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Module 1

Getting started with

Business ObjectsApplication

(BOA)

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Introductions

Who are you?

What do you do?

Where do you work?

Why are you here?

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Purpose

To show you how BOA works

To teach you the major

features of BOA

Let you use BOA

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Course Organization

Days One and TwoBOA Slide Presentations

Demonstrations

Practice ExercisesQuestions and Answers

BOA Resources

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Course Organization (cont.)

Days Three and Four

End of Course Challenge

Sharing A Ha Experiences

Course Evaluation

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You Will Be Able To . . .

Recognize BOA concepts andterminology

Log in to BOA

Create BOA documentsBuild and run simple queries

Manipulate Data

Refresh & rename reports

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Use filters and sortsApply simple calculations

Use tables to view data indifferent ways

Share reports

You Will Be Able To . . .

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Administrative Information

Start & Finish Times

Breaks

Lunch

Emergencies!

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GettingStarted

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Organization

RPAs

NPAs

BOA

Documents

(Reports)

CSU

Product.

Resumix

DCPDS

HQ

ACPERS

Applicants

Input

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Organization(cont.)

Regional

Report

HQACPERS

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Information is identified by common terms:

Universes, Classes, and Objects

Universe

Objects

Classes

AnObjectis anything you want to see in a report

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Logging in to BOA

Locate the BOA Port

You have 3 attempts

to log in correctly.!

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Using BOA

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Using BOA

Choose the Universe (data source) for your query

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Select a universeUsing BOA

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Query Panel

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Classes of Data and Objects

Shows folders

with Classes of

data and theObjects in the

selected universe

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Types of Objects

to gain more

information

on an entity.

to analyze

summary

information.

can be combined

with a...

Dimension Measure Detail

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Break Time