How to use BWA python standalone tool
This blog is about how to use the BWA python standalone tool TREXAdmin.sh some general BWA configuration hints and performance tuning are also included Jens Gleichmann in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI) [Nov. 23, 2009 02:30 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using Business Intelligence in an Uncertain World
Business Intelligence can help tame the unpredictability of today’s retail world. Leveraging STORES Knowledge Series webinar with Verlin Youd, Chris Puglise, and Russ Hill and RSR Research's latest Business Intelligence findings, learn what actions retail winners are taking to leverage real-time BI and to make it available when and where it’s needed. Mohamed Amer in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Crystal Reports, Retail, Web Intelligence , Webinars [Nov. 18, 2009 07:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Performance Study: Web Intelligence on top of SAP BW
This is a kind of sequel to the blogs I've posted earlier this year. A long-term SAP customer provided real-world example that shows the performance improvements that have been achieved through the joint efforts of the WebI, ODA and BW development teams. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Web Intelligence [Nov. 11, 2009 06:56 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Using SAP BusinessObjects technology in Healthcare (Part 3)
In this blog we demonstrate the use of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for a root-cause analysis of a clinical quality issue. Claudius Metze in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Healthcare, Life Sciences [Nov. 10, 2009 01:09 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version: what’s new?
During TechEd in Vienna SAP just announced the latest release of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version. With this new post I'm highlighting what is new with this latest release. Thierry Audas in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Emerging Technologies [Nov. 04, 2009 08:58 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Which IFRS are needed for your SEM-BCS?
A look at which IFRS and IAS statements are most relevant to BCS. greg misiorek in Beyond SAP, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) [Nov. 01, 2009 12:41 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects & SAP TechED Vienna
In this blog I share the details on my TechED sessions around Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, BusinessObjects Explorer, Xcelsius, and Embedded Analytics with the BusinessSuite. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd, Web Intelligence [Oct. 20, 2009 02:23 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

New SAP Press Book: SAP and BusinessObjects
In this short blog I introduce the upcoming SAP Press Book "Reporting and Analytics with SAP BusinessObjects" Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Intelligence [Oct. 20, 2009 01:54 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Part 2 : Retailers – Are you getting maximum out of your investments in Business intelligence solutions ? --Solution Components
This is the 2nd part of the series "Retailers – Are you getting maximum out of your investments in Business intelligence solutions ? " - detailing the potential sub topics for future blogs /discussions. ravi vadaga in Analytics, SAP BusinessObjects OnDemand, Retail, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Crystal Reports, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Web Intelligence [Oct. 13, 2009 10:18 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Avoid Costly Mistakes with BWA by Using Existing Functionality – BWA Operations Best Practices
This year at TechEd, the Regional Implementation Group (RIG)are introducing what are referred to as Live Expert Sessions. These will be informal sessions consisting of 2-3 slides. Consider this 15 minutes of presenting and 15 minutes of open discussion with the audience pertaining to the content of the presentation. Josh Djupstrom in BI Accelerator [Oct. 09, 2009 09:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechEd 09 Phoenix Expert Session - EXP22 BWA Usage Scenarios
BWA Live Expert Session at TechEd Pheonix 2009. Sara Hollister in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI) [Oct. 03, 2009 09:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Let's talk about Best Practices for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator
Let's talk about BWA and more specifically best practices to make it rocks for your organziation. It means you need to plan your implementation project and prepare your organization for maintenance. Vitaliy Rudnytskiy in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Emerging Technologies, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd, Community Day [Oct. 01, 2009 05:14 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Better Insight in Manufacturing: Moving Beyond Dashboards to True Business Intelligence
Beyond Dashboards : The key to better insights series. The first part of this series will discuss the importance of better information both in terms of quality and its integrity in making the decision making process robust within the organization. Siddharth Taparia in Aerospace and Defense, SAP SAPPHIRE, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Master Data Management (MDM), Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, Chemicals, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Automotive, Analytics, Web Intelligence [Sep. 14, 2009 01:26 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Upcoming Event: Maximizing Business Intelligence in a Data-Driven Enterprise
An upcoming webinar on "Maximizing Business Intelligence in a Data-Driven Enterprise" hosted by Processing Magazine Siddharth Taparia in Aerospace and Defense, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Master Data Management (MDM), Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Automotive, Analytics, Webinars [Sep. 14, 2009 01:24 AM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

