Better BI, SAP 4.3 Preview and Simpler Migration with Red Olive and InfoSol – Virtual Event – April 23rd

April 1, 2020 By Leave a Comment

With SAP 4.3 on the horizon, join us for a virtual event and find out what the latest developments will be with Red Olive, SAP and InfoSol. Learn about smarter reporting tools, better Business Intelligence and enhanced migration and integration, which will help you increase productivity.

Whether you are an existing user or just curious about the new features in SAP 4.3, take this opportunity to see a live demo of the latest improvements planned in BI 4.3 in our virtual event. 

April 23rd at 3pm BST/7am PT/10 am ET

Register here

Agenda:

3:00 – 3:20 pm | Smarter and Faster Migration – David Searro, Red Olive

With SAP 4.3 on the horizon, many businesses are already considering how and when they will move to the next version, but this is not without its issues. Migrating can take a huge amount of time and there can be many difficulties along the way that can be challenging to an organisation. Red Olive has developed a rapid migration approach, to speed up the migration and make it relatively pain-free.

3:20 – 3:50 pm | Maximising Your BusinessObjects Investment – Customer Case Study – Paul Grill, Infosol and Hazel Rasion, Lead SAP engineer, Hermes

While BusinessObjects remains the most widely used Business Intelligence suite in the world, organisations using it are not always maximising its potential in terms of getting its valuable content into the hands of the right people. This fascinating session will show how Hermes is pushing its BusinessObjects content to the masses and getting a great return on value in the process.

3:50 – 4:20 pm | Discover SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 – Grégory Botticchio, SAP

Learn about the content of the next SAP BusinessObjects release. Whether you are an existing Web Intelligence user or just curious about the many possibilities of the most popular Enterprise reporting platform on the market, take this opportunity to see a live demo of the new features and improvements planned in BusinessObjects 4.3.

4:20 – 4:30 pm | Q & A

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Tucson BusinessObjects User Group – March 12th, 2020

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You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Tucson BusinessObjects User Group meeting taking place on Thursday, March 12th from 12:30pm to 4:15pm.

Attendance is FREE but please register below for count purposes.

Location:

Pima Community College Northwest Campus

7600 N Shannon Rd

Tucson, AZ 85709

This is about 10 min east from I-10.

Pima Maps link: https://pima.edu/maps-directions/index.html

Room:

Room Number A207 (community room)

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration

1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements

1:10- 1:55 pm | Why using IDT is a good idea? – Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc

This presentation will cover all of the new features of IDT that make it a far better tool than the old universe designer. In this session you will learn what is new, why it’s good, and how it makes using IDT easy. This will be a fast passed session so make sure you hold on to your pencil and note book!

2:00- 2:30 pm | BO Administration Security Model Options – Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc

Security is unique to each organizations needs. Hence in this session, we will show you a couple of security models used by organizations and share the basics of how to build your own security with the options provided by BusinessObjects.

2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking

2:45- 3:30 pm | The New Look of Web Intelligence 4.3 – Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc

A major new release of BusinessObjects, 4.3, is due to be released mid-year and with it will come a completely new interface for Web Intelligence. This session will show e sneak preview of the new Webi UI showing how it looks, how to browse and navigate in it and how to edit reports.

3:30- 4:00 pm | Open Discussion: BusinessObjects for a New Decade – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc

A major new release of BusinessObjects will be available in 2020 that will become the BusinessObjects release of this new decade. Knowing that BusinessObjects will be around and supported for the next 10 years, this discussion will focus on how your organizations are planning to use it and evolve with it over the next decade

4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes

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Let’s Speak BO: Now you see me, now you don’t! Part Two: Input Controls

October 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Tuesday, January 21st at 10AM PT/11AM AZ/1PM ET

Banner Image for Speak BO Webinar Recording

In this live demo you will learn how to create multiple block reports within a document, then apply multiple drill blocks in a way to layer the blocks to show those blocks conditionally. In Part 1 of the presentation from last year we utilized the drill bar feature to drive the reporting. This year in Part 2 we will be utilizing input controls in a much more advanced way to make our reporting even more flexible. It has been enhanced to include the use of stop lights as part of the layering of the reports and will open your eyes to a whole new way of creating and layering reports in Webi, in ways never done before. It will give your reports more of a visualization like appearance.

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Let’s Speak BO: Special features of IDT

October 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Back to Let’s Speak BO

Tuesday, March 3rd at 10AM PT/1PM ET

Banner Image for Speak BO Webinar Recording

Join Enterprise Architect Minith Patel, as he continues to share his knowledge of IDT. This webinar will provide a closer look at Project Syncronization, Business View, and Security in IDT. Minith with also be providing live demos of these special features.

