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Tag: SAP Analytics
State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade, December 2014
All roads lead to SAP BI 4.1 in 2015.
Getting Started in Analytics
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 […]
SAP HANA Viewed with OLAP inside of BI Launchpad
Inside of the SAP BI 4.x Platform there is now the ability to view analytic and calculated views from SAP HANA directly with OLAP connection. In turn, these OLAP connections can be consumed with Analysis inside of the BI launch pad. These are not your parents OLAP Connections. They are not just reserved for BW […]
SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration – 2nd Edition!
We are so pleased to announce the release of SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration 2nd Edition! The book will be available starting October 29th, 2014 on SAP-PRESS in both hardcover and ebook versions. Eric Vallo and I spent our summer months sprucing up our original book to bring it up to date with BI4.1 and all of […]
Restricting access to Views in SAP HANA for SAP Lumira
I recently got asked this by a customer of ours and it sparked the idea to put it into a blog post for those who are looking for a similar solution The blog posts and guides that I found when researching this would grant SAP Lumira access to all the views on your HANA server […]
#askSAP Community Call with Greg Myers: SAP BusinessObjects BI Strategy and Roadmap
An #askSAP Community Call for BI strategy and direction.
#askSAP BI Strategy & Roadmap Announcement – Times They are a Changin’
Earlier today, SAP made a public statement of direction for the Analytics portfolio. To some, this news might seem Earth-shattering. To others who have been following the industry for a while, today’s announcement should come as no surprise. It wasn’t lost on me that SAP chose today, September 9th, 2014 to make this announcement, when […]
Budgeting for an SAP BusinessObjects Upgrade
Upgrading any enterprise software application that is used heavily in an organization can be a frightening undertaking. Not only do you have to acquire all of the hardware, licenses, time, and people to make the upgrade happen, you also have to ensure that nothing breaks in the process. When it comes to upgrading SAP BusinessObjects […]
Dynamic Visibility with SAP Design Studio
One of the features that made me fall in love with Xcelsius (Dashboards) back in the day was the ability to easily show and hide components based on selections made in other components. Later on Xcelsius introduced the ‘Tabs’ component in 2008 and made life even easier for showing multiple components dynamically. However, I still […]