Recently I came across a great resource that seems so relevent in this current climate. With all the uncertainty that surrounds many in our community with regards to the economy, employment, and other events that are beyond our control, how can we remain confident. Dan Sullivan has put together The "Scary Times" Success Manual wich [...]
Universe Measures – Divide and Conquer
I was recently working with a universe and attempting to calculate a ratio between two numbers and coming up with some strange results. I wanted to share this with you so you didn't waste as much time as I did trying to solve the problem. Always Returning Zero In my example, I had two measures [...]
BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Features
I haven't seen a lot of information available that talks about what's new in the release of the latest version, BusinessObjects XI 3.1, so I thought I would point out some of the highlights I've come across. You may also want read the complete What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 guide from the website. Release [...]
Multipass SQL 2.0 (Updated 2/23/2009)
So what is Multipass SQL? Multipass SQL. To calculate comparisons or to correctly calculate non-additive measures in report break rows, the query tool must break the report down into a number of simple queries that are processed separately by the DBMS. The query tool then automatically combines the results of the separate queries in an [...]
Xcelsius 2008 and Refresh On Load
Are you used to the new Xcelsius 2008 yet? The release of SP1 has definately been a big improvement. Like many others, I struggled with the new and improved Xcelsius. There were a few too many quirks for me and until the release of SP1, I went back to Xcelsius 4.5. Besides the fact that [...]