SAP BusinessObjects Wants Your Input! The SAP BusinessObjects Product team is looking for your input! In less than two months, SAP BusinessObjects Users from around the world will be decending on Dallas Texas for the annual SAP BusinessObjects User Conference. This year, the SAP BusinessObjects is introducing the concept of a product council, where you [...]
Sets Integrated into the Semantic Layer
On August 5, 2009, the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center announced a prototype for moving Sets Technology directly into the Semantic Layer. Potential Future of Sets Since the EOL announcement of BusinessObjects Performance Manager and two of the three analytic engines, Process Analysis and Predictive Analysis, there has been an ongoing question on the future of [...]
Cool Xcelsius Dashboards and Where to Find Them
They've Got Style I continue to be amazed by the dashboards being developed by our customers and partners to meet on going business needs. Across every industry and every organization, regardless of size, companies are able to consolidate information into a single, interactive dashboard view. Customers constantly ask me for examples of what other organizations [...]
Business Intelligence Business Requirements and the BI Portfolio
Memorial Day was a great day to reflect on the sacrifices of so many for the freedoms and liberties will all enjoy. Thank you veterans!! After attending a local Memorial Day Rememberance and Celebration, I spent some time cleaning my office and I came across an excellent article which I wanted to pass along. So [...]
Some controls on this presentation can’t be activated – Xcelsius! Help!
At SAP BusinessObjects I work in the role of a Solution Advisor and I have a collection of Xcelsius dashboard examples. I also receive new Xcelsius models from my colleagues from time to time. Several months ago I ran across a strange problem with my Xcelsius powerpoints. When I moved documents from one machine to [...]