Fun at Reporting and Analytics 2010 in Orlando
Sitting here at R&A 2010, it is great to see a lot of attendees and a fantastic venue. For the first time we are next door to the Magic Kingdom, inside Disney World, with a monorail system running...
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A Picture Guide to SAP Dashboard Tools
I just finished delivering 3 sessions and 6 hours of material on how to pick the Dashboard tool that is right for an organization.After an additional 15 more demos at the Reporting and Analytics...
View ArticleBW 7.3 Feature map
By Dr. BergI was recently asked by a client to put together a map of major new features in the last four versions of SAP Business Warehouse, so that he could make the decision if he wanted to upgrade...
View ArticleMajor BI tools available in the market - comparing Oracle-SAP-IBM and others
by Dr. BergThere seems to be a real confusion about the different BI tool categories and why SAP has so many types of tools. There is a lack of understanding of what Managed Query Environment (MQE),...
View ArticleTips on implementing BW-Accelerator (BWA)
All SAP teams want their solutions to run as quickly and efficiently as possible. When it comes to SAP NetWeaver BW performance, there is a solution that can help make this happen: SAP NetWeaver BW...
View ArticleTop-10 BI 7.x performance tuning tips
By Dr. BergTOP-10 BI 7.x Performance Tuning TricksLately my team and I has been working on performance tuning efforts for BI7.x customers. Much of the performance issues are due to technical...
View ArticleMore BI7.x Performance Tips and Tricks
By Dr. BergIn this second installement of a blog serie on performance tuning, I want to share some of the observations we discussed in the on-line BI performance Q&A today at SAP Insider Forum. We...
View ArticleThe Need for SAP BWA
By Dr. BergYesterday, my ten year old kid bought a 64GB RAM Apple gizmo. A gizmo that has more memory than many of the BI application severs leveraged by large companies. Why is that?Google does not...
View ArticleTop 10 Transactions for BWA Management
By. Dr. BergBW-Accelerator is no-longer a technology toddler. It has reached school age and many of the childhood limitations are no longer present. Actually, it can now deliver on many of the...
View ArticleBPC on BW - is it ready for prime-time?
By: Dr. BergIn 2007 SAP acquired the planning software company called OutlookSoft. This was a boutique vendor with a growing customer base that wanted an alternative to the myriad of planning tools...
View ArticleSAP BPC for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
By: Dr. BergGlobal Reporting Standards and the USAs the world merges into a logical unit (yes it is happening), multinational companies are paying an increasing costs of BI systems that have to submit...
View ArticleThe Road to HANA
By Dr. BergHANA is creating a 'buzz' in the SAP world and beyond. The idea of gradually transitioning to in-memory processing for transaction processing as well as BI is compelling. But what HANA...
View ArticleBOBJ Analysis is here - is BEx Dead yet?
By Dr. BergIs "Voyager"->"Pioneer"-"Advanced Analysis"->"Analysis" Here?Yes, after having 4 names in 19 months, Analysis has finally arrived and it is the replacement for most of the BEx...
View ArticleA BW 7.3 Upgrade this Summer?
By Dr. BergI know there are rumors that SAP will delay the 7.3 release of BW that is planned for May 30th, 2011. That would be a shame.Why consider BW 7.3?The much awaited 7.2 release was cancelled in...
View ArticleThe HANA facts from the floor of ASUG/Sapphire 2011
By Dr. BergSapphire/ASUG annual conference 2011 in Orlando is almost over. So what is the key buzz? Hana, Hana and Hana... It has been all about in-memory processing.Let us look at a few details that...
View ArticleWebI Query Stripping - Keeping Current in the XI 3.1 and BI 4.0 Environments
By Dr. BergKeeping current with Fix-Packs and SupportPacks for SAP BusinessObjects XI-3.1 has been a challenge for many companies. Some are simply waiting for BI-4.0 and have given up keeping their...
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Outsourcing BW and BI - When Does it Make Sense?
By Dr. Berg This fall in Las Vegas, I will be speaking at the new SAP outsourcing Conference (Nov -2-4).. Unfortunately, too many companies I work...
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The Four Approaches to Implementing Standard BI Solutions
Over the last decade, SAP has offered a packaged enterprise data warehouse (BW) and BI solutions for your ERP system. Today, many customers are looking at ways to implement these and newer tools....
View ArticleBW 7.3 News from BI at Amsterdam
By Dr. BergI just finished a session on how to do a BW 7.3 upgrade at the BI conference in Amsterdam (download your copy at SAP Insider), and had a lot of great questions. In this blog, I will address...
View ArticleXcelsius Step-By-Step: using Query as a web Service (QaaWs)
By Dr. BergA few years back, I saw a great presentation by Joerg Boeke that covered QaaWs and decided to give it a try -- and it worked!! In this blog and will cover the steps so that you can also...
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