SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator is NOT Dead
This blog focuses on BW 7.30 and BW Accelerator and the value the combination the two solutions bring to the customer. It provides details on how the new functionality delivered can provide an immediate impact on the TCO for BW customers. Josh Djupstrom in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Jan. 05, 2012 01:53 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Tuning of BWA – FEMS compression
Highlighting of BWA feature possibly to be used for BWA tuning -> FEMS compression. Martin Maruskin in BI Accelerator [Nov. 27, 2011 11:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How BW-on-HANA Combines With Native HANA
There is a lot of wild guessing on how to combine the native HANA tools and assets - like HANA modeler or SLT* - within a BW-based environment. Initially, one might assume a conflict between a completey managed table schema - as imposed by BW - and an arbitray table schema - as created by SLT, Data Services or any other tool. In this blog, I will indicate how such schemas can happily coexist and consequently complement each other in a BW-on-HANA environment. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management [Nov. 01, 2011 03:37 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

When does HANA become mainstream?
We've now all heard the numbers and seen the customer references, so why isn't everyone and their mother buying HANA? Over the past several months I've had discussions with clients, partners and SAP to better understand this. There have been numerous blogs, articles, tweets, etc about the value of in-memory computing and how HANA is a game-changer. If there is all of this sizzle, where is the steak? Mike Bestvina in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), In-Memory Business Data Management [Oct. 21, 2011 10:52 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using Excel on HANA
From the very beginning, HANA has been shipped with an OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) driver that allows ODBO enabled clients to connect and analyze analytic views in the HANA repository. Those analytic views are cubes that have been modeled with the HANA modeler (which is part of HANA studio).This blog provides some background and points to a nice demo video that has been created by our partners from Simba. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, In-Memory Business Data Management [Oct. 18, 2011 04:12 AM | 9 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

The five minute rule
If data is accessed more frequently than every 5 minutes, it should be kept in memory. This so called "5 minute rule" was found to be valid in the years 1987, 1997 and in 2007. Martin Lauer in ABAP, Application Server, BI Accelerator, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Sep. 15, 2011 07:03 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Business Analytics @ Speed of Business with RDS
Getting valuable insights from enterprise data can often be a challenge especially with the complexity of enterprise software and various choices of analytic solutions. Business in today's environment needs agility and speed to react to changing economic environment and competitive landscape. Decision makers need a 360 degree view of various aspects of business and Business Analytic solutions need to cater to unique requirements of every business. Join us to see how the Rapid Deployment Solutions for Business Analytics from SAP are making a difference to simplify the adoption of Business Analytics solutions to bring immediate value and a great return on investments. Sunder Ramesh in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Performance Management [Aug. 29, 2011 03:25 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechED 2011 - BI Sessions for the Administrator
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort highlights the SAP TechED sessions that are relevant for the BI Administrator Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Aug. 02, 2011 12:33 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ASUG Webinar - Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Suite 4.0 for Customers of SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BW
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort outlines the upcoming ASUG Webinar on SAP BusinessObjects BI. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Analytics, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jul. 12, 2011 12:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Making Social Data Actionable
Android Apps Entrepreneurship ERP Facebook Making Social Data Actionable Mobile Solutions Rapid Rapid Consulting Rapid Consulting Services Rapid Mobile Solutions RCS SAP SAP HANA SAP Mobile SAP Mobile Solutions Social Social Data Actionable Social Media Sustainability Twitter Google plus Google+ YOUTUBE HANA BusinessObjects Anton Ansalmar in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Solutions, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jul. 12, 2011 11:48 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

HANA and BW 7.30 - Part 2
Over the past few months, I've presented on this topic to many customers and colleagues. As there seems to be such a high demand, I've decided to convert the underlying slide presentation into two blogs, with the first focusing on the motivation, scenarios and use cases while the second looks at the combination of HANA and BW from a technical angle. Before I continue with the second blog please note that the usual disclaimer applies. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jun. 24, 2011 12:32 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

HANA and BW 7.30 - Part 1
Over the past few months, I've presented on this topic to many customers and colleagues in and outside Walldorf. As there seems to be such a high demand, I've decided to convert the underlying slide presentation into two blogs, with the first focusing on the motivation, scenarios and use cases while the second looks at the combination of HANA and BW from a technical angle. Before I start with the first blog please note that the usual disclaimer applies. Everything here has been announced at some SAP event. So I'm focusing on bringing pieces into context rather than revealing something that has not been known before. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jun. 23, 2011 06:32 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects Live Office - Part 3 of 3
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort shares the details of the upcoming ASUG webinar for the SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence [Jun. 17, 2011 03:20 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Update 13 - Using Calculations in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort outlines how you can create your own calculations as part of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [May. 30, 2011 04:43 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Update 12 - SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Solution Architecture
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort introduces the updates SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 BI Solution architecture. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), Data Integration and Quality Management [May. 11, 2011 07:20 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Update 10 - SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP Edtion - Part 1
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort provides an introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP Edition. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Apr. 20, 2011 05:29 PM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

