Blogs posted March 2013

This kindle book, Best Practices for Integration with SAP BusinessObjects BI4x with SAP NetWeaver BW, covers in detail what you need to know when integrating BI4 with NetWeaver BW.  The cost is $9.99 USD through Amazon.  Ingo... Read More »

I was recently having a discussion with some of my colleagues where the topic was around software innovation and the speed at which technology is changing.  However, what made the conversation interesting was that the innovation we were... Read More »

This is part 3 of an ASUG webcast covering what is new with the Semantic Layer BI4.1 and the Information Design Tool.  Pierpaolo Vezzosi provided this ASUG webcast earlier this month.  Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Figure 1: Source:... Read More »

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This is part 2 of an ASUG webcast covering what is new with the Semantic Layer BI4.1 and the Information Design Tool.  Pierpaolo Vezzosi provided this ASUG webcast earlier this month.  Part 1 is here Figure 1: Source: SAP Figure 1... Read More »

Pierpaolo Vezzosi provided this ASUG webcast earlier this month.  Note this is only part 1. BI4.1 is not available yet so anything presented is subject to change Agenda: BI4.1 Release What is new in Semantic Layer and Information Design... Read More »

This document explains one of the issues of data packet processing that we faced in our project. Data packet shows the message and it is locked saying second attempt of data processing is successful and it remains active with yellow status with... Read More »

SAP EP Setup – Landscapes     Enterprise Portal as a gateway to business software functionalities will be set up in an organization generally having 3 landscapes: Development, Quality and Production. Though it is purely system... Read More »

For any industry that invests in expensive and complex equipment—from locomotives and container ships to mining equipment and oil rigs to nuclear reactors and chemical plants—maximizing the lifetime return on those assets is... Read More »

Being on an old version of SAP HANA Studio (rev 48) as compared to the server (rev 51), I was not able to access a calculated column from an analytical view in the calculation view SQL script. You also should check the definition of the Analytical... Read More »