Business Objects Admin Resume
Seatadvisor, CA
SUMMARY:
- U.S Citizen with 4 years experience in Business Objects 6.5.1, XIR2, XIR3.0, XIR3.1, XI 4.0.
- Hands on development Experience on Business Objects XI 4.0
- Experience in Designer, Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence WEBI Rich Client, Info View, Dashboard, Scorecards, Central Management Console, Xcelsius.
- Experience using SQL Developer, TOAD, OLAP, Oracle 10g/9i, SQL Server 2000, Access.
- Expertise in gathering the business requirement and building Universes, free hand SQL methods and creating complex ad-doc reports.
- Extensive experience in administration and supporting Business Objects servers and services.
- Experience in creating Universes with measures and dimensions objects, Join conditions, Filters, LOV, cardinality, Aliases, Contexts, Aggregate Awareness using Business Objects Designer.
- Created Drilldown Reports, Sub Reports, On-Demand Sub Reports, Label Reports, Chart Reports, Dash Boards, Styles and GUIs.
- Expertise in retrieving data using Business Objects Universes, personal data files, stored procedures and free hand SQL methods.
- Broad knowledge in optimizing/enhancing SQL sentences, reports and tables.
- Excellent technical, logical and problem solving capabilities.
- Pro-active team player, committed to providing quality deliverables with strong analytical skills.
- Created Free-hand SQL and Ad-hoc reports in Business Objects Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, PDFs interaction with Business Objects.
- Operating Systems
- Windows 95/98/XP/Vista/2003
- RDBMS
- Oracle 10g/9i/8.i, MS SQL Server 2000,2005, MS Access
- OLAP and Reporting
- Business Objects XI 4.0/R3.0/R2/6.x (CMC/Supervisor, Information Design Tool/Designer, Business Object/Desktop Intelligence and Interactive Analysis/WEBI
- Scripting Languages
- SQL,Java Script and VB Script
- Other Tools
- Toad, Visio, MS Office
Professional Experience
Seatadvisor CA January 2012-July 2012
Business Objects Admin/Developer
Environment: Business Obejcts XI 3.1, Oracle 11g, Linux, CMC, Designer, Web Intelligence, SQLPLUS, Import Wizard.
Responsibilities:
- Helped client to migrate from legacy reporting system (Free hand SQL reports) to Business Object.
- Created Universe on existing Data Warehouse.
- Created Reports to replace existing Classical Reports.
- Successfully setup BOE environment in QA on UNIX Server.
- Successfully setup Auditing Database for all Environments (Development, QA, and Production)
- Implemented data security through row level security option of Designer.
- Extensively use Aggregate Awareness and @Prompt for query optimization.
- Created Universe Filters to restrict query Data.
- Implemented cascading prompts to help users to select correct LOV (Patrons, Clients, Event, Performances, and Venues) values for their corresponding organization.
- Used Case Statements to create custom dimension bucket and measure calculations as per business requirements.
- Created linked Universes.
- Responsible for moving BI content (Universe and Reports) from one environment to other (Development, QA, Production) through Life Cycle Manager and Import Wizard.
- Created Users, Groups and granted rights on Reports, Universes, Folders and Universe Connections.
- Worked with QA team for Universe and Reports testing.
- Responsible for server maintenance and patching.
- Remotely conducted end user training for Webi..
- Created various Webi reports through Merge Dimensions, Multiple and Union queries to address client's complex reporting requirements.
- Scheduled reports to run on daily basis in PDF and EXCEL format.
- Created custom report with free hand SQL.
- Leveraged client requirement to create jump off reports using OpenDoc from their external portal and passed user's selection for optional and mandatory prompts.
- Dynamically hide reports block based on user selection of prompts.
- Formatted reports using different techniques such as Break, Sections, and Charts.
- Extensively interacted with end users for development of new and modification of existing reports.
- Raised tickets with SAP for product defect (Bugs).
Confidential, VA August 2010 - November 2011
Business Objects Consultant
Environment: Business Objects XI R2, Windows Server 2003 , SQL Server 2003, Oracle 10g, Designer, Web Intelligence, Business Objects XI 4.0
Responsibilities:
- Involved in the POC testing and Migration of Business Objects XIR2 to Busienss Objects XI 4.0.
