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TherearevariousresourcesinInformationDesignToolthatcanbeusedtoextractthedatafromdatasources
andtocreateaUniverse

Project
AProjectisalocalworkspacewhereyoustoretheresourcesusedtobuildoneormoreUniverses.Thisisused
tomanagethelocalobjects,whichareusedforUniversecreation.Asingleprojectcancontainobjectsforoneor
multipleUniverse.Alocalprojectcancontainmultiplenumberofobjectslikedatafoundationlayer,business
foundation,anddatasourceconnection,etc.

DataFoundation
DataFoundationlayerallowsyoutoimporttablesandjoinsfromdifferentrelationaldatabases.Allthejoinsare
importedandyoucanalsodefinederivedtables,customcalculations,additionaljoins,contextsandprompts.

RelationalandOLAPConnection
AconnectionisusedtodefinehowdataisextractedfromarelationaloranOLAPdatasource.AUniverse
alwaysusesatleastoneconnectiontoextractthedata.Youcanalsobuildamultisourcethatextractsdatafrom
oneormoredatasourcesusingmultipleconnections.

Aconnectioncanbesavedlocallywith.cnxfileandallUniversescreatedonthetopoflocalconnectionscant
bepublishedtoBOrepository.TopublishaUniversetorepository,youshoulduseasecuredcentralconnection
with.cnsfile.

.cnssecuredRepositoryconnection

.cnxlocalunsecuredconnection.Ifyouusethisconnection,itwillnotallowyoutopublishanythingto
repository.l
BusinessLayer
InBusinesslayer,youdefinemeasuresanddimensions.YoucanalsoapplyAggregationslikeSum,Count,Avg,
Min,Max.

TocompletetheUniversecreation,youneedtosavetheprojectandthenpublishthebusinesslayertothe
repository.

UDTvsIDT
InUDT,aUniverseiscreatedwithfileextensionas.unv.InIDT,aUniversefileextensionischangedto.unx
file.

ToopenunvfileinIDT,itcantbedirectlyopenedbutyoucanconvertunvfiletounxfiletoopenin
InformationDesigntool.YoucantopenanIDT.unxfileinUniverseDesigntoolnoryoucanconvertittounv
file.
UniverseDesignToolisasinglesourceenabledtool.However,IDTisamultisourceenabledtoolmeaningyou
canextractthedatafromdifferentdatasourceswhilecreatingaUniverse.

UniverseDesignToolU DT
Universefileextension.unv
Youcantopen.unxfileandalsoitcantbeconverted
tounvtoopeninUDT
Itissinglesourceenabled
ItcantbedirectlyconnectedtoDashboarddesigner
andCrystalReportslatestversion
InformationDesignToolI DT
Universefileextension.unx
Youcanopenunvfilebyconvertingunvfiletounx
fileextension
Itismultisourceenabled
ItcanbedirectlyconnectedtoDashboarddesignerand
CrystalReportslatestversion

UserInterfaceinIDT
WhenyouretrieveanexistingUniverseinIDTbyconnectingtotherepository,followingaretheavailable
interfaces.ThesearethesamewhenyoudesignanewUniverseinInformationDesignTool.

LocalProjects
Itdefinestheexistingconnectioninuse. cnxor. cns ,Datafoundationlayer. df xandBusinessLayerthatare
localinUniverseasshownabove.

YoucanclickoneachobjectunderLocalProjectstoseethedetailsandtomakeanychanges.Clickonthe
connection.cnsfiletoseetheconnectiondetails.Similarly,youcanopen.dfxor.blxobject.
RepositoryResources
OnceyouconnecttotheRepository,youcanretrievealltheobjectsthataredesignedandpublishedtothat
repository.

ToinsertobjectsfromtheRepository,clickon+signandselectInsertSession.Enterthesystemdetails,the
usernameandpassword,andyoucanseealltheobjectsintheRepository.

BusinessLayer
Thislayercontainsalltheclassesandobjects,youcancheckdimensionsandmeasuresthataredefinedina
Universe.Whenyoupublishthebusinesslayerintherepository,thisshowsthecompletionofUniversecreation.
YoucancheckthesummaryofBusinessLayertoseethenumberofattributes,dimensions,measures,classes,
LOVs,etc.

DataFoundationLayer
Thislayerisusedtodefinedatafoundationthatincludestablesfromdatasource,joins,etc.
Tocheckthestructureofdatafoundation,youcanclickon.dfxunderlocalprojectsanditwilltakeyoutoData
Foundationlayeranditscomponents.

SettingandResettingPreferencesinIDT
YoucancustomizeInformationDesigntooluserinterfacebysettingpreferences.Thiscanberesettodefault
usingResettodefaultdisplayoption.TosetthepreferencesinIDT,gotoWindowsPreferences.
OnceyouclickonPreferences,anewwindowwillopen.YoucandefinepreferencesunderGeneral,Helpand
InformationDesignToolpreferences.

InformationDesignToolPreferences
BusinessLayerEditor
CheckIntegrity
DataFoundationEditor
Languages,etc.

UsingResettoDefaultdisplayoptionunderWindowtaballowsyoutoresetallthevaluestodefaultoryoucan
alsouseRestoreDefaultoptiononPreferenceswindow.