Adding “ZEN”, Analysis and Dashboards to your ASUG Annual Conference Agenda

[TammyPowlas]

The release of SAP’s Statement of Direction on Dashboarding has increased interest in the area of Analysis and Dashboarding.  For this year’s ASUG Annual Conference (May 13-16, Orlando, Florida), we have a combined Analysis (yes it includes SAP “ZEN”)/Dashboarding track. ASUG Annual Conference offers some great education sessions, hands-on sessions, and SAP usability testing opportunities. 

Here are the sessions that ASUG volunteers selected to present:

Session #	Title	Day	Time
302	SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, the Premium Alternative to SAP Business Explorer (BEx)	Mon	12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
3802	Influence Update Plus What’s New for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4 in FP3	Mon	12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
305	Using SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office	Tue	11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
508	Sales Dashboards at Intuitive Surgical: Using Analytics to Find Business Opportunities	Tue	03:00 p.m. - 04:00 p.m.
3810	ASUG SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Influence Council Update	Wed	11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
411	Dashboard Design at Coca-Cola Enterprises	Wed	12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
312	Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP	Wed	01:45 p.m. - 02:45 p.m.
313	Mobilizing Your Dashboards: Best Tips for the Mobile Market	Wed	03:00 p.m. - 04:00 p.m.

You can see it is a combination of the Analysis suite of productions (Office, OLAP and future “ZEN”) and the BusinessObjects Dashboards tools, with both SAP customers and SAP presentations.   Both the Analysis and Dashboarding ASUG Influence Councils (Influence Councils are mentioned in the Statement of Direction) are update sessions and open to everyone – a great chance to meet and talk with SAP Solution and Product management.  “ZEN” (aka Analysis, Edition for Application Design) will be covered in this presentation session:

0302 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, the Premium Alternative to SAP Business Explorer (BEx)

This session provides an overview, status update, and roadmap including demos of the latest and greatest around SAP Business Objects Analysis editions for MS Office, OLAP & application design. This year the presentation will focus mainly on the application design edition, the newest member of the Analysis family

Analysis and Dashboards will also be covered in this hands-on session pre-conference led by SAP’s ingo.hilgefort:

BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4 Feature Pack 3 Tools in a Single Day

Full-Day Seminar
Sunday, May 13, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$495.00 ASUG Member/$595.00 Non-Member

Register today

Usability Testing for Analysis

Usability testing is a conference exclusive by the SAP User Experience group.   These one-on-one sessions allow you to give on-the-spot feedback directly to SAP product design teams and give you the opportunity to see what may be coming.   Click here to register for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for application design and edition for OLAP and find more information here 

ZEN Demo Pods

I learned last week there will be demo pods of ZEN on the show floor of SAPPHIRENOW.  Also check this blog on last year's ASUG webcast on "ZEN".

Win a Chance to attend ASUG Annual Conference/SAPPHIRE or TechED!

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3 winners will get a pass to SAPPHIRE (or TechEd) to retell their story in person. The goal is to have customers talk about how the BI products have helped them in their daily lives.  Check out this SAP Community Network blog for more information.

See you next month!