BO - Introduction

Business objects are consolidated reports compiled by backend engines which are able to publish trends and results for user's quick analysis.

Is BO the right tool for your reporting needs? Check the Reporting tools guide

Getting a BO account

To request an account creation, modification of deletion on Business Objects, click on BO Online Application form to fill the necessary details.

You can find a list and description of the available applications from here. When completed, you will receive a copy of the request.

Note that the modifications are subject to approval by the Authorisation Contact. IS will request validation depending on the parameters and applications requested. If you have any questions about the online form, or you want to modify a request you already sent, please contact directly the customer support team. Please refer to below for the step by step instruction for how to fill up the BO application form.

How to fill online BO account application form

Step 1 - User identification:

This is general information about you so that IT and later the validator can identify you.

Solvay E-mail : Important since the summary/acknowledgement of this application will be sent to this address.
User GBU and * User Function : the GBU and/or Function you are part of. If you are not in a GBU or Function, please select "None".
- Important : This does not affect the access you will get. It's only for identification.

Step 1 - Application Type:

Please select Creation/Modification/Deletion of the account based on your need. This will determine further steps.

User Creation - Please Enter your preferred login : it is adviced to use the same login as for Windows, or your SAP login. It is possible IT will reject the proposed login and assign a different one for several reasons :
- Login already exists and is used by another user.
- Need to have same login as other SAP tools due to licence rules.
- Respect general naming policy.
User Modification/Deletion : please provide your current BO account login.
- If you do not remember your login, please contact the helpdesk.

Step 2 - BO Access (Modification/Creation):

What type of access do you need :
- Visualize & Refresh : this is the normal access for BO. It allows to refresh existing reports but also to personalize the layout/format. For most users this is enough.
- Visualize & Refresh + Query design : this is the advanced access for BO. It allows to personalize even further the existing reports by allowing the modification of the source query (program extracting the data). This is only to be requested for users that have already used BO before.
Please choose the Application :

In Business Objects, there are several databases or "Universes" which are grouped under "Applications". When you request an access to BO, you need to specific to which applications you want to have access to.

Please select at least 1 application. You can check the list and description of each applications here.

Note that :

Getting an access to an application will allow you to run all the reports in the corresponding database.
The selected application will define who the security team will contact to request a validation of your request.
You will not be able to see reports (nor run) the reports from the other applications.

Step 3 - Perimeters (Modification/Creation):

Depending on the applications that you selected in Step 2, you will need to select the values for the perimeters used for the autorizations.

This will define what data you can see when refreshing the report
This will define who will have to validate the application request.

Example

For the PPE and PPS applications, the access is given by Business Unit (One or several) but can also be restricted by company or zone (1 only).

Warning
It is possible that during the request processing by IT part of the requested perimeter will be rejected : in that case IT will give you access only to the perimeter that was approved.

Step 3 - Account deletion (Deletion):

Please enter the date for deletion : You can choose the date at which you want the account to be deleted. Basically this means you can request an account deletion in advance (For example to delete an intern account at the end of the internship).

Step 4 - Comment & Send

If something wasn't clear or was missing, please don't hesitate to add a comment.

By clicking on "Send" :

You will receive a summary of your application by email (to the email provided in Step 1)
A User Request will automatically be created in Footprints and IT will process your request

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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/#HBOIntroduction">BO Introduction</a></span><br/>
A short presentation of the tool</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/#HGettingaBOaccount">Getting a BO Account</a></span><br/>
How to request for a new account, ask for a modification or solve any account related issues.</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/#HGettingstarted">Getting Started on BO</a></span><br/>
How to access BO and some few steps before starting to use it.</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/#HGettingSupportandTrainings">Getting Support&Training</a></span><br/>
How to request trainings, new features, corrections or simply ask for help </p></div></td>
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Explanations on how the BO reports are organised and general description of the BO applications.</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/#HBODataupdating">BO Data Updating</a></span><br/>
Explanations on how the data is updated in BO, with what schedule and how to troubleshoot</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/BO+Basic+User+Guide">BO Basic User Guide</a></span><br/>
User guide on how to connect, execute a report, navigate and change is basically.</p></div></td>
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<td><div><p><span class="wikilink"><a href="/xwiki/wiki/is_support/view/BO+-+Business+Objects/BO+Advanced+User+Guide">BO Advanced User Guide</a></span><br/>
More advanced navigation and formatting features.</p></div></td>
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User guide on how to modify and create queries (advanced rights needed).</p></div></td>
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Most Frequently Asked Questions about BO with an answer to each.</p></div></td>
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A list of most encountered errors and issues with an explanation and solution.</p></div></td>
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How to reset your password by yourself or ask for Help.</p></div></td>
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BO Introduction

