In This Issue:

Distributed Dashboards in Demand and On-Tour

Reducing the Time and Cost of Your Migration to XI R2

InfoSol Offers Effective Evaluations of Distributed Reporting

Ask the Expert - Your Business Intelligence Questions Answered

Special Offers for September 2006

Up and Coming Events

 

Distributed Dashboards in Demand and On-Tour

The new Distributed Dashboard solution from InfoSol is capturing people's attention, as well as their imagination, as they realize the vast array of applications where it can be used to bring immediate value.

By combining Crystal Xcelsius' powerful data visualization and ability to embed dashboards in commodity products with InfoBurst's capability for automated scheduling, distribution, and XML connectivity, a truly remarkable and exciting distributed dashboard solution is now available for everyone.

Click on the screen below to view this Dashboard in Action.

Whether you use BusinessObjects, Crystal, Microsoft, or any other business intelligence solution, distributed dashboards can provide add-on value.

There has been high demand for web casts of the Distributed Dashboard solution and InfoSol is also running special seminars, web casts, and demonstrating at regional user group meetings to reach a wider audience. InfoSol will also be showcasing Distributed Dashboards at "Insight 2006" - the International Business Objects User Conference in San Francisco, November 5-8, where InfoSol will be exhibiting as a Silver Conference Sponsor.

To schedule your own free Distributed Dashboards web cast click here.

To request the Distributed Dashboards Solution Demonstration at your user group meeting contact InfoSol.

To download a Distributed Dashboard Flyer click here.

To download the InfoBurst Brochure click here.

Reducing the Time and Cost of Your Migration to XI R2

As more BusinessObjects customers start their planning and execution of migrating to XI R2, many are finding it difficult to get their arms around exactly what needs to be migrated. It is not unusual to find many established BusinessObjects environments with thousands or even tens of thousands of BusinessObjects reports. Most of these are often personal documents rather than standardized corporate documents. The issue is, do they all need to be migrated, tested, and validated. If they do, this could add substantial time and cost to the migration project.

One very effective method to address this issue is to perform an audit of which reports are actually being used and how frequently. By using a monitoring tool called Enterprise Manager, it is possible to collect and analyze all BusinessObjects user, report, and universe activity over a period of time to quickly see which reports are being used and which are not. The same applies for usage of universes, objects, and even users themselves. Performing an audit with Enterprise Manager for a 30 to 60 day period will enable most sites to determine what is really being used, and therefore, what needs to be migrated and validated.

Enterprise Manager is available both to purchase and to rent. InfoSol also offers both an on-site and a remote service to perform the audit and analysis for you using Enterprise Manager.

For more information on Enterprise Manager click here.

For more information on InfoSol Auditing Services using Enterprise Manager click here.

To download an Enterprise Manager Flyer click here.

To download an InfoSol Auditing Services Flyer click here.

InfoSol Offers Effective Evaluations of Distributed Reporting

It is often difficult to effectively evaluate a new product or solution that you are not familiar with and have never used before. Seeing a demonstration and working through the user guide are not the same as having an expert help you install, configure, and make it operate with your users and reports in your environment.

Report scheduling with intelligent bursting and distribution has become an integral part of many successful business intelligence deployments today. For BusinessObjects, Web Intelligence, Crystal, and Microsoft Reporting Services reports, the best solution available is InfoBurst.

As well as automated scheduling, distribution in different formats, and a wealth of delivery mechanisms, InfoBurst offers intelligent one refresh multiple destination report bursting for all Business Objects report types. It also offers intelligent scheduling, parameterization and publishing based on the results of a SQL query.

The depth of functionality and capabilities are so vast that it is difficult to evaluate it effectively without some knowledge transfer and assistance.

To address this issue, InfoSol is now offering a special 2-day on-site InfoBurst Knowledge Transfer service where an InfoBurst specialist will install, configure, and provide knowledge transfer on the product to help you both effectively evaluate it and use it. The cost of the service will be just $1,950 and this entire amount will be deducted from the price of the product if you decide to purchase it at the end of the evaluation period. Not only does this provide you with effective set-up and training for free, but it also minimizes the requirement for any further InfoBurst training at the end of the evaluation.

This new InfoBurst Start-Up Service is immediately available. For more information contact your InfoSol Account Manager or e-mail InfoSol.

Ask the Expert - Your Business Intelligence Questions Answered

QUESTION:
How can I create Line Number within Sections?

ANSWER:
If you save a sectioned report as HTML and choose the "section by section" option, the sections are saved in separate HTML pages numbered from 0 (i.e. 0.htm, 1.htm, etc.).

In wanting to link to these sectioned pages from another sectioned page, you need a way to correspond the link value to the number of the page. Assuming the sort of the values in the linking page is the same as the sort of the sections you wish to link to, this would be the linenumber() function corrected to start at 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 September 2006

PUBLIC TRAINING 50% Off 2nd Person

For every attendee taking a public training class in the month of September (see list below for Phoenix, AZ), a second person from the same company can attend for 50% off.

This special applies to the following classes:

September 11-13:
DM310R2 BusinessObjects XI R1/R2: Universe Design (3 days)

September 20-21:
QA210R2 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Report Design (2 days)

September 22:
QA320R2 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Advanced Report Design (1 day)

September 25-26:
RD110R2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design (2 days)

September 27-28:
RD210R2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions (2 days)

September 29:
RD310R2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies (1 day)

To register for any of the above classes, click here.

In addition, the following e-learning courses are being offered at a 25% discount.

QA210eR2 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Report Design

QA320Re2 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Advanced Report Design

SA210Re2 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R1/R2: Administering Users and Content with the CMC

SA310eR2 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R1/R2: Administering Servers - Windows

DM310e BusinessObjects XI: Universe Design

DM370e BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI : Extracting, Transforming and Loading Data

QA230eR2 BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence XI R2: Report Design

QA330eR2 BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence XI R2: Advanced Report Design

RD110eR2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design

RD210eR2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions

RD310eR2 Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies

To purchase the e-learning classes, click here.

For a complete calendar listing of all InfoSol public training courses click here.

* This offer is only available for new enrollments, and cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Online registration will not reflect discounted pricing. Offer expires September 25, 2006.

ABOUT (Arizona Business Objects User Team)

Date: Wednesday - September 20th - 12:30-4:30

Location: Countrywide Home Loans - Chandler and Ellis: 101 to Chandler go east; 1/10 mile from 101;
(2555 W. Chandler Blvd., Room 1G)

Click here for a map

ABOUT Meeting Schedule:

Register for the September ABOUT meeting here.

Business Objects Insight Americas 2006 User Conference

Moscone Center - November 5-8, 2006
San Francisco, California
Click here for full details or to register.

InfoSol will be participating as a Silver Sponsor

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