Posts tagged "SAP BusinessObjects 4.0"
Creating Scorecards in BusinessObjects Mobile
The BusinessObjects Mobile iPad app provides the ability to display normal Web Intelligence report tables as scorecards featuring microcharts or trend icons. The report developer can enable this scorecard functionality by adding a special formula to the report block. Let’s take a look at an example to see how this is done. Suppose you have [...]
Continue reading...Advanced BusinessObjects Mobile Reporting Tactics: Embedding Images
Thursday, April 12, 2012
With Mobile BI being the latest craze and most likely being the new norm, we will need to work to make sure that we continue to innovate and be creative in our report creation to keep end users happy. One quick tactic is to spice up your report by adding images into blank cells above or below your charts and tables or directly into table cells on your report.
Continue reading...Formatting Reports for BusinessObjects Mobile
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Although you can view any Web Intelligence report using the BusinessObjects Mobile iPad app, for the best user experience there are some simple rules to follow when creating your report. To help understand these rules, it helps to know how reports are rendered on the iPad. If the document has only one report part [...]
Continue reading...Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Mobile
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
In the age of the smartphone, mobile reporting is the future of Business Intelligence. And in BusinessObjects 4.0, SAP is making a strong push to provide a more complete mobile experience. This experience starts with two apps available now for iPhones and iPads: SAP BusinessObjects Mobile and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (iPad Only) [...]
Continue reading...Importing Content in BusinessObjects 4.0
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 introduces a new tool for importing content called the Upgrade Management Tool. This replaces the old Import Wizard from previous versions and takes a huge step forward in usability. Using this tool, you can do a Complete Upgrade to import all of the content from an existing BusinessObjects system, or an Incremental [...]
Continue reading...Tips for Configuring Active Directory and SSO in BusinessObjects 4.0
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Big changes to the BusinessObjects platform in the 4.0 release mean big changes to the way we configure things, too. I spent some time last week setting up Active Directory authentication and Single Sign On for a client and found some key differences in the process compared to BusinessObjects 3.1. In the past I always [...]
Continue reading...Exploring 4.0: BI Launchpad
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The new and improved version of InfoView will be available with the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 release and will now be known as BI Launchpad. The learning curve for XI R2 and XI 3.x users will be a small one and the new features and updates will be guaranteed to outweigh any training needs that may come up. Here are some of the key additions and changes to the newly named BI Launchpad.
Continue reading...SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0 Ramp-up and Analysis!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
As an SAP BusinessObjects Channel Partner, we have been given the privilege and opportunity to engage in a pre-release version of the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0 product stack for evaluation purposes. This is a very exciting time for us here at Altek Solutions as our Center of Excellence has already installed the software and is in the process of analyzing and evaluating the new features that 4.0 has to offer. Be sure to come back often to view any news that we put out regarding the 4.0 release, but to start here are a few things that stick out from what we have found thus far!
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- Release of a new SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards/Xcelsius add-on component
- SAP BusinessObjects universe and report development for a financial services company
- Creation of a custom SAP BusinessObjects CBT program to provide training to end users
- Student and faculty performance analysis and benchmarking for a K-12 school district
- Development of a custom SAP BusinessObjects extranet, data warehouse, universes, reports and dashboards for a statewide Poison Center
- Claims analysis and reporting for a professional liability insurance company
- Migration from SAP BusinessObjects XIR3 to SAP BI4 for an insurance company
- Inventory and sell-through analysis for a consumers goods manufacturing company
- Sales data mart, reports and dashboards for a mid-market manufacturing company
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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