Tip : How to use System Configurations A system configuration defines a set of datastore configurations that can be used at job runtime. System configurations are used to execute the same logic against different datastore environments. Migration is faster between environments. Steps: Right click an existing data store and click ...
Read More »Tech Tip: Sometimes just because you can…The IDT Lemming Rule
Sometimes just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Although sometimes it pays to break that rule, in many cases it is the one rule that we pass on to our kids that we most hope they follow. And so, it follows that maybe it was the one rule our ...
Read More »How to unblock Adobe Flash on Chrome
You might have noticed that since Chrome’s last update you are now unable to use Adobe Flash. However, there is a way to unblock Flash on Chrome. To unblock Flash from Google Chrome, follow these steps: Open the menu in chrome, select Settings, scroll to the bottom of the page and ...
Read More »Tech Tip: Dashboard Design Like a Pro Using Design Software
I have been designing dashboards with Xcelsius and Custom Code (HTML5) the past couple of years and I wanted to share how you can design dashboards like a pro. Personally, I am an advocate for designing dashboards with Adobe Illustrator. I found it the easiest to learn. You can choose ...
Read More »The end of support for SAP Products on Windows 2008
Have you been forced to buy a new cell phone because there are no new app updates available? And whenever you see someone else’s phones, they operate faster than yours does and have all the latest features? The average life of a handset in the U.S. is about 21 months, ...
Read More »The BusinessObjects Hell Freezes Over Tour
Twenty-five years ago on July 13, 1994 I went to see the legendary band, The Eagles, play at the old Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The Tour was called the Hell Freezes Over Tour, since the band had broken up many years before they said they would only ever play together ...
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 ...
Read More »Tech Tip: Controlling Break Dimension Using Input Control
In this tech tip, you will learn how to dynamically switch a break dimension using an input control. We will start with a cross table that was created in the Alternate Break Value Highlighting tech tip, but you can substitute any 2 dimensions you would like to work with. This ...
Read More »Tech Tip: How to Use Chart Ranking with Dynamic Visualization in Xcelsius (SAP Dashboards)
Tip: How to use Chart Ranking with Dynamic Visualization in Xcelsius (SAP Dashboards) Trick: Creating Dynamic Visualization that works with Chart Ranking Are you wanting the dynamic visibility to work with the values corresponding rank on a chart? This can actually be achieved in a couple simple steps and excel ...
Read More »Tech Tip: Alternate Break Value Highlighting
While the built in alternate row shading is nice to shade every other row or a set a pattern of rows, what if you wanted to shade rows based on a variable number of rows in a break? We can accomplish this by using a variable and a conditional formatting ...
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