Just moments ago regulators approved the merger between the two companies. Here is the release from the associated press posted to Forbes: U.S. antitrust regulators approved SAP AG's $6.8 billion purchase of Paris-based software company Business Objects SA, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Read More I psyched about the whole Business Objects/SAP merger. I [...]
Row-level Security Trick with WebIntelligence
Can I Get Row-level Security with WebIntelligence and Still Avoid a Document Refresh? Sure! As a follow-up to my post yesterday I wanted to step back and say that normally you do want to handle row-level security from within the semantic layer. The problem is that you can't get the benefit of the speed of [...]
Row-level Security Trick with Crystal Reports
Row-level Security on Scheduled Instances Without the Use of Business Views When I realized that I could get row-level security on scheduled instances without using Business Views I thought, I have to share this with everyone. When you schedule a report, the engine retrieves all the data based on the credentials of the user running [...]
Funniest Ring Tone Ever – Nokia Dying Ringtone
I wanted to share with you the funniest ringtone of all time. It starts off like the standard Nokia ring tone but then gets slower and slower as if the battery were dying on the phone. It's hilarious and I love it. I always gets a big smile when people hear it for the first [...]
You Have To Start Somewhere
Well, I finally decided it was time to break down and set up a blog that I can get thoughts down on paper. Often at work I come across a cool technique or trick and I want to be able to share it with others and so I figured this was the best forum to [...]