SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP3 offers some compelling features beyond the usual bug fixes.
Author: EV Technologies
Enterprise BI is for Curmudgeons
This post is my final thought of my prior post on SAP Lumira from a few weeks back. I really hope you’ll find us talking about this over on dslayer.net soon. In my career I’ve been a Business Objects guy for going on 15 years and an IT guy for even longer. That gives me some longevity here in […]
Are you ready for Java 8?
Oracle Java 8 is coming soon to a browser near you.
Simplify Contexts Inside of SAP BusinessObjects Universes with the IDT
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 identifying a specific path for a query when certain objects are used in a SQL SELECT statement. There may be multiple paths to get to a measure and depending on […]
The SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe Connector
I feel like I rubbed a magic bottle and got my first wish. Yes, perhaps I aimed too low, but in February, I wrote about my desire to see the SAP BusinessObjects Universe exposed as a service. To my surprise, that announcement about the SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe Connector was apparently around the corner. I […]
Struggling to Manage SAP BI4 Version Management
SAP BI4 version management is one of those things that some of us have been dreaming about for a very long time. I remember many moons ago spending several hours a week cutting .biar files and checking them into a version management system for development teams. Clunky but effective. BI4 Version management has the promise […]
An SAP Lumira Server Wish List
Last week, I explained why I believed something so subtle as a release note on SAP Lumira Server connectivity within SAP Lumira v1.15 was a big deal. I also teased with a post on Enterprise BI Curmudgeons. That last part is going to have to wait because today, I want to talk about my wish list for SAP Lumira Server and anything set to follow.
Podcast: Optimizing Your Data Archiving for BI Performance
Clint describes the optimal data archiving strategy for SAP customers in a new podcast.
SAP Lumira v1.15 – A Precursor of Things to Come
Yesterday’s announcement of the availability of SAP Lumira v1.15 marks a cornerstone event in the history of the SAP BI landscape. In that announcement, it was revealed that SAP Lumira will now support connectivity to SAP Lumira Server (on premise) for publishing stories, as well as SAP Lumira Cloud. This is important because […]
Web Intelligence Hack: Updating the color palette for a single report
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 allows you to define a custom corporate color palette for use with Web Intelligence charts. To begin, modify …\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\images\VisualizationConfig.template.xml then save it as VisualizationConfig.xml in the images folder and restart the web application server (Apache Tomcat, et. al.) so the changes take effect. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <CONFIG> <!– Rename this […]