When you open Web interface via BI Launchpad or open Webi rich client, you have an option to create a new document or edit an existing one. You can create a new document as blank document or use an interface to create a document based on the following data sources −

Universe
Flat files in .csv or .xls format
BEx queries
Analysis view

Rich Internet application interface and Webi rich client allows you to use from list of available data sources; however, Web Interface supports only no data source or Universe from IDT/UDT.

Data Source	Web Interface via BI Launchpad	Rich Internet Application Interface	Web Rich Client Tool
No Data	Yes	Yes	Yes
.unx or .unv Universe file	Yes	Yes	Yes
BW BEx Query	No	Yes	Yes
Analysis View	No	Yes	Yes
Text Files CSV and XLS	No	Yes	Yes

To create a blank document to use later − Launch Webi Rich Client → Click ‘New document’ option at the top → No Data Source → Ok.

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Or you can select a blank document by clicking the icon below the list of available data sources.

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You can also use other data sources like Universe, BW BEx query, and text sources like CSV and XLS files, Analysis view or a web service as data source to create a new document.

Creating Document Based on Universe

You can create a Webi document based on Universe using Information Design Tool/Universe Design Tool.

.unx − File created with Information Design Tool
.unv − File created in Universe Design Tool

To use a Universe as data source, go to New → Select a Universe as data source and click Ok.

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It will open a list of all Universes published to BI repository to use in a document. You can select any available universe and click ‘Select’.

It will show you all .unx and .unv files available to use in a document.

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Query Panel will be open. You can select from list of available objects as per your access permissions. You may not be able to use a few of the objects because of permission issues.

In query panel, you have Universe outline in the left pane, and result objects, query filters, data preview panels in the main pane.

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Creating Document based on BEx

To use BEx as data source, go to New → Select BW BEx query as data source and click ‘Ok’.

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It will show you a list of all available BEx queries. You can select only those which you have permission to access. On the left side of the screen, it shows you the name of Info provider for BEx query.

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It will open the Query panel, you can select the list of available objects from Universe Outline and name of BEx query below that.

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Creating Document Based on Analysis View

Click New icon → Select Universe → Ok.

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Select the Analysis view you want to use and click Ok.

It will open the Query panel with a list of available objects.

SAP Webi – Editing & Opening Documents

You can edit an existing document via BI Launchpad → Web Interface or by opening a document in Webi Rich Client.

You can also open recent documents using Webi Rich client directly. Launch Webi rich client and you will get a list of recent open documents on the left side of the screen.

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You can also select an existing report to edit in Webi. Extension of a Webi File is “.wid.”. To open an existing document, select a blank document. Go to File → Open.

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Select the path of an existing ‘wid’ file and click ‘Open’.

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By default, it will open the report in Design mode.

Opening a Document

To open a document, go to Webi rich client → Click ‘Open’ tab.

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Navigate through the folder you want to open, select the file and click ‘Open’. This will open the file in Design mode.

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You can select design and read mode as per your access rights.

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History and Version of Business Object
How Business Objects works in SAP family
SAP BO-Business Intelligence package and tool list
Data warehousing concept from SAP perspective

SAP Business Object Architecture

SAP BO Architecture
Various tiers in architecture: Client, Processing, Intelligence

SAP Web Intelligence

Web Intelligence Overview
Variable in Web Intelligence environment

Using Universe Designer Tools (UDT)

Overview of the Universe Designer Tool
Working with shared, secured and personal connections
Understanding of the Semantic layer

SAP BO Reports

SAP BO Reports
Chart Reports, Table Reports, Sorting and aggregating of Reports
Various elements of Reports, graphs, text elements
Reports and Filters
Section Report
Break Report
Alerts Report
Scope of Analysis Panel
Conditional Reporting
Ranked Report
Drill Report

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Advanced methods of formatting in SAP BO
Identifying Chasm trap and resolving Chasm traps with various methodologies
Detection and resolving of loop

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Introduction to SAP BO information design tool
Extracting data from various sources using OLAP methodologies
Creating of Universe with IDT
IDT Vs UDT
Working with IDT as an Integration tool

Getting started with Crystal Dashboard

Data visualization tool for creating interactive dashboards
Point-and-click Features
Various dashboard features and interface

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Detailed design of Crystal Dashboard

SAP BO 4.2 Features

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