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SAP issues monthly Security Patch Day Bulletins on the second Tuesday of every month- which has been synchronized with the Security Patch Day of other major software vendors. This month’s bulletin was issued on February 10, 2026 and contains 26 new security notes, four (4) of which apply to the SAP BusinessObjects …

In my last blog, I wrote of the confusion about what happened in 2025 (link at the bottom).  So, I have spent the last few weeks calling organizations about their strategy and plans for 2026. The majority have said their strategy is to be cautious and keep a close eye …

SAP BI 2025 comes packed with long-awaited innovations, customer-requested features, and usability enhancements. With a whole new set of UI5 charts, tables, filters and interactive features, this latest version of Web Intelligence adds some great new options for Reporting, Dashboards and offline sharing. Along with further enhancements to Data Mode, …

Join us at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, from June 22 to 24, for the ultimate gathering of the BusinessObjects community. Immerse yourself in inspiring technical sessions and case studies, see and learn the new features in the next release of BusinessObjects- BI 2025, and participate in the invaluable networking …

Interactive filtering can dramatically improve your Webi reports and dashboards, giving users the control they need to explore data quickly and intuitively. In this session, I will show how filtering works in Webi 4.3 using variables and input controls. We’ll then compare these methods to the streamlined filtering in BI2025 …

What happens when an acquired business or a department of a larger organization is subject to operational changes, often introduced by their parent organizations.  These changes can be painful and uncoordinated at times, yet, the imperative is to deliver better actionable information than before, and quickly too.  The case study …

In this SpeakBO Plus Webinar we will show how to use the most mundane and simple Vertical Table to make a report look very professional, overcome export limitations, simplify development and create workarounds for scenarios to serve multiple customer needs. Date and Time: Tuesday, September 9th at 10am PT/1pm ET …

One of my favorite Business Intelligence stories is from a fleet vehicle management company who use BI extensively to help identify anomalies in fleet vehicle costs and behavior. In one of their analyses, they identified a driver who had 12 oil changes on his vehicle in 12 months – literally …

Many years ago, I had a customer who was a non-profit organization run by a religious order of monks. They prided themselves on being quite self-sufficient for their IT needs that were handled by some of the monks themselves. However, we supported the operating system and software that they used …

We’re pleased to invite you and your colleagues to the upcoming Los Angeles BusinessObjects User Group Meeting, taking place on Wednesday, June 11, at Honda from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. This free event will feature insightful sessions, live demos, and valuable networking opportunities with fellow BusinessObjects users. Attendance is FREE, however, we do ask …