In some organizations, BI landscape metadata can be very sensitive information. This article describes how to apply row-level security to the Sherlock metadata database using… Read More
Tag: Universe Design Tool
Show This Dimension, Well Sometimes
Object Level Security Based on User Recently I had an interesting request come up and I thought I would share the solution with my fellow… Read More
Analyze and Visualize Data with the Information Design Tool
Often I am asked by BusinessObjects customers whether it is worth the time to upgrade a universe from the traditional (UNV) Universe to the newer… Read More
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Know Your Universe
I’m back! My pals here at EV Technologies have been kind enough to take the reigns over the past few steps to get to BI4. I… Read More
Copying Universes with Access Restrictions in BOXI 3.1
In a perfect world, everything would be simple and work perfectly the first time. Sadly, such is not the case. A client recently asked me… Read More
Troubleshooting Long Running Reports
I caught a tweetstream the other day that Diversified Semantic Layer’s friend and past guest, Michael Welter, had a question on diagnosing and solving for… Read More
Use Multiple Connections in a Single Universe
I’m not sure why, but this is an old trick that I’ve used that has come up twice in recent weeks for different deployments I… Read More
Universe Designer = Design Tool
I hate that title…but it is the best I could come up with… At the risk of sounding a little bit redundant, my experience has… Read More
Drinking the Web Intelligence Kool-Aid
Moving from Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence Read More
Optional Prompts with Default Values in Designer
Updated 4/12/2010 – I feel like a blockhead. I went to reference my own blog and found a copy and paste issue in my formula… Read More