Wednesday, 15 October 2014

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Users Guide PDF

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Users Guide pdf

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What is SAP BO

SAP BO

The BO-BI suite is an innovative business intelligence suite of Business Objects, offers the BI industries most advanced and complete solution for performance management, Business planning, Business Consolidation, Dashboard & KPI reporting, query and analysis, Crystal line of reporting ,data visualization and in total enterprise information management. Business Objects- Business Intelligence helps organizations of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimize performance.

Thus, SAP BusinessObjects BI (also known as BO or BOBJ) is a suite of front-end applications that allow business users to view, sort and analyze business intelligence data. The suite includes the following key applications:
  • Crystal Reports - Enables users to design and generate reports
  • Xcelsius/Dashboards - Allows users to create interactive dashboards that contain charts and graphs for visualizing data
  • Web Intelligence -- Provides a self-service environment for creating ad hoc queries and analysis of data both online and offline
  • Explorer -- Allows users to search through BI data sources using an iTunes-like interface. Users do not have to create queries to search the data and results are shown with a chart that indicates the best information match.

SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI) solutions provide comprehensive business intelligence functionality that can empower your users to make effective, informed decisions based on solid data and analysis.

All users, from the high-end analyst to the casual business user, have access to the information they need -with minimal dependence on IT resources and developers.With these powerful solutions, users throughout your enterprise can access, format, analyze, navigate, and share information across the organization.

SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions enable the following:

  • Advanced analytics
  • Dashboards and visualization
  • Information infrastructure
  • Query, reporting, and analysis
  • Reporting
  • Search and navigation
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Monday, 13 October 2014

INTRODUCTION TO SAP BO

SAP BusinessObjects is an enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence (BI), which was acquired in 2007 by SAP a German company. Business Objects/SAP BO is the most widespread BI tool from SAP. With SAP BO, you can access the data in company databases directly from your desktop. You can also present and evaluate this information in a BUSINESS OBJECTS document.

Products include

  • Common services for deployment and management of BI tools
  • ReportingData Visualization (Dashboard Design/Xcelsius) supports creation of flash dashboards and dynamic charts and graphics with data from BO universes, SQL databases, or Excel spreadsheets.
    • Query and analysis tools for self-service reporting, including Lumira (desktop-based client, originally called Visual Intelligence) and WebI (Web Intelligence, for more advanced reporting).
    • Enterprise Reporting (SAP Crystal Reports) access, format, and deliver printable information to large populations of users.
  • Universe Designer: An administrator tool used to construct Universes or abstracted end-user views of the database; allows pre-defining table joins, object descriptions, and measure object behavior during aggregation. This tool is succeeded by “Information Design Tool” (IDT) in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
  • Enterprise Information Management (EIM) integrates and improves data to create a trusted foundation for business decisions. Creates a basis for querying and analysis through ETL or EII.
  • Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) helps users align with strategy by tracking and analyzing key business metrics and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, analytics, and alerting.
  • InfoView web portal, which is succeeded by BI Launchpad in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
  • BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (formerly OutlookSoft) a corporate performance management tool which runs within Microsoft Excel.
  • On-demand BI software (Business Intelligence OnDemand), hosted on the web.

SAP BO CONSULTANT ROLES

SAP BO developers play a variety of roles. Key responsibilities include performing configuration and tests to all business objects. Administering and supervising configuration of all business objects. Developing various use cases and providing functional specifications for teams and individuals.
Other responsibilities include requirements gathering, analysis, design, and development of SAP BusinessObjects environment and reports; Integration with the SAP BW backend components and other backend systems; and technical responsibilities. Responsible for working directly with end user community to design, develop, train, and support SAP BusinessObjects solutions that meet business requirements.
  • Documents all business objects data and Meta data and supervise security of all areas.
  • Coordinate with various departments and configure all ETL extractors as per SAP requirement.
  • Coordinate with various departments and develop multidimensional data models.
  • Assist all SAP Business Objects investment and provide support to business intelligence team.
  • Provide support to all SAP business objects and provide appropriate upgrade on environment.
  • Design universe on SAP Business Intelligence and prepare ad hoc reports for same.
  • Prepare reports as per organization requirement.
  • Ensure compliance to all business objects and best practices.
  • Analyze all information from end users and prepare reports with help of various softwares.
  • Coordinate with solution architect and prepare appropriate architecture for business objects.
  • Work with user community and develop various functional specifications for development.
  • Evaluate all data from end users and prepare appropriate dashboards.
  • Ability to analyze current custom solution and propose simplified solutions
  • Actively researches for enhancements to the current solutions.
  • Supporting and creating custom .Java BO SDK code and/or .Net BO SDK.
  • Analyzing current customized BO integrated solution and proposes improvements.
  • Upgrading current BOXI SDK code to BO 4.0.

SAP BO CONSULTANT CAREER

A degree in computer science, IS or life sciences or relevant industry experience in needed to take up the career.

Requirements
  • Expertise in C# or Java; SQL; BO SDK development (Java and/or .Net); IIS or Tomcat; and Agile project management.
  • Verbal and written communication skills; Knowledge of Scripting languages including Power Shell, bash, VB Script, java Script.
  • Expertise in BO custom integrated solutions; external self serve BO portal; BO Administration and architecture; load balancing in BO environments; working with data from clinical data management systems, preferably Medidata Rave.
  • Expertise in developing reports with tools such as Business Objects, Crystal Reports, TIBCO Spotfire.
  • Knowledge of Tibco Spotfire; JReview and Powershell.
Job OutLook

SAP BO has ample of opportunities in the market. Given SAP’s grasp on the market for high-end ERP installations, the slice of this market for certified SAP professionals will continue to grow. Although Foote Partners’ research indicates that some SAP consultants can earn high-paying jobs without certification, targeted technical training and project management experience helped the industry’s top earners avoid salary erosion through the economic downturn.
According to government research packages for many SAP consultants in the early stages of their careers are similar to those of computer support specialists who often earn between $33,000 and $55,000 per year.

Top 50 Business Object Interview Questions

1. Define Business objects.
Business object can be considered as integrated analysis, reporting and query for the purpose of finding solution to some business professionals that can be helpful for them to retrieve data from the corporate databases in a direct manner from the desktop. This retrieved information can be presented and analyzed within a document that of business objects. Business objects can be helpful as an OLAP tool by the high level management as a major part of Decision Support Systems.

2. Explain the pros of using business objects.
There are many advantages in making use of business objects and they are
  • User friendliness
  • Business terms that are familiar
  • Graphical interface
  •  Deployment of documents on an enterprise basis by making use of WebI
  • Dragging and dropping
  • Powerful reports for a lesser amount of time.
3. List out the different products related with Business Objects.
There are various kinds of products related with business objects and they are
  • User module
  • Designer
  • Supervisor
  • Auditor
  • Set Analyzer
  • Info View
  • Business Objects – Software Development – Kit
  • Broadcast Agent
4. Define  Designer.
Designer is a module related with Business Objects IS used by the designers for creating and maintaining universes. Universes can be considered as semantic layer that can isolate the end users from the various issues that are technical and related with the structure of database. Universe designers has the possibility for distributing the universes to the end users after moving these as file through the system of files or can be done by exporting the files to the repository.

5. What are the kinds of modes associated with designer and business objects?
There are especially two different kinds of modes associated with these platforms, they are
  • Enterprise mode
  • Workgroup mode
6. List out the various kinds of methods related with multidimensional analysis that is inside business objects.
There are two different methods related with multidimensional analysis available inside BO and these methods are
  • Slice & Dice
  • Drill down
7. List out the kinds of users associated with business objects.
There are various different kinds of users associated with business object, they are
  • General supervisor
  • Supervisor
  • Graphical Interface
  • Designer
  • Supervisor Designer
  • End User
  • Versatile User
8. What are the various data sources available?
Business objects help you in accessing the data from variety of sources. You have the possibility of accessing data from RDBMS like oracle, MS SQL server and IBM DB2.

