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Additional to your IBIS Main Conference registration, the Post-Seminar All-inclusive Boot Camps running June 25-26 include:
IBIS is InfoSol’s premier BusinessObjects education and knowledge exchange event. It offers a wide variety of valuable learning experiences with many Business Intelligence oriented tracks, as well as hands-on sessions. All of this makes it the only “must attend” BusinessObjects conference in the universe.
The track sessions and hands-on boot camps go beyond traditional training and information exchange. Led by top experts and experienced users, they will provide a unique opportunity to learn new techniques and best practices in using the most popular BI solution in the world – BusinessObjects. IBIS 2020 is running June 22-24 at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, CA.
Additional to your IBIS Main Conference registration, the Pre-Seminar All-inclusive Workshops running on Sunday, June 21st include:
Tuesday, November 26th at 10AM PT/11AM AZ/ 1PM ET.
Don’t worry if you’ve missed the news on Squirrel—the most intuitive dashboarding tool to hit the market. This webinar will quickly get you up to speed
Delivered by one of Squirrel’s creators from InfoSol UK, you will get an overview of the project so far, the next steps to MVP and beyond (Minimal Viable Product) and a demo of Squirrel. Also learn about:
We will also be sharing details on how you can participate in the beta before it’s formal release.
Register Today:
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.
Michael Ward, Creative Technology and Training Solutions
Tuesday, January 21st at 10AM PT/ 11AM AZ/ 1PM ET
Tuesday, March 3rd at 10AM PT/1PM ET
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.
Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc
Tuesday, December 10th at 10AM PT/ 11AM AZ/ 1PM ET
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.
Tuesday, November 12th at 10AM PT/ 11AM AZ/ 1PM ET.
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.
You are personally invited to join us at the information packed Pittsburgh BusinessObjects Users Group meeting Friday, November 1, 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
Agenda:
08:30 – 08:50 Registration and Breakfast
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome & Announcements, Tammy Datri
09:00 – 09:50 Fire up your FIORI LaunchPad –Rajesh Ponnurangam, InfoSol
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 SP06 & SP07 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.
09:50 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:50 BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – 45 Features in 45 Minutes – Rajesh Ponnurangam, InfoSol
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
10:50 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:50 BulletProof Disaster Recovery for SAP BusinessObjects @ SAP, Nathan Crook, 360Suite
11:50 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 01:20 Latest Features in BusinessObjects BI 4.x– Satish Rajagopal, 360Suite
Details to be released soon
01:20 – 01:30 Break
01:30 – 02:20 Tableau with BusinessObjects – Bring out the best of both the worlds Rajesh Ponnurangam, InfoSol
Learn why and how, Tableau with Business Objects is the best combination for enterprise BI. The use cases for Tableau dashboards with BO content will be discussed. Tips and tricks designing BO content for Tableau will be discussed. Deployment and scheduling of BO content to Tableau desktop and Tableau server will be demonstrated. And if we have time we may look at bursting out Tableau workbooks as well.
02:20 – 02:30 Wrap-up and Giveaways – PGHBOUG Steering Committee
You are personally invited to join us at the Indiana BusinessObjects Users Group on Friday, November 1st, 2019 from 8:30am – 4:00pm.
Registration is free, but we ask that you please REGISTER for count purposes.
LOCATION:
MISO Energy
720 City Center Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
AGENDA:
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration (Free Breakfast Provided)
8:45 – 9:00 am Introduction
9:00 – 10:00 am What Does Flying Look Like? – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc.
As Business Intelligence harnesses new technologies and capabilities and evolves towards more wonderful and limitless possibilities, many organizations are still struggling to figure out how to make that initial transformation from a very hungry caterpillar into a beautiful airborne butterfly and achieve the full potential that BI offers. Paul Grill, InfoSol CEO and Business Intelligence guru, will share some of the amazing BI transformations he has seen in the last 12 months and what flying looks like for these organizations. He will also provide a current update on the world of BusinessObjects and how this community continues to evolve and thrive beyond all expectations.
10:00 – 10:15am Break
10:15 – 11:30am What’s New in v4.2 SP 7 – Michael Ward, CTTS
This presentation will be a live demo highlighting the many new features of v4.2 through SP 9. Topics to include: Using HTML, Excel and Free Hand SQL as a data provider, Large numbers, grouping, Input Control enhancements, Prompt Variants, Grouped Input Controls, Shared Elements, Reference Cells, Calculation enhancements, Concurrent processing of queries, and merging on local variables Changes within the service packs will also be addressed.
11:30– 12:30 pm Lunch: On Your Own
12:30 – 1:15 pm BusinessObjects Co-Existence with Tableau, PowerBI and More – 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 .
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 and others with BusinessObjects as well as options for integrating them in order to leverage your BusinessObjects investment.
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. Learn how to apply conditional formatting to a Master Detail Blocks at different levels to give reports a more dashboard like look. 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.
02:00 – 2:15 pm Break
02:15 – 3:00 pm The BI Dashboarding Dilemma for BusinessObjects – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc.
BI Dashboards continue to dominate as the solution of choice for self-service BI applications. SAP BO Dashboards (aka Xcelsius) along with Lumira will be phased out by SAP over the next few years as SAP focuses on its new Cloud based SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) platform which recently released its own dashboard capability. At the same time Web Intelligence has made major strides in offering dashboard functionality. SAP’s BI dashboarding strategy has been confusing for several years and many BusinessObjects customers have chosen to develop their BI dashboard in Tableau, Power BI or another tool or even create custom dashboards. So, what is the best choice for the BusinessObjects user? This session will look at the pros and cons of the different options to help you make a more informed choice.
03:00 – 3:45 pm Excelling It In Web Intelligence – Michael Ward, CTTS
Learn about the variety of ways Excel files can be used in reporting. You will learn how to use Excel as a data provider, using Excel for a bridge file when encountering incompatible format types, as a dynamic filer file, and other uses. There will be 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. You will also learn some nice tips and techniques when using Excel files. that will open your eyes to the real power of an Excel file.
03:45- 4:00 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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