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LabVantage offers Sapphire™ training in our training centers in Bridgewater, NJ, USA, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK and Kolkata, India. Proper training is essential to employee productivity, and hands-on training is the best way to learn how to maximize the use of Sapphire. You may register online, or please feel free to contact the nearest training center for more information, including pricing and availability.

We are excited to offer a new approach to training. "Sapphire Certification" is now an option. "Introduction to Sapphire" and "Basic Sapphire Administration" are the first in a series of certification classes that are currently available at this time. Passing multiple course exams will allow you to become "Sapphire Certified" in the Levels defined below (classes may be taken without choosing to take the certification exam):

Sapphire Certified System Administrator
  Introduction to Sapphire
  Basic Sapphire Administration
  Sapphire "Core" (Installation – Upgrading – Clustering)

Sapphire Certified Solutions Developer
  Introduction to Sapphire
  Advanced Evergreen
  Stability
  BioBanking
  Workflow Development & Troubleshooting

Sapphire Certified Expert
  Introduction to Sapphire
  Basic Sapphire Administration
  Advanced Evergreen
  Stability
  BioBanking
  Database Definition Toolkit (DDT) and Sapphire Databases
  Workflow Development & Troubleshooting
  Sapphire "Core" (Installation – Upgrading – Clustering)
  Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning

Intro110 - Introduction to Sapphire  
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This course will introduce the student to the components of Sapphire and allow them to work in Sapphire’s "Out of the Box" environment. It will provide the foundation as the entry level for all certification levels. Topics include starting, closing, and verifying components of Sapphire including Jaguar application server, the browser, Evergreen and the Sapphire Console (the web application interface for Sapphire Database installation/maintenance). Familiarity within each of these areas, including navigation, terminology and their interrelationships. The student will learn the Sapphire database structure in terms of its tables, columns, rows and links and will be able to use Sapphire's "Out of the Box" features. Students taking this course do not need to have any previous knowledge of a programming language or database experience. All materials will be provided during the training.

  Level: Introductory
  Length: 3 days course with optional Certification Exam
  Prerequisites: None

  US: May 28 - 30, 2008
US: September 23 - 25, 2008


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Admin120 - Basic Sapphire Administration  
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An introduction to the fundamental administrative issues involved in developing, implementing and maintaining the Sapphire environment. This course is primarily designed for those who will be involved with developing and/or maintaining the Sapphire environment. Topics to be covered include: Adding Users and Roles, Creating and Extending Sapphire Data Collection's (SDC), Creating Approval Types, Detection and Specification Limits, Workitems, Creating Parameters and Parameter Lists, Modifying the Site Map, Creating and modifying Maintenance and List Pages and adding them to the site map, adding actions and Javascript to buttons, creating queries and adding search criteria to pages. Students taking this course should have completed the "Introduction to Sapphire" course or have prior database experience. All materials will be provided during the training.

  Level: Introductory
  Length: 3 days course with optional Certification Exam
  Prerequisites: If taking this course for certification, a successful completion of Intro 110 is required. If no certification is desired, some database knowledge and database familiarity is suggested.

  US: February 26 - 28, 2008
US: July 15 - 17, 2008
US: November 5 - 7, 2008

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Evrgrn210 - Advanced Evergreen  
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This course will introduce the Sapphire Developer to some of the more advanced configuration options available within Sapphire's EvergreenT Web Page Designer. This course will require writing bits of JSP code, as well as making some JavaScript modifications. Some of the topics included are; creating a simple custom page type, creating a custom layout, configuring dynamic lookup pages, configuring the detailmaint element and linkedsdimaint element, as well as using database nested selects.

  Level: Advanced
  Length: 3 days course with optional Certification Exam
  Prerequisites: Students taking this course are required to have successfully completed the Basic Sapphire Admin class. Sapphire configuration experience and prior programming knowledge are suggested. All materials will be provided during the training.

  US: August 12 - 14, 2008
US: December 9 - 11, 2008

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BO110 - Business Object Desktop Intelligence XI Release 2 Basic Reporting NEW!
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This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach Desktop Intelligence XI R2 basic reporting concepts. Topics to be covered include data warehousing concepts, Desktop Intelligence data sources and providers, creating reports and charts, building queries, formatting techniques, using the Slice and Dice panel, sorting and filtering, creating drill-down reports, using new Find functionality, creating and applying alerters. This class is designed for both technical and non-technical business analysts working in a business environment who require access to information contained in a data warehouse to generate a variety of reports and graphs utilizing the Desktop Intelligence Basic Reporting tools.

  Level: Introductory
  Length: 2 days course
  Prerequisites: None

  US: June 10 - 11, 2008

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BO120 - Business Object Desktop Intelligence XI Release 2 Advanced Reporting NEW!
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This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach Desktop Intelligence advanced reporting concepts. Topics to be covered include advanced query features, sub-queries, combination queries, hierarchies, outlining, managing filters, inserting special fields, and conditional reporting. This class is designed for both technical and non-technical business analysts working in a business environment who require access to information contained in a data warehouse to generate a variety of reports and graphs utilizing Desktop Intelligence Advanced Reporting tools.

  Level: Advanced
  Length: 2 days course
  Prerequisites: Students taking this course are required to have successfully completed the Business Object Desktop Intelligence XI Release 2 Basic Reporting.

  US: June 12 - 13, 2008

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BO115 - Business Object XI Release 2 Designer Training NEW!
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This class is a combination of instructor-led lecture, discussions, and demonstrations with a heavy emphasis on hands-on workshops to teach Business Objects XI R2 basic Designer concepts. Topics to be covered include universe creation, creating database connections, joins, classes and objects, hierarchies, loop resolution, contexts, table aliases, aggregate awareness, viewing table keys, creating predefined conditions, restrictions, universe maintenance, and universe distribution/documentation. This class is designed for technical analysts who are required to create the Business Objects XI R2 semantic layer as an interface to the data in a data warehouse, data mart, or database.

  Level: Advanced
  Length: 2 days course
  Prerequisites: Students taking this course are required to have successfully completed the Business Object Desktop Intelligence XI Release 2 Basic Reporting.

  US: March 13 - 14, 2008

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