Venugopal - BO Resume
- 1. Venugopal Duggirala Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91-9886880345 Professional Summary: Having around 8.8 years of IT experience in Business Objects, which includes 2.5years of experience on BO Admin. Working with Accenture, Bangalore as Software Engineer Senior Analyst. Strong technical skills in BO4.1, BOXI 3.1, BOXI R2 and Oracle. Validated the installation by checking the public folders, Reports in Personal folders, Groups, Row level security, Scheduling and by running some sample reports. Expertise in using Import Wizard for taking backups of the universes to BIAR file and migrating the Universes and Reports between different environments like Dev, QA and Production. Used the DataStage Director to validate, schedule and run the jobs. Trained and hands on experience in Tableau reports, Effectively administered and supervised the Business Objects (SAP BI) environment by monitoring/granting permissions and rights to users for viewing, creating and publishing reports. Knowledge about Business Objects Security Model and experience with Business Objects Security Implementation (Row level, Object level, Command level). Experience in Training & Supporting end-user reporting needs using Business Objects. Involved in development of Full client, WEBI reports, Desk I reports. Used Derived tables, Aggregate awareness, Index awareness, object and Row level access restrictions during universe development. Well versed with Business Objects Authentications and Authorizations, Creating/Administrating Users & Groups, designated their Security Levels in CMC, assigned Roles, & Access Levels on the Applications and folders. Having good skills in interacting with end-users to gather Business requirements. Mostly involved in end-to-end Project development lifecycle like requirements analysis, system study, documentation and implementation, designing, testing and bug fixing. Good Analytical and Communication skills to deal with customers. Skill Set: Tools : Business Objects XIR2, XI 3.1, BO4.1, Tableau, DataStage 8.7 and Informatica 8.6.0 Database : Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g. Operating systems : Windows XP/NT/2K/98. Domain : Banking, Entertainment, Telecom and Leasing. Experience: Worked as Senior Software Engineer in Capgemini from March 03, 2008 to August 28, 2013. Working as a Technical Lead (Application Development Specialist) in Accenture Bangalore since September 13, 2014 to till date. Educational Qualification: Master of Computer Applications from Osmania University.
- 2. Onsite Opportunities: Been to Burbank, CA, US for 3months to Support SDI application, from Capgemini. Been to London, UK for 11months to support TOBI application, from Capgemini. Been to Oslo, Norway for 1month to handover BO Datavarehus application, from Accenture. Been to Almere, Netherlands for 4months to handover and also to support DWH application, from Accenture. PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Project # 1: Title : Datawarehouse (DWH). Client : Athlon Smart sourcing Domain : Car leasing. Duration : Jan 1st , 2016 to till date. Environment : BO4.1, BO XI 3.1, DataStage 8.6 Windows XP, UNIX, Oracle 10g. Team size : 2 Athlon is international provider of operational car leasing, active in ten European countries and headquartered in the Netherlands, company focuses on all businesses and non-profit organisations with a need to organize the mobility, both for professional and/or secondary-benefit purposes. Company portfolio includes around 250.000 contracts. With broad knowledge, based on almost 100 years of car leasing experience, and advanced information programs, company ensure effective cost management, transparency, efficiency and ease of operation. DWH is a datawarehouse application for car leasing to track about customers having how many cars, their speeding details, in case any fines those details, score cards which gives feedback of drivers etc. Business Intelligence Environment Athlon Car lease has several source systems like, Atlas, RentPro, ICMore, Jato/Euro- Tax etc. Athlon also contains international data, it will maintain complete list of all the cars for all the countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany etc.), and it is used for reporting for customers. To more extent it contains information about how many customers having how many cars, its maintenance, cars agreementlease etc. Every once in a month the countries will provide data and it will be loaded into DWH. Roles performed: Prepared technical design documents for the new CRQs/requirement. Involved in one to one meeting with end users and onshore counterpart to freeze the requirement. Weekly Status call on the progress of the requirement with Development Team which also involves end users. Using Tiara (ITSM) tool to track any kind of requests from the end users. Extensively worked on User Group/ User Management, created folder structure and also for Universes. As BO Developer, Created Universes for report generation using Designer module in Business Objects. Scheduling the reports on daily/weekly/Monthly basis to the user’s inbox. Experience in debugging DataStage (ETL) jobs to check in for the errors and warnings associated with each Job run. Responsible in debugging Ticketing issues in the production phase. Implementation of all jobs in production for all newly changed jobs to improve performance. Involved in performance tuning of jobs to get data extracts, build reports and load data before 8 am of each day for daily batch jobs. Prepare documentation for project estimates for all new developments to be done.
