Virtualizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4

Last year I wrote a quick article about Virtualization support for BusinessObjects. Since that time, SAP has been doing a lot of testing and refinement to guidelines regarding virtualizing your BI 4 environment. Originally only advertised to a handful of attendees at Sapphire the www.sap.com/bivirtualization link has had over 1,000 views per month. This is the official guidance […]

How to Get Your Picture to Appear in Google Search Results

One of the things I love about the BusinessObjects Analytics community is the camaraderie and fun we enjoy as we help organizations improve through the use of Analytics.  Whenever I need an answer, I can quickly google search and between BOB, SCN, and my tweeps I can often find what I’m looking for.  During a recent search […]

Visual Intelligence – Resolving Start Up Issues

Enjoying Visual Intelligence?  I am.  Unfortunately however every once in a while something will go wrong.  Most of the time stopping and restarting Visual Intelligence will fix the problem but sometimes not. One error I received recently was:  Open document failed / The engine failed to start before timeout.  Restart the application.  (HDB 10005) Here […]

Take Advantage of Conference Replays!

With everyone gearing up for SapphireNow in Orlando I’d like to remind everyone to take advantage of the many conference replays that are available on varying SAP Websites. Influencer Summit http://www.sapvirtualevents.com/influencer-summit/Sessions.aspx?NavId=139 Simply login using your sap.com login. This event wasn’t that long ago, December 13-14, 2011.  There is some great content here.  I especially liked […]

FREE SAP BusinessObjects Tutorials and Training

New to the SAP BI Product Suite?  Looking for free training?  You’ve come to the right place.  SAP provides a large number of free videos and tutorials for all aspects of the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite. Here is a link for you to commit to memory… http://www.sap.com/LearnBI Here you will find several getting started tutorials […]