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As I present and demo BusinessObjects to customers and at BO User Group Meetings around the world, I am always surprised that so many people have never used, and sometimes never even heard, of some of its best features. So, here is my quick list of the top 3 under-utilized …

InfoSol encourages all SAP BusinessObjects customers using SAP BI 4.2 SP5 and higher to retire WACS and use RESTful web services on Apache Tomcat instead. Background Historically, the RESTful web services in SAP BusinessObjects used a special service called the Web Application Container Service, or WACS. The WACS server was …

Lumira, a Short History In March 1966, Twentieth Century Fox released The Sound of Music, a film adaptation of a popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The film became the highest grossing film of 1965 and in 1966 became the highest grossing film in history. This year, we celebrate the film’s …

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, …

The end of a year is always a good time to reflect back on what happened to shape direction and strategy for the coming year. However, as I look back on 2025, I’m really confused about what happened and where we are heading. Due to the total upheaval in the …

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 …

Just before participating in the SAP TechEd on Tour event in Sydney, Australia, I visited Featherdale Widlife Park which takes care of over 2,000 native Aussie animals representing more than 260 different species. While, for my colleagues, petting the koalas and kangaroos was the highlight, for me, it was coming …

If you have done something interesting with BusinessObjects or have a really cool case study or story that you would like to share then, here is your chance to shine by submitting a presentation for the top BusinessObjects event of the year – IBIS 2026. We are looking for presentations …

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 …

Day of the Dead- or Dia de los Muertos- will be celebrated in just a few days on November 1st. I was reminded about this holiday when doing some product research using Copilot, the AI panel built into Microsoft’s Edge browser. Despite the current popularity of AI, Microsoft (rightly) feels the need to …