Large Customers Need Chargeback Models

I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of projects with a significant number of customers that have really really large systems.  At the same time, I’ve been just as lucky to be a part of projects with small systems.  There is a consistent theme in either, though.  Someone has to cough up the cash […]

Enterprise Software – Easy to Download and Install

A few weeks ago, I began digital journaling about some of the things that frustrate me about Enterprise Software. After venting a bit, I got down to the fact that Enterprise Software vendors are facing an impending dilemma. As corporate decision makers begin to ascend from those who have lived their lives with computers in […]

Semantically Speaking

My friend and fellow SAP Mentor, Ethan Jewett, and I, have had a series of good conversations.  We kicked things off with my original post on the rift between BW-types and BOBJ-types.  It caught attention and we had some great community discussion.  In the spirit of our conversation, Ethan followed that up with his thoughts […]

How to Disable the SAP BusinessObjects Explorer iOS Password

Each time a user launches SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iOS, they are prompted for an application password, as shown in this screen shot from Explorer for iOS 4.1.5 running on an iPhone 5. Although a BI 4.0 administrator can disable the password requirement for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI for iOS from the business intelligence platform, […]

SAP Updates Minimum Hardware Requirements for BI4

SAP has quietly updated the minimum hardware requirements for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 as part of the release of Support Pack 5 (SP5). Here are the minimum hardware requirements from the Support Pack 4 Product Availability Matrix (PAM): And here are the minimum hardware requirements from the Support Pack 5 Product Availability Matrix (PAM): […]

Web Intelligence Default Paper Size

Like the definition of “football” and the use of the metric system, Americans also differ from most of the world on the definition of a standard paper size. Most of the world uses a standard paper size called A4 for letters, which is why SAP has chosen that paper size as its default for SAP […]