- 3. Attend all review meetings and explain the process of new implementations and their impact on existing systems and document back out plans for all the implementations performed. Provided production support and performed enhancement on existing multiple projects. Prepared user requirement documentation and Test cases. Project # 2: Title : BO Datavarehus (BO DWH). Client : Telenor Fiji Domain : Telecom. Duration : Sept 16, 2013 to Dec 31st 2015. Environment : BO4.1, BO XI 3.1, Windows XP, UNIX, Oracle 10g. Team size : 3 BO Datavarehus (BO DWH) is a data warehouse for Mobile chain for Norway. This system covers both corporate and private customers across several products. Mobile data warehouse will be source of all mobile data to CCDW.BO Datavarehus is purely reporting tool where all the application reports were used by users. Application users run their own and fixed reports to retrieve data on fixed line, Mobile Telephony, datacom services for residential and business customers as well as broad range of whole sale services. CCDW is a new joint Customer-Centric Data Warehouse for Norway to be established through the project Telenor Kunden and also one of the source for reporting and few other sources like Datavarehus Mobile, CCDW, Databronn etc. also plays key role in providing data to help end user to analyse their business. Roles performed: Analysed the requirements in the design phase from the source and taken up the client community for any clarifications/suggestions. Use to update internal and external SharePoint with the current status of requirement. Estimation for the newer enhancement requests. Prepared technical design documents for the new CRQs/requirement. Involved in one to one meeting with end users and onshore counterpart to freeze the requirement. Weekly Status call on the progress of the requirement with Development Team which also involves end users. Using Tiara (ITSM) tool to track any kind of requests from the end users. Provided training to end users to Cross use various functionalities of Business Objects. Designing Universes, Incorporating all the business requirements. As BI Developer, Created Universes for report generation using Designer module in Business Objects. Expertise in using Import Wizard in BO3.1 and Promotion Management in BO4.1 for taking backups of the universes to BIAR file and migrating the Universes and Reports between different environments like Dev, QA and Production. Prepared and performed test cases for BO4.1 version up gradation from BO3.1. Involved in Service pack up gradation for BO4.1 from SP1 to SP5. Prepared user requirement documentation and Test cases. Worked closely with other support teams including Database, Business Objects, Informatica Admin teams etc. Developed and presented 15 approx. tableau financial reports to client. Monitoring BO server running with optimal performance and had a control on Starting and Stopping Tomcat and BO Servers for better performance. Server maintenance on Unix box, stopping/restarting BO servers and also Tomcat servers using Unix commands. Extensively worked on User Group/ User Management, created folder structure and also for Universes. Implemented the security in CMC, created the Custom Access levels and provided access to the WEBI and reports.