SAP Mentor Monday Webinar : Hands-On Web Intelligence for SAP
Next week Monday we will have a SAP Mentor webinar to look at Web Intelligence on top of SAP NetWeaver BW Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Aug. 26, 2009 12:59 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Are you forced to join tables to union partitions?
This post explains how to union partitions and leverage the Data Federator Inteligent Data Connection (IDC) mechanism. Frederic Vanborre in Beginner, Beyond SAP, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects [Aug. 11, 2009 03:07 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

YOUR FEEDBACK: What is the value of the BusinessObjects community
In this short blog I am providing you the chance to give your feedback on the value of BusinessObjects community. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Community Projects, Crystal Reports, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jul. 24, 2009 11:39 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Track changes of time dependent hierarchies in Web Intelligence
In this blog we taking a look at how you can use the new feature of "Track changes" in Web Intelligence to highlight changes of a time dependent hierarchy. Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jul. 21, 2009 08:42 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Crystal Reports and SAP BW Hierarchies - Part 2 of 2
In this two part blog series we are talking a look how you can use Crystal Reports in combination with hierarchies but still use drill down. Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Business Objects, Crystal Reports [Jul. 10, 2009 11:10 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SAP UK and Ireland World Tour 2009
SAP UK and Ireland World Tour 2009 : Your complete guide to Business Intelligence , all under one roof. Chris Darvill in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jul. 06, 2009 08:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Information compliments Intelligence...
This blog describes that how the correct information can bring more intelligence... Ankur Ramkumar Goel in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jun. 28, 2009 07:06 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Switching off BWA for Selected Queries
This blog tells you about how to switch off some specific queries from BW Accelerator using a program. Gattu Chaithanya in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI) [Jun. 28, 2009 07:03 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version for BW: deployment options
With this post, I’m highlighting SAP recommended high-level approaches for deploying SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version for BW in an existing SAP NetWeaver landscape. Thierry Audas in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 25, 2009 11:34 AM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

Benefits of QA platform for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator
Benefits of QA platform for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator. Somesh Dwivedi in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 16, 2009 12:16 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

What is the difference between Explorer, formerly called Polestar, and the new accelerated version for BW?
With this post I'm addressing a very popular question on SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, i.e., what are the key differences between SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, formerly called Polestar, and the new accelerated version for SAP NetWeaver BW. Thierry Audas in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 09, 2009 05:41 AM | 13 Comments | Permalink]

What is SAP BusinessObjects Explorer?
At SAPPHIRE in Orlando SAP just announced a breakthrough innovation for business intelligence: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. In this blog I give an overview of this new solution. Thierry Audas in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 04, 2009 10:45 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Important Name Change for Netweaver BI
To remove confusion, the term business intelligence is now associated only with the solutions from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio. Jonathan Becher in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 02, 2009 03:01 PM | 22 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – What do you need to get to the Clear Enterprise?
SAP’s message on the Clear Enterprise is not surprising. To realize the vision of a Clear Enterprise requires an organization to establish a spirit of innovation and a culture of process. Innovation is not a burden but instead an ally in these times. Puneet K. Suppal in Analytics, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, SAP SAPPHIRE [May. 29, 2009 01:36 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

"Driven to Perform" Podcast from SAPPHIRE Orlando 2009 on SearchDataManagement.com: Are you ready for corporate performance management?
Stephanie Buscemi, co-author of "Driven to Perform: Risk-Aware Performance Management From Strategy Through Execution", did a podcast at SAPPHIRE 2009 discussing the key concepts of the book. This is a great way to get a quick overview of the key concepts of the book! Nenshad Bardoliwalla in Analytics, Sustainability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Procurement and SRM, Master Data Management (MDM), International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Enterprise Performance Management, CRM, Business Suite 7, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, SAP SAPPHIRE [May. 25, 2009 01:07 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Polestar: The Pervasive Business Intelligence Answer
This post explain how Polestar introduces intuitive and user-friendly interface to enable pervasive BI for business users. Miguel Figueiredo in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform [May. 19, 2009 07:39 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Entered Unrestricted Shipment
SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 has successfully completed the ramp-up phase and entered unrestricted shipment now. Thomas Ruhl provides us with some first customer feedback and recaps the highlights of this release. Thomas Ruhl in Banking, Analytics, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM), Mining and Metal, Aerospace and Defense, Oil and Gas, Product Lifecycle Management, Professional Services, Public Sector, Retail, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture, Automotive, Beginner, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Management, Utilities Industry, Travel and Logistics Services, CRM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Procurement and SRM, Life Sciences, Composition Environment (CE), ERP, Business Suite 7, Healthcare, Higher Education, Business Objects, Wholesale Distribution [May. 19, 2009 06:30 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

