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About the SAP BusinessObjects catalog source

You can use the SAP BusinessObjects catalog source to extract metadata from an SAP BusinessObjects source system.

SAP BusinessObjects is a business intelligence tool to connect to data for data reporting, visualization, and sharing. Configure an SAP BusinessObjects catalog source to extract metadata from SAP BusinessObjects.

Extracted metadata

You can extract specific metadata from an SAP BusinessObjects source system with an SAP BusinessObjects catalog source.

Metadata Command Center extracts the following objects from an SAP BusinessObjects source system:

•Alias Column
•Alias Table
•Analytic Model
•Analytic Report
•Business Layer View
•Category
•Cell
•Class
•Column
•Connection
•Connection Classifier
•Connection Feature
•Connection Folder
•Connection Model
•Constants
•Context
•Contexts
•Crystal Report
•Crystal Report Model
•Custom Hierarchies
•Dashboard
•Data Provider
•Data Providers
•Database Connection
•Default Hierarchies
•Derived Table
•Desktop Intelligence Document
•Desktop Intelligence Model
•Detail
•Detail Result
•Detail Variable
•Dimension
•Dimension Result
•Dimension Variable
•Discovered Tables
•Enterprise Folder
•Favorite Folder
•Field
•File
•File Connection
•Filter
•Folder
•Formula Fields
•Formulas
•Group Name Fields
•Hierarchy
•Inbox
•Join
•Key
•List of Values
•Logical Column
•Measure
•Measure Result
•Measure Variable
•Merged Dimensions
•Object Package
•Olap Connection
•Olap Dimension
•Parameter
•Parameter Answer
•Parameter Prompt
•Personal Category
•Procedure Query
•Procedure Table
•Query
•Query Filter
•Report Field
•Report Filter
•Report Folder
•Repository
•Running Total Fields
•SQL Expression Fields
•SQL Query
•Schema
•Special Fields
•Summary Fields
•Table
•Universe
•Universe Connection
•Universe Folder
•Universe Model
•Universe Query
•Value
•Variables
•View
•Web Intelligence Document
•Web Intelligence Model
•XML Query