- 4. Scheduling the reports on daily/weekly/Monthly basis to the user’s inbox. Project # 3: Company : Capgemini Title : Theatrical Online Business Intelligence (TOBI). Client : Warner Bros. Domain : Entertainment. Duration : Aug 15th 2011 to Aug 28th 2013. Environment : BO XI 3.1 and XI R2, Windows XP, Oracle 9i/10g. Team size : 2 The Theatrical Online Business Intelligence (TOBI) is a reporting solution for MACCS (Movie Accounting System). TOBI integrates data from each territory's MACCS and other data sources (e.g. DAISY, EIS). It Provides a One-Stop Shop for all pictures International Distribution Reporting. The primary function of this system is to provide relevant reports on the movies released in the past, contracts, titles, financial inputs on the released movies. Roles performed: Analysed requirement analysis based on blue print documents for developing universe and reports. Prepared the System Requirement Specifications Documents. Created BO Universe, resolved issues like loops and implemented solutions in the universe level. Using Remedy (ITSM) tool to track any kind of requests from the end users. Created different Web Intelligence reports as part of requirement. Implemented Row Level security to restrict the data for different countries. Used different business objects functionalities like drill down and drill up, Cross tab, Ranking, Breaks in reports, etc. Implemented Hierarchies in the universe level and developed drill reports. Provided training to end users to use various functionalities of Business Objects. Implemented all Prompt functionality at universe level to meet the user’s requirement. Scheduled the reports as per the requirement standards. Worked closely with other support teams including Database, Business Objects, Informatica Admin teams etc. Acting as one-point contact for customer. Server maintenance on windows, stopping/restarting BO servers and also Tomcat servers. Prepared technical design documents for universes and reports. Prepared user requirement documentation and Test cases for mapping and additional functionality. Implemented the security in CMC, created the Custom Access levels and provided access to the WEBI and reports. Expertise in using Import Wizard in BO3.1 for taking backups of the universes to BIAR file and migrating the Universes and Reports between different environments like Dev, QA and Production. Project # 4: Company : Capgemini Title : Sales Data Intelligence (SDI). Client : Warner Bros. Domain : Entertainment. Duration : Jan 5th 2009 to Aug 12th 2011. Environment : BO XI 3.1 and XI R2, Windows XP, Oracle 9i/10g. Team size : 2
- 5. Sales Data Intelligence (SDI) application is used by domestic theatrical distribution division of Warner Bros., to gain business value by providing easier access to information from a broad spectrum of sources for a variety of audiences (incl. ability to do ad-hoc queries) that allows the division to make better informed decisions regarding expenditures, eliminating redundant data entry and extraction/formatting activity, eliminating support and maintenance of shadow systems to build the foundation for digital distribution engagement management and to remain competitive with other distributors. WB has determined to implement and use SDI as one of their BI systems to achieve their business objectives. Roles performed: Analysed the requirements in the design phase from the source and taken up the client community for any clarifications/suggestions. Estimation for the newer enhancement requests and project schedule preparation. Resolved loops using contexts and Aliases. Using Remedy (ITSM) tool to track any kind of requests from the end users. Implemented different business objects functionalities like drill down and drill up, Cross tab, Ranking, Breaks in reports, etc. Weekly Status call on all the activities. Provided training to end users to use various functionalities of Business Objects. Developed BO Universe and Reports. Involved in Testing Reports as per the report Requirements. Prepared technical design documents for universes and reports. Prepared user requirement documentation and Test cases. Implemented the security in CMC, created the Custom Access levels and provided access to the WEBI and reports. Expertise in using Import Wizard in BO3.1 for taking backups of the universes to BIAR file and migrating the Universes and Reports between different environments like Dev, QA and Production. Server maintenance on windows, stopping/restarting BO servers and also Tomcat servers. Worked closely with other support teams including Database, Business Objects, Informatica Admin teams etc. Project # 5: Company : Capgemini Title : Morgan Stanley Investment Management(MSIM). Client : MSIM, US. Domain : Banking. Duration : March 24th 2008 to Dec 30th 2008. Environment : BO XI R2, Windows XP, Oracle 9i. Team size : 2 Morgan Stanley Investment Management, part of Morgan Stanley Project., is involved in Asset Management for different users. It serves a diverse range of markets, leveraging global scale through a local presence and maintaining focus on individual client needs. Roles performed: Analysed the requirements provided from the functional requirement documents. Created different Web Intelligence reports as part of requirement. Involved in report testing. Scheduled the reports as per the requirement standards. Resolved loops using contexts and Aliases. Review of Codes and Reports.
- 6. Send across on-time Deliverables directly to the users.
- 7. Send across on-time Deliverables directly to the users.