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 Somewhere with Sybase SQL Anywhere and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1). He uncovered great information for getting acquainted with SQL Anywhere, querying it, scaling it for a multi-node cluster and more. […]

Demolition Derby, Part 1: Derby, maybe?

If you’ve been following the developments in the BI4 world over the last year, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed the long-awaited and much needed addition of the Monitoring engine. For years I used to jibe SAP about how BOBJ was really designed as a stand-alone, small use application. BI4 is the first major step towards a truly “enterprise” application. The monitoring engine is some good evidence of this. Where system administrators used to be blind to internal operations of BI platform, we now have unprecedented visibility.