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Let’s Speak BO: The Analysis Tab, Your Best Friend

October 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Tuesday, December 10th at 10AM PT/ 11AM AZ/ 1PM ET

Banner Image for Speak BO Webinar Recording

In the Report Viewer Window the Analysis Tab is the most widely used tab. Why? It has all the major features that we use all the time to greatly enhance the look of our reports. It will include an in-depth look at each major feature and how to use it more effectively: Filtering, Grouping, Breaking, Sorting, Calculations and other features as well. There will be a comparison to show what they have changed over the last few years there will also be best practices when using the reporting functions. The presentation will be delivered via a live demo.

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Let’s Speak BO: Location! Location! Location!

October 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Tuesday, November 12th at 10AM PT/ 11AM AZ/ 1PM ET.

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Web Intelligence comes with some geomapping chart functionality, but what is really interesting is the geomapping engine underneath. We’ve had a couple of requests with mapping lately so we’re going exploring. Let’s take a look at google map linking and displaying as well as some zooming options into existing geomaps and even consider custom elements for geomapping.

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Tucson BusinessObjects User Group – September 12th 2019

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Location:

Tucson Police Department

1310 W. Miracle Mile

Tucson, AZ  85705

Room: Rillito Meeting Room

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Check-In

1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements

1:10- 1:45 pm | Building Web Intelligence Dashboards – Part 1 – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc

In this session we will create a Webi Dashboard use the 80/20 rule to  focus attention on the top performers and also incorporate Trend charts with shared elements.

1:45- 2:20 pm | Using Excel Files In Web Intelligence – Michael Ward, CTTS

This presentation will provide the user with a variety of ways Excel files can be used in reporting. It will include using Excel as a data provider, using Excel for a bridge file when encountering incompatible format types, as a dynamic filer file, and other uses.  IT will include an in-depth look at how to properly import an Excel files, where to store the Excel file, and how to update an Excel file without breaking the Webi Document.  It will include some nice tips and techniques when using Excel files. It will open your eyes to the real power of an Excel file.

2:20- 2:35 pm | Leveraging formulas in WebI – Ozlem Kacira, Pima Community College

We will show how complex formulas have been implemented in the reports to compare different snapshot data rather than using nested or subqueries. Also we will show how to add scrolling html marquee to make more attractive dashboards.

2:35- 2:50 pm | Break & Networking

Enjoy some delicious snacks and drinks.

2:50- 3:25 pm | Building Web Intelligence Dashboards – Part 2 – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc

This session will demonstrate how to add conditional formatting to a chart and use a dual slider to view data more precisely.  We will also show how to display key data points on chart – showing beginning, low, high and ending points for quick analysis.

3:25- 4:00 pm | IDT Overview – Michael Ward, CTTS

A high level look at building universes with the new IDT. Learn about creating connections, building the data foundation layer,  adding a business layer, and applying security profiles. Also learn about creating LOV’s and combining those with Parameters. Defining Context,  adding aggregate awareness, and sharing project will also be covered.

4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes

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Pittsburgh BusinessObjects Users Group – Thursday, April 4, 2019

March 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment

You are personally invited to join us at the information packed Pittsburgh BusinessObjects Users Group meeting Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Attendance:  Free – We just ask that you register for count purposes:

Registration:  If you plan to attend, please email Info@pghboug.org and provide them with your name and the names of anyone else who will be attending from your company.

Parking:  Free

Location:

Aires in Penn Center, Pittsburgh, PA

6 Penn Center Blvd #200, Pittsburgh, PA 15276

Agenda:

8:30 – 08:50  Registration and Breakfast

8:50 – 09:00  Welcome & Announcements

9:00 – BusinessObjects Co-Existence: The New Reality – Paul Grill, InfoSol

More than 50% of existing BusinessObjects customers use at least one other BI tool in addition to the tools in BusinessObjects. Using the best tool for the job makes a lot of sense in today’s competitive and fast-changing business landscape and so this co-existence of different BI tools has become a reality. The most popular BI tool used with BusinessObjects is Tableau followed by Microsoft’s PowerBI. This session will talk about different use cases for using these tools with BusinessObjects as well as options for integrating them in order to leverage your BusinessObjects investment

9:50 – 10:00  Break

10:00 – The Future of BusinessObjects Dashboards – Paul Grill, InfoSol

Business Intelligence Dashboards remain the dominant way we deliver Business Intelligence applications. While a picture speaks a thousand words, a dashboard delivers a thousand visual insights. For the longest time, BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) dominated and is still prevalent with its HTML5 runtime. Web Intelligence is improving its dashboard capabilities with each new service pack and SAP is looking to develop new dashboard solutions in the cloud while many BusinessObjects customers have turned to Tableau, PowerBI and other BI data visualizations. BusinessObjects customers have a lot of choices and this session will discuss the pros and cons of each to help you both better understand and see the possibilities.

