I’ve just begun on one of those “these don’t come around often enough for me” projects. I’m working with a customer that is a net new, SAP BusinessObjects customer. No SAP ERP. No SAP CRM. No SAP HANA (yet). Just pure analytics on agnostic data. We’re very early into this project. However, I feel like […]
Category: Enterprise Information Management
Analyze and Visualize Data with the Information Design Tool
Often I am asked by BusinessObjects customers whether it is worth the time to upgrade a universe from the traditional (UNV) Universe to the newer (UNX) universe. Since BI4 supports both the new and legacy universes, it does give you the option to stay with what you’ve known and with what you are most comfortable […]
Podcast: Optimizing Your Data Archiving for BI Performance
Clint describes the optimal data archiving strategy for SAP customers in a new podcast.
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.
Shared SAP EIM and SAP BusinessObjects Servers – Good, Bad, or Ugly?
Combining BI and EIM into a single landscape is not recommended.
Scheduling Data Integrator Jobs in Business Objects
In my last post I took a gander at the coolness that is the Program Job Server (PGS). I also hinted at the fact that you could leverage this server to improve your scheduling of Data Integator (DI) jobs. I really didn’t want to leave you hanging on that thread. Let’s take a look at how you can leverage the SAP Business Objects PGS to incorporate your DI jobs into your job flows.