Using time is one of the most important ways to analyze information. Each day, week, month and year is unique and can best be understood within it’s specific context. In my last post, we showed how you can use the Semantic Layer to create time-based filters. Today we are going to discuss Time Specific Measures. […]
Category Archives: BI Platform
Supercharge Your Universe with Time-Series Analysis – Part 1
To some degree or another, as we close out the year, we will all reflect on 2009 and what has been accomplished. There are always things we might have done better, but looking at things over the time helps to put them in perspective– both in life and in business. This is the first in […]
Where Are You Coming From?
Have you ever been confused by directions or road signs? Sometimes information doesn’t bring clarity. Hopefully this blog will bring some clarify to potential issues you might encounter in your upgrade to SP2. I can’t believe this is my 4th post about the subject. Issues When Moving From Fix Pack 1.6+ to SP2 I made […]
XI3.1 SP2 Installation Issues Addressed in Re-Release
Over the last several months, we’ve worked to make customers aware of one of the major issues with the latest upgrade within the XI 3.1 product stack. The main issue has been that the upgrade is simply too slow. Way too slow. I knew that the SAP BusinessObjects product development team has been working on […]
BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2 Upgrade Update
I wanted to write a quick follow-up post to the one I posted earlier about the BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2 install. Now that I’ve done several I wanted to give you some additional heads up on some things. This is what I’ve learned: Be Careful of Language Packs The install can take a long time […]