Arizona Business Objects and Crystal Users Group
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group will run from 1:00pm to 3:00pm AZ time on Thursday, February 9th. You can register below for free.
We are excited to announce that we plan on running this user group in-person, so be on the lookout for more location details.
Location:
TBD
Agenda:
TBD
Attendance is free; however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.
See you soon!
This Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects and Crystal User Group ran on Thursday, November 10th. You can view the session recordings below.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Deep dive on Data Mode in Webi 4.3 SP3 – SAP France
Attend this session to learn how we have reinterpreted the SAP BusinessObjects concept of Semantic Layer but for the business user.
Discover how we have evolved the Webi Data Model to make it a real Business Semantic, allowing end users to autonomously and securely create data, from heterogeneous sources, to answer their business questions.
1:35 – 2:05 pm | Asking a Wizard to Migrate (4.2 to 4.3) is Like Asking a Duck to … – Amy O’Neel, InfoSol
In this topic we will cover some of the tips and tricks to using the Promotion Management Wizard to migrate your BusinessObjects content from 4.2 to 4.3. We’ll include various sized environments, cloud migrations, and 4.3-specific considerations in addition to covering some tools we use to make the process work efficiently and completely.
2:05 – 2:15 pm | Break
2:15 – 2:45 pm | Using Squirrel to Analyze Business Impact of Weather Conditions – Roxanne Pittman and Taylor Packwood, InfoSol Inc.
The recent Hurricane Ian cut a wide swath of damage and destruction across several states this year. This session will show how we put together a POC for using InfoBurst Squirrel with BusinessObjects to bring insights as to which properties and communities were in Ian’s path and how to follow up quickly with these contacts for possible assistance.
2:45 – 3:00 pm | Raffle
This Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects and Crystal User Group ran on Thursday, August 11th. You can view the session recordings below.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Why go to 4.3? Presentation Mode! A story! – Alan Anolik, Maven BI Group
Up your BI game with Webi Intelligence 4.3 Presentation Mode! At a major mining enterprise, we’ve been using Webi since 4.2 to auto refresh a series of “live” dashboards displayed on site and python code to toggle between tabs set to opendoc links. When upgraded to 4.3, the process is as easy as 1,2,3! No special code, no special settings changes in CMC. Auto Refresh and auto tab switch, right of the box, only with Web Intelligence 4.3!
1:35 – 2:05 pm | Best Practices for Universe Design – Isabel Ghosn, InfoSol Canada
The universe is one of the best advantages SAP has over other BI tools. So, a well thought-out, well-built universe is key to a successful deployment. Learn easy to follow best practices to make your Universe more User, Designer and Database friendly and why good universe design is critical to the success of your BusinessObjects project.”
2:05 – 2:15 pm | Break
2:15 – 2:45 pm | Webi Tips and Tricks: Tales from the Trenches in 4.2
This session will be covering some “tricks from the trenches” in Webi 4.2 (but would also apply to 4.3). We will be covering topics such as:
2:45 – 3:00 pm | Raffle
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed VIRTUAL Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group will run from 1:00pm to 3:00pm AZ (PT) time on Thursday, August 11th.
Location:
TBD. We will let you know if this user group will be running virtually or in-person soon.
Agenda:
TBD. Check back soon!
This Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects and Crystal User Group ran on Thursday, May 12th. You can view the session recordings below.
Agenda:
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Using WebI Shared Elements – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc.
Shared Elements are report elements (tables, charts, logos, etc.) that are stored in the Business Objects repository for reuse. Shared Elements can be used to create a new report or added to an existing report by simply dragging and dropping into the report.
This session will cover:
1:35 – 2:05 pm | Creating Fast Visual BI Apps with BO and Squirrel 365 – John Zbyszinski, InfoSol Inc.
Using Buisness Objects Webi, let’s take a report as our data source and build a Squirrel App that is not only interactive, but is able to pass parameters to filter the data coming from the report.
2:15 – 2:45 pm | How to Develop Webi Reports Faster in the New BI 4.3 UI – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol Inc.
WebI 4.3 comes with a brand new FIORI-based user interface for developing reports and visualizations. But it also offers some cool new features and functionalities. In this session, I will share how you can leverage some of them to build reports with more efficiency.
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed VIRTUAL Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group will run from 1:00pm to 3:30pm AZ (MST) time on Thursday, February 10th.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Enhanced Webi Dashboards using SAP Freemium Need4Viz in Webi 4.3 SP02 – Alan Anolik, MavenBI
Join the FAMOUS Alan THE Anolik from Maven BI Group as he takes us on a journey to discover the amazing possibilities that 4.3 SP2 has to offer when you sign up for N4V Freemium. Alan will show off the FREE functionality provided by SAP and N4V by demoing a quick dashboard build in WEBINTELLIGENCE 4.3 SP2 using the N4V FREEMIUM OPTION.
