Answer / sathish arichandran

you should gather the following info from client for universe.

a. Business Process,its flow
b. what is the source of universe i.e OLAP or OLTP
c. Database details(like tables,cardinality
relationship,values,aggregate tables details)
d. How the data is stored in DB from process flow
e. E-R Diagram
f. Object mapping details,formulas for creating objects if
any, object names, class names

For Report:
a. Report object details
b. Formula details which is used in report if any
c. Report Layout include report headers, font
size,logo,position of logo,etc.
d. Report Types

Answer / naveen

we can gather information by asking QUESTION TO THE CLIENT
like WHAT,WHY,WHEN and HOW.
Role of BO Developer is,
--->Firstly we have to understand the Business Process and
user requirement of the client.
--->Based on that we have to design and develope Universe.
--->test the universe.
--->Design and develope Reports.
--->Fianlly view and share reports between endiusers.

Answer / sapna

As part of the universe designer:

We should get the below information like :

Datasource name (it could be either OLAP or OLTP)
Table names
object names
Join types
Cardinality etc

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