I've decided it's probably a good idea to break down these tutorials a bit. Although I love to share all this information, it's probably getting a little long for a single post. Visual Sets When creating sets in Set Analysis, Visual Sets are extemely helpful. Visual Sets allow you to quick look at the union, [...]
Set Analysis Part 3b: Creating Sets In BusinessObjects
w that we've spent some time with sets, it's time to begin to see the technology in action. Business Objects has made sets easy to build and maintain. There is virtually no limit to the ways you can now choose to look at your customers and look at how those customers are contributing to revenue, [...]
Set Analysis Part 3a: Setting Up Sets Metadata
I have found that setting up the Metadata around Sets was one of the most confusing things about learning sets. The problem was two-fold. The interface of Set Architect is old and not terribly intuitive. It is little more than a database table browser with a few rules built in. I typically learn by example, [...]
APOS: Providing the Missing Piece
When I was growing up I always enjoyed putting puzzles together. I loved the challenge of putting all those pieces together so that I could see the whole picture. Sometimes I would borrow a puzzle from a friend and as I was close to finishing the puzzle, I would discover 1 or 2 puzzle pieces [...]
Set Analysis Part 2: The Basics
So How Exactly Does Set Analysis Work? Set Analysis works together with the tables that are already part of your Data Warehouse. For example, in your Data Warehouse today you have customers, products and orders, etc. Therefore all the tables that below to Set Analysis must reside in the same database as your datasource. (From [...]