9. Define the kinds of data providers?
There are various kinds of data providers available for the business objects and they are
  • Stored procedures
  • Queries over universe
  • Free hand – SQL
  • VBA procedures
  • SAP
  • OLAP servers
  • Personal data files
10. Define drill mode.
This is a kind of analysis mode associated with business objects and helps in breaking down data as well as in viewing data from all the possible angles and the levels of detail for discovering the factor that has caused good – bad result.

11. What is a personal connection?
Personal connection can be created only by a single user and it can’t be made used by others. The details regarding such a connection can be usually stored inside PDAC.LSI file.

12. What is Shared connection?
This is a kind of connection that is usually made used by other user via a server which is shared one. The details regarding the connection can be stored within the SDAC>LSI file which can be found within the installation folder of the business objects.

13. What is a secured connection?
Secured connection is a kind of connection that can be helpful in overcoming the various limitations associated with the former connections. The rights related with this kind of connection can be set over documents as well as objects. Universes can be brought inside central repository only by making use of secured connection. The parameters regarding these connection care usually saved inside CMS.

14. Define custom hierarchies?
The custom hierarchies can be used for defining the universe for facilitating drill down that is customized and can happen between objects from different or same classes considering the user requirements.

15. How can custom Hierarchies be created?
The custom hierarchies can be created by following the path tools ->hierarchies in BO designer.

16. Define a context in the universe.
Context can be defined as the particular path of join between a specific group of joins or the tables for the purpose of a particular query. A particular object that can be found inside the column of a table, belonging to particular context is supposed to be compatible to all the various kinds of objects belonging to the same context. In the case of objects that are from the various kinds of context, different kinds of SQL can be generated, and the results can be merged inside micro cube. This is for making sure that there is no incorrect result associated with a loop or any other kind of issue related with join path.

17. How can Contexts be created?
Context can be created by making use of feature associated with context or by manual procedures. The context are usually created by making use of logical calculation or based on the business requirements. The detect context may not be much useful in this case and so it should be done by making use of manual procedure.

18. Define a Chasm Trap.
Chasm trap is a condition that arises when the values inside the fact table get inflated at the time of measuring the values from two different fact tables by considering the dimensions inside dimension table.

19. How can Chasm Trap be solved?
Chasm trap should be solved by making use of two different methods.
  • In the case of SQL parameters in universe, the option generates numerous queries for each and every measure that needs to be chosen. This helps in generating SQL statement for every measure and gives the correct results.
  • Another approach is to include two joints in different contexts, where the problem will get solved by generating two synchronized queries.
20. What are the utilities of Derived tables?
Using SQL queries from the database level, Derived tables are created in the universe. The columns of the derived table will be the columns selected in the query. Derived table can be used in the complex calculations which are difficult to be achieved in the report levels. Using a dblink, tables can be accessed from a different schema, is another use of derived tables.

21. Define User Objects.
User objects is a universe of classes and objects which is created by the universe designer. Once the objects consisted in the universe does not matches your necessities, then the user can create his own objects called User objects.

22. List out the @functions.
The @functions are:
  • @Aggregate_Aware
  • @Script
  • @Select
  • @Variable
  • @where
  • @Prompt
23. Describe the uses of @functions.
The @prompt function asks the end user to enter any specific values. The Visual Basics for applications macro’s results will be recovered by using @Script function. An existing statements SELECT statement can be re-used by using @Select function. For a name or variable, the value assigned to it will be referenced using @Variable. An existing object’s where clause can be re-used by @Where functions.

24. How many Domains are there in Business Objects? What are they?
There are three Domains in Business Objects and they are:
  • Security
  • Document
  • Universe
25. How to access one derived table from another?
Using @Derived_table function, we can access one derived table from another. The syntax is as ,
@derived_table(the derived table name)

26. Define Slice in Business Objects.
Slice works with the master or detail reports and it is used to rename, reset and delete the blocks.

27. Differentiate Dice and Slice.
  • Slice:       It renames, reset and delete the  blocks. It works with the master/detail report.
  • Dice:       It displays the data and removes the data.  It turns the crosstabs and tables into c harts and vice versa.
28. What is a master/detail report?
  • Large blocks of data can be split into sections by using master/detail report. Repeating values can be avoided by using this and also the subtotals can be displayed.
 29. Define a class.
The class can be defined as a collection of objects in a universe. Subclasses can be derived from classes and using these classes and the subclasses, we can create a hierarchy.

30. How many approaches are there for linking universes?
There are three approaches available for linking the universes and they are:
  •   The Kernal approach.
  •  The Master approach.
  •   The Component approach.
 31. Define data mining.
Data mining is the process through which you can extract the required details from the database, which can be made used for making conclusions.

 32. List out the available Drill modes.
Drill modes helps to analyze data from different angles and different state of details. The available Drill modes are;
  •       Drill up.
  •      Drill down.
  •      Drill by.
  •    Drill through.
 33. Define aggregate_awarness.
when we have a same fact tables in different grains,we use aggregate_awarness function to define one object for measures in fact tables.the syntax is as,
@aggregate_aware(highest_level.lower level)

 34. Define the term fan trap?
A one to many join links to a table which respond with another one to many join links is called fan trap.

 35. Define Data provider.
The query or the data source is called as the data provider.

 36. When we use a context?
Context is created when the dimension objects are present in one or both fact tables.

 37. What is a standard mode?
Only the users within the group can be accessed in this mode.

 38. List out the schemas supported by Business Objects Designer.
There are five different schemas supported by Business Objects designer and they are:
  • star schema.
  • Snowflake schema
  • Multistar schema
  • Normalized production schema.
  • Data warehouse with aggregates.
 39.Define Channel.
Channel is a website with ‘push’ technology. It is to make the users know up-to-date information. Each and every Business Objects channel will be associated with a broadcast agent, who can have several channels.

 40. What are the restrictions over user objects?
User objects are not shared with other end users. It is stored in a specific user object definition file. So if any end-user tries to refresh or edit the query contains another user’s user object, it will be automatically cleaned and removed.

 41. List out the tasks of universe designer.
The tasks consists of,
  • Designing the universe.
  • Creating the universe.
  •  Maintaining the universe.
  •  Distributing the universe
 42. List out the main components of designer interface.
The main components it consists of are:
  •  The table browser.
  •  The structure pane.
  •  The universe pane.
 43. What you meant by report bursting?
To maintain the version documents according to the user profiles, we use report bursting.

 44. Define WEBI.
Web intelligence is a solution that is specialized in supporting the decisions related with queries, reports and analysis.

 45. Abbreviation of DSS is?
Decision Support Systems.

 46. Define strategies.
To automatically extract structural information from database or  from a flat file we use a script known as strategy.

 47. Give a definition for universe.
It is a set of objects and classes.these objects and clss es will be intended for an application or a group of users.

 48. Define secured mode.
Secured mode restrict the access of specific users over specific commands

 49. What is Drill by?
Using drill by we can move to other hierarchy and analyze the other data, which belongs to another hierarchy.

 50. What is a list of values?
It is file which contains the data values associated with an object.

SAP BI/BO Developer Resume With 2 Years

Name : XYZ                                                                                                  E-mail ID: ABC@gmail.com
Phone No.: xxxxxxxxxxxxx                                                           Current Job: SAP BI/BO Developer

Summary
A dynamic professional, with more than 2 years of rich experience in SAP BI/BO. Currently working with Enteg InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai from January 2012.

Work Experience

Enteg InfoTech Pvt. Ltd. January 2012 - Till Date.

