Table of Contents

PART I: GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS XIChapter 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence Chapter 2: Goals of Deploying Business Objects XIChapter 3: Understanding your UsersChapter 4: Marketing Your BusinessObjects XIChapter 5: Under the Covers: Migrating to a New ArchitecturePART II: A BETTER UNIVERSEChapter 6: Universe Design PrinciplesChapter 7: Using Designer to Build a Basic Universe Chapter 8: Universe JoinsChapter 9: Classes and ObjectsChapter 10: List of Values Chapter 11: Advanced Objects Chapter 12: Multidimensional Analysis Chapter 13: Securing the System Chapter 14: Design Principles: Where to Put the IntelligenceChapter 15: Minimizing Universe MaintenanceChapter 16: Getting Ready for ProductionPART III: REPORTING AND ANALYSISChapter 17: Navigating InfoViewChapter 18: Working with DocumentsChapter 19: Analyzing the DataChapter 20: Creating a New QueryChapter 21: Advanced Report and Chart FormattingChapter 22: Formulas and VariablesChapter 23: Complex QueriesChapter 24: Desktop IntelligenceBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

About the Author

Cindi Howson is the President of ASK, a BI Consultancy. She has worked with Business Objects since 1994, helping customers around the world implement and optimize their deployments. As an industry analyst, she authors the BIScorecard(tm) product reviews, teaches for The Data Warehouse InstituteI, and writes for Intelligence Enterprise. Cindi is the author of Business Objects XI: The Complete Reference as well as Successful Business Intelligence, by McGraw-Hill.