You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting Thursday, February 9th 2017. 

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

Location: Scottsdale Community College: 9000 East Chaparral Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85256

Turquoise Room — located in the Student Center (SC) — Room 164. It is well marked and everyone on campus knows it as “Turquoise”. The room has an outside entrance (which you will see as you approach the building), as well as an entrance from inside the Student Center.

Parking: Lot A is closest to the Turquoise Room (campus map).

Driving directions: 101 to Chaparral Road. East on Chaparral to the first entrance of SCC. After you’ve entered campus, turn left and follow the winding road to Parking Lot A.

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration

1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome and Announcements

1:10- 1:55 pm | SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 Customization and Branding – Adam Lange, A. Lange Consulting

In this session, attendees will learn the procedures for tailoring your SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 platform. Learn how to: add logos and messages to the Launch Pad login screen, manage logos and other company images, selectively hide Web Intelligence features, create effective report templates, and more.

2:00- 2:45 pm | Mass Connection Credential Change in BOE – Alan Ziv, MCCD

In February 2015, the Maricopa Community College District moved its Student Information System to a new version on servers located in the Oracle Cloud. This required the connection information (server, username, and password) to be changed on thousands of reports. The way we accomplished this mostly worked, but there were significant issues. We started to look for an alternative method for future use. This led us to 360View which we had previously used only for managing security settings. GB&Smith has responded to our needs with updates to 360View to address the issues we have encountered. The current situation will be described.

2:45- 3:00 pm | Break & Networking

3:00- 3:30 pm | Tips and Tricks for Migrating from BusinessObjects XI 3.1 to BI 4.2 – Minith Patel, InfoSol

Upgrading BO Application can be challenging, this presentation will focus on important topics, Tips and Tools that help with the a successful upgrade of BO from 3.1 to 4.2.

3:30- 4:00 pm | The Five People You Meet in Dashboard Heaven – Paul Grill, InfoSol

Following the phenomenal success of “The Seven Deadly Sins of Dashboard Design”, BI Dashboard Evangelist, Paul Grill , shifts the focus to highlighting some remarkable BI dashboards – how they came about, the impact they had and the people that made them happen. The engagement of the business user is critical to both the success and user adoption of any BI solution. In the case studies covered, the users play critical roles in the idea, the design and the result and will show the importance of best practices in making the user experience the number one priority.

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, November 10th, 2016, 12:30-4:15 PM.

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

Location: Glendale Community College Room LS-102

http://www.gccaz.edu/content/life-sciences-building

Parking:

The best parking place for our event will be the north east corner (S3 or S6). Here is a map: http://www.gccaz.edu/gcc-main-campus I spoke with College Safety about “rules” on where to park – they said visitors need to park in spaces with white lines (not yellow or blue, or marked spaces for any purpose), and they need to NOT pull through or back in – only forward facing (they do issue tickets for this, as they think its a safety hazard). Also, traffic will be heavy when the first arrive, so they may wish to add a little extra time to park. When we are finished, traffic will be light.

Agenda

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration

1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome and Announcements

1:10- 1:55 pm | Creating Interactive Dashboards in Web Intelligence – Jared Hansen

Learn how to use the functionality in Web Intelligence to create dynamic and interactive reports/dashboards. Also, see how the City of Mesa has used these techniques to create a more cohesive and guided analytical solution.

2:00- 2:45 pm | Introduction to SAP Analytics Extensions Directory (AED) –  Raghu Ramakrishnan SAP

This session will take a look at the Analytics Extensions Directory, also known as AED.  You will find out some of the Customer and Partner benefits in using this directory as well as some of the  AED Customer / Partner testimonials.

2:45- 3:00 pm | Break & Networking

3:00- 3:30 pm | Saving Tigers with BI: The WWF Dashboard Case Study – Taylor Packwood

Learn about the collaboration efforts between the World Wildlife Foundation and Infosol, as they join forces to help save and preserve the world population of tigers from becoming extinct. Be able to see first-hand the dashboard that was produced as a result of this team effort, how it was developed, and what’s ahead in the future.

3:30- 4:00 pm | Tips & Tricks in the CMC – Minith Patel

This session will cover important tips and tricks that can help leverage the new features of BO CMC, which will help manage your day to day Admin Activities. Minith Patel from Infosol will walk us thru the Helpful tips and Useful tricks for the BO CMC.

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, February 11th, 2016, 12:30-4:15 PM.

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

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration

1:00 – 1:10 pm | Welcome and Announcements

1:10- 1:55 pm | Multiple Data Providers in Web Intelligence 4.2: It’s a whole new world – Michael Ward

This session will provide an overview on how to bring multiple providers from Universes as well as Excel and Free Hand SQL into your document.  Topics will include: How to properly synchronize common dimensions both for a new merges and appending to an existing merge, various uses of Excel files in a document, the use of merged dimensions in the report, and its effect on the report output, and Free Hand SQL. This presentation will consist of a live demonstration of all topics covered.

2:00- 2:45 pm | How automated Crystal Reports publications keep Safeway running – Evan Davies

Learn how Safeway now supports the mass distribution of reports to all of their divisions, districts and stores with the deployment of InfoBurst. This session will review how system was architected, the challenges that had to be addressed and overcome and the how the system is managed. We will also review specific instances of how this deployment is providing specific business value.

2:45- 3:00 pm | Break & Networking

3:00- 3:30 pm | Harmony in Reporting: The City of Mesa’s Standards and Templates– Jared Hansen

When the City of Mesa first implemented Business Objects, the number of reports began to grow at an exponential pace. Many reports were developed with different designs and customizations, all of them presenting data in a slightly different manner. In addition, no standards were developed for report names, organization, or numbering. This led to confusion with departments not knowing which reports they should run or data they should trust in order to have actionable insight. The report development team met and developed report standards and templates which provide the overall framework for reporting. As the City has implemented the new standards, we’ve made some modifications along the way especially as we’ve now completed an upgrade from 3.1 to 4.0. Learn how we arrived at our solution along with the lessons we learned along the way.

Main topics include:

1. Why we needed reporting standard and processes
2. How we developed report templates to meet those standards
3. What lessons we learned during implementation of those standards and processes

3:30- 4:00 pm | Tips and Tricks: Advanced Reporting Techniques in Webi Intelligence 4.1 – Michael Ward

This presentation will provide an in-depth look at how to convert reports to other types of report/chart blocks.  It will take a good look at how to create Master Detail Reports.

It will include how to apply conditional formatting to a Master Detail Report, and how to hide blocks, sections, and columns.  It will include putting a detail report with a chart in

the detail section of a Master Detail Report.  Navigating a Master Detail  Report with the map tab will also be covered.  All topics will be presented through live demonstration.

4:00 – 4:15 pm | Raffle & Prizes

There are 4 meetings scheduled for 2016:  

• February 11,   Location:  This meeting will be held at City of Mesa 200 S Center, Mesa, AZ 85201 (Building 3: Personnel Training Room # 3-119) 
• May 12,
• August 11,
• November 10.

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

See you soon!