1:35 – 2:05 pm | 10 Things to Consider Before Upgrading to BI 4.3 SP02 – Amy O’Neel, InfoSol
In hopes of funning up this presentation, we’ll look at the similarities for steps to prepare for an upgrade or migration to 4.3 with things of note while traveling on a road trip with the family. Just about anything can be related with the right spin, right? Of course, we’ll sprinkle in some real examples and some valuable insight from genius ideas, uses and applications I’ve seen while working with my clients that are worth sharing. And when our virtual trip is over, hopefully you will be inspired to travel…or upgrade… to boot. VIEW THE SLIDES
2:05 – 2:20 pm | Break
2:20 – 2:50 pm | Integrating BusinessObjects with Power BI – Bryan Baca, InfoSol
Learn how to automatically extract data from a Web Intelligence report or BusinessObjects Universe, transform the data to Power BI Data Set, and deliver the data to Power BI Server. In this session we will discuss scheduling, production, and delivery of Power BI Datasets from BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and Universe, database query, and Excel.
2:50 – 3:20 pm | Best Practices for Migrating for UNX universes – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol
Going forward with BI 4.3, there will be no further patches, fixes, or enhancements for UNV so now would be a good time for everyone to convert any UNV universes they still have to UNX and repoint all reports to the respective unx universe. In this presentation, I will share the methods and best practices for doing that, along with how much can be automated and what needs to be done manually. I will also talk about the option of using InfoBurst to do the regression testing for all the Webi reports connected to the universe. VIEW THE SLIDES
3:20 – 3:30 pm | Raffle
Attendance is free; however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.
See you soon!
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed VIRTUAL Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group will run from 1:00pm to 3:30pm AZ (MST) time on Thursday, November 4th.
Location:
This user group was hosted on Zoom and the sessions can be streamed below.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Solving Business Problems – Part 1 – Roxanne Pittman with InfoSol & Amanda Zibell Maricopa County.
Using Business Objects for finance reporting has been around for decades, but have you considered using it for data analytics to look for fraud?
This session well cover current buzz words and how they relate to Business Objects and we discuss ways to solve seemingly complex business issues with the tools we have.
1:35 – 2:05 pm | Solving Business Problems – Part 2 – Roxanne Pittman with InfoSol & Amanda Zibell Maricopa County.
Following the previous session we will demonstrate technical solutions using Web Intelligence and IDT for being able to show data analytic to resolve specific business
2:05 – 2:20 pm | Break
2:20 – 2:50 pm | Tips for Transitioning to the New Webi 4.3 – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol Inc.
WebI 4.3 comes with a FIORI-based, modern, and simplified user interface for designing and developing ad-hoc reports, operational reports, highly analytical reports, visually rich dashboards, and more powerful BI content. While this is a great foundational step towards future analytics and end-user experience it is also quite a transition from the classic launchpad that many are used to. To assuage the fear and panic generated from this huge transformation, this session will share a few tips that we have found quite useful to adapt to the new features faster and make the transition from WebI 4.2 to 4.3 more enjoyable.
2:50 – 3:20 pm | Tips and Techniques Used to Convert SSRS Report to Webi – Dirk Blasio, Ports America
When faced with the challenge of creating a new Web Intelligence report based on an existing SSRS report, there are no magic utilities available but we came up with a method that worked well. This included using the SSRS report query to build new BO universe, using Custom Calculation Contexts in the Webi report and using hide and filter techniques to match output from the SSRS report. In addition, we Improved data accuracy in the Webi report compared to the original SSRS report. This case study presentation will show how we achieved this.
3:20 – 3:30 pm | Raffle
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed VIRTUAL Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group will run from 1:00pm to 3:30pm AZ (MST) time on Thursday, August 12th.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:05 – 1:35 pm | Webi v. Crystal Reports – when to use each and when to use both – Rajesh Ponnurangam, InfoSol Inc.
Join this session to find out some of the interesting ways to deliver Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence reports to support your business needs. A case study on how both Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence is utilized by a city government to automate parking violations and code enforcement letters will be presented. This session will also cover tips and tricks for designing pixel perfect Crystal and Web Intelligence reports.
1:35 – 2:05 pm | BusinessObjects as Part of BI Strategy for the Next Decade – Paul grill, InfoSol Inc.
As the world continues to navigate a global pandemic that started well over a year ago, the importance and significance of Business Intelligence has never been more critical.
Yet, at the same time, most organizations find themselves in a situation where time, resources and budget have never been tighter. As a result, making better and more use of the BI applications in place makes a lot of sense. For many, that means leveraging BusinessObjects as it remains the most widely used BI suite in the world today.
In addition, between Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports, it offers the best BI reporting platform available.
While tools like Tableau and PowerBI are gaining larger market share in the BI space, they are used for data discovery and data visualization and not designed for BI reporting.
It is for this reason, that most organizations who have adopted these tools, retain BusinessObjects for BI reporting.
This session will both discuss and show real customer case studies of how existing BusinessObjects are adapting to the new co-existence norm and how companies, new to BI, are adopting BusinessObjects as part of their new BI strategy for the next decade.
2:05 – 2:20 pm | Break
2:20 – 2:50 pm | How to bring in Web site or services data into Web Intelligence – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol Inc.
In this session, we will discuss possible techniques and overview of options to bring in the data from web service and use them for Web Intelligence reporting. We will also see how Web Service can be used to share data from BI as well.
2:50 – 3:20 pm | The Power of Input Controls in BI 4.2 – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc.
Input Controls are used in Web Intelligence to filter and analyze data within the report. Input Controls can be simple and can also be used in ways you may not have thought about to make your reports more dynamic. Join this session to learn about the power of Input Controls!
3:20 – 3:30 pm | Raffle