VVF Limited September 2010 - December 2011.
SAP Experience - Summary

BW
> Experience in creating and enhancing generic Data Sources in SAP R/3.
> Hands on exp on LO COCKPIT, FI and HR data sources.
> Experience in extracting data from SAP R3/ECC and flat files.
> Experience in SAP BW/BI components and ETL process like creating Info
Objects, Data Source, DSO, Info Source, Info Cubes, Multi Providers
and Info Package.
> Experience in creating Queries, Calculated and Restricted key figures,
Structures, Variables using BEx Query Designer.
> Experience in Building and Enhancing BI objects that include Info
Objects, Data Sources, Transformations, DTP, DSO and Info Cubes.
> Experience in Process chain management, Monitoring and scheduling the
batch jobs.
> Good knowledge in BW Extractions, BW Modeling and BEx Reporting.

BO
> Experience in design Web Intelligence Reports using SAP Business
Objects XI 3.1 SP1.
> Experience in the designing Universe based on SAP Data Sources.
> Extensively worked on designing WEB Intelligence (WEBI) reports using
WEBi Rich Client and Info View.
> Extensively worked on designing WEB Intelligence (WEBI) reports for
Dashboards.

SAP Project Experience - Details
> Reliance Capital Ltd. - Mumbai (April 2012 - Till Date)

Reliance Capital, a constituent of CNX Nifty Junior and MSCI India, is a part of the Reliance Group. It is one of India's leading and amongst most valuable financial services companies in the private sector. Reliance Capital has interests in asset management and mutual funds; life and general insurance; commercial finance; equities and commodities broking; investment banking; wealth management services; distribution of financial products; exchanges; private equity; asset reconstruction; proprietary investments and other activities in financial services.

Reports:
Module FI
- Balance sheet Report.
- Profit and loss Report.
- Trial Balance Report.
- Product Wise Profitability Report.
- Expense Report.
- Vendor Balance Report.
- Fixed Asset Report.

Module HR
- Consolidated Head Count Report for RCL Companies.
- Company wise Head Count Report.
- Company and Grade wise CTC Reports.
- CTC Salary Element-wise [Wage Type] Company wise Report.
- Avg. CTC per Annum Grade-wise for RCL Companies

Solution Manager
- Solution Manager Status Tracking Report.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Created Generic Data Source for the Actual data which is based on the View as per the requirement.
- Activation and Enhancement of standard data sources related to FI, HR and Solution Manager.
- Activation and Enhancement of Info objects, Info cubes, Data Store Objects (DSO), Transformations, DTP and Info packages based on the requirement document.
- Performance tuning of BW reports like creation of aggregates, compression based on the analysis of BI statistics report.
- Worked on the Report Generation, extensively in BEX analyzer, Query Designer.
- Created custom queries using Conditions, Variables, Structures, and Calculated Key Figures.
- Designed Web Intelligence Reports using SAP Business Objects XI 3.1 SP1.
- Created Universe using Universe Designer based on Bex Queries.
- Created Web Intelligence Reports based on the customer requirements.
- Created Web Intelligence Reports using Variables, Breaks, Sections, Ranking, Sorting, Drill down, Slice and Dice.
- Preparing detailed Technical Specification for the Dataflow, Data Marts and Reports based on the client requirement.

> Watson Pharmaceuticals - Mumbai (January 2012 - March 2012)

Watson Pharmaceuticals is a leading, integrated global pharmaceutical company. With global headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey, USA, the company is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of generic pharmaceuticals in a number of therapeutic
categories and specialized branded pharmaceutical products.

Reports:
Module FI
- Vendor Balance Report.
- GL & PC wise Income Statement Report.
- Balance sheet Report.
- G L Wise Break UP Report.

Roles and Responsibilities:
- Activation and Enhancement of Info objects, Info cubes, Data Store Objects (DSO), Transformations, DTP and Info packages based on the requirement document.
- Creation of Data source for data loading from Flat files.
- Activation and Enhancement of standard data sources related to FI. 
- Worked on the Report Generation, extensively in BEX analyzer, Query Designer.
- Created custom queries using Conditions, Variables, Structures, and Calculated Key Figures.
- Creation, Scheduling and maintenance of Process Chains.
- Preparing detailed Technical Specification for the Dataflow, Data Marts and Reports based on the Business Blue-Print of client requirement.

> Vegetable Vitamin Foods Company Pvt. Ltd (September 2010 - December
2011)

VVF is a manufacturing and marketing company of personal care products and oleo chemicals with a worldwide presence.VVF is world's leading contract manufacturer of bar soaps.

. Synergy (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Synergy (I) Pvt. Ltd. is part of VVF group of companies. Its operations involve the marketing of personal care products/brands owned by VVF Ltd. in India. They implemented SAP ECC6 in December
2010. The requirement was to evaluate the company's performance through Sales reports, Variance reports (Monthly, Yearly etc).
Reports:
Module SD
- Sales Primary Trends.
- Brand Sub-brand Grammage wise Sales Report.
- Brand Sub-brand Grammage wise Contribution Report.
- Brand Zone Depot wise Sales Report.
- Depot wise Avg. Sales Report.
- Depot wise Running Avg. Report.
- Super Stockiest Sales Report.
- Week wise Sales Analysis Trends.

Roles and Responsibilities:
- Involved in data model designing.
- Activation and Enhancement of standard LO COCKPIT data
sources related to SD.
- Creation of Data source for data loading from Flat files.
- Activation and Enhancement of DSO and Cubes.
- Query designing using BEx Query Designer.
- Transporting Query objects to production environment.
- Scheduling and maintenance of Process Chains.

. VVF Ltd.
VVF is a manufacturing and marketing company of personal care products and oleo chemicals with a worldwide presence.VVF is world's leading contract manufacturer of bar soaps. They implemented SAP R/3 in 2005 and are now upgrading to SAP ECC6. They wanted their Dash Board reports via SAP BI, which will give a snap shot of the performance of the company.

Reports:
Module SD
- Sales Primary Trends for VVF
Module COPC
- Material Wise Profitability analysis
- Material Wise Product Costing
Module PM
- Measurement Point details.

Roles and Responsibilities:
- Involved in data model designing.
- Activation and Enhancement of standard data sources for SD, COPC..etc.
- Creation of Data source for data loading from Flat files.
- Activation and Enhancement of DSO and Cubes.
- Query designing using BEx Query Designer.
- Transporting Query objects to production environment.

Achievements
> Received Certificate of Appreciation for Inter-School Indoor Cricket Tournament
> Received Certificate of Appreciation for Inter-School Badminton Tournament
> Received Certificate of Participation in Half Marathon
Personal Information

D.O.B : 19/August/19xx
Place of Birth : Dehradun, Uttrakhand.
Gender : Male
Parents Address : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mumbai.


Business Objects Administrator Resume

Name : XYZ                                                                                                  E-mail ID: ABC@gmail.com
Phone No.: xxxxxxxxxxxxx                                               Current Job: Business Objects Administrator

Objective
To obtain Business Objects Administrator position that fully utilizes my experience and abilities.

Related Skills 
Vast working experience with Business Objects SDK
Profound knowledge of Data Warehouse development
Proficient with Enterprise Data Warehouse implementations
Ability to translate business requirements into a technical solution
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Ability to handle multi tasks 
Work Summary 
Business Objects Administrator, 2010 - Present
Cybersoft Technologies Inc - Houston, TX

Assisted in development and implementation of Business Objects backup and recovery plans.
Developed effective standards, best practices.
Developed support procedures for Business Objects version XIR2 / XIR3 infrastructure.
Administered and supported multiple environments.
Administered and provided design guidance for BI reporting solutions.
Assisted other staff in the use of the Business Objects toolset. 
Education 
B.S. in Information Technology, 2010
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
GPA 3.75 (on scale of 4.0) 

SAP BO Consultant Resume

Name : XYZ                                                                                                  E-mail ID: ABC@gmail.com
Phone No.: xxxxxxxxxxxxx                                                               Current Job: BO Consultant

Professional Summary with Industry for over 9 years on SAP BI, Business Objects, Xcelsius, OBIEE and R/3 as lead with experience in deployment and developing business processes and system solutions for Financial, Pharmacy, Retail, Manufacturing verticals.
• Hands on experience with SAP BPC installation and SAP integration Kit with BO XI R2 environment.
• Knowledge of Business Objects Integration with SAP BI 7
• Knowledge in Planning, Designing, Developing and Deploying Data warehouses / Data Marts, SAP Rapid marts with experience of both relational & multidimensional database design using Data Modeling tool Erwin (Physical and Logical data models).
• BI Modeling, Data Extraction, AWB, Constructing BW Objects like Info Cubes, ODS.
• Hands on experience in designing and maintenance of InfoProvider and MultiProviders and familiar with creating and customizing of PSA.
• Proficient with planning, Implementation, troubleshooting and performance tuning support of SAP Business Information Warehouse.
• Comprehensive knowledge using SAP ASAP methodologies in Business Information Warehouse Database design, Development, Installation Configuration, Capacity planning and Performance.
• Well versed in On-site and offshore Methodologies.
• Excellent Communication, analytical and Interpersonal skills as a Technical Project Manager mentored team members and lead implementations from Blue print to Go-Live.

