This was discussed by Michael Ward at the Spring 2010 Seattle Area Business Objects User Group meeting. This is available for personal/professional use by those that attended the meeting. However, any use as training material by anyone other than Michael, without his express consent, is in violation of copyright laws. This is a discussion of Lists of Values in SAP BO XI.

1. BusinessObjects
Is It LOV?
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2. Presentation Topics
 What Is an LOV File?
 From the Designer’s Desk
 From the User’s Viewpoint
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3. What Is an LOV File?
 List of Values
 A File Containing All of the Distinct Values
for an Object
 LOV Sources
 Configured in Designer
 External Sources
 Text Files, Excel Spreadsheets, dBase Files
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4. From the Designer’s Desk
 Objects Properties - Store Name
Default – List Refreshed Only Once at Start of
User Session
Default Checked – List Refreshed Each Time List of
Default - Allows Users Values Is Accessed (Use When List Contents
Setting for
to Use a Personal List Change Frequently; May Affect Performance)
Dimensions
of Values
and Details
Default – LOV Files Are Not
Exported with Universe
Checked – LOV Files Are Exported
to the Repository from the PC That
Is Exporting the Universe
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5. From the Designer’s Desk
 Export with Universe
 Exports to Desktop Location
 5.x
 …Program Files/Business Objects/BusinessObjects
5.0/UserDocs/Universe/[UniverseName]/*.lov
 6.x
 …/Documents and Settings/[UserID]/Application
Data/Business Objects/Business Objects
6.0/Universes/[UniverseName]/*.lov
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6. From the Designer’s Desk
 Object Properties - Store Name
 Default Displays the Values Alphabetically
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7. From the Designer’s Desk
 Object Properties - Store Name
 Customizing the LOV to Display by Region
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8. From the Designer’s Desk
 Object Properties - Store Name
 Customizing the LOV to Display by Region
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9. From the Designer’s Desk
 Have an LOV Table Created When
There Are Performance Issues
 Table Stores Distinct Values of an Object
 Streamlines LOV Fetch Time
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10. From the Designer’s Desk
 LOV Tables
 Article_Color
Article_Color Table Contains
Distinct Values from
Article_Color_Lookup Table
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11. From the Designer’s Desk
LOV Tables
1. Create Class and
 objects that
reference LOV table
 Configuring Color
2. Edit original Product
Name Object and
reference LOV table
value
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12. From the Designer’s Desk
 LOV Maintenance
 Edit - Opens the Query
Panel (As in the Object
Properties
 Display - Displays LOV
 Refresh - Refreshes LOV
 Purge - Clears LOV
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13. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Repository LOV Files
 LOV Files That Were Exported with the
Universe Will Be Passed Down to the User
 Clicking Refresh When Viewing an LOV
Writes a New LOV File
 Non-Repository LOV Files
 For Objects That Are LOV-Able 
 LOV Is Generated When the LOV is First
Accessed
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14. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Problem:
 You Want to Customized an LOV, but You
Don’t Have Designer Rights
 Or
 You Want to Reference an LOV That Is Not
in the Universe
 What Are Your Options?
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15. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Options
 Personal List of Values
 Text Files
 Excel Spreadsheet
 dBase File
 But…
 Allow Users to Edit This List of Values Object
Property Must Be Selected in Designer
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16. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
Customized: Less
Categories Than
Universe LOV
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17. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
1. In
BusinessObjects,
Select Tools  4. Select Object
Universes
2. Select Universe
3. Click Lists of
Values
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18. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
6. Click OK
5. Select Personal
Data
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19. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
9. Browse to
Personal Data File
8. Select Personal
Data File Type
10. Select Check Box
(If Applicable)
11. Click OK
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20. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
13. Click
12. Click OK Close
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21. From the User’s Viewpoint
 Personal List of Values - Excel Example
 Result
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22. Thank You!
Contact Information:
Michael Ward
MichaelWard@cttsbi.com
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