In This Issue:

InfoSol Solutions Draw Crowds at Business Objects Insight 2006

InfoSol's BusinessObjects Education Schedule and Catalog for 2007 - Now Available!

Save the Date for IBIS 2007

Ask the Expert - Your Business Intelligence Questions Answered

Special Offers for November 2006

Up and Coming Events

 

InfoSol Solutions Draw Crowds at Business Objects Insight 2006

There was no shortage of new solutions and information to be absorbed at the Business Objects Insight 2006 Conference in San Francisco last week. The over 2,000 attendees were spoiled for choice at the breadth of business intelligence solutions on display at the Partner Showcase, and there was no busier spot than the InfoSol booth.

InfoSol demonstrated its new Distributed Dashboard solution for automatically refreshing and distributing Xcelsius dashboards, in addition to InfoBurst (report distribution, bursting, and publishing), Version Manager (version control for universes and reports), and Enterprise Manager (auditing of BusinessObjects users, queries, and universes). Many customers also stopped by to discuss InfoSol's services for XI R2 Migration and Education.

There appeared to be more of a distinct sense of purpose amongst many attendees this year, in that they had specific questions and needs to be addressed. In addition to the many inquiries about what is really involved in migrating to XI R2, a large number of attendees wanted to better understand the functionality and features of the BusinessObjects XI platform.

InfoSol consultants on-hand were able to address all of these inquiries and many attendees requested web casts and teleconferences to follow up with both XI R2 and the InfoSol add-on solutions after the conference.

If you would also like to schedule a teleconference or web cast to discuss XI R2, XI R2 Migration, or any of the InfoSol add-on solutions, click here.

InfoSol's BusinessObjects Education Schedule and Catalog for 2007 - Now Available!

InfoSol has released its 2007 Education Catalog for BusinessObjects training offerings for the coming year. As well as course details, the catalog also includes information on e-Learning courses, Computer Based Training, and how to become a BusinessObjects or Crystal Certified Professional. To download the catalog click here.

InfoSol also offers the full curriculum of BusinessObjects e-Learning courses, which may be purchased through the InfoSol web site with an automatic 5% discount.

All courses in the catalog are also offered as on-site courses to be taught at any customer location. InfoSol will also offer many of these courses on a Virtual Classroom basis in 2007. The Virtual Classroom offering allows the courses to be taught live by a certified instructor through a web cast, and is a very cost effective way for simultaneously teaching individuals or groups of people situated at different locations.

Another new InfoSol education offering for 2007 is the "My Personal Trainer" service, which provides scheduled, remote time with an instructor after a training class in order to help with real world issues you run into and to reinforce what you learned in the class.

For more information on these or other InfoSol education offerings, click here.

The InfoSol BusinesObjects Public Training Course schedule is also now available, and shows course offerings through March 31, 2007. These public courses are offered at the InfoSol headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a very popular time for people to attend training in Phoenix, so be sure to register early if you plan to attend any of these courses.

To download the schedule, click here.

Save the Date for IBIS 2007

The 2007 InfoSol Business Intelligence Seminar (IBIS) will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July, 2007. The resort location is being finalized and will be announced, along with details of the full agenda of the conference training tracks and seminars, in the next Eye Bulletin.

IBIS 2007 will feature certified BusinessObjects XI R2 training courses, including Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, and Administering Users and Content for XI R2. There will also be workshop courses for Advanced Web Intelligence usage and Data Integration. A new, dedicated track "Deploying Dashboards across the Enterprise using Crystal Xcelsius and InfoBurst," will also be featured, along with a new workshop seminar on Best Practices for Deploying and Managing your BusinessObjects XI R2 Environment.

Registration will be available on the InfoSol web site at the beginning of December 2006.

Ask the Expert - Your Business Intelligence Questions Answered

QUESTION:
Decode statements are excellent for making a set of rows into columned data, but what happens when the objects decode for results in another table? This may change your reports as seen in the following example.