Technical skills
SAP BPC 5.1 and 7, BI 7, BW 3.5
SAP R/3 SAP ECC 6.0, 4.6C ,4.7, Modules: FI-CO, MM, SD, HR and EM
SAP Technologies EDI/IDOC, ALE, BDC, SAP SCRIPT, USER EXITS
Databases SAP R/3, MS Access and SQL Server.
Reporting Tools OBIEE, Business Objects, BEx and web reporting, MS- Excel,
Operating Systems UNIX, Linux, Windows 98/2000/NT/XP, 2000 / 2003 SERVER

Professional Experience
Projects

9. Project Name: SAP BO Installation and Integration
Client Cupertino Electric Inc
Role BO Consultant
Duration 05/2010 -- Till date
Team Size: 1 Location: San Jose USA Module: BO


Roles & Responsibilities:

• Installation and Integration or SAP BI (Edge) and established interface to Oracle 10g

• Configuring .rpt file reports in CMC and replacing SAP BO in place of a tool called Penta.

• Configured SSO using Kerberos and Vintella to enable NT users to loin all SAP BO applications using Windows AD

• Built reports using SQL statements and training to BO developers on how move on with the tool and project.

• Built and distributing functional specification documents to BO developers and Business users across the organization.

• Migrated reports to Xcelsius for better analysis.

• As a Business analyst developed Unit Test cased and Integration test cases and conducting testing.

• Responsible for reports sign off from business users and making sure the reports suffice the business requirements.


8. Project Name: SAP BPC Product Support
Client SAP America
Role Asst Senior Consultant
Duration 11/ 2009 -- 04/2010
Team Size: 18 Location: New jersey, USA Module: BPC 7.5 and BO


Roles & Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility includes troubleshooting BPC 5.X/7.X MS, NW product issues.
• Provide remote assistance for installations of SAP BPC versions 7.5, 7.0 and Xcelsius
• Installed Business Objects XI R2 & XI 3.1, BO products including, Web Intelligence, Performance Manager, Crystal Xcelsius and continued Infrastructure support.
• Good command on designing reports using Xcelsius dashboard and using Xcelsius Designer.
• Hands on experience in using Components browser, Canvas, Grid tool, Object browser? etc.
• Handling Configuration of BPC Appsets, Applications and Dimensions, Defining Data Model, Data Management.
• Work with business users across locations and provide support at various levels.
• Document troubleshooting steps and make them reusable notes.
• Identifying BPC limitations and raising the same escalation to management so that it will be taken with SAP
• Experienced in interacting with business users to analyze the business process and requirements and transforming requirements into screens, designing database, documenting and rolling out the deliverable


7. Project Name: SAP BO -- Implementation (ALGO)
Client Fitch Ratings
Role Team Lead
Duration 08/ 2008 -- 10/2009
Team Size: 5 Location: New York, ,USA Module: BPC 5.1, BI 7, BO

Fitch Ratings is a well know Global Leader in offering credit ratings to corporate and banking sectors. The SAP BPC/BI objective is to optimize the operating cost and system with ERP system inside Fitch.
This product gives the end Business Analyst to adhere/streamline with the SAP features in terms of data management and granulized reports as they required.


Roles & Responsibilities:
• Involved from Blue Print preparation stage and contributed in Outlook Soft-CPM design development.
• Installed Xcelsius 2008 with SAP3 on the server and handled using the Xcelius 2008 to develop the executive Dashboards.
• As a Business Objects Admin created rolls and groups in Central Management Console and based on the profile give access to Business user.
• Developed executive dashboards for the Regional Managers and Finance Directors.
• Built Universes and Created Complex and Ad-Hoc Reports using Web Intelligent, Live Office, Xcelsius and CMS XI
• Maintained Consolidation required dimension properties, Worked on Legal Consolidations.
• Defining Data Model, Data Management, Role assignments of char & key figures and mapping.
• Involve in building financial & budgeting reports and applying functions based on requirements.
• Command on System Integration (SI&T) practices and also addressed BPC product limitations.
• Automated BPC to BI data loads from application server to BI data targets using logical file name in infopackage.
• Reviewing User Survey to know the customer satisfaction with the resolved issues
• Frequently visiting onsite team (Canada) for gathering Business requirements and to bridge gaps in business understanding between onsite and offshore teams.


6. Project Name: MWRD -- US Govt. Project.
Client MWRD -- US Govt. Project. Chicago
Role Team Lead
Duration 10/ 2007 -- 08/2008
Team Size: 3 Location: Chicago IL, USA Module: BPC 7.0 , BO


Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in System Study & Business Requirements Analysis & Documentation.
• Interacted with the End Users, Business Analysts and responsible for Involved in training sessions to impart knowledge on designed universes and published reports.
• Creating, enhancing, and testing of universes and reports in coordination with DBA and architects.
• Used Designer to create Dimensional, Detail and Measure objects
• Resolved loops in universe using contexts and aliases and also Implemented aggregate awareness function.
• Development of Dashboards using Crystal Xcelsius 2008.
• Created Dashboard, Chat and Containers, Selectors using the Xcelsius components
• Created Dashboards using Filters, List View, table, Line, Column and Pie charts (combination bar graphs, combination bar and line graphs, and line graphs will be used to display metrics.)
• Created the weekly tab will show the last 10 operating date, defaulting to the current calendar date
• Involved in creating Tables and relationships.
• Developed complex queries and reports using different data providers in the same report
• Created reports using Crystal Reports and also using Business Objects functionalities like Queries, Drill down, @Functions, Cross Tab, Master/Detail and Formulas etc
• Worked on the monthly tab which will show the last 8 weeks (4, 4, 5 calendar weeks) defaulting to the week that includes the current operating date.
• Involved in managing full project lifecycle including: upfront requirements analysis, documentation, project plan management, user acceptance coordination, production rollout, end-user training and providing post implementation adoption management and customer service
• Involved in production supporting on various platforms like UNIX, Windows NT/2000/XP/98
• Worked on Dashboard Design and Development, capable of analyzing requirements documentation
• Automated Excel sheet data using VBA to reflect on power point slides as various data graphs
• Created and deployed Web Intelligence Reports through Info View
• Converted existing Crystal Reports to Business Objects.


5. Project Name: Application Center for Data Excellence
Client Arcelor Mittal
Role Team Lead
Duration 01/ 2007 -- 10/2007
Team Size: 7 Location: East Chicago, IN. USA Module: BI/BO

Project Description
Arcelor Mittal is the world's largest steel producers with 11% of global production. It has 10 plants in three sub regions (FCWE Region) across France, Belgium, Germany and Spain. IT Supply Western Europe (ITSWE) is the IT arm of Arcelor Mittal in Western Europe which manages IT operations of Flat Carbon Western Europe.
Its main objectives are developing standard solutions for Arcelor Mittal Group, optimize costs and industrialize process, involve in new development related activities in SAP based system for Commercial Flat Carbon business unit.

