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Exploring with OnDemand.com
Last week I signed up with an account at ondemand.com, a “software-as-a-service” offering from SAP BusinessObjects. I wanted to play around with Explorer for a bit, and we don’t yet have that product...
View ArticleExploring with OnDemand.com Part II
A few days ago I posted about my initial experiences with OnDemand.com, the software-as-a-service offering from SAP BusinessObjects. One of my frustrations was I was not able to compare year-to-year...
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Delivery Versus Discovery
Not too long ago I got (yet another) flowchart from SAP that attempts to help me decide when to use a particular tool. SAP has the rather unenviable position of having to complete the integration...
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SAPPHIRE 2011 Wednesday Keynote – HANA, HANA, and More HANA
Author Note: I realize that SAPPHIRE is old news by now, but I felt this post still had enough to offer that I would finish and publish it. As a technical guy myself, I tend to prefer the SAP Business...
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Still More HANA: Report from DFW ASUG Chapter Meeting
A few weeks ago I attended the quarterly meeting for the Dallas/Fort Worth ASUG chapter. I didn’t get to stay for the entire day, but I did get to hear the keynote by Dr. Jeffrey Word about HANA. The...
View ArticleHANA – By Any Other Name
There has been some confusion around HANA the product, but also around HANA the name. Originally it was an acronym, but it isn’t anymore as detailed in this blog from SCN that clarifies just what HANA...
View ArticleHANA Like An iPod? More Like A Digital Camera…
Timo Elliott published a great blog post this morning: Why In-Memory Analytics is Like Digital Photography: An Industry Transformation Timo is an avid photographer as well as a BI evangelist, and in...
View ArticleWeb Intelligence on iPad – Not Ready For Prime Time Yet
Earlier this year I got to see Web Intelligence 4.0 documents on an iPad. It was one of my few tweet-worthy nuggets that I shared from the BI 4.0 launch event. A few weeks ago I started building out...
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Why Context Matters: Blizzard Is More Than Weather
I was checking the weather this morning and noticed that weather.com now offers a social media component to their web site. It seems that if I am so inclined, I can see what other folks in my area are...
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BI4 UNV Versus UNX … Which Do You Choose?
When SAP released BI4 several years ago it featured a major upgrade to one of the core technologies used by Business Objects since the beginning of the company: the universe. What does this mean for...
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Yes, Virginia, You Can Switch a Multi-Source Universe Back to Single Source
What’s the first decision you have to make when creating a new universe with the Information Design Tool (IDT)? You have to specify if you want a single-source or multi-source data foundation. Once...
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Downgrading from Multi-Source to Single Source
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had found a way to “downgrade” a multi-sourced universe to a single-source. I wanted to create a beautiful blog post with screen shots to walk everyone through the...
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“Working As Designed”
Those three little words: “Working as designed.” I hate them. I don’t know why it took me so long to experience this, as I found this topic on BOB that brought the issue to light years ago. That being...
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