What's changing with SAP BusinessObjects BI Tools in 4.1?
With their recent upgrade to SAP BusinessObject BI 4.1 SP1, Dr. Berg and the ComeritLabs team are now testing out the new features of SAP BusinessObjects tools. Join our online chat with them on...
View ArticleEmerging best practices for SAP BW HANA data modeling & reporting: Q&A with...
The SAP HANA data model is still evolving. What’s in store for InfoCubes, and what’s the status of the LSA architecture? In the future, will we see more reporting directly from SAP ERP on SAP HANA?...
View ArticleThe Many Changing Use Cases for SAP HANA (An Interview with Dr. Berg)
From MRI image processing to water pollution abatement, customers continue to find new and intriguing uses for SAP's new technology. In this interview, Dr. Berg discusses some of the more unique SAP...
View ArticleDr. Bjarne Berg: Sizing BW on HANA
Listen in as Dr. Bjarne Berg provides a preview to the presentation he is giving at BI 2013, "Strategies for budgeting, planning, and sizing your SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA project." (More details at...
View ArticleDr. Berg on upgrading to BW 7.3
Listen in on Dr. Bjarne Berg;s recent podcast with BI Expert's Scott Wallask about the "inevitable" move to 7.3. In this preview of Dr. Berg's BI 2012 session in Milan in June, Dr. Berg highlights the...
View ArticleWhat to Expect in SAP BI for 2013: Dr. Berg on HANA & BusinessObjects, and...
Dr. Bjarne Berg shares his thoughts on data processing, what HANA means for BusinessObjects customers, and his 5-year outlook for BW. Listen in as Berg also addresses how Oracle's Exalytics and HANA...
View ArticleReal HANA Performance Test Benchmarks
Over the last 8 months I have been working with a team of people to move a very large SAP BW system to HANA. Overall we moved data into a 15TB BW on HANA environment and tested almost 100 of the most...
View ArticleHANA Training Video Step-by-Step
In this HANA Training Video blog we explore how to add tables in HANA, how to load data using BOBJ DataServices, how to build attribute and analytics views, how to build an information space and deploy...
View ArticleBOBJ BI Suite 4.1 - Upgrade Experience and New Features
Recently ComeritLabs updated one of our servers running the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 suite to BI 4.1 SP1. This update to the application suite provides enhancements with the System...
View ArticleUpgrading SAP BI: Features of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1
We just finished updating our BI 4.0 server to Dashboards 4.1 to assess its new functionality. The update to Dashboards provides some enhancements for support on mobile devices as well as improved...
View ArticleBI 4.1 and BusinessObjects Analysis - What Is New
My team and I have been using BI 4.1 for about 2 months. In that time, we’ve had a chance to test some of the exciting new features of BI 4.1. Today we’re going to tell you about the changes and new...
View ArticleWhat's New in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
At ComeritLabs, we have upgraded and been using BI 4.1 for the last eight weeks. In that time, my team of developers and I have had a chance to test some of the new features of WebI. In this blog we...
View ArticleDemo: SAP HANA, 426 million rows and BusinessObject tools
In this blog we look at a demo of SAP BusinessObjects on HANA with 426 million rows and a BI Workspace with 3 Dashbaords, WebI, Analysis and Crystal Reports. By Dr. Bergh2>IntroductionThis spring I...
View Article5 Key Steps on How to Move BW to SAP HANA
In This video blog we look at five steps that helps you automate many of the tasks of moving SAP BW to HANA, including sizing, pre-checks, cleanup, ETL automated checks and HANA migration options. By...
View ArticleSAP BW to HANA Migration ABAP Diagnostic Tool
Many experienced developers are not aware that moving BW to HANA can in some cases result in slower transformations during data loads. Thankfully, SAP is providing a tool to identify areas in your ABAP...
View ArticleHow to Automate HANA Sizing for SAP BW
SAP has released an ABAP based tool that generates a report significantly better for sizing than using just the SAP QuickSizer. This program takes into consideration existing database compression,...
View Article76 steps in a BW to HANA migration Workplan
Many organizations are planning to move BW to to HANA and is looking for information on how to do this. In this blog we take a look at some of the major tasks you should consider when moving BW to...
View ArticleNew Tools for Managing Large Tables in HANA and for SAP BW on HANA
In a 'scale-out' environment of SAP HANA, there may be many servers with InfoCubes and DSOs. Some of these can be so very large and accessed so very frequently that it can lead to bottlenecks, even...
View ArticleSAP NetWeaver DBA Cockpit for HANA - an Introduction
Many do not know that there is a SAP NetWeaver DBA Cockpit for HANA that is integrated and which provides performance and system information in the BW interface. In this blog we take a quick look at...
View ArticleSAP ERP on HANA - Is SAP BW Dead?
On Jan 10th, SAP Announced that SAP ERP can run on the in-Memory Platform called HANA. What does that mean to BW? Is data warehousing dead? Can we simply Report on ERP instead and skip data movement,...
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