- Hands on experience on Business Objects 4.0 Report development using interactive analysis (WEBI).
- Developed sample Universe in Business Objects 4.0using Information Design Tool (Universe Designer).
- Translated business requirements into technical deliverables.
- Developed reports in WEBI XI for GL with multiple breaks and sections.
- Created reports for PNL, Balance sheets for monthly and quarterly reports.
- Created reports for Inpatient, outpatient, provider type for Wiscon State Health Care project.
- Participated in the development of a new data warehouse for Medicate payment systems.
- Rolled out Live Office in the Environment.
- Developed reports in txt and CSV formats using Desktop Intelligence for Finance users.
- Created a new report template to pick customer account and automated invoicing procedure by running this new report in an Event based Publication.
- Heavily interacted with the End user for the requirement gathering and translated Business requirement into technical document.
- Created reports with Pie charts, Bar graphs with drillable tables to mimic dashboard reports.
- Prototyped and developed dashboard in Xclesius 2008 using Qaaws and Live Office.
- Provided level 2 support for multiple business applications mainly Business Objects production.
- Provided support for the existing corporate reports for finance, Purchasing, Payroll, AP and AR.
- Successfully supported, maintained and developed new universes.
- Prioritize, analyze and troubleshoot application issues.
- Perform efficient proactive communication across functional groups.
- Work closely with the various functional groups withinthe departmentto achieve project success.
- Managed new service and enhancement tickets.
- Monitored tickets for Service Level Adherence responding appropriately.
- Took ownership of issue investigation and resolution.
- Provided unit and integration Acceptance testing of configuration undertaken.
- Attended business application training sessions as scheduled and Conduct end user training as per assignments.
- Used online system to log, update, and follow up on assigned business application issues until issue is resolved and closed.
- Tested Life Cycle Manager for version control.
- Demonstrated new XI Report bursting to the management.
Confidential, NYC January 2010 - August 2010
Business Objects Consultant.
Environment: Business Objects XI 3.1, Windows Server 2003 (VM), SQL Server 2003, Oracle 10g, Designer, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius 2008.
Responsibilities:
- Actively participated in the team JAD sessions and provided inputs to improve environment.
- Involved in Installing and configuring Business Objects XI 3.1.
- Migrated existing 6.5 repositories to the newly built BOE 3.1 Environment.
- Created migration checklist to validate reports which are migrated from Integration to Production.
- Imported users and groups from the Active Directory and deployed new security structure for XI environment.
- Created templates for standardizing reports using company logo, header and footer settings, color coding, fonts and maintained consistency in viewing cross-tabs, blocks in report.
- Synchronized reports using data from multiple data providers in Web Intelligence by merged dimensions functionality.
- Extensively used calculations, variables, filters, conditions, breaks, sorting, drill down, Master/Detail, Cross Tab, Charts and alerts for creating Business Objects Reports.
- Implemented Row & Object level security for different user group requirements.
- Used Free-Hand SQL Data Providers to import Tables not present in the Universe.
- Created Joins, Context and Aliases for Resolving Loops in the Universes.
- Involved in Resolving Problems like \'Chasm Trap\' and \'Fan Trap\'.
- Checked the integrity of the universe schema for any errors in objects, joins, conditions, loops and cardinalities of the universe.
- Linked summary reports and passed prompt values to open document to obtain more detail information.
- Enhanced reports which include standardizing format of report content, redefining query filters and prompts, linking summary report to a set of detail reports.
- Attended to user requests in enhancing reports and fixing bugs, providing solutions for existing bugs and redefining newer concepts for better features.
- Implemented reports in Production from Integration after user approval in test Environment.
- Used @Functions such as @Prompt- to restrict return values and to enter prompt, @Select- to reuse the select statement of another object, @Variable- to restrict the currently logged user etc.
- Helped document all software, hardware and infrastructure process.
- Conducted an analysis on the matching criteria for regional mapping of data from other systems based applications.
- Optimized queries used in Business Object for Web Intelligence.