• As Arcelor Mittal was a kickoff project to implementation partner, contributed in building Change Request Process, Technical Documents format, Unit Test Cases and Unit Test Results Templates.
• Represented onsite for reverse Knowledge Transfer to client to exercise understanding of applications.
• Worked on Business Object Importer, BO Editor, Data Integrator and Redefining Display and Existence Check Methods.
• Worked on BO Rapid Marts DDL for schema creation and Sample universes.
• Responsible of few applications and nominated as first point of contact.
• Handled Change Requests as per the process.
• Converted Functional Specifications to Technical Documents, prepared Unit Test Cases & Unit Test Results.
• Worked on Info object creation tool which can create as many number of objects without manual intervenes.
• Created ODS, Cubes, Multiproviders and learnt concept of Dummy Cube.
• Moved newly developed fields to BI from R/3 and embedded in data targets in order to impact reporting.
• Worked on Transport requests, integration testing in quality and production system.
• As a peer reviewer for all development earned good command on requirement gathering and impact analysis.


4. Project Name: Development for new requirements.
Client GlaxoSmithKline
Role Team member
Duration 08/ 2006 -- 01/ 2007
Team Size: 2 Location: Boston, MA. USA Module: BW


Project Description
GlaxoSmithKline plc is a UK-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products.

Contribution
As a BW consultant performed the following activities: -

• Designed Data flow for Demand/No Demand application.
• Data Extraction from SAP MM of SAP R/3.
• Created BW Objects, Update rules and Info Packages, Data Targets and Multi providers in accordance to the application.
• Achieved in viewing single next date of demand instead of multiple dates to check the latest date.
• Built Process Chains for Activities loads & Fact Sheet Loads
• Extensively worked on Transport requests.
• Handled Automation of currency conversions.
• Implemented Elimination of Internal Business Volume when transactions occur in interim company warehouses.
• Responsible of Unit test cases.
• Prepared user Project Documentation and as well as technical documentation for End users and IT core team members


3. Project Name: Phase one Implementation
Client Kenmore UK Limited
Organization Axon Solutions Ltd
Role Implementation team member
Duration 09/ 2004 -- 08/ 2006
Team Size: 7 Location: London, United Kingdom Module: BW


Project Description

Kenmore Property Group is a co-investing, trading and development property and fund management group active in the UK, Europe and Middle East, which reached £1.7 billion at 30 April 2007

Axon Solutions was responsible for implementation process extracting data from various sources and loading into info cubes.

Contribution

As a BW consultant performed the following activities: -

• Created and activated custom Info Cube as per the data model for SD Sales over View (Sales Order, Billing Document, Sales Order / Billing).
• Data Extraction from SAP SD of SAP R/3 and Flat File into the SAP BW.
• Extracted the transaction data FI-CO from R/3 to BW by maintaining the extract structures, maintaining data sources, replicating the data Sources into BW.
• Good knowledge on GAAP, G/L, A/R, A/P and Cost Accounting
• Created ODS update rules and Info Package to load data, installed Business Content.
• Extensively worked on BW Scheduler to load data into Info Cube, and ODS and Monitor the Status of the data loads.
• Created Aggregates to improve system query performance.
• Created Multi-Provider from Delivery and Billing info cubes.
• Monitoring the data loading, failed data packets were analyzed and if possible manually edited in PSA and reloaded to Data targets.


2. Project Name : Production Support
Client John Deere
Role Production support Team member
Duration 09/ 2002 -- 08/ 2004
Team Size:6 Location: Boston, MA. USA. Module: BW

Project Description

John Deere is the world's leading manufacturer of farm equipment. The company offers a complete line of farming services and solutions with products sold and serviced through the industry's premier dealer network.

Unifords Technologies is providing production support wherein tuning query performance and resolving trouble tickets.

Contribution

• Initiated an extract process in B/W at regular intervals, changed the Logical Business date so that the extracted data gets updated into B/W staging areas -- ODS.
• Involved in escalating high-prioritized tickets regarding extractions, Performance Issues and also load failures.
• Analyzed and corrected production support problems as they occur in the SAP BW system.
• Monitoring of Info packages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of Info packages.
• Maintaining Reconciliation's to verify the data in SAP R3 and SAP BW are same or not after the data loads.
• Maintaining the queue -- related to the system generated tickets and customer generated tickets.
• To communicate with the customer who posted the Ticket.
• Daily monitoring of Info cubes and ODS object requests.


1. Project Name : Production Support
Client Monsanto.
Role BW Consultant Trainee
Duration 06/ 2000 --08/ 2002
Team Size: 9 Location: India Module: BW

Project Description

Monsanto is an agricultural company. It is a global company with locations in many countries. Monsanto is a global leader in the vegetable and fruit seed industry. It supplies more than 3,500 seed varieties to commercial fruit and vegetable growers.

Unifords Technologies is providing variety of IT services to Unlived its vegetable and fruit industry.

Contribution

• Involved in Activating Business Content for Standard Info Cubes, ODS objects, Info Sources and Info Objects of SD module.
• Worked with Info Cubes like Sales Overview, Delivery Services and Info Sources like Sales Order and Delivery.
• Learned how to extract the transaction data by LO-cockpit from R/3 to BW by maintaining the extract structures, maintaining data sources, replicating the data sources into BW.
• Worked on Administration Workbench, customized Info Objects, Info Sources and Info Cube.
• Learned creation of Aggregates to improve system query performance.
• Learned how to work with PSA in monitoring the data transfer from Source System into BW.


SAP Business Objects Developer Resume

Name : XYZ                                                                                                  E-mail ID: ABC@gmail.com
Phone No.: xxxxxxxxxxxxx                                                          Current Job: Business Objects Developer

Summary
  • Over 7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence using SAP Business Objects4.0,XI-R3.1/R2/6.x with Info view, Web Intelligence, Data Integrator & Quality, Webi Rich Client, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports 9/10/XI/2008,Xcelsius 4.5/2008, Central Management Console (CMC), Central Management Server (CMS), Central Configuration Management(CCM), Query as a Web Service, Live Office, Business Explorer/Polestar XI 3.1, Publishing Wizard, Import Wizard and Report Conversion Tool.
  • Exclusive Experience in SAP BW connectivity with Universe Designer and Business objects Infoview using the SAP Integration Kit
  • Strong Knowledge and Experience in Business Objects tools & SAP Business Objects from 2003.Strong knowledge and Skill in Data Integrator & Data Quality Tools.
  • Excellent experience in designing Business Objects universes, complex BO reports both full clientand Web Intelligence Reports.
  • Strong SAP ECC Knowledge in SAP ECC 6.0 (FICO,MM,PP,SCM,SD)
  • Involved in gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements, functional requirements and data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports.
  • Extensive experience on Prototyping the new technologies like Business Explorer/Polestar XI 3.1,
  • Used Live Office and QAAWS(Query as a Web Service) to feed live data into Xcelsius 2008 (both Dashboards & Scorecards).
  • Extensively worked on Business Objects Architecture & Administration. Created Users and Groups and setting the rights on them using Central Management Console (CMC). Scheduled Crystal Reports in CMC on Daily, Monthly, Weekly basis. Debugging the Problems in the Crystal Reports.
  • Created reports from multiple sources & functionalities like slice & dice, drill down in Crystal Reports.
  • Extensive experience with SAP BW such as Info cubes, BEx Query designer, BEx Analyzer, Data Modeling.
  • Extensive knowledge in SQL, PL/SQL& T-SQL programming and trouble shooting
  • Extensively used ETL methodology for Data Extraction, transformations, loading using Data Integrator.
  • Strong organizational, time-management and planning skills to deliver projects on time/budget, despite intense pressure and aggressive timelines.
  • Good Knowledge of Data Warehouse Concepts including Schemas and Data Modeling.
  • CompleteSoftware Development Life Cycle experience including requirements gathering, analysis/design, development and testing.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, training, analytical and technical skills.