BIA initial estimation using the Quick sizer tool
This discussion gives the beginners an understanding of how to make use of SAP delivered Quick sizer tool in making the initial estimations related to BIA, I/O, memory and various other parameters related to the SAP’s requirement. This document mainly focuses on the estimation done for BIA size requirement. vinaykumarhs in BI Accelerator [Apr. 01, 2011 01:47 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Update - Public SAP Mentor Webinar on SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 BI Clients
In this blogpost SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort announces the upcoming public SAP Mentor webinar on the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 BI Client tools Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Crystal Reports [Mar. 21, 2011 06:24 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

What should I do about HANA? A Summary of the ASUG Roadmap to HANA Webinar
On March 2nd, Ty Miller and Lothar Henkes gave ASUG a great webinar on why SAP created In-Memory solution, SAP HANA in particular and its Roadmap. The usual/general disclaimer is that things are subject to change. Since registration was full days before the webinar began, below are my notes. Tammy Powlas in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Mar. 07, 2011 06:29 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

The SAP Run Better Tour - BW Roadmap
My take on the BW roadmap - fresh from the SAP Run Better tour Tony De Thomasis in BI Accelerator, In-Memory Business Data Management [Mar. 04, 2011 11:59 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Dear aBI - Offline Reporting with SAP BusinessObjects
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort provides some answers as part of the Dear aBI initiative. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dear aBI, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Crystal Reports [Feb. 23, 2011 05:23 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Some Practical Information About SAP In-Memory Solutions: BWA, BO Explorer Accelerated Version, HANA
Some practical information about In-Memory Solutions; SAP BWA, SAP BO Explorer Accelerated version, HANA. Tansu Aksu in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management [Feb. 18, 2011 06:58 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Update Part 6 - Web Intelligence 4.0 and custom structures
In this blogpost SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort provides an overview how SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 is able to leverage custom structures from BEx queries. Ingo Hilgefort in SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), BI Accelerator [Feb. 16, 2011 06:35 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Dear aBI - Performance Problems with Web Intelligence on top of SAP BW
In this blogpost SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort answers another set of questions as part of the Dear aBI initiative. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Dear aBI [Feb. 16, 2011 08:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

My takeaways from DSAG technology days 2011
My takeaways from DSAG (German SAP user group) Technology Days 2011 in Hannover Jürgen Noe in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Feb. 16, 2011 07:19 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What is the future of Infocubes?
This blogs are minutes from a discussion about the future of Infocubes regarding In-Memory technology, BO data services and ETL and expectations towards BI 4.0 Jürgen Noe in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Feb. 02, 2011 04:10 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

BWA - performance monitoring with Wily Introscope
short summary about how to configure wily for BWA Jens Gleichmann in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Dec. 20, 2010 11:00 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Twinkle Twinkle little STAR , do I really need you at all..?
A lot has been said and written about the STAR Schema and the extended STAR Schema that is supported by SAP BW , but in recent times of In-Memory computing and EDW accelerators , is the concept of a STAR Schema and the design decisions related to them still relevant ..? Arun Varadarajan in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Ranting [Dec. 10, 2010 01:32 PM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

Challenges of being SAP BW-BI-EPM SIs (System Integrators) - part 2
In part 1 I discussed the areas SIs should focus during this volatile phase. In this blog I am discussing how old SAP BW projects are different from new SAP BW/BI projects from efforts perspective. Agrawal Vikash in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Dec. 09, 2010 11:58 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Challenges of being SAP BW-BI-EPM SIs (System Integrators) - part 1
SAP BW / BI / EPM solution space is full of volatility now and presents new challenges for System Integrators. Which shall be your focus areas and why? Agrawal Vikash in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Dec. 09, 2010 03:30 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SAP HANA Blogseries Part 1: What is SAP HANA and what is the "value" of SAP HANA ?
In this first part of a blog series about SAP HANA, SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort is introducing the components from SAP HANA and provides two business scenarios for SAP HANA. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management [Dec. 06, 2010 07:52 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Thoughts and questions about the HANA announcement
Thoughts and questions about the HANA announcement this past week. Ethan JEWETT in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Data Integration and Quality Management, In-Memory Business Data Management [Dec. 04, 2010 07:58 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Another great webinar.... brought to you by ASUG BI
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort provides the details for the upcoming ASUG webinar on best practices for BEx Query Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI tools in mind. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Nov. 12, 2010 03:43 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Best Practices - SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP NetWeaver BW
In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort is sharing the updated material and whitepapers on SAP BusinessObjects BI in combination with SAP NetWeaver BW. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Dashboard Design (Xcelsius) [Nov. 10, 2010 06:27 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What does SAP mean by "In-Memory"?
SAP has been using the term "In Memory" as a marketing concept for some time now, but has not succeeded in clarifying what it really means from a technology perspective. I try to add some detail to the term and ask some important questions. Ethan JEWETT in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management [Oct. 28, 2010 08:58 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

