Arizona Business Objects and Crystal Users Group
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting.
Attendance is FREE but please register below for count purposes.
Location:
Coming Soon
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Coming Soon
2:00- 2:30 pm | Coming Soon
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | Coming Soon
3:30- 4:00 pm | Coming Soon
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting.
Attendance is FREE but please register below for count purposes. Please find the form to register below the agenda.
Location:
City of Mesa
200 S Center St, Building 3, Room 119
Mesa, AZ 85201
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Everything You Need to Know to Prepare for Your Next BusinessObjects Upgrade – Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc
Upgrading BusinessObjects can be challenging especially if you have a comprehensive deployment with many reports, universes and inter application dependencies. This presentation will focus on the important topics you need to consider and include useful tips, tools and checklists that can help to achieve a successful upgrade.
2:00- 2:30 pm | Data Testing Tips & Tricks – Amanda Zibell, Maricopa County
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | The New Look of Web Intelligence 4.3 – Minith Patel, InfoSol Inc
A major new release of BusinessObjects, 4.3, is due to be released mid-year and with it will come a completely new interface for Web Intelligence. This session will show e sneak preview of the new Webi UI showing how it looks, how to browse and navigate in it and how to edit reports.
PART 1 COMING SOON
3:30- 4:00 pm | Open Discussion: BusinessObjects for a New Decade – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc
A major new release of BusinessObjects will be available in 2020 that will become the BusinessObjects release of this new decade. Knowing that BusinessObjects will be around and supported for the next 10 years, this discussion will focus on how your organizations are planning to use it and evolve with it over the next decade
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
Attendance is free; however, we do ask that you register for count purposes.
See you soon!
You will receive an email reminding you about this event. We look forward to seeing you at the next AZBOCUG meeting!
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting Thursday, November 14th, 2019.
Registration is free, but we do ask that you register to help us keep count. You can see the location and agenda below the form.
Location:
City of Mesa
200 S Center St, Building 3, Room 119
Mesa, AZ 85201
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Check-In
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Converting UNV to UNX – Runali Ghosh, InfoSol Inc
This session will demonstrate and discuss the key techniques for converting “.unv” universe files to “.unx” universe files, including tools and techniques for redirecting the WebI reports to the new “.unx” universe files, testing the converted reports. I will also share some best practices and tips from my recent conversion projects.
2:00- 2:30 pm | Troubleshooting Principles – Jean-Francois Cayron, Sagitta
In this presentation, you will learn about a systematic approach to fixing problems in any system, computer-based or other.
We will also explore methods specifically related to BusinessObjects.
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | Dynamic Dashboarding using Web Intelligence – Jose Ferrero, Freeport McMoRan Inc.
This session will demonstrate how Freeport McMoRan utilized Web Intelligence functions and input controls to create dynamic visualizations, chart changes on the fly, and much more in order to generate a Dashboard document. The current software market is full of tools offering diverse ways to create dashboards.
This session will show users how you can continue using your current SAP Business Intelligence environment, universes, and the power of Web Intelligence to create nice looking and functional document by demonstrating how to create a dashboard from scratch. At the end of the session, you will have the tools and knowledge to recreate it with your own enterprise data.
3:30- 4:00 pm | Data Governance, How Does it Fit? – Ethan Durda, Ascension BI
Data governance as a model unto itself has continued to grow and morph as it tries to serve many masters. This discussion will cover a range of topics around how data governance can help focus data management and keep expectations with leadership aligned to reasonable and achievable goals and objectives.
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting Thursday, August 15th 2019.
Registration is free, but we do ask that you register to help us keep count.
Location:
Blue Cross Blue Shield AZ
2525 W Townley Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85021
Room: Phoenix/Tucson (1st Floor)
Parking: Front of the Building (Guest Parking)
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Check-In
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Using Webi Like a Pro: Input Controls and Shared Elements – Payton Sinkwitz, InfoSol Inc
This session will cover how to utilize input controls and shared elements within a Webi report. We will discuss some common uses of these tools and will include a demonstration of how to quickly organize reports with the use of input controls as well as how to easily re-use/share elements within the report with the use of shared elements.
2:00- 2:30 pm | Formatting the New Time Dimension Function – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc
New Time dimensions in 4.2 sp6 doesn’t let you format them into shorter names (e.g Feb or Feb-2019). Join Roxanne to find out how you can overcome this!
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | Web Intelligence Template and Custom CSS Templates – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc
This session will discuss using report templates for a more consistent and company-branding specific look and feel to your Webi reports. We will also demonstrate how to modify the existing Default Style CSS page and import your modified style sheet so that all future reports will begin with your new style.
