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 […]
Tag: Business Intelligence
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
VIDEO: How to Custom Group Objects in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1 SP2
I still remember the first time I found out I couldn’t group objects in Web Intelligence like I could with Desktop Intelligence (Deski). I was in a training session and another student asked the instructor where on the toolbar was the button to group dimensions. It was just assumed the functionality would be there. When […]
Contending With BI Disruption
You can expire tools but you can’t expire content.
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.
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Log Analysis – Useful Commands
Making log analysis easier with Unix commands A couple of weeks ago, I presented a webinar on the topic of analyzing logs for SAP BusinessObjects BI4. The objective for that webinar was to share my opinion of the skills and framework required for being successful at troubleshooting the BI platform with the assistance of logs. […]
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Sizing
Proper sizing is the most important step to get to SAP BusinessObjects BI4