"Driven to Perform" Webcast: Managing Performance and Risk in a Down Economy – A Practical Approach to Optimizing Business Performance for Everyone
What differentiates you from your competitors? How can you improve performance in difficult times by finding and executing the most effective and efficient strategy, and then tuning it to achieve even better results? How can you achieve alignment across your organization and partner network? Don’t miss this important webcast, where you can get answers to all these questions. Come hear directly from the authors of Driven To Perform – Risk Aware Performance Management from Strategy to Execution as they describe how to strategize, plan, execute, monitor, analyze, and optimize performance, all within the context of the myriad risks and compliance requirements that companies face today. Nenshad Bardoliwalla in Analytics, Service-Oriented Architecture, Product Lifecycle Management, Procurement and SRM, Master Data Management (MDM), International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, CRM, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Sustainability [May. 08, 2009 09:14 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Innovation options from the SAP ecosystem will be on display at SAPPHIRE ‘09
Attending SAPPHIRE this year is a matter of enterprises seeking to find out more about how best they can leverage their SAP investment. Attendees should seek out those opportunities that help them stay in step with the evolution of SAP’s offerings. They should seek out the game-changing options that will help them focus on business process in a way that not only helps them with savings during this economic downturn, but also assists them in emerging ahead of their competition beyond it. Puneet K. Suppal in Analytics, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Professional Services, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Enterprise Performance Management, Enhancement Packages, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Service-Oriented Architecture [May. 05, 2009 10:31 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Announcing the Launch of Our New Book, "Driven to Perform: Risk-Aware Performance Management From Strategy Through Execution"!
Our new book, Driven to Perform: Risk-Aware Performance Management From Strategy Through Execution, shows how to achieve tangible business results through the modern practice of performance management. The book provides a comprehensive tour of the performance management methods and software applications that help companies master the complexity and chaos of the modern business world. No other book on performance management contains the overview of the process, technology, and people issues in the field (Parts I and II) along with hands-on recommendations for specific business areas such as Sales, Finance, IT, Supply Chain, Product Development, and more (Part III). Improving performance management is a necessity in order to propagate strategy, manage risk, design and optimize processes, compare potential scenarios, achieve compliance, and manage numerous partner relationships. This book is an essential guide to driving transformation to a high-performance, data-driven company. Nenshad Bardoliwalla in Analytics, Governance, Risk and Compliance, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), Master Data Management (MDM), Procurement and SRM, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP SAPPHIRE, Service-Oriented Architecture, ERP, Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Business Solutions, Business Suite 7, CRM, Sustainability [May. 04, 2009 11:48 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Upcoming Webinar - Exclusive Preview of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SCN members get an exclusive preview and demo of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer (the combination of SAP BusinessObjects Polestar and SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator). Jason Cao in Analytics, Search, SAP Developer Network, Emerging Technologies, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Webinars [May. 04, 2009 02:39 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

So, what is next in Business Intelligence ?
My thoughts, wishes and dreams on how the world of Business Intelligence will change going forward. Vijay Vijayasankar in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, Business Suite 7, CRM [Apr. 18, 2009 10:37 PM | 35 Comments | Permalink]

If it were a hundred times faster...
What business difference would it make it some transactions would run 100 times faster? Oliver Mainka in ABAP, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Procurement and SRM, Professional Services, Public Sector, Retail, SAP Business Workflow, Enterprise Performance Management, CRM, Aerospace and Defense, Analytics, Automotive, Banking, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Solutions, Business Suite 7, Chemicals, Consumer Products, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Apr. 17, 2009 01:46 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Comparing SAP BW and an Oracle DW
This blog looks at the situation of a customer who migrated his hand-crafted Oracle data warehouse to SAP BW. It is a tangible, real-world case that contradicts many of the alleged pros and cons of the differing approaches to data warehousing. Beside TCO, the new SQL interface on SAP BW allows even for a surprising 1:1 comparison regarding query performance. Thomas Zurek in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects [Apr. 14, 2009 05:26 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects innovation center is live!
This is for the launch of the SAP BusinessObjects innovation center on SCN Laurent Bride in Analytics, Python, SAP Developer Network, SAP Research, SAP TechEd, Scripting Languages, Search, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Dynpro, PHP, Perl, Master Data Management (MDM), BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Performance Management, Java Programming, JavaScript, Widgets [Apr. 02, 2009 11:57 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

