The Risks of BI Self-Service - Risk #2
In this second installment of a six-blog serie, we are exploring risk #2 of BI self-service and how to overcome this. We are looking at how you can maintain report consistency in an environment where...
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How to Overcome BI Self-Service Risks 3 and 4
In this third installment of a blog series, we are exploring risk # 3 and 4 of BI self-service and how to overcome this. We are looking at how you can maintain report consistency in an environment...
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BI Self Service Risks 5 & 6: Security and PowerPockets
In this fourth and last installment of this blog series, we are exploring risk # 5 and 6 of BI self-service and how to overcome this. We are looking at security risk and deployment risk of creating...
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Buying Standard Xelsisus Dashboards - What Should be Included?
In this blog we look at what is required to buy standard Xcelsius dashboards off-the-shelf and implement these in your organization. In doing so, we look at some of the design features you may want to...
View ArticleMobile Flash is ‘Dead' - The Impact to Xcelsius
Adobe just announced that after releasing version 11.1.102.59 (!), it would no longer continue to develop new releases of Flash. Unfortunately, this is also how we render SAP Xcelsius dashboards. So...
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BOBJ Multi-Source Universe (MSU) Explained
The MSU allows you to link BW data and non-BW data in a universe and accessing it by many of the BusinessObjects tools. In this blog, I look at the benefits and limitations of this interface and...
View ArticleHow-to Use Cognos v8.4 and v10 on SAP BW Data
In this Blog we look at some of the options for connecting your SAP BW system to IBM’s Cognos suite of tools in their 8.4 and 10 versions. By Dr. BergCognos BackgroundCognos is a company that has...
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A Test of IPad and Android Tablets with BusinessObjects 4.0 Tools
Last wek I had my empoloyees at Comerit Labs test BI 4.0 and BOBJ tools on two mobile devices (Toshiba Thrive 10.1 on Android and the Apple Ipad2). The main purpose was to achieve an end-user...
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Using Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) in Xelsisus Dashboards
In this Blog we look at some of the options and steps of using Query as a Web Service in Xcelsius. I also take a look at the benefits and limitations of this popular interface to external data and...
View ArticleBusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP3, SP4 and SP5 - What is in them?
In the last two weeks I have been working with several clients who are experiencing performance issues in their BusinessObjects XI 3.1 environments and are looking for ways to improve this with...
View ArticleHybridProviders in BW 7.3 - Linking historical data in BWA to real-time data
By Dr. BergTo speed up query execution and also get access to ‘near-time’ and ‘real-time’ data in BW, look at the new "HybridProvider". The core idea is to link the historical data inside BWA with...
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BI 4.0 Explorer Demo of Functionality and Interface
Since I know many are still unsure what the differences are between the different BusinessObjects tools, I and my employees at ComeritLabs have built a series of blogs and movies to demo each of the...
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BI 4 - Xcelsius Demo (BOBJ Dashboards) - Functionality and Interface
In this second demo, of the BusinessObjects tools, we look at the tool now known simply as “dashboards”. This demo we take show an “annual invoice dashboard” with links to WebI and Crystal reports.By...
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BI 4.0 - WebI Step-by-Step Demo - Functionality and Interface
In this third demo, of the BusinessObjects tools, we look at the ad-hoc query tool called WebIntelligence. This demo show the development of a sales report based on SAP BW and demonstrate typical tasks...
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BI 4.0 - Analysis for OLAP Step-by-Step Demo - Functionality and Interface
In this fourth demo, of the BusinessObjects tools, we look at the web based OLAP tool called Analysis for OLAP. This five minutes demo show the use of drill-downs, conditional formatting, adding...
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BI 4.0 - The BI Launchpad Step-by-Step Demo - Functionality and Interface
In this fifth demo, of the BusinessObjects tools, we look at the BI Launchpad and provide an 11 minutes demo on features such as BI workspaces, Public folders, search, sharing reports, favorites and...
View ArticleBW 7.3 upgrade notes: Splitting stacks in BW 7.3
By Dr. BergBW 7.3 migrations always raises questions about the Java-ABAP stack. Here are some quick notes:While ‘double stack’ upgrades are still possible, SAP NetWeaver Java 7.3 is now included with...
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Dashboards in HTML-5 and the Zen the BEx Web Application Designer Killer
As many know, Flash for mobile devices are “dead” and Adobe has announced that after releasing version 11.1 it would no longer continue to develop new releases for mobile (that is how SAP render...
View ArticleNew HANA Introduction book from SAP Press
There are very little in-terms of practical published material on HANA, except for some training books and some PowerPoint and blogs. However, this is about to change with the new HANA Introduction...
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A Look at The SAP HANA Hardware: Our Install is Complete
As I mentioned in my last blog, Penny Silva and I are working with IBM Labs, ComeritLabs and SAP press on developing a new text book for HANA.In the process we are building a complete HANA system with...
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