Although Business Objects is a self-service tool for accessing data warehouse defined universes (table views), pulling data from less sophisticated sources allows you to collaborate and to handle to urgent requests. Picture your colleague giving you a spreadsheet to analyze: You could spend countless hours formatting a report from scratch or you could let Business Objects do the heavy lifting with its pre-formatted reporting tools. Adding a Microsoft Excel file to a query does require SQL (Structured Query Language) coding, but Business Objects’ point-and-click interface does all the hard work without you having to do any programming. Writer Bio