3:30- 4:00 pm | Adding to the stable, or switching horses mid-stream? – Part 2 – Paul Grill, InfoSol Inc
What happens when management decides to review your BusinessObjects deployment with the intention of switching to another BI solution. What do you do? Rip and Replace? Co-Exist? Leverage what you have? Here is part 2 of what really needs to be considered.
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting on Thursday, May 16th.
Location:
Maricopa County Planning and Development Office
501 N. 44th Street, Suite 200
Phoenix AZ 85008
Gold and Platinum conference rooms – First floor pass elevators turn left on the right side.
Parking:
Please park on the roof
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Format in Webi Like a Pro: All Dressed Up & Ready to Go – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol Inc
First impressions matter – even for reports! This session will be covering how to use formatting shortcuts and templates to make a meaningful report stand out and shine.
2:00- 2:30 pm | Crystal Reports – A Hidden Gem for Operational Reporting – Brian MacConney, Raytheon
Crystal Reports is more than a “pixel perfect reporting tool.” In our session we will explore key use cases and development techniques for Crystal Reports 2016 with a focus on SAP BW integration, drill-down and data management.
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | Scheduling & Publishing using both BusinessObjects and InfoBurst: A Case Study – Surya Poudel, BCBS AZ
Description coming soon…
3:30- 4:00 pm | Adding to the stable, or switching horses mid-stream? – Ethan Durda, Vixxo
The business has asked us to review our technical stack around SAP Business Objects including our database and ETL tools. What do we do? Here is chapter 1 in one organization’s journey.
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting on Thursday, February 14th.
Location:
Mobile Mini
4646 E. Van Buren St.
3rd Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Agenda:
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Building a Web Intelligence Dashboard – Roxanne Pittman, InfoSol
This session will explore different ways to design and develop interactive Dashboards using Web Intelligence features and functionality.
2:00- 2:30 pm | The Integration of BusinessObjects & Tableau: Tap into the Universe – Paul Grill & Runali Ghosh, InfoSol
This session will explore the best of both worlds; unifying Tableau dashboard visualizations with SAP BusinessObjects data. This session will demonstrate and discuss how users of both platforms can leverage the BusinessObjects Universe as the primary data source for Tableau Dashboard development.
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | How BI is transforming Portfolio Analysis at Store Capital – Tolin Baker – Store Capital
Store Capital is in the business of providing real estate leasing solutions and understanding their customers is key to their success. Established in 2011, they have grown rapidly and have a very large portfolio of customers that they collect key financial and operational data for analysis and tracking purposes. In 2018, they implemented a pilot BI solution using a small data mart with a combination of BusinessObjects dashboards, Web Intelligence and Tableau that transformed their time-intensive manual analysis into a veritable visual gold mine of insights in just a few weeks. This session will discuss their remarkable story and show examples of the Bi solution they created.
3:30- 4:00 pm | Bring your Web Intelligence Challenges – Paul Grill, InfoSol
This open format session will allow the audience to interactively share and explore solutions to our own Web Intelligence challenges.
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes
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 Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting Thursday, November 15th 2018.
Location: City of Mesa 200 S Center St, Building 3, Room 119 Mesa, AZ 85201
Registration is free, but we do ask that you register to help us keep count.
Agenda
12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration
1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome & Announcements
1:10- 1:55 pm | Vixxo Strategist Dashboard Case Study – Cindy Spohn, Vixxo
A case study describing the process of designing and building the Strategist Client Dashboard. The dashboard will truly enhance the client experience when rolled out to the field.
2:00- 2:30 pm | What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.2 SP6? – Runali Ghosh & Bree-Anna Mustad, InfoSol
This session will explore the latest features and enhancements with Web Intelligence 4.2 SP6.
2:30- 2:45 pm | Break & Networking
2:45- 3:30 pm | Using The Web Intelligence Administrative Management Tool – A Case Study – Ethan Durda, Vixxo & Jean-Francios Cayron, Sagitta BI
Take a look at the business problem that inspired the usage of an underrated and unsupported SAP Management Tool for Web Intelligence administration. The session will take a look at the case study as well as showcase the tool in a technical overview through demonstration.
3:30- 4:00 pm | (Continued) Group Open Discussion on BI Pressures and Trends for 2018 and into 2019 – Ethan Durda, Vixxo
This open format discussion is a continuation of discussions in previous AZBOCUG’s, lead by Ethan Durda, which opens to the audience to explore and discuss the various trends and pressures of Business Intelligence in 2018 and also discuss what trends may continue into 2019.
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes