Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

IT Business Analytics10.10

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KPI or Metric Business Context

A KPI or Metric business context or universe represents a global business facet related to the aspect of business the KPI or Metric represents.

Example The % of Assets in Maintenance KPI represents one aspect of the AssetManagement universe.

You can change the business context of a KPI or Metric when you clone the KPI or Metric, or change its formula.

You can also add a business context and attach KPIs or Metric to the new business context. For details, see SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Contexts (Universes)

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Business Contexts

A semantic layer is a business representation of corporate data that helps end-users access data autonomously using common business terms. It maps complex data into familiar business terms such as product, customer, or revenue to offer a unified, consolidated view of data across the organization. By using common business terms, rather than data language, to access, manipulate, and organize information, it simplifies the complexity of business data. These business terms are stored as objects in a Business Context (or universe), accessed through business views. Business Contexts enable business users to access and analyze data stored in a relational database and OLAP cubes. This is claimed to be core business intelligence (BI) technology that frees users from IT while ensuring correct results.

Business Views is a multi-tier system that is designed to enable companies to build comprehensive and specific business objects that help report designers and end users access the information they require. Business Views is intended to enable people to add the necessary business context to their data islands and link them into a single organized Business View for their organization.

A Context or universe is a business representation of an organization's data that helps end-users access data using common business terms. A Context is the result of a semantic layer of metadata that creates a business oriented view of the data. A Context contains a schema of the tables that make up the dimension and measurement objects. A Context is an interface between the data warehouse and the analytics that display the data.

Context are made up of objects and classes that are mapped to the source data and are accessed through queries and reports. They correspond to the business contexts used in IT Business Analytics.

Each Context includes classes (entities), objects with a dimension attribute, and relationships between the entities. The entity's values are used in the calculation of values and statuses of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or Metrics that represent them. The KPIs or Metrics are the building blocks used by the IT Business Analytics engine and the Studio.

IT Business Analytics Semantic Layer may include:

Universes created in SAP BusinessObjects. For more details on universes, see the relevant SAP BusinessObjects documentation.
Out-of-the-box Contexts created using the Context Designer.
User-defined Contexts created using Context Designer and populated with data uploaded from .CSV files using Context Designer.

If you want to change the formula of a KPI or Metric , you must be aware of the relationships in the context (universe) of the KPI or Metric.

The contexts, entities, and dimensions that are displayed and used in the Studio are part of the universes that are located in the ITBA library.

UI Element	Description
Select business context	Select the relevant business context. The business context determines the business entities that are available to be used in the formula used to calculate the value of the KPI.

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Select business context

Select the relevant business context.

The business context determines the business entities that are available to be used in the formula used to calculate the value of the KPI.

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KPI or Metric Business Context

Business Contexts

Impact of changes to configurations in the Studio on the display in Dashboard and the EXPLORER tab

Change the business context of a KPI

Test changes made to a KPI configuration

Select Business Context Dialog Box