User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS VIEWS XI RELEASE 2 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

[. . . ] Business ViewsTM XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide Business Views XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide Patents Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and sold by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403, 6, 247, 008 B1, 6, 578, 027 B2, 6, 490, 593 and 6, 289, 352. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] This function is useful when you have a number of tables in the Linking Diagram Tab and need to quickly locate a specific table. The Linking Diagram tab displays the selected table. · To select Locate Table On the Linking Diagram menu, select Locate Table. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Locate Table. You can also click the Locate Table button on the toolbar. Rearrange Tables When you select Rearrange Tables, the data tables are rearranged by existing links. · To select Rearrange Tables On the Linking Diagram menu, select Rearrange Tables. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, rightclick anything but an existing link and select Rearrange Tables. You can also click the Rearrange Tables button on the toolbar. Select Visible Tables When you click Select Visible Tables, the "Choose Visible Tables for Linking Diagram" dialog box appears. Using this dialog box, you can highlight which tables you want to be visible. The tables that are not highlighted will not appear on the Linking Diagram tab of the main Data Foundation window. You can click the Select All button to select all of the tables, or the Clear button to clear any tables that are highlighted. · To specify which tables are visible On the Linking Diagram menu, click Select Visible Tables. (You can also click the Select Visible Tables button on the toolbar. ) 134 Business Views XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide Managing Data Foundations Working with Data Foundations 8 Fetch Table Indexes When you select Fetch Table Indexes, the Business View Manager retrieves the indexes for the tables. You can then select Index Legend to view the key to the index indicators. Index Legend When you select Index Legend, the Index Legend dialog box appears. This dialog box displays a key to the index indicators that are used in the visible tables on the Linking Diagram tab area. · To select Index Legend On the Linking Diagram menu, select Index Legend. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Index Legend. Change Linking View · To select Change Linking View On the Linking Diagram menu, select Change Linking View. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Change Linking View. When you select Change Linking View, the view changes to display only the names of the tables. Inserting data tables When you first create a Data Foundation, you select which tables you want to include. After you have created your Data Foundation, you can continue adding and removing tables as needed. For more information on removing existing tables, see "Remove Table" on page 133. After you insert a data table, you can browse the fields in the data table by right-clicking any of the fields in the table and selecting Browse Field. The Browse dialog box appears and lists the field type (and the field length, where appropriate) and displays all of the entries in the field. Business Views XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide 135 8 Managing Data Foundations Working with Data Foundations 1. To insert a data table In the Object Explorer, right-click a table and select Insert Data Tables. Tip: You can also click the Insert Data Tables button on the toolbar, or on the Insert menu, select Insert Data Tables. The "Insert Data Tables" dialog box appears. 2. Expand the data connections, select a table and click Add. Tip: · · If you want to add more Data Connections or Dynamic Data Connections from which to get tables, click Add Connection. [. . . ] For example, when you set the user and group rights for a Data Connection, you ensure that only specific users and groups can access the Data Connection object. Thus, when you explicitly deny a View right for a user or group for a specific Data Connection, this user or group, when creating a Dynamic Data Connection, or a Data Foundation, will not be able to view or select from any Data Connection that they do not have View rights to. If you set a right on a folder, all of the Business Views objects in this folder inherit the same security rights. For more information on the inheritance model as it pertains to security, see "Using inheritance to your advantage" on page 226. Business Views XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide 237 13 User Scenarios Security applications 238 Business Views XI Release 2 Administrator's Guide Business Objects Information Resources appendix A Business Objects Information Resources Documentation and information services Documentation and information services Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering its products and their deployment. [. . . ]