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Multiple Data Providers. Agenda. Overview Demo Wrap up Q&A. Questions we hope to answer. What is a data provider? Why would you need / want multiple data providers? How do you create and manage data providers? When do multiple data providers become an issue?. What is a data provider?.
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Multiple Data Providers Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
Agenda • Overview • Demo • Wrap up • Q&A Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
Questions we hope to answer. • What is a data provider? • Why would you need / want multiple data providers? • How do you create and manage data providers? • When do multiple data providers become an issue? Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
What is a data provider? It’s a structure you create in BO to contain data to be used in your report. Data can come from • a database (Oracle) using a BO universe • a personal data file • a text file • an Excel spreadsheet • a combination of these Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
Why would you want / need multiple data providers? • Include data from different data sources • Flexibility with criteria and reporting • To control result sets • Link data from one / multiple data sources • To logically separate types of data Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
How do you create and manage data providers? Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
When do multiple data providers become an issue? • When acceptable performance is impacted negatively either from an end user or BO administration perspective • When links are not correct between DP • When you have to change universes • When its difficult to maintain Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
Questions we addressed today. • What is a data provider? • Why would you need / want multiple data providers? • How do you create and manage data providers? • When do multiple data providers become an issue? Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group
Reference Material • Business Objects User’s Guides • BOXI (release 2) Data Access Guide • PDF format Vanderbilt Business Objects Users Group