I just got back from a recent trip to Egypt (my favorite place to visit) and although I was there to work on an excavation, I had 2 free days in Cairo. While I have visited the pyramids at Giza, Saqqara, Dashur many times, I had recently seen a YouTube ...
Read More »Saving the Planet with Squirrel365
I was recently in London, UK, at an international Biomass conference. It was attended by organizations both creating and supplying biomass fuels and those consuming them. The main biomass fuel used is compressed wood pellets made from parts of the tree that cannot be used for lumber. The wood comes ...
Read More »BusinessObjects Solid for the Next Decade and Beyond
This is usually the time of the year when people make predictions about the coming year. I have done this myself many times but, this year, I am going to make a prediction about the next 10 years. Here it is : “BusinessObjects will continue to thrive and remain the ...
Read More »Training is Key to Smooth BI 4.3 Transition
Recently I was asked to coach a team of 9 year-old boys in a recreational soccer league. I had retired from soccer coaching several years ago after my youngest daughter went to college, but the league said they would have to cancel this age group if they could not find ...
Read More »BusinessObjects Web Intelligence vs. PowerBI – The Truth from the Trenches Part 4
So, for Part 4 of this blog series, I would like to review how you can leverage BusinessObjects to enable and accelerate tools like PowerBI. There appears to be a general misunderstanding that organizations can save money by converting from BusinessObjects to PowerBI. Nothing could be further from the truth. ...
Read More »BusinessObjects Web Intelligence vs. PowerBI – The Truth from the Trenches Part 3
Well, this was supposed to only be a 2-part blog (link to Part 1 and Part 2 but there has been such an overwhelming interest and fantastic feedback on the first two parts, that I feel compelled to keep going since the topic is obviously of great interest to many. ...
Read More »BusinessObjects Web Intelligence vs. PowerBI – The Truth from the Trenches Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog, we reviewed the top 5 main differentiators between BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and PowerBI, as determined by 2 different independent BI consultants who have worked and continue to work extensively with both tools. In part 2, I asked the same two consultants to list their ...
Read More »Tech Tip: Force Full Year with Time Dimension Features
Have you ever had the need to display a full year of data on a chart … even when you don’t have actual data to display? This is what we want to display: But this is what our data displays: We used to use complicated work arounds to handle this ...
Read More »Customizing Report Content Using Input Controls and Conditional Formatting
Many business users require similar report content with minor formatting differences. Rather than create individual, customized reports for each business user the report writer can leverage input controls and conditional formatting to put the power of customization back into the hands of the business users. Below is a sample of ...
Read More »Using an Input Control to Sort in Web Intelligence
In Design mode of Web Intelligence, you can change the sort order of columns in a block. However, this option is not available in Reading mode. We can accomplish some basic sorting tasks using an input control and the steps below will detail how this is done. We’ll start off ...
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