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Hello again to all you branding fans. This is Blog number two on branding in SAP BW. The first was on BEx templates which can be found here As I mentioned before, branding in some organisations is very important and should not be underestimated. In my...
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Although by Oracle’s own admission the write-back facility in OBIEE is not designed to be data entry tool, it is one of those features that are hard to ignore for long if you are intent on exploring the full capabilities of the software. However, hearsay...
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How many of you SAP BW Developers have given swish demos to business users, with all the functionality they could wish for, only for them to turn around and state that the branding is not correct and that it doesn't have the right company look and...
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Background This blog describes how to create a custom Web Dynpro Tree component based on an InfoObject hierarchy. The tree will use a recursive context node to configure its size at runtime. This will have the benefit that the Web Dynpro tree reflects...
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When friends and family ask me 'what do you do?', the phrase Business Intelligence often goes little way to answering their question. I can talk about performance management, dashboards, scorecards, budgeting, planning, forecasting...only to be...
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It is always exciting to see an industry gain critical mass. As it grows beyond what Malcolm Gladwell calls 'The Tipping Point' , interest, growth and adoption suddenly explode. Business Intelligence is at or about that point - commercially this...
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Spreadsheets are ubiquitous, perhaps the most used application in the workplace for a large majority of people and definitely not going away. However sometimes they can also be, well, dangerous and secretly costing you plenty of cash so it is worth looking...
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SharePoint 2007 can be less than pleasant to fix if there are problems, and as I found out recently.. the quality of your backups can never be underestimated. The Central Admin panel offers a good solution for backing up your farm, and can be accessed...
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Following on from my previous post on using a structured project management methodology I want to now cover some of the important tips I have picked up managing SAP BI projects. Users must come first; any new solution must be used or it is both useless...
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So, the markets have closed on Decision-Day in the US and the Nasdaq has seen a six day rally with double-digit growth during the week. As poles indicate a strong likelihood of a White House win for Obama the markets are playing to what looks like a less...
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I know, I had you at structured project management! Firstly apologies for the dull sounding title but I have recently delivered a successful SAP BI project using a structured project management methodology and thought that over a series of two blogs I...
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Following on from my last blog , I thought I would demonstrate another very practical use of joining a table to an Essbase cube. Essbase cubes designed for maximum performance and minimum size will not usually have what one might call a ‘full’ time dimension...
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I don't understand why this was ever removed from the default SQL installation, but because I don’t think enough people know about this little tool, I'm going to blog about it. I’ve been using SQL 2005 Service Manager (also 2008) for a while now...
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If (like me) you are a bit anal about naming conventions, and like to have all your databases/solution files/mp3s neatly organised. You won’t like the default installation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 at all, see below: Even...
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If you belong to a mid-market company you may feel a little hard done by when it comes to selecting an effective Business Intelligence platform, after all they have the same problems as larger customers face but the BI packages available are often either;...
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