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 …
Read More »February 3rd Webinar: What’s New in Web Intelligence in BI 2025
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, …
Read More »January 6th Webinar: Evolving Filtering in Web Intelligence: 4.3 to BI 2025
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 …
Read More »Using AI and Write Back in BusinessObjects
This short video shows that it is now possible to perform both AI and Write Back functions in Web Intelligence be using InfoBurst Squirrel embedded in Webi.
Read More »Webinar: How to Turn a Simple Vertical Table in Webi into a Creative Solution
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 …
Read More »The BusinessObjects Tribe Gathering
The big news last month was the release of the next version of BusinessObjects, known as BI 2025. In addition, it marks the beginning of a new cadence of future BO software releases coming every two years and named after the year that it will be release in – BI …
Read More »Learning BI Co-existence from Sled Dogs
On a recent trip to see the Polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (something to add to your bucket list), we took a side trip to go mushing with sled dogs. This was an amazing experience and apart from the exhilarating ride itself, I was totally fascinated by how these …
Read More »IBIS 2025: Then and Now Running June 23-25 in Marana, AZ
Step into the evolution of BusinessObjects at IBIS 2025, where we explore “Then and Now”—a journey through the rich history of BusinessObjects and its groundbreaking advancements. Join us at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, from June 23 to 25, for the ultimate gathering of the BusinessObjects community. Immerse yourself in …
Read More »View Our Upcoming Virtual BusinessObjects Training Offerings
We offer all of our most popular BusinessObjects training offerings as virtual courses with a live instructor, allowing you to attend the training from your office or home without the added time and expense of travel. All course materials and connection to the training servers are provided prior to the …
Read More »2024 – Another Great Year for BusinessObjects
BusinessObjects had another great year in 2024. Many organizations who planned to replace BusinessObjects decided to keep it and, in some cases, added licenses or re-purchased it again! While Microsoft PowerBI continued to eat into the Tableau base, BusinessObjects beat them both hands-down for operational and BI reporting. That was …
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