Business objects are consolidated reports compiled by backend engines which are able to publish trends and results for user's quick analysis.

Getting a BO account

To request an account creation, modification of deletion on Business Objects, you need to fill the online form :

*BO Online Application form*

Two guides can help you :

I need to request a BO access : * ow to complete the BO Online application form*
IS is asking me to validate a BO application request : * ow to understand the BO application for validation*

You can find a list and description of the available applications below.

When completed, you will receive a copy of the request.

Note that the modifications are subject to approval by the Authorisation Contact. IS will request validation depending on the parameters and applications requested.

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Support and training for Business Objects can be requested the same way as any other IS tool.

See the general Getting Supportand Getting Training pages.

BO Applications

Universe	Name	Definition
PPE	Premier Economic	Sales and profitability/Contribution/P&L (RCS COPA)
PPS	Premier Sales	Sales Reporting with order,despatcher or invoice details.(RCS SD/OTC)
SAFIR	Sales Forecasts	Sales forecasts data
ICARE	ICARE HR Datawarehouse	Worldwide Human Resources reporting
DCTM	R&D Documentum reporting	Advanced queryin gon Online R&D documentum referential
ICPM	R&D Projects Portfolio	Reporting on Project Portfolio Management for R&D projects
ITN	Incident Tracking Novecare	Reporting for the Incident Tracking Erooms for Novecare for 4 sites : Clamecy, Novecare HQ, Halifax, Ospiate
ISCPM	IS Project Porfolio	Reporting on the Project Portfolio Management for IS projects
OPERXL	Operational Excellence	Reporting on the C llaborative P oject M nagement. CPM enables to implement a structured &standard process, transparent & open for Industrial and Six Sigma projects
FOOTPR	Footprints Reporting	BO Reporting on the Footprints tool
VSHRD	VSH R&D	Monthly Health& Safety visits to sites by R&D Codi memebers
PROBAN	Proban	Proban Quality Control Reporting
WEBLIMS	Weblims Crystal Reports	Crystal reports run on the Weblims database to allow QM lab reporting
RDCPX	R&D CAPEX	R&D WW Investment Requests and Approvals
APTF3	AP TF3 Reporting	Reporting on TF3 Incidents occurring on AP Sites
GRNIT	Green IT	IS equipment recycling reporting
RMP	Raw Material Pricing	Raw Material Pricing reporting (Purchasing)
KITRY	French Medecine du Travail	Reporting for the KITRY tool (French Medecine du Travail)

Note that there are also some applications which today are "Archived" (no new data) but are available on special request to users :

Archived Universe	Archived Name
HRBR	Old Brazil HR datawarehouse
PAM	Purchasing Action Management Reporting
PEACH	Purchasing Enhanced Area for Contract hosting
TEMPO	Aministration et Contrat de Travail

BO Data Updating

PPS :Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. Data are available at * round 2:30 AM Paris Time.

PPE :Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday , Friday & Saturday. Data are generally available at * round 3:00 AM Paris Time.
It can be longer the last day of each month , spacially in upper month of the year , as we receive all the data since the begining of the year.

SAFIR :* Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. Data are available at * round 3:15 AM Paris Time.*

ICARE :* Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday v Friday. Data are available at * round 2:15 AM Paris Time.*

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Training

For general training or support, you could refer to SolvayOne (SBS Trainings offers) for more information

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