What is the benefit of business view and why not just use SQL?

How to run an excel report across all projects using Business Views?

We are trying to create a graph using a business view. We have verified that the SQL is working correctly. The project administrator has verified that the business view is returning the correct results. However, when I try to select the business view to use for the graph, it is does not appear for s...

The warning message "No fields for selected aggregation type" occurs when creating a Business View Graph and setting its Y-axis to "Sum Of". Any ideas?

We are getting the following error when generating reports.."The server failed to return business view data" Any ideas?

Trying to install Excel Business View add-in for v12.0 (non-admin). We still have to turn off UAC in order to install.

Attempting to generate an Analysis View - Business View Graph concerning active Defects outstanding from a Domain. My report works fine until I try to add a 7th project to the setup for the graph. I get a message popup that says "you have exceeded the maximum amount of 6 projects that be selecte...

Is there a way to reference FULL_NAME information from qcsiteadmin_db.td.users from a business view? We have a need to provide a person's full name in addition to the user name that is used throughout HP ALM for BG_RESPOSIBLE, BG_DETECTED_BY, TS_RESPONSIBLE, etc. The USERS table in each project has ...

I have tried and can get the data using a Business View Graph for Test Configurations, with X-axis as Test Name, Y-axis as count Distinct Test Status and group by Test Config Exec Status. I don't see how I can specify the data to be only for the last 2 days. Please advice.