How to:

Install a BO repository on your local laptop to analyze/develop

reports and universes offline
A typical approach to the production of customized BO reports and universes is to install the Business
Objects client products on your laptop and then be granted a connection to the customers repository
and database to be able to work either on site or remotely (i.e. via rsg connection. !n some cases it is
also possible to set up a copy of the customer database on a lab spare wheel" but in general BO re#uires
the user to log on to a security domain in order to open a universe file" and the underlying connection
must be available to complete the logon process. $his makes it impossible to perform this analysis and
development activity when the repository connection is not available.
$his %O describes the setup of an O&B' data source pointing to an underlying ()*Access db that can
be located locally on your laptop" and the creation of a BO repository in it. $his will provide you with a
repository access which is always available.
+. Open 'ontrol ,anel *- Administrative tools *- &ata )ources (O&B'
'lick on the .)ystem &)/0 tab. 'lick 0Add0
1. )elect .(icrosoft Access &river (2.mdb0 'lick .3inish0
4. 5nter data source name and description. 'lick .'reate0
6. &efine name and location of the Access database file to be created. 'lick .O%0
7. Back to the previous window" press .O%0 to confirm O&B' data source creation
8. /ow open .BO supervisor0. 'lick on .Admin0
9. !n the Administration )etup :izard click .Begin0. !n step + window choose .;un a default
installation0. 'lick ./e<t0
=. !n step 1 window define the supervisor name and password. 'lick ./e<t0
>. !n step 4 window define the repository connection to the O&B' data source? click .)etup0 to start
the ./ew connection wizard0.
+@. !n the ./ew connection wizard0 click ./e<t0. 5<pand .(icrosoft0 *- .() Access 1@@10. 'lick
./e<t0
++. !n the .Aogin parameters0 window select the previously created data source from the .&ata source
name0 scroll*down bo<. 'lick ./e<t0. /O$5? )hould your data source name not appear in the list try
closing and re*opening BO supervisor" as the application reads the list of defined data sources only at
startup.
+1. !n the ne<t window click .$est0 to test the connectivity to the db. $hen click ./e<t0
+4. Accept default settings in the ne<t window and click ./e<t0
+6.Again" accept default paramaters and click .3inish0
+7. Back to step 4 of the .Administration )etup :izard0 click ./e<t0" then in step 6 confirm repository
creation. 'lick ./e<t0
+8. 'lick ./e<t0
+9. ,rovide a name (the .security domain0 for the ..key0 file corresponding to the repository being
created. 'lick ./e<t0
+=. 'lick .3inish0
+>. $he repository is now set up and can be used to open and store universes and reports. )tart .BO
designer0. Aog on selecting the newly created security domain (corresponding to the .key file name.

$hen simply open the universe document you want to work with. ;emember that the data connection
used by the universe will (most likely not be available" so you may want to change that as well by
selecting .,arameters0 from the .3ile0 menu.