10:50 – 11:00  Break

11:00 – 11:50  What’s new in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP07 release? – Nathan Crook, 360Suite

Discover the latest innovations in your favorite BI Suite and a proven methodology packaged by 360Suite to help accelerate upgrading to the latest release migration.

11:50 – 12:00  Wrap-up and Giveaways – PGHBOUG Steering Committee

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North Carolina (Charlotte) BusinessObjects User Group

February 1, 2019 By Leave a Comment

You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed North Carolina (Charlotte) BusinessObjects User Group meeting Friday, March 22nd, 2019. Hosted by Creative Technology & Training Solutions and InfoSol Inc.

Location:

Atrium Health

4828 Airport Center Parkway
Building E, Charlotte, NC 28208

Meeting will be held in Conference Room 9.
Additional parking is available next door at Building F.

Registration is free, but we do ask that you register to help us keep count.

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:00 am | Registration (Free Breakfast Provided)

8:45 – 9:00 am | Introduction

9:00 – 10:00 am | BusinessObjects Co-Existence: The New Reality – Rajesh Ponnurangam
More than 50% of existing BusinessObjects customers use at least one other BI tool in addition to the tools in BusinessObjects. Using the best tool for the job makes a lot of sense in today’s competitive and fast-changing business landscape and so this co-existence of different BI tools has become a reality. The most popular BI tool used with BusinessObjects is Tableau followed by Microsoft’s PowerBI. This session will talk about different use cases for using these tools with BusinessObjects as well as options for integrating them in order to leverage your BusinessObjects investment

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10:00 – 10:15am | Break

10:15 – 11:30am | Excelling It In WebIntelligence v4.2 – Michael Ward
This presentation will provide the user with a variety of ways Excel files can be used in reporting. It will include using Excel as a data provider, using Excel for a bridge file when encountering incompatible format types, as a dynamic filer file, and other uses. It will include an in-depth look at how to properly import an Excel files, where to store the Excel file, and how to update an Excel file without breaking the Webi Document. It will also include some nice tips and techniques when using Excel files. It will open your eyes to the real power of an Excel file.

11:30– 12:30 pm | Lunch: On Your Own

12:30 – 1:15 pm | BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – 45 features in 45 minutes – Rajesh Ponnurangam
Get to know the detail level product overview of what is new in BI 4.2 and the reasons to upgrade your current BI systems to 4.2. This session covers 45 latest features in BI 4.2 which will be helpful for your entire organization, including, but not limited to, BO administrators, Universe designers, Report developers and Business users. If we have time, we will aim for 60.

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1:15 – 2:00 pm | Advanced Formatting II – Michael Ward
This presentation will provide an in-depth look at how to convert reports into other report types, with an emphasis on creating Master Detail Reports. It will include many of the new features of v4.2, including how to hide columns, blocks and sections. The user will learn how to apply conditional formatting to a Master Detail Blocks at different levels to give reports a more dashboard like look. An example of inserting a Stop light as part of conditional formatting will be included. The user will also learn how to apply the many reporting functions from the Analysis toolbar to Master Detail reports. Topics will include how to place both a report and a chart in a Master Detail Report, and link those blocks together. Navigating a Master Detail Report utilizing the map tab will also be covered. The presentation will cover exporting a Master Detail Report to PDF and Excel. All topics covered will be through live demonstrations of the product, as well as interactive sessions with the user.

02:00 – 2:15 pm | Break

02:15 – 3:00 pm | Fire up your FIORI LaunchPad – Rajesh Ponnurangam
Attend this session if you want to explore the sensational new features and navigation capabilities of the new FIORI BI Launchpad. This session will cover BI 4.2 SP05 FIORI features such as Web Intelligence interactive viewer, filters and report navigation, new charts and chart properties, custom elements and formulas. This will be a perfect session for end users and report designers who are excited to learn the new features and functions specific to FIORI.

