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October 2009
 

In This Issue

  1. Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series - A Tour of SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1

  2. Save Over $75 Per Day on Education Courses

  3. Xcelsius Tip: See how to filter data in Xcelsius without using any formulas in Excel
    Crystal Reports Tip: See how the “DrillDownGrouplevel” function in allows you to suppress a section conditionally

  4. Events:
    - Visit InfoSol at the SAP BusinessObjects User Conference, October 18-21, 2009
    - Save the Date for the last AZBOCUG meeting of the year on December 10, 2009

1. Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series - A Tour of SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1

InfoSol is offering a FREE series of lunch time seminars to educate and bring you up to date on the latest features and functionality in the current BusinessObjects XI 3.1 product suite.

All sessions will provide a FREE lunch and will be held at the InfoSol Seminar Center from 12:00pm-1:00pm.
InfoSol Seminar Center
1831 W. Rose Garden Lane, Suite 8
Phoenix, AZ, 85027
623.707.7600

REGISTER NOW!


Session 1: October 15, 2009

User Tools - The New Face of Business Intelligence

Four dynamic demonstrations of the four most popular BusinessObjects solutions for end-users:

  • Crystal Reports 2008
  • Web Intelligence XI 3.1
  • Xcelsius 2008
  • SAP Explorer (aka Polestar)

Each 15 to 20 minute demonstration will walk you through new features and functionality of these user tools to show how they help different types of users to perform business intelligence tasks with minimal effort and training.

 

Session 2: November 5, 2009
Preparing Data - The Importance of Data Quality and Data Integration for Effective Business Intelligence
Live demonstrations of the powerful Data Quality profiling and transformation tools along with Data Integration solutions to create accurate and properly structured data repositories for effective Business Intelligence.

 

Session 3: December 3, 2009
Mobile Business Intelligence - The Next Wave

Information is moving to mobile devices in a big way as iPhones and other PDA's become the platform delivery of choice for many businesses. For Business Intelligence, there are new challenges in delivering dashboards and visual data on these smaller devices in an effective manner. Do not miss this exciting presentation and demonstration of how Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Excel spreadsheets can be visually rendered with dynamic interaction on a PDA.

 

2. Save Over $75 Per Day on Education Courses

Web Intelligence Courses

October 12-13, 2009
BOW310* - Web Intelligence XI 3: Report Design
(regularly $1,150, now only $997)

October 14, 2009
BOW320* - Web Intelligence XI 3: Advanced Report Design
(regularly $575, now only $497)

 

Crystal Courses

October 26-27, 2009:
BOC310
* - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
(regularly $1,150, now only $997)

October 28-29, 2009
BOC320
* - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
(regularly $1,150, now only $997)


October 30, 2009:
BOC330
* - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Business Processing Strategies
(regularly $575, now only $497)

 

* This offer cannot be combined with other offers or discounts and applies to new enrollments only.
Online registration will not reflect discounted pricing.

For full course synopses or to register for any of these courses click here.

Please enter October Eye-Bulletin Special Discount in the Comments section.


3. Tips and Tricks

Xcelsius Q&A

QUESTION:
Is it possible to filter data in Xcelsius without using any formulas in Excel?

ANSWER:
Yes! The easiest way to accomplish this is by using filtered rows. Below shows a dashboard in which we need to filter Sales Revenue data by Country, by Region and by City. Essentially we want a “cascading filter” effect. Click here to view full tech tip...

 

Crystal Reports Q&A

QUESTION:
I have 3 groups; I would like to drill into the first group and see the second group, then drill into the second group to see the third group; then click on the third group to see group headers one, two, three and the details. Is there a way I can achieve this?

ANSWER:
Yes! The “DrillDownGrouplevel” function allows you to suppress a section conditionally. For example there are 3 groups: Country -> Region->City.
Click here to view full tech tip...


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

 


4. Events
 
October 18-21, 2009: SAP BusinessObjects User Conference - Dallas, TX
View full details and register for this event.
 

InfoSol will be participating as a Silver Sponsor, as well as presenting in THREE sessions! Visit our booth #406 to see demos of InfoBurst 2009, Xcelsius add-ons and BI on the iPhone.

 

December 10, 2009: Arizona BusinessObjects and Crystal User Group (AZBOCUG)
SAVE THE DATE!
Agenda will be posted the week of November 16, 2009 - Register for this meeting now!
 
 
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