SAP BusinessObjects - Data Definitions

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Our goal is to capture the usage patterns [frequency of report executions, report popularity, and most recent report executions] for SAP BO reports that are retrieved from CMS DB. According to the definitions provided for BO, we understand that Run and Refresh are actions that generate new reports. However, when we look at audit log, we find a lot of View and Retrieve events that are difficult to interpret.

1) Could you provide a more in-depth/user-friendly definition of these actions (Run, Refresh, View, Retrieve) so that we can truly understand report usage within our organization?

2) In order to calculate the usage pattern, do you believe that these are events that we need to look at?

Thank you very much!

[Joe_Peters1]

The "Run" event occurs during scheduled report executions only.

The "Refresh" event occurs when a report is refreshed. This can occur during interactive or scheduled sessions.

The "View" event occurs when a report is opened in View mode. As with refresh, this occurs on both interactive and scheduled sessions.

I think the "Retrieve" event occurs when a report is retrieved from the FRS.

So, a typical interactive session might look like:

• Logon
• Retrieve
• View
• Refresh
• Logoff

An interactive session might look like:

• Run
• View
• Refresh
• Save

Depending on the version, an interactive session may or may not have Logon and Logoff events.