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03:00 – 3:45 pm | Building Visualizations in WebIntelligence: New and Improved – Michael Ward
See how you can create awesome visualizations, including a variety of charts and reports and utilized such features as Input Controls and Intra Document Linking.
You will get a chance to see some of the new features rolled out in recent releases, making Webi even more powerful!

03:45- 4:00 pm | Wrap-up

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Bay Area BusinessObjects Users – Friday March 15th, 2019

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You are personally invited to join us at the information packed Bay Area BusinessObjects Users Group meeting Friday March 15th, 2019 8:30am – 4:00pm. Hosted by Creative Technology & Training Solutions and InfoSol Inc.

Attendance is FREE, however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.

Location:

County of Santa Clara  

Social Services Agency
333 W Julian St, 1st Floor Conference Room
San Jose, CA 95110

Free Visitor Parking available: Map

Agenda: 

8:30 – 9:00 am | Registration (Free Breakfast Provided) 

8:45 – 9:00 am | Introduction   

9:00 – 10:00 am | A BusinessObjects Love Affair – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc

While other BI Solutions seem to come and go, BusinessObjects remains as beautiful and desirable as ever. So why does this love affair continue to burn in our hearts as passionately as the first time we met this amazingly gorgeous Business Intelligence solution?  InfoSol CEO, Paul Grill, will share his thoughts on why we love BusinessObjects so much and why this love affair continues to thrive as well as show how organizations around the world are harnessing its power to create solutions that see beyond their everyday challenges.

10:00 – 10:15 am | Break  

10:15 – 11:30 am | Excelling It in WebIntelligence v4.2 – Michael Ward, CTTS

This presentation will provide the user with a variety of ways Excel files can be used in reporting. It will include using Excel as a data provider, using Excel for a bridge file when encountering incompatible format types, as a dynamic filer file, and other uses.  It will include an in-depth look at how to properly import an Excel files, where to store the Excel file, and how to update an Excel file without breaking the Webi Document.  It will also include some nice tips and techniques when using Excel files. It will open your eyes to the real power of an Excel file.

11:30– 12:30 pm | Lunch:  On Your Own

12:30 – 1:15 pm | The Future of BusinessObjects Dashboards – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc

Business Intelligence Dashboards remain the dominant way we deliver Business Intelligence applications. While a picture speaks a thousand words, a dashboard delivers a thousand visual insights. For the longest time, BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) dominated and is still prevalent with its HTML5 runtime. Web Intelligence is improving its dashboard capabilities with each new service pack and SAP is looking to develop new dashboard solutions in the cloud while many BusinessObjects customers have turned to Tableau, PowerBI and other BI data visualizations. BusinessObjects customers have a lot of choices and this session will discuss the pros and cons of each to help you both better understand and see the possibilities.

1:15 – 2:00 pm | Advanced Formatting II – Michael Ward, CTTS

This presentation will provide an in-depth look at how to convert reports into other report types, with an emphasis on creating Master Detail Reports. It will include many of the new features of v4.2, including how to hide columns, blocks and sections.  The user will learn how to apply conditional formatting to a Master Detail Blocks at different levels to give reports a more dashboard like look.  An example of inserting a Stop light as part of conditional formatting will be included.   The user will also learn how to apply the many reporting functions from the Analysis toolbar to Master Detail reports.  Topics will include how to place both a report and a chart in a Master Detail Report, and link those blocks together. Navigating a Master Detail Report utilizing the map tab will also be covered.  The presentation will cover exporting a Master Detail Report to PDF and Excel.  All topics covered will be through live demonstrations of the product, as well as interactive sessions with the user.

02:00 – 2:15 pm | Break

02:15 – 3:00 pm | BusinessObjects Co-Existence: The New Reality – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc

More than 50% of existing BusinessObjects customers use at least one other BI tool in addition to the tools in BusinessObjects. Using the best tool for the job makes a lot of sense in today’s competitive and fast-changing business landscape and so this co-existence of different BI tools has become a reality. The most popular BI tool used with BusinessObjects is Tableau followed by Microsoft’s PowerBI. This session will talk about different use cases for using these tools with BusinessObjects as well as options for integrating them in order to leverage your BusinessObjects investment.

03:00 – 3:45 pm | Building Visualizations in WebIntelligence: New and Improved – Michael Ward, CTTS

See how you can create awesome visualizations, including a variety of charts and reports and utilized such features as Input Controls and Intra Document Linking. You will get a chance to see some of the new features rolled out in recent releases, making Webi even more powerful!

03:45- 4:00 pm | Wrap-up       

*Note: This event is not sponsored by SAP or ASUG. Presentations subject to change.

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