Technical Skills
BI Tools: SAP Business Objects 4.0, XI 3.1, R1/R2 6.5.x,Crystal Report 9/10/ XI/ 2008,Xcelcius 4.5/2008, Info view, CMC, CCM, CMS, BEx Query, BEx Analyzer, Desktop Intelligence XI, Full Client, Web Intelligence, Business View Manager, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BI/BW 7.0,Live Office
ETL Tools: BO Data Integrator (ETL), Data Services
Platforms: Windows (all flavors), Debian Linux
Databases: SQL Server 2000/7.0/6.5, Terawatt, Oracle 10g, 9i/ 8i, Access, DB2
Languages: C, Java, SQL, PL/ SQL,T-SQL, HTML/CSS
Products: SAP ECC 6.0/ BOBJ, SAP BI/BW 7.0, Microsoft Office, Erwin, Toad, Clarity, Epic.

Education
Bachelors in Computer Science

Professional Experience
SAP BOBJ Certified
Confidential, Houston, TX FEB 2012 - CURRENT
Role: - Business Objects Developer
Project Details:-Confidential, District is a fully integrated healthcare system which includes 14 community health centers, eight school-based clinics, a dental and dialysis center,mobile health units, a rehabilitation and specialty hospital and two full-service hospitals; Ben Taub General Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. They had Epic as an eMar and Clarity as their primary reporting data warehouse. They implemented functional specific data marts on top of Clarity and had requirements of creating universe, webi reports and dashboards. I have extensively worked on developing their provider incentive scorecard reporting and dashboard, which they use to track their provider performance across all facilities under their healthcare umbrella
Responsibilities:-
  • Created two complex dashboards which uses live office to feed the data into xcelsius from the source webi reports
  • Developed Provider scorecard reports using Webias the reporting tool
  • Developed complex webiCore Measures Scorecard report which is used by the organization to track various core measures of the hospitals by month, quarter, year against the benchmarks
  • Developed a complex provider scorecard dashboardwith multiple tabs using dynamic visibility. This dashboard shows the high level information of rolling 12 months of provider performance data varying across different areas like productivity, machine utilization, compliance and quality. The dashboard also has the capability of drilling down to the detail data on to the detail webi reports
  • Re-Developed an existing dashboard which shows the high-level rolling 12 month information of patient medication administration. This dashboard also had drill down capabilities to get to the detail data by month and by facility.
  • Worked on optimizing the performance of the dashboards. Reduced the dashboard loading time by scheduling the backed source webi reports for the live office and changing the live office refresh option to pick from the latest instance.
  • Modified the existing universes for performance tuning and maintained common dimensions across all the universes with unique naming as a part of clean up activity
  • Developed a complex provider scorecard universe which involved multiple fact tables. Created multiple contexts to resolve loops. Performed integrity checks and documented them
  • Validated the source to target data for referral and medications scanning data marts.
  • Created sql test scripts to validate the source to target data for the provider scorecard datamart.
  • Created complex webi reports with multiple queries, custom sql, using complex fuctions, merging dimensions at report level, drill down, drill up, drill across, complex filters etc
  • Worked on creating Webi reports as a part of the homeless project
  • Created trending images and published them to the server images folder and used them in the webi reports to show trending of the data
  • Formatted webi reports and scheduled them to be bursted as pdf to the report to web server.
  • Created information spaces in business objects explorer and performed indexing on them
  • Worked on a different internal project Radiation Oncology software upgrade from Lantis to Mosaiq 2.3
  • Worked on validating the canned crystal reports with the end user and customized some ofcanned reports and created new reports as a part of new user requests
  • Created an user log crystal report with input optional prompts, to report all the fields which were required for the internal security compliance which were not there in the user log which was shipped with the application
  • Involved in scheduling the crystal reports as object packages, creating the schedule events on test server using CMC
  • Actively involved in knowledge sharing, documentation and troubleshooting any SAP business objects related problems
Environment :- SAP Business Objects XI 3.2, SAP BI/BO 4.0,Xcelsius 2008 sp4, Crystal Reports XI/2008, Web Intelligence, Report2Web, Business Explorer/Polestar, Oracle 10g/11g, MS Sql Server 2008, Sql Developer, Sql Server 2008 Management Studio, Clarity, Epic Hyperspace
Confidential, Plymouth, MN Oct 2011 - Jan 2012
Role:-Business Objects Developer/Admin
Project Details: -Confidential, a child company under the Omnicom Group is an advertising media agency, which acts as a liaison between the advertiser and the advertisee for ad publishing. They had very complex requirements in desinging and building universes, webi reports and dashboards various business needs.
Responsibilities:-
  • Fulfilled the business objects development needs for various departments. And also performed the day to day admin tasks.
  • Modified existing universes and implemented new universes according the reporting needs by detecting cardinalities, resolving traps and using contexts and also developed hierarchies and derived tables.
  • Developed complex webi reports using combined queries, merging dimensions, complex functions at the report level and complex filters to satisfy the end user requirement.
  • Handled various tickets for business objects issues for the end users.
  • Performed Admin tasks like monitoring DB Services, monitoring BO server running with optimal performance, monitored licenses, monitoring of user activities/ sessions etc.
  • Some daily admin tasks included verification of all BO user logins and security checks, Testing theavailability of all universe connections, Monitoring day to day scheduled jobs on Broadcast Agent (BCA)
  • Modified the default session timeout, for the infoview as the users complained about being session timeouts frequently.
  • Migrated some of the Hyperion reports to business objects, developed similar reports in webi
  • Edited the existing Hyperion Reports, to add new prompts for the reports by changing the front end scripts and sql queries.
  • Handled Bobj Administration tasks, to create new usersand groups, handle password resetsand assignsecurity. Was involved in upgrading the service pack.
  • Created a stable environment for Business Objects XI 3.1 by scaling the number of processing servers based on the user base and access frequency.
  • Modified existing crystal reports and created new reports with cross tabs and sub reports based on the client requirements using Crystal Reports 2008.
  • Designed complex reports based on discussions with user groups and created various objects using built-in functions (like prompt, select, where, and aggregate),complex report level filters and contexts and complex SQL queries and joins involving case statements, some analytic functions like partition by etc. Thus Considering best business Practices using Web intelligence Rich Client
  • Scheduled Webi reports and Hyperion reports based on the requirement.
  • Moved the developed webi, crystal reports and universes between development, QA and production environments using import wizard.
  • Was involved in training the end users over the newly developed crystal and webi reports.
Environment:-SAP Business Objects XI 3.1/3.2,Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports 2008, Web Intelligence, SQL Server 2008/2005
Confidential, Lexington, KY Nov2010- Jul 2011
Role: - SAP BOBJ Developer/Admin
Project Details: -Confidential, manufacturer of the entire line of quality sleeping products. They have a very robust SAP infrastructure and had requirements dealing with SAP BOBJ to Build Universe, Reports, and Dashboards for various department needs.
Responsibilities:-
  • Fulfilled Business Analyst requirements by Completing Universe Development Life Cycle to Prepare, Analyze, Plan, Implement, Test, and Deploy & Maintain to Successfully Develop Universes meeting User Needs and Requirements from both technical and strategic views of an organization.
  • Involved in establishing SAP BW connectivity with Universe Designer and Business objects Infoview, using SAP integration kit. And also installed java connector to import the roles of the SAP user to Business objects.
  • Performed day to day admin tasks like monitoring DB Services, creation ofuser groups and handled password resets, monitoring of user activities/ sessions, universe connection and availability checks.
  • Conducted Study to Build Universe's Classes and Objects involving everyday terms that supports Users. Object properties defining Measure, Dimension and Details were created.
  • Implemented Universes by detecting Cardinalities, resolving loops, Chasm Traps and Fan Traps using Contexts and Aliases etc, and also Developed Hierarchies to support users with the option to drill down on reports. Also implemented User Security.
