I’ve enjoyed the pace at which SAP Lumira has come along over the last year. Like most, I’ve been chomping the bit for v1.12 to release since we got a glimpse of it at ASUG SBOUC in September. I caught a tweet today that it was out on the SAP Market Place (not yet available […]
Author: EV Technologies
Query Stripping in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1
BI4.1 introduces query stripping options for Web Intelligence reports for relational UNX universes. Previously, query stripping was only available for OLAP data sources such as Bex queries. This is a worthy addition as it will allow for many queries that were previously built to run much more efficiently. Often times queries are built by users […]
Contending With BI Disruption
You can expire tools but you can’t expire content.
BOBJ for BW: Create a BICS OLAP Connection
Create a BICS OLAP Connection using the BusinessObjects Central Management Console (CMC) At evtechnologies.com, we are starting a new blog series on getting your SAP BusinessObjects and BW environments in sync and configured for optimal reporting and query design. Previously, with BusinessObjects XI 3.1, there were limited options to deliver BW data to BusinessObjects. […]
End of an Era – I Was New Once
In a barely-related-to-BI blog post tonight, I find myself unable to NOT write about the end of an era. My first job out of college was with SBC Communications, before they dropped the “Communications”, after they changed from “Southwestern Bell”, before they changed to “ATT”, after they dropped the “ATT”. Wait…meh? I was hired into […]
State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade, September 2013
Are you ready for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1?
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 now in General Availability (GA)
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 (BI 4.1) is now Generally Available (GA).
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Support Pack 7
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Support Pack 7 is here.
Is Web Intelligence Unsafe?
Web Intelligence isn’t unsafe, but the Java runtime isn’t buying it.
Create Diagonal Lines with Sparkline Charts in SAP Dashboards
Glancing at the “Art and Backgrounds” category of components in Dashboards 4.0 or earlier versions of Xcelsius you may have noticed that there is a Rectangle, Ellipse, Horizontal, and Vertical Line components available to display on the canvas but no Diagonal Line. The first time I came across this omission was when a customer requested […]