies, create classes and objects, as well as generate joins with cardinalities.
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Query
In Designer a query is a technique for creating or modifying a list of values associated with an object. From the Query Panel, a designer builds a query from the classes, objects, and conditions of a universe. In the BusinessObjects User module, a query is a type of data provider. An end user builds a query from a universe, and then runs the query to generate a BusinessObjects report.
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Personal connection
A personal connection is used to access resources such as universes or documents. It can be used only by the user who created it. Information about a personal connection is stored in both the PDAC.LSI and PDAC.SSI files; its definition is static and cannot be modified.
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Offline mode
The work mode in which the designer works with universes stored locally.
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Measure object
An object that is derived from an aggregate function. It conveys numeric information by which a dimension object can be measured.
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Qualification
A property of an object that determines how it can be used in multidimensional analysis. An object can be qualified as one of three types: a dimension, detail or measure.
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Condition
A component that controls the type and the amount of data returned by a specific object in a query. A condition created in the Designer module is referred to as a predefined condition.
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What is Designer?
Designer is a BusinessObjects IS module used by universe designers to create and maintain universes. Universes are the semantic layer that isolates end users from the technical issues of the database structure. Universe designers can distribute universes to end users by moving them as files through the file system, or by exporting them to the repository.
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Object
A component that maps to data or a derivation of data in the database. For the purposes of multidimensional analysis, an object can be qualified as a dimension, detail, or measure. Objects are grouped into classes.
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Drill
The action of navigating through levels of data. When you drill up, you obtain more summarized or general information. By drilling down, you can reach more refined or detailed information.
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Universe pane
The graphical component within the main Designer window that displays a hierarchical view of the classes, objects, and conditions in a universe. Two radio buttons on the lower edge of the pane filter the display of the components. One button, the Classes/Objects filter, provides a view of the classes and objects. The other button, Classes/Conditions, provides a view of the classes and conditions.
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