In this chapter, we discussed the difference between IDT views, and we tried to get familiar with the IDT user interface. Then, we had an overview of the Universe creation process from start to end. In real-life project environments, the first step is to create a local project to hold all the related Universe resources. Then, we initiated the project by adding the main three resources that are required by each universe. These resources are data connection, Data Foundation, and Business layer. After that, we published our Universe to make it available to other Universe designers and users. This is done by publishing our data connection first and then by redirecting our foundation layer to refer to a shortcut for the shared secured published connection. At this point, we will be able to publish and share our Universe.

We also learned how to use the Universe wizard and Cheat Sheets to create a Universe.

In the next chapter, we will discuss the Data Foundation layer in more detail.