ANSWER:
In a recent client example, Actual GL data was defined as Sum(decode(GL_BALANCES.actual_flag,'A',nvl(GL_BALANCES.PERIOD_NET_CR,0),0))

Prior to multiple budgets, budget data was defined as Sum(decode(GL_BALANCES.actual_flag,'B',nvl(GL_BALANCES.PERIOD_NET_CR,0),0))

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Submit your questions to the InfoSol expert by e-mailing infosol@infosol.com. Also, check out our BusinessObjects technical tips by visiting our web site.

Special Offers for November 2006

InfoBurst Enterprise Edition
Save 10% off the list price of InfoBurst Enterprise Edition for any purchase in the month of November. For more information contact infosol@infosol.com.

Distributed Dashboards
Special package discounts on Crystal Xcelsius for Workgroup bundled with InfoBurst. Save 10% on Crystal Xcelsius for Workgroup when purchased as part of Distributed Dashboard bundle. If you already own InfoBurst, receive the InfoBurst XDS option for automated dashboard refresh FREE (valued at $3,000), if you purchase Xcelsius for Workgroup prior to December 15, 2006. For more information contact infosol@infosol.com.

FREE Lunchtime Seminar

Business Intelligence for the Masses - You don't have to be Big to use BI

To Register, click here.

Business Intelligence software and solutions are changing the way corporations and institutions are doing business. It is helping them to operate more efficiently, reduce costs, improve results and generally act smarter.

While large companies have been reaping the benefits of BI for many years, mid-size and small companies have not, for the most part, taken advantage of this amazing technology. They have shied away thinking that it is expensive and complex to implement - not so - BI is for the little guy too!



Click here to see this dashboard in action.

Today, Business Intelligence is both affordable and easy to implement. The only hurdle is understanding what it can do for you and why you need it now.

InfoSol is offering a dynamic, one-hour presentation entitled "Business Intelligence for the Masses" to show you what Business Intelligence is, how companies are using it today and to demonstrate examples of Business Intelligence solutions in action.

We know your time is valuable, so to make it even more palatable, InfoSol will provide lunch, so you nourish your body while your mind takes in a healthy portion of Business Intelligence information.

Do not miss this excellent opportunity to learn about how Business Intelligence can help you.

BONYMAUG

Date: November 29, 2006

Time: Registration begins at 8:30am (this is an all day event)

Location: Radisson Martinique on Broadway (formerly the Holiday Inn at 49 WEST 32ND Street on 6 Ave.), New York.

InfoSol will be a Sponsor at this meeting and will also be presenting the following:

Distributed Dashboards
Business Intelligence dashboards showing key business and operation metrics are hot and with the amazing Crystal Xcelsius solution, they just became even hotter. Using Xcelsius, you can quickly create dazzling and effective, animated dashboards and "what if" calculators that can either be dynamically refreshed or embedded in commodity applications. Take this a step further by automatically and intelligently distributing these dashboards and you have the next generation of Business Intelligence. See Distributed Dashboards in action and learn how businesses, large and small, are looking to utilize them.

XI R2 Migration Success Story using Enterprise Manager and Version Manager
The migration to XI is not a simple update or patch. It is a change in architecture and platform. It is also an opportunity to move to the new features and functionality. Tools such as Enterprise Manager can help in the assessment phase to determine who is using the product and what they are using in terms of reports and universes, data sources, databases, or stored procedures. Version Manager is an ideal tool to save all existing reports/universes and organize them into work units for the migration with the different phases of migration.

Click here to visit the BONYMAUG web site for full details and agenda.

Pittsburg Business Objects Users Group

Date: December 7, 2006

Time: 8:30am - 1:00pm

Location: To be Determined
Complete details to be posted to the web site shortly.

InfoSol will be presenting the following:

Distributed Dashboards
Business Intelligence dashboards showing key business and operation metrics are hot and with the amazing Crystal Xcelsius solution, they just became even hotter. Using Xcelsius, you can quickly create dazzling and effective, animated dashboards and "what if" calculators that can either be dynamically refreshed or embedded in commodity applications. Take this a step further by automatically and intelligently distributing these dashboards and you have the next generation of Business Intelligence. See Distributed Dashboards in action and learn how businesses, large and small, are looking to utilize them.

Click here to visit the web site.

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