  • Designed complex reports based on discussions with user groups and created various objects using built-in functions (like prompt, select, where, and aggregate), complex SQL queries and joins. Thus Considering best business Practices using Web intelligence Rich Client.
  • Involved in creation of Reports, formatting reports, generation of charts, barsetc as per user requirements using Webi, Xcelsius 2008.
  • Developed new set of standard Web Intelligence reports against the new universe. Completed ad-hoc data requests as required.
  • Working with different transformations like Query, Key Generation, Pivot, Map operation, Table Comparison in Data Integrator.
  • Involved in writing scripts and also used some built-in functions like To Date, lookup, key generation and Custom Functions like checking whether the load is a initial load or a bulk load.
  • Creating complex Data flows with inner R/3 data flows and declaring parameters at different levels of Workflow.
  • Creation of different data stores to get SAP tables.
  • Used Business Objects Data Integrator XI R2 for ETL extraction, transformation and loading data from heterogeneous source system.
  • Worked on Polestar to generate complex reports for the data required. Simultaneously export reports and making it easily available to Decision makers.
  • Used BEx Analyzer and Query Designer to Query and analyze SAP BW OLAP Cubes.
  • Developed Dashboards using Xcelsius 2008 components using maps, Pie Charts, Staked Bar, List Views etc creatively using best Xcelsius components effects for better interaction.
  • Performed ETL activities using Data Integrator and Data Services, by extracting data from various Sources.
  • Design, develop, and implement Xcelsius dashboard against SAP BW data sources. Established the design pattern for all future Xcelsius development using Live Office and QaaWS as connectors
  • Developed Cross Tab Reports, Sub Reports by using Crystal Reports 2008 and embedded Xcelsius onto Crystal Reports for better results and also provide users with clear understanding.
  • Worked on certain issues and dealt with Info View, CMC.
Environment: -SAP Business Objects XI 3.1/3.2,Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports 2008, Data Integrator & Services, Web Intelligence, Business Explorer (Polestar) XI 3.1, SAP BI/BW 7.0, T-SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Info View, CMC.
Confidential, Philadelphia, PA Nov 2009 - Sep 2010
Role: - SAP BOBJ Developer
Project Details: - Confidential, is a content management company; I have worked extensively on developing their new product, Dynamic Open text vendor Invoice management Interactive Dashboard which is sold by old by SAP asSAP Invoice Management by OpenText. This Dashboard is to be used in around 114 countries around the world. One Single Dashboard dynamically adjusts to various requirements without any modifications.
Responsibilities:-
  • Build Xcelsius Dashboards using SAP Web services created from SAP NetWeaver. Without the need of any BOBJ Platform to import data into excel sheet to serve as the input for the dashboard.
  • Various SAP Functional Modules have been used as a source and ABAP programming to extract, aggregate and deliver the data to Xcelsius using SAP Web services.
  • Highly Interactive Dashboard completely based on dynamic user input and varying amount of information to analyze without limitations being provided to the user.
  • Various other forms of dashboard development also performed including Data from SAP BW through Bex Queries, Data from Universe using QAAWS, Data from Webi reports, Crystal Reports using Live Office etc.
  • Dashboards Using Advanced Multiple Drills Down, Dynamic Visibility, and Alert Features were designed to support Complex Requirement Scenario.
  • Designed dashboard using best practices and advanced filtering techniques to dynamically filter and serve as the source for the dashboard.
  • Optimized dashboard performance for speed of thought analysis even with large data volumesand simultaneously allowed user customization on the fly.
  • Worked Extensively with Flash Variables, web services and made Generic Dashboards toenhance Performance in Situation to Decrease Load on the Parent Dashboard, and Designed Child Dashboards to Distribute Load among Various Child Dashboards to Mitigate the Performance Issues
  • Used Complex excels functions and logics to support data requirement. Ex: -Vlookup, hlookup, choose, Nested IF's, Value, ISNumber, ISNA, Match, Indexetc to name a few.
  • Built Password Protected Dashboard and Created a Scenario to Trigger Multiple Web Services on User Authentication.
  • Built Many Static Dashboard Models during all my Work Requirement in due process to Create Generic Live Model Using Web Services, Flash Variables etc.
  • Done extensive testing across various scenarios to see the dashboard working across multiple complex and varying scenarios.
  • Used various Custom SAP functions exclusively for Xcelsius to help in this process to additionally implement thousand separators and decimal Operators to support various different number formats.
Confidential, Houston, TX Dec 2008 - July 2009
Role: - SAP BOBJ Developer
Project Details: -A top-tier oilfield service company, Baker Hughes delivers solutions that help oil and gas operators make the most of their reservoirs. Work included developing Universes, Dashboards, and Scorecards etc. Worked with Data services to move data from legacy systems and enforce quality and reduce redundancy.
Responsibilities:
  • Analyzing system functionality requirements, documents and scope of the work.
  • Work included Developing, Testingand enhancing existing Business Objects Universes; work required modifying, testing and promoting to the Repository.
  • Developed, Tested, Promoted andMaintained theWEBI Reports, also had modified the existing reports based on user requirements, Also solved any issues/errors encountered
  • Responsibilities required acting as the Key Person for maintaining Universe's with creation of joins, Cardinalities, Contexts, and solving the loops, Testing, Data analysis etc.
  • Have resolved loops,Fan Traps and Chasm traps using context and alias and also have built custom hierarchies and predefined filters to facilitate easy drill down and addressed performance issues.
  • Created reports using Business Objects functionalities like Slice and Dice, Drill Down, Cross Tab, Alerter and Formulaeetc using Web intelligence.
  • Scheduling daily, weekly and monthly reports using BO XI Scheduler using Events, creating Calendars. Upgraded BO XI R2 to BO XI R 3.0 Enterprise Environment. Used Java SDK's.
  • Formatted Reports as per the User requirements using extensively the functionalities in Business Objects, which allows the users to analyze the data.
  • Used Polestar for better interaction with predefined data sets to generate quick visualized reports
  • Extensively used Calculations, Variables, Break points, and Sorted inputs, Drill down, Slice and Dice,Alerts etc in Creating Reports, formatted old reports, generated charts, barsetc as per user requirements using Crystal Reports 2008, Xcelsius 2008 and integration as well.
  • Designed interactive Dashboards such as Popup, Tabs etc and many creatively styled Xcelsius Reports to best support needs using effective HCI Principles.
  • Manipulating data through various presentation styles using Crystal Reports 2008 such as charts cross tabs, slice and dice, user response, alerts, prompts, nested loops and filters.
Environment:-SAP Business Objects XI 3.1/3.2,Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports 2008, Web Intelligence, Business Explorer (Polestar) XI 3.1, SAP BI/BW 7.0.
Confidential, Dallas, TX Feb 2007 - Dec 2008
Role: - SAP BOBJ Developer
Project Details: -Confidential, is the world's top financial institution. I was assigned to use SAP BW to extract data and build dashboards in Xcelsius, and build and modify existing reports and simultaneously create and design reports using SAP BOBJ.
Responsibilities:-
  • Worked as a Business Analyst for requirement gathering for business and functional reporting.
  • Work included Universe Designing, Requirement Gathering, Setting up Joins, Cardinalities, and Solving Traps using Contexts and Aliases and Updating Universes based on additional Requirements etc Using Designer.
  • Developed Crystal Reports fromSAP BW (Business Warehouse) using BEx Query as the extraction tool.
  • Created Crystal Reports with ole object extracting image file from the database and URL links.
  • Created custom formulas to display RGB colors in crystal reports.
  • Customized the formatting of the Crystal Report using formula's at the section level.
  • Created formula's for Crystal Reports 2008 and stored it on the Crystal Repository to be used across the organization. Created reports with dynamic grouping based on parameters.
  • Designed logic for Xcelcius 2008 dashboard in Microsoft Excel for Data Visualization.
  • Involved in using Job Server in creation of real time jobs. And also involved in Performance tuning at source, transformation, and target levels.
  • Creation of ETL Processes for the added new Subject areas, Develop Data Extraction, Transformation and Loading Program using Data Integrator.
