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Preview of Dashboards on the iPad

Here is a quick preview video of dashboards running on the iPad using HTML5.  We should see this functionality available by end of 2012.  I think it looks pretty good so far. Xcelsius on iPad Preview...

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New 90-day free trial to SAP Visual Intelligence

It’s New! It’s Cool! It’s Wow! It’s like two aspirin for that DeskI hangover! … and it’s available FREE for 90 days! 11/12 UPDATE:  This was a limited time offer.  The free trial is now 30 days. SAP...

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Dynamic Data Provider within BusinessObjects v4.0

As customers migrate from the classic Business Views one feature missing from the new Information Design Tool is a straight-forward dynamic data connection option when defining connections.  In fact,...

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Building a Predictive Model

Last year SAP launched a new predictive solution for the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform.  Prior to 2012, SAP had partnered with SPSS to provide predictive functionality; however once...

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Using Explorer and Visual Intelligence with SAP BW

This is a quick post to let you know that there is an excellent whitepaper available which explains everything you need to know about leveraging Explorer and Visual Intelligence with SAP BW....

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BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP6 full build available…

I was reviewing my SAP Support Portal Newsletter after returning from vacation and discovered that SAP has released SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Service Pack 06 – Full Build.  I really wasn’t...

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ENTICE Users with Interactive Dashboards that work…

I was delighted to see yet another extremely informative webinar from Antivia.  They partnered together with FedEx to deliver a compelling webinar that discusses how organizations can use dashboards to...

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HANA continues momentum in Utilities…

I believe HANA represents the most significant innovation in SAP’s history.  A year ago I wrote  a quick summary of some of the key value points that HANA brings to an organization and I focused...

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Migrating BEx-based Information Spaces to BusinessObjects 4.0

Sometimes in software it can feel that you take two steps forward and one step back. One example of this is with BEx-based Explorer Information Spaces when migrating from XI 3.1 to BO 4.0. In 4.0, SAP...

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SAP Discusses Latest BI Roadmap

Yesterday, many SAP BusinessObjects customers, mentors, partners and even a few competitors listened in as Steve Lucas as he unveiled SAP’s bold, new analytics strategy.  The twittersphere as active...

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Upgrading to SAP BusinessObjects 4.1

  Don’t Miss Out! There is an excellent Technical Webinar Series happening right now: Upgrading to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 These sessions started back in July and have been an...

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Visual Intelligence – Resolving Start Up Issues

Enjoying Visual Intelligence?  I am.  Unfortunately however every once in a while something will go wrong.  Most of the time stopping and restarting Visual Intelligence will fix the problem but...

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Lumira | Predictive Analysis Troubleshooting: Hangs on the splash screen when...

I recently discovered an issue when leveraging both Lumira and Predictive Analysis 1.18 and it took me a while to debug the issue and so I wanted to share those results with you. The version of...

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Lumira 1.29 – Data Blending Comes of Age

Lumira recently introduced a new concept called Blending.  Blending allows Analytics to allow data from multiple datasets or fact tables to be displayed across a common dimension.  This was a critical...

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No Better Time to Upgrade to BI 4.2

If you are one of the SAP customers who is still running BusinessObjects XI 3.1, I would urge you to add an upgrade to BusinessObjects 4.2 into your immediate plans for 2017.  Although SAP has extended...

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