Can a Universe connect to multiple databases?

No. Universe will connect to only one database.

How do you define universe parameters?
The first step in creating a universe is to specify its parameters. These parameters include the definition of a universe, which is comprised of: the universe name, a description of the universe, a connection to an RDBMS. You enter universe parameters from the Universe Parameters dialog box. This dialog box also lets you set up database options, external strategies, graphic options, and print settings.

What is a database connection?
A connection is a set of parameters that provides access to an RDBMS. These parameters include system information such as the data account, user identification, and the path to the database. Designer provides three types of connections: secured, shared, and personal.

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What is a universe?

Universe provides a semantic layer between you and the database. It consists of classes and objects named in business terms. It is basically a mapping of table and the columns in the database to classes and objects respectively in the query panel.
Alternatively, It is logical mapping of data in business terms.

In the BusinessObjects User module, universes enable end users to build queries from which they can generate and perform analysis. Universes isolate end users from the complexities of the database structure as well as the intricacies of SQL syntax.

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What is a macro?

A macro is a series of commands and functions that are stored in a Visual Basic for Applications module and can be run whenever you need to perform the task. If you perform a task repeatedly, you can automate the task with a macro. You create macros using the Visual Basic Editor.

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What is ‘business objects’?

BUSINESSOBJECTS is an integrated query, reporting and analysis solution for business professionals that allow them to access the data in their corporate databases directly from their desktop and present and analyze this information in a BUSINESSOBJECTS document.
It is an OLAP tool that high-level management can use as a part of a Decision Support Systems (DSS).

BUSINESSOBJECTS makes it easy to access the data, because you work with it in business terms that are familiar to you, not technical database terms like SQL.

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BusinessObjects Topics • View topic - SAP BusinessObjects Name Changes

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BusinessObjects Enterprise architecture basic terminology

Host
A host can be a physical computer or virtual machine.


Server

A server is an Operating System (OS) level process hosting one or more services.
For example,
CMS and Adaptive Processing Server are servers.
A server runs under a specific OS account and has its own PID.


Service

A service is a server subsystem that provides a specific function. The service runs within the
memory space of its server under the Process ID (PID) of the parent container (server).
For example,
the Web Intelligence Scheduling and Publishing Service is a subsystem running within the Adaptive Job Server.


Node


A node is a collection of BusinessObjects Enterprise servers, all running on the same host.
One or more nodes can be on a single host. Each node is managed by a Server Intelligence Agent (SIA).


Server Intelligence Agent


The SIA is a locally run service managed by the operating system. The task of the Server
Intelligence Agent (SIA) is to start, stop, and monitor locally run BusinessObjects servers.

When one of the managed servers goes down unexpectedly, the SIA restarts the server immediately.
When you issue a command in the CMC to stop a server, the SIA stops the server.

When you create a SIA, you create a new node. A node is a collection of BusinessObjects
Enterprise servers which run on the same host and are managed by a single SIA.

You can add servers to the node and you can have more than one node on the same machine.

The SIA continuously monitors server status information, which is stored in the CMS databases.

When you change a server's settings or add a new server in the CMC, the CMS notifies the SIA
and the SIA performs the jobs accordingly.


................ continue..next we will discuss about Workflows for each servers and how the communicate each server

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