SQL Access to BW via Data Federator
In another blog, a number of improvements have been discussed regarding universe-based access to BW infoproviders. One major new option is that it is now possible to access BW infoproviders via SQL. Technically, this has been achieved via Business Objects's Data Federator (DF) that includes SQL engine running on top of federated data sources - one of those can be a BW 7.01 system. This blog provides some more insights into that approach. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects [Mar. 06, 2009 07:44 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Better Performance For Universe-Based Access To BW
This blog introduces two new pieces of development shipping with BW 7.01 SPS3 that significantly improve the performance when using Business Objects WebIntelligence on top of NW BW. Thomas Zurek in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Mar. 06, 2009 07:44 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Polestar OnDemand APIs now available for your Innovation Ideas
Polestar OnDemand Preview, a cloud based version of SAP BusinessObjects Polestar now has a REST API for creating interactive data mashups. SAP will be funding an innovation challenge to award $10,000 to the developers who create the most innovative and creative Polestar mashups. Robert Horne in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Service-Oriented Architecture [Mar. 04, 2009 11:28 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Maps in Business Objects Polestar
We built a prototype of showing data on maps in Business Objects Polestar. How would you make use of it? Oliver Mainka in Analytics, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, CRM, Emerging Technologies, Retail [Mar. 04, 2009 03:33 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

the closer we get the further apart we become
Do we believe that social networks make use more connected yet more distanced ? Marco ten Vaanholt in Beyond SAP, BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Expert [Feb. 26, 2009 08:10 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Upcoming Lifecycle Management Sessions - SAP Insider 2009
This blog contains information the upcoming SAP Insiders conferences in Orlando, Florida in March 2009. The author will be presenting two lectures and one lab. Adaptive Computing Controller from SAP will be presented as a lecture and a hands-on lab. A lecture on minizing maintenance downtime will also be presented. The abstracts are included along with links to the conference sites. Visit the site for a complete list of sessions that will be offered. Storm Archer in BI Accelerator, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Enhancement Packages, Emerging Technologies, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), ABAP, Application Server, Beginner, SAP TechEd [Jan. 26, 2009 12:16 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP EcoHub: Discover Evaluate & now ...BUY !
SAP EcoHub: Discover-Evaluate & now ...BUY SAP Ecohub introduced new capability to buy solutions, listed on the hub. Initial rollout includes 6 products but it can be argued that it has larger implications in that it opens up a channel for developers to create interesting widgets and applications and offer this to the wider community of customers who could benefit from it. Rajeev Kak in Analytics, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP xApps, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Developer Network, Java Programming, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Widgets [Jan. 16, 2009 08:47 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator: The Real Value Proposition
The value proposition for the BI accelerator is tricky to get right, as I found when I drafted and redrafted it for my SAP Press book on the accelerator (due out in December). In his September SDN blog, Somesh Dwivedi made a good start at spelling it out. But I think the version I present here, which Mathias Poehling and I worked out rather carefully, is an improvement. Judge for yourself. Andrew Ross in BI Accelerator [Nov. 18, 2008 03:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BIA BLOG Series, Part VIII: Improvements and major parameter changes for BI Accelerator
New features, improvements and major parameter changes that have been introduced for the BI Accelerator (BIA) with the latest revisions and SAP notes for BIA release 7.00. Silvia Bratz in BI Accelerator [Nov. 06, 2008 04:07 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

BIA BLOG Series, Part VII: Disaster Tolerance and Backup And Recovery for BI Accelerator
Disaster Tolerance and Backup And Recovery for BIA Description of: - the solution - the availability - limitations Silvia Bratz in BI Accelerator [Oct. 21, 2008 12:59 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

BIA – Vertical Decomposition
Vertical Decomposition in BIA Praveen Jaggasa in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI) [Sep. 24, 2008 12:38 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]