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Arizona Business Objects and Crystal Users Group

Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, February 9th, 2023

Posted on November 11, 2022 in Past Meetings by jshields

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:

ASU SkySong
1475 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale AZ 85257
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Will be held in SkySong 341 (Conference Room)
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Agenda:

1:00 – 1:05 pm | Welcome & Announcements

1:05 – 1:35 pm | Key New Features in 4.3 SP03 – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol

The latest release of BusinessObjects 4.3 sp03 came with some exciting new features and this session will be demonstrating some of those key features that have come from customer requests over the years. These exciting innovations continue to make the Report Developers life not just easier … but more fun!

1:35 – 2:05 pm | Upgrading a Major Enterprise from Bi 4.2 to BI 4.3: A Customer Case Study – Viji Neelakantan, Freeport McMorran

With thousands of BusinessObjects Users on multiple continents, along with multiple deployments and a data warehouse in the cloud, there is a lot to consider when a major corporation upgrades BusinessObjects.
This session will talk about the challenge, the planning and the execution of our recent upgrade from BusinessObjects BI 4.2 to 4.3.

2:05 – 2:20 pm | Break

2:20 – 2:50 pm | Why and When to convert your UNV to UNX – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol

BusinessObjects has evolved tremendously throughout its lifetime and yet one major element has thrived and operated as the backbone and it is the metadata layer called “Universe”. The main concept has stayed the same but it has observed its own share of evolution. Although the new format of universe called UNX, introduced with SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 has been around for a while now, many environments have chosen to stay with the traditional UNV format. Now, it is high time we discuss the necessity, benefits and timelines of transitioning to the UNX world. In this session, we will go through the major reasons behind why and when we need to start planning for this conversion process

2:50 – 3:20 pm | Writeback and “What if” in Webi with Squirrel365 – Roxanne Pittman & John Z, InfoSol

Creating custom webi elements with Squirrel365 to expand your webi reports with “what if calculations” and writeback.

3:20 – 3:30 pm | Raffle

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2023 Meeting Schedule

Posted on November 11, 2022 in Upcoming Meetings by jshields

There are 4 meetings scheduled for 2023 (they will always fall on a Thursday):

  • February 9th
  • May 11th
  • August 10th
  • November 9th

Attendance is free; however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.

See you soon!

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Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, November 10th 2022

Posted on October 19, 2022 in Past Meetings by jshields

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

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Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, August 11th 2022

Posted on July 26, 2022 in Past Meetings by jshields

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:

  • Calculating Weighted Averages in Webi
  • A Calculation context example
  • Removing Leading zeros/lagging spaces
  • Displaying chart with future data

2:45 – 3:00 pm | Raffle

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Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, August 11th

Posted on May 12, 2022 in Uncategorized by jshields

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!

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Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – May 12, 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 in Past Meetings by jshields

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:

  • How to create several types of Shared Elements
  • How to reuse them
  • How to edit & modify your Shared Elements
  • The pros & cons of using Shared Elements
  • Any differences between 4.2 and 4.3 Shared Elements

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.

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Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, February 10th

Posted on November 9, 2021 in Past Meetings by jshields

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

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2022 Meeting Schedule

Posted on November 9, 2021 in Past Meetings by jshields

There are 4 meetings scheduled for 2022 (they will always fall on a Thursday):

  • February 10th
  • May 12th
  • August 11th
  • November 10th

Attendance is free; however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.

See you soon!

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Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, November 4th

Posted on August 13, 2021 in Past Meetings by jshields

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

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Virtual Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, August 12th

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Past Meetings by jshields

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

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