- Distributed Documents inside and outside of the business using Central Management Console and administration for scheduling the Reports (rep, wid, pdf, excel, text and html format).
- Create Dashboards using Xcelsius 2008 to monitor business performance, insightful analytics and role based dashboards with Live data (QaaWs, Live Office, XML, Flash Variables).
- Conducted Business Objects and Web Intelligence trainings to client's users.
Confidential, NJ November 2008 - December 2009
Business Objects Consultant.
Environment: Business Object XI R3.1, INFOVIEW, Web Intelligence, MS-Excel, MS- Word, SQL Server 2005.
- Involved in migration reports from 6. 5 to BOXI R2.
- Created new security structure for Business Objects and implemented folder based security.
- Migrated Universe data restrictions from supervisor to Universe Designer.
- Created backup procedures for the environment through SAN replications and Weekly BIAR file backups.
- Responsible for moving content from one environment to another for full life cycle of new development.
- Clustered Business Objects server with DR Business Objects server to leverage failover.
- Used publications with report bursting to leverage daily mass report generation requirement.
- Designed report templates for the report company standards.
- Analyzed specs and database model to generate the reports for the sign-off specs.
- Created different types of reports, such as; Master/Detail, Cross Tab and Chart.
- Created Dashboards Score Cards and UI's using Xcelsius.
- Used various data sources for live data feed for Xcelsius such as QaaWS, Live Office, XML, Flash Variable, Excel XML maps.
- Created jump off reports functionality for WEBI from Xcelsius using opendoc function to leverage detailed to granular level drill down.
- Developed standard, cross-tab, On Demand and Drill-down Reports using Deski.
- Created various formulas for the calculations for pricing in the reports.
- Created Static and Dynamic Parameter fields for the filtering of the data.
- Wrote procedures for the complex reports and list of values for the parameters.
- Connected to Business Objects Repository as a Business View and created reports.
- Created Business Objects Web Intelligence reports and published on the INFOVIEW.
- Used Drill down Group Levels, Conditional formatting, Alerter, Alternate row shading futures and created Label reports for Providers and Subscribers.
- Published report to Enterprise server, to get the report access from INFOVIEW.
- Used Team Track to track the status of the report by developer, state and comments.
Confidential, NY October 2007 - September 2008
Business Objects Developer.
Environment: AIX, WebSphere, SQL, Oracle 10g, Business Objects 6.5 - XI 3.0
Responsibilities
- Developed General Ledger and Accounts receivable universes using Designer.
- Provided cascading prompts in the reports as well as the Universe to create more interactive reports for the users.
- Extensively wrote PL/SQL procedures to get data from Oracle 8i database.
- Troubleshooted problems and customize the application according to the specifications of the analysts.
- Developed and scheduled reports in Web Intelligence on recurring basis.
- Wrote a full functional specification document for the security implemented in Business Objects.
- Created complex Universes and report for GL, AP and AR.
- Customized Rapid Marts of GL, AP and AR.
- Resolved Loops using Aliases and Context, Addressed chasm trap and Fan Trap using Multi Parse SQL.
- Created Custom Hierarchies for several groups.
- Created detail and summary reports, used to fold/unfold sections corresponding to breaks in current blocks.
- Used Toad to verify data pulled by the report is correct compared to the database data and also to verify the joins used in designing the universe are correct.
- Developed complex reports in Business Objects using multiple data providers.
- Created graphical representation of Webi reports such as bar charts, pie charts etc.
- Implemented extensive use of derived tables in the process of building reports.
- Developed hierarchies according to demand to support drill down reports.
- Improved query performance by implementing aggregate awareness.
- Involved in Star Schema customization / Design session.
- Developed new WEBI reports in XI.
- Created interactive reports in Xcelsius with the summary level data.
- Created score cards in the Xcelsius.
- Developed new reports along with modifying existing reports to support new and additional Business requirements.
- Used prompts, alerts, drill down analysis as per the end user requirements.
- Developed Database connections, SQL joins, loops, views and aggregates.
- Used Shared and Global variables to pass data from Main report to Sub report & Vice Versa.