"Universe Day" - SAPience.be BI-BOUG Commission on April 23rd at the SAP Lounge

Dear SAPience.be BI-BOUG Commission member,

We have the pleasure to invite you for the “Universe Day”, which is the next SAPience.be BI-BOUG Commission on April 23^rd at the SAP Lounge.
We’ll organize 4 different sessions between 9h30 and 16h00. 

Agenda: 

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Please indicate in the comments of your registration which sessions you’re planning to attend. 

Session 1 and 4 are for audiences having a specific interest in the subject.Session 2 and 3 are more generic.

• Session 1 : Multi-language on universes and reports
  by Frederic Jacob & Jean-François Dierckx of SAP Business Objects DivisionIf you want to deploy Business Intelligence in multiple languages, translations are needed at several levels : interface, reports, universe and data. In this session, we will cover all multilingual aspects of the BI solution, including the Universal Translation Manager that will help you translate your universes and reports.Target audience: All people interested in deploying a BI solution using multiple languages
   
• Session 2 : Tips & tricks for a well-performing universe
  by Jo Onraet of CernumDesigner is still hiding many less-known but interesting features such as index awareness, derived tables, delegated measures, delegated search, mandatory filters, cascading LOV’s etc. This session will focus on how and when you can use all these features which were recently introduced.For each feature there will be a clear indication which connectivity is supported.Target audience: All Designers creating and generating universes.
  
• Session 3 : "Universes, Metadata and Cubes"
  by Gerd Janssens & Jean-François Dierckx of SAP Business Objects DivisionThis session will give answers to 3 questions : - "What can users do with a Universe?" : Understand through live demos which are the many ways for an end user to take benefit of the universe : Polestar, Web Intelligence, Query as a Web Service, Live Office and Xcelsius. - "How do universes fit in the global picture?" : Where do your numbers come from ? Metadata Manager will help end-users make the link between all your data descriptions : reports, universes, SAP BW, ETL and business metadata. - "How can users work with cubes?" : Microsoft Analysis Services, Hyperion Essbase and SAP BW are all cubes that you can leverage with OLAP Universes, but also with the direct Voyager connectivityTarget audience: All people interested in deploying a more complete BI solution. 
  
• Session 4 : A technical dive into SAP BW connectivity
  by Wim Van Wuytswinkel of CernumAt the BI-BOUG Commission of March 5th a lot of questions raised up concerning what’s happening behind the scenes when using the SAP BW connectivity via universes.- “What’s the impact of generating a universe on top of the Infocubes and BEx queries?”- “What’s the impact of querying a universe on top of the Infocubes and BEx queries?”The answers will be given via a technical live demonstration.Target audience: All people interested in the SAP BW connectivity and having a technical background. 

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Please indicate in the comments of your registration which sessions you’re planning to attend. 

We are looking forward to meeting you on April 23^rd ! 

BI-BOUG Commission Chairmen
Dominique Suys & Jo Onraet