Does this only work on version 11 of Universe? Upgrading next year probably, but, just curious...
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:35 PM, David Jordan <da...@dacono.com.au> wrote: > Hi all > I work with DataVu a bit. The first trap I got caught on was skipping > through the documentation and missing steps, double check the steps in > installation. > > A couple of things to check. > 1. make sure the entry is correct in the UV.ACCOUNTS file. > 2. This does not use ODBC, but it does use SQL. If SQL is not working on > your account you need to follow this through first. > 3. If linux is involved check if some other steps need to be added. There > was some issue with Linux in the beta that I thought was resolved but you > may have to install something. > > In the beta a lot of work was done to ensure that DataVu works with all > dictionary types and including SB+ dictionaries. > > What many are doing is setting up a new account with remote pointers and > restricted dictionaries pointing to the data account. You can set that > account to be ideal flavour and have different dictionaries to the data > account and avoid touching the live account for reporting purposes. You can > do what you want to SQLise this account without touching the data account. > > There is a little perseverance to get DataVu up and working, but in > comparison to the work required to get up COGNOS, Chrystal reports and other > BI tools to talk to U2, this is an easier path. Remember also that DataVu > talks to other RDBMS, which means that you stop the need for pushing data > into some SQL Server for reporting purposes and you raise the status of U2 > in management eyes reducing the threat of U2 being replaced in your > organisation. > > Another issue to look at. It is easier to transform data to an > appropriate format in U2 than trying to manipulate it at DataVu level. > Build SQL queries that produce an appropriate array to put into the DataVu > Objects, this will save you some frustration going forward. > > Regards > > David Jordan > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- John Thompson _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
