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A lot of things changed between BusinessObjects XI 3.1 and the current BI 4.1 release but depending on the type of user you are and which tools you use you may or may not need training. One thing is for sure that if you are experienced in the tools at …

“Create a sales report by state, by city, by store, by year, by quarter, by month…” and the list goes on. This is a very common report requirement from a business. The usual procedure for designing this report in Web Intelligence is to create different reports for each dimension or …

The Challenge: ASUG2013 Developer Wars At this time, one week ago, we were nearing the end of the development cycle of the ASUG2013 Dashboard Developer Wars;  a 24 hour challenge (which turned out to be 27 hours of development time followed by 24 hours of getting ready for the presentation).  …

When I started my career in I.T., one of the first computers I encountered was a Xerox Sigma mainframe that filled a room and played the “Stars and Stripes” tune when it was in idle mode. This large scale computer of its day had a massive 8K of memory. In …

As SAP announces the “ramp up” or controlled release for SAP BusinessObjects XI 4.0, some companies who are planning to upgrade to BO XI 3.1 are wondering if they should now wait. The simple answer is “no” and there are many good reasons to upgrade to XI 3.1 as soon …