Contexts are sometimes viewed as a necessary evil in the SAP BusinessObjects universe. If you are unfamiliar with a context, it is a universe feature… Read More
Tag: Business Analytics
Transaction Logs on Sybase SQL Anywhere and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1
Dallas Marks recently posted a great primer for customers tinkering with SAP BusinessObjects BI4.1 running on the default CMS and Audit database, SQL Anywhere (see related article, Getting… Read More
VIDEO: How to Custom Group Objects in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1 SP2
I still remember the first time I found out I couldn’t group objects in Web Intelligence like I could with Desktop Intelligence (Deski). I was… Read More
Contending With BI Disruption
You can expire tools but you can’t expire content. Read More
Using Sherlock® to Track Down those Pesky Calculation Engine Changes in BI 4.1
As most of you are probably aware, SAP has released an excellent resource detailing calculation engine changes introduced in BI 4.1 with respect to various… Read More
The Mystery of the Missing Monitoring Metrics
On a melancholy Monday morning, I meandered onto my Monitoring application in SAP BI4. Much to my mortification, my monitoring metrics were missing! Mon Dieu!… Read More
Brick and Mortar BI
The masses eagerly await the BI someone else makes for them. I’m not sure a new tool will change that. Read More
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Get The Business Buy-In
Get your business users to buy in to your upgrade strategy. Read More
Semantically Speaking
My friend and fellow SAP Mentor, Ethan Jewett, and I, have had a series of good conversations. We kicked things off with my original post… Read More
Is Enterprise Software an excuse for sloppy code?
If you follow the chatter on Twitter these days, there’s a newer hashtag flying around that is gaining in popularity, #EnSW, short for Enterprise Software…. Read More