BusinessObjects Explorer – Deployment
This blog gives you a “Big Picture” view from 10000 feet about different deployment options for BusinessObjects Explorer. Anil Bavaraju in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), BI Accelerator [Oct. 27, 2010 11:14 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

A legacy of SAP TEchEd 2010 in Berlin
Martin Maruskin in Beyond SAP, BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management [Oct. 19, 2010 07:26 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The BW - HANA Relationship
With the announcement of HANA, some customers, analysts and others have raised the question on how HANA relates to BW with a few of them even adding their own, home made answer in the sense that they speculate that HANA would succeed BW. In this blog, I like to throw in some food for thought on this. Thomas Zurek in In-Memory Business Data Management, ERP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, BI Accelerator [Oct. 15, 2010 01:11 AM | 35 Comments | Permalink]

Summary of BI/BW 7.0 performance improvements
starting points for a BI performance analyze and some useful tables/reports regarding OLAP Cache, BWA, (re-)partitioning, ILM etc. Jens Gleichmann in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse [Oct. 12, 2010 09:29 AM | 14 Comments | Permalink]

Optimize the Use of SAP BW Reports
Use of SAP BW Reports By Business where its implemented. Manu Gupta in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Management, Improving My Experience [Oct. 04, 2010 08:59 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

BW path to the Data Warehouse plus the role of New Technologies
There are many threads in the latest blog "Business Warehouse" by our SDN fellow Bala Prabahar. It might not be possible to touch all of the threads, so let me try to elaborate at least on some, especially those related to my previous posts. Vitaliy Rudnytskiy in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Emerging Technologies, Ranting, SAP TechEd [Sep. 18, 2010 10:53 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Once upon a time in BI...
An attempt to summarize some of my doubts and thoughts on how in time ahead customers would react to BI solutions around. Kunal Gandhi in Beyond SAP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP NetWeaver Platform, BI Accelerator [Aug. 20, 2010 06:10 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

The Pervasiveness of Business Intelligence
Read about the upcoming webinars on the pervasiveness of Business Intelligence. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), Emerging Technologies [Aug. 19, 2010 04:07 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Info Day: Database Technology by SAP
4th SAP Infoday about database technology by SAP will be held in St. Leon/Rot on Thursday, 18th November 2010 Christiane Hienger in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP MaxDB and liveCache [Jul. 29, 2010 07:46 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BW 7.3 beta is available
Last week, SAP BW 7.3 has been released in a beta version. This is just the upbeat for the launch of the next big version of BW which is planned for later this year. This will provide major new features to the existing, more than 20000 active BW installations which make it one of the most widely adopted SAP products. I like to take this opportunity to highlight a few focus areas that shape this new version and that lay out the future direction. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jul. 28, 2010 07:50 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Determining the need for a BWA
How do you decide if you need a BWA or not, whilst user experience is paramount to adoption of a BW system, speed of reports is not the only criteria. Read how we approached the challenge. Ian Curtis in BI Accelerator [Jul. 15, 2010 01:31 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Press - Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is a new book with SAP Press explaining the usage of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer with SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Jul. 07, 2010 08:34 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Dear aBI: SAP BusinessObjects and SAP NetWeaver BW InfoProvider
In this blog SDN Mentor Ingo Hilgefort answers the question around SAP BusinessObjects and SAP NetWeaver BW InfoProviders. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Dear aBI, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence [Jul. 05, 2010 02:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Deadline Approaching: 11 days left to submit a proposal for ASUG Sessions @ TechED
Requesting TechED Call for Proposals Tammy Powlas in ABAP, Analytics, Application Lifecycle Management, Application Server, BI Accelerator, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, SAP TechEd [May. 20, 2010 03:45 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How to select the right SAP BusinessObjects BI Tool...
In this blog SDN Mentor Ingo Hilgefort provides an overview on the sessions available at the ASUG & SAPPHIRE conference in Orlanda, which will help you to decide which SAP BusinessObjects BI tool to use for your BI project. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand, ERP, SAP Crystal Reports, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Widgets [May. 11, 2010 05:56 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]