  • Involved in Creation of jobs that specify data mappings and transformations by using Data Integrator Designer.
  • Used Data Integrator to load data from different sources (SQL, Text files) to the target database
  • Performed Unit , System and Regression testing of the Business Objects Data Integrator ETL jobs
  • Developed jobs using Business Objects Data Integrator XI designer to extract data from source databases and flat files into staging area
  • Created Jobs, Workflows, Transformations and Data Flows according to requirement to integrate source data in to Target data ware house
  • Analyzed various Data Warehouse Models like slowly changing models, Conceptual Models, Logical Models. Also Designed and developed Data Integrator scripts for data transformation.
  • Extracted data source for cube from SAP transactional system and flat files.
  • Created BEx queries for analysis of data using BEx analyzer as the tool.
  • Developed various Charts and Graphs like Bar Chart (Side by Side, Stacked), Line graphs, Pie Charts etc by using Chart expert of Crystal Reports.
  • Used and monitored Info View, CMC and also assigned Roles, and set User Groups and rules and according principles and also monitored security and other CMC controlled functions.
  • Developed Drill Downs report using Graphs in Crystal Reports 2008.
Environment: - Windows Server 2000/2003/XP, Universe, Crystal Reports 2008, Data Integrator, Xcelsius 2008, BEx Query designer& Analyzer, Info View, CMC, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2005.
Confidential, Bellmawr, NJ May 2006 - Jan 2007
Role: -BOBJ Developer
Project Details: -Vertis Communications is a premier provider of targeted advertising and marketing solutions to America's leading retail and consumer services companies. Building and Updating Universe's and Reports based on requirements. Have Developed Monthly, Quarterly Reports as required by the Management.
Responsibilities:-
  • Created finance, sales, retail reports using Crystal Report.
  • Collected requirements from business and functional user and transformed into design specification for other developers in the team.
  • Developed Existing Universes and added additional Links, Joins according to the requirement and sorted Loops, Traps.
  • Created Views, Stored Procedures, Queries and tables to create the reports.
  • Team lead for crystal development with responsibilities to set up the Crystal Server, Info view, reporting structure, role and rights.
  • Developed new reports using Crystal Reports XI and Oracle 10g as database.
  • Developed reports out of legacy database such as Microsoft Access.
  • Developed reports by joining more than one database such as SQL server, Oracle database.
  • Created dynamic and static parameter based report and scheduled it on the Crystal Server.
  • Developed various Charts and Graphs like Bar Chart (Side by Side, Stacked), Line graphs, Pie Charts etc by using Chart expert of Crystal Reports XI.
  • Created company specific formula and used Crystal repository to store generalized formulas for reusability. Also Used Stored Procedure to generate reports.
  • Developed Cross Tab Reports, Sub Reports by using Crystal Reports version XI.
  • Used Data Integrator in ETL activities. Working with different transformations like Query, Key Generation, Pivot, Map operation, Table Comparison in Data Integrator.
  • Creation of different data stores to get SAP tables, Developed jobs using Business Objects Data Integrator XI designer to extract data from source databases and flat files into oracle staging area. Performed Unit, System and Regression testing of the Business Objects Data Integrator ETL jobs.
  • Created On-Demand Sub reports and Hierarchical Grouping.
  • Exported reports into various formats like XML, PDF, HTML, EXCEL, and WORD for user.
  • Passed parameters dynamically to Crystal Report in .net application at runtime.
  • Developed Drill Downs report using Graphs in Crystal.
  • Trained all the Users of the Reports on using Info view and exporting reports to various formats.
  • Tested the reports in for quality and end user validation to match the amount and quantities figures against the transactional system.
  • Developed Crystal OLAP reports using Microsoft Analysis service as the Data Warehouse.
  • Developed Dashboards using Crystal Xcelsius.
Environment:-Windows Server 2000/2003/XP, Data Integrator, Designer, Crystal Xcelsius, Crystal XI, Data Integrator, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Access.
Confidential, Dallas, TX Oct 2005 - Mar 2006
Role: -BOBJ Developer/Admin
Project Details: -Confidential, one of the top beverage and snacks manufacturers in the worldWork required maintaining, documenting, designing needs for various departments according to their requirements involving various Customer details, Groups etc. Designed, Updated Universes and also build reports utilizing various functionalities of Crystal reports. Maintained User Security, Publishing and Other Monitoring Duties as needed.
Responsibilities:
  • Creating, developing, maintaining and testing the Universe for running the queries against the Database using Designer.
  • Involved in Installation and Configuration of all products of Business Objects 6.5.
  • Analyzed the existing database and designed Universes using Designer module for generating reports.
  • Used various data providers like Freehand SQL and Stored Procedures to extract data from different sources and tuned for better performance.
  • Resolved loops by creating Aliases & Contexts and checked integrity of universes.
  • Exported universes to the repository to making resources available to the users.
  • Created reports using the Universes andFree-hand SQL as data providers.
  • Involved in development and deployment of Complex Reports.
  • Exported the Reports to the Broadcast Agent and used the Broadcast Agent server to Schedule and Monitor the Reports which offered robust performance and ability to balance Loads.
  • Generated analytical reports using Slice and Dice, Drill Down, Cross Tab, Master Detail and Formulae features.
  • Automated document Scheduling, Publishing and Distribution for Webi and Info View clients using Broadcast Agent server.
  • Used Supervisor to Grant User rights and roles etc.
  • Involved in optimizing the universe developing time and SQL Tuning to increase the query performance.
  • Used Designer as a part of Universe Development for Defining the Parameters of Universe, Inserting the table, making Joins, Resolving Loop's, Creating Classes, and Objects.
  • Involved in creation of Filters, prompts and setup Hierarchies for Multidimensional Analysis.
  • Created the Reports using the Universes as the main Data providers and wrote complex queries including Sub Queries, Case and Decodefunctions,using Crystal reports XI.
Environment: - Business Objects 6.5, Designer, Webi, Full-client, broadcast Agent, Supervisor, Crystal reports XI, Oracle9i, PL/SQL, and Windows NT/XP.
Confidential - Chennai, India April 2003 - Aug 2005
Role: -BOBJ Developer
Project Details: -Worked for Several Clients who needed a Semantic layer and easy platform to Query and get reports to answer several questions regarding their Business. So mainly set up roles, rights, built Universes, and designed reports to provide better interaction and better Data Visualization.
Responsibilities:
  • Created & Modified Universes for various functional areas of high level reports group usingDesigner.
  • Customized LOVs in Universes for quicker performance of reports. Created Joins, Contexts, and Aliases for resolving Loops & Universe Tuning and checked the Integrity of the Universes.
  • Used SQL against the database to check data retrieved.
  • Changed the universe parameter settings to optimize the performance of universe.
  • According to the customer information created complex report using Universe as main data provider.
  • Exported the universes to the Repository making resources available to the users.
  • Created the reports using Business Objects functionalities like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill Down, Custom sorts, Cross Tab, and Formulae's etc.
  • Created reports according to different requirements Such as Summary Charts etc Using Wizards andWeb intelligence2.x.
  • Exported the Reports to the Broadcast Agent and used the Broadcast Agent server to Schedule and Monitor the Reports.
  • Used Supervisor, Info View to manage Users etc.
  • Various Programming tasks included developing Reports using free hand PL-SQL, and T-SQL procedures.
  • Created reports using Crystal Reports 9/10with Standard, Summary, Cross Tabs, SQL, Command Objects, Selection Criteria, grouping, sub reports etc.
  • Created various analytical reports like Market Share, Trending, Rank reports from multiple data providers. Interacted with the various users for reporting requirements.
  • Provided end user support and problem resolution for various issues related to BO.
  • Used the Aggregate Awareness feature of Business Objects for the Optimization and Performance tuning of Universes.
Environment: - Business Objects (Designer, Reporter) 6.1, Supervisor, Broadcast Agent, Crystal Reports, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, T-SQL, Web intelligence2.x.