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    March 1, 2022
    The BusinessObjects 4.0 release gave birth to a few new interesting features to the BI toolkit. One key enhancement was the addition to the Query Browser to the Dashboard (formerly Xcelsius) application. The idea was inherent and simple: allow the developer to obtain data directly from a Universe or BEx Query, thus bypassing the use of the embedded Excel spreadsheet. In this context, the feature…
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    March 1, 2022
    Data Quality, part of SAP Data Services, is a powerful tool for cleansing and matching customers, businesses, postal addresses, and much more. However, the wide range of options and capabilities can be intimidating for new users. If you've followed the steps in the previous posts in this series, you should have functioning cleanse transforms generating a basic set of customer and address data, as…
  • Blog
    March 25, 2013
    The concept of “Null” is frequently misunderstood by people who are new to working with databases. Simply put, Null means “unassigned” or “no value”. In most types of databases (dBase and Paradox are exceptions that I know of, there are probably others…), fields that have not had a value put in them return Null when included in a select query. Null is not the same as an empty string. It is not…
  • Blog
    April 1, 2013
    Scheduling reports to email is among the most popular methods used in BI4.  Recipients can receive reports right into their normal inbox without having to login to the BI4 system itself to retrieve them. So, while email scheduling is very useful, it has a shortcoming, especially when used with modern email servers – it doesn’t support SSL or TLS encryption. What are SSL and TLS Encryption…
  • Blog
    April 5, 2013
     SAP Predictive Analysis is the latest addition to the SAP BusinessObjects suite and introduces entirely new functionality to the existing Business Objects toolbox.  Predictive Analysis integrates SAP’s Visual Intelligence data visualization tool with new predictive functionality powered by both open source R and SAP-written algorithms.  Predictive Analysis includes algorithms for…
  • Blog
    April 15, 2013
    SAP Predictive Analysis is the latest addition to the SAP BusinessObjects suite and introduces entirely new functionality to the existing Business Objects toolbox.  Predictive Analysis integrates SAP’s Visual Intelligence data visualization tool with new predictive functionality powered by both open source R and SAP-written algorithms.  Predictive Analysis includes algorithms for time…
  • Blog
    April 19, 2013
    Extract Trends, Predict Outcomes and Prepare for the Future.  The evolution of what is possible continues with SAP’s Predictive Analysis solution. The ability to analyze vast amounts of historical data and create accurate projections of future trends is no longer the sole domain of data scientists and the academic elite. With Predictive Analysis, the business person can now extract trends,…
  • Blog
    April 24, 2013
    Congratulations to Don Loden, Jonathan Haun, Chris Hickman, and Roy Wells from Decision First Technologies for authoring a new SAP HANA book.  The book was just announced by SAP Press and is currently available for pre-orders.  Scheduled release is October 2013! Highlights include: Learn what it takes to implement a standalone version of SAP HANA Get step-by-step instructions for…
  • Blog
    April 29, 2013
    Extract Trends, Predict Outcomes and Prepare for the Future.  The evolution of what is possible continues with SAP’s Predictive Analysis solution. The ability to analyze vast amounts of historical data and create accurate projections of future trends is no longer the sole domain of data scientists and the academic elite. With Predictive Analysis, the business person can now extract trends,…
  • Blog
    May 1, 2013
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