Tag Archives: Business Objects Community

It’s easy to get lost coming out of Newark Airport with a rental car even when you are using Google Maps. So, on a recent trip there, I decided just to follow the two cars in front of me as they seemed to know where they were going. Unfortunately, they …

Got a project with peak design and a motivating user interface? Crazy complex formulas or powerful logic doing some impressive heavy lifting? Exciting custom-built features?  We’ve had some, all, and more recognized at IBIS… The common thread is that we always showcase THE BEST business intelligence solutions out there – from dashboards featuring the …

In 1979 (yes— I realize many of you weren’t even born), Swedish super group ABBA released the song “Does Your Mother Know?”. Like most ABBA songs, the hooks are catchy. Take it easy (take it easy)Better slow down, girlThat’s no way to goDoes your mother know? In 2026, amid our …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …