You are personally invited to join us at the Sacramento BusinessObjects Users Meeting on Thursday, November 16th, 2017 from 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:
State of California
2870 Gateway Oaks Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95833-3509
Free Parking
AGENDA:
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration (Free Breakfast Provided)
8:45 – 9:00 am Introduction / IBIS Update
9:00 – 10:15am Let’s Speak BO Superheroes – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc.
BusinessObjects continues to thrive and there is a new energy and enthusiasm within the BO community. Is it because of all the great new stuff in BusinessObjects 4.2 or the avalanche of new features pouring out with each service pack release of Web Intelligence or is it something else? One thing is for sure and that is a lot of people are speaking BO and creating some pretty amazing solutions with it. InfoSol CEO, Paul Grill, will share his thoughts on why BusinessObjects is buzzing and highlight some cool BusinessObjects solutions and the superheroes behind them.
10:15 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 11:30am What’s New In V 4.2 SP 3/SP 4(And Some v4.1) – Michael Ward, CTTS
This presentation will be a live demo highlighting the many new features v4.2. Topics to include:
Excel and Free Hand SQL as a data provider, Large numbers, grouping, Input Control enhancements,
Prompt Variants, Grouped Input Controls, Shared Elements, Referencing, Calculation enhancements,
Concurrent processing of queries and merging on local variables. Features will be from v4.2 SP 3/SP 4 & some v4.1
11:30– 12:30 pm Lunch: On Your Own
12:30 – 1:15 pm Integration of BusinessObjects and Tableau – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc.
An increasing number of organizations using BusinessObjects are also using Tableau both for data discovery and data visualization solutions. Many would like to leverage their investment in their BusinessObjects deployment to automatically feed qualified data into Tableau. This fascinating presentation discusses some of the options now available for integrating your BusinessObjects content into Tableau.
01:15 – 2:00 pm Visualize This! – Michael Ward, CTTS
Did you know that with nothing more than WebIntelligence v4.2 you can create more complex visualizations? In this presentation we will create a variety of chart and report blocks, then using nothing more than Input Controls and the new Linking Functionality, create some very slick interactive visualization. And all of this utilizing nothing more than WebIntelligence
02:00 – 2:15 pm Break
02:15 – 3:00 pm 5 More People You Meet in Dashboard Heaven – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc.
Following the success of “The Five People You Meet in Dashboard Heaven”, here are 5 more amazing individuals who influenced the creation of 5 very successful BI dashboards, discuss how they came about and what made them a hit. All the solutions used SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards in some way which is a good tool to have with you on the journey to Dashboard Heaven.
03:00-3:45 pm Now You See Me, Now You Don’t! – Michael Ward, CTTS
In this live demo you will learn how to create multiple drill blocks and learn how to hide blocks dynamically based on drill bar selections. It includes using Advance Drilling Functionality in a way never envisioned. Watch as report blocks appear and disappear as you select various values from the drill bar drop down list. And all of this functionality using nothing more than WebIntelligence
03:45-04:00 pm Wrap-up
Please REGISTER for count purposes. Note: This event is not sponsored by SAP or ASUG. Presentations subject to change
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