Preliminary Mid-Point Results: ASUG BI Community Annual Survey

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We're half-way to the deadline for our ASUG BI Survey (see Are you making the most of your ASUG investment? Give feedback to ASUG BI Volunteers today)

Right now we have over 100 responses (thank you) so if you have not taken the survey yet your feedback is requested.  The deadline for the survey is December 17th.

This is how a subset of the survey results look so far (all graphs provided by Survey Monkey):

Question: What Communities do you participate in?

Figure 1:

So far 76% respondents so far participate in their local ASUG Chapter.  It is good to see so many take advantage of the opportunity to network with their local chapter.

Question: Please rank the value of the following ASUG member benefits associated with the ASUG BI community with 1 being the most important and 6 least important

Figure 2

Almost 50% of respondents rank ASUG Webcasts as the top benefit value.  The graph in Figure 2 shows the average.

Question: Which of the following events have you attended in the past five years? (check all that apply)

Figure 3

86% of respondents so far have attended ASUG webcasts and over 62% have attended ASUG Chapter meetings

Question: Please rank the following six topics according to importance for you with 1 being the most important and 6 least important.

Figure 4

The top-rated topic is customer experiences with a close second for roadmaps.

Do you agree or disagree?  Provide us with your feedback today.

Early feedback indicates you want easier access to historical webcasts.  First, logon to ASUG.com and then click on these links:

Business Intelligence Webcasts

Analytics SIG Webcasts

BI Platform SIG Webcasts

Data Management SIG Webcasts

Dashboarding SIG Webcasts

Enterprise Data Warehousing Webcasts

Reporting SIG Webcasts

Future Webcasts

Upcoming ASUG webcasts are listed here - please register:

Join ASUG BI for the following upcoming webcasts:

• December 10: Learn how to Deploy the Latest SAP Solutions in the Cloud in Less Than One Hour

2015:

January 13: Deloitte Mobile BI

January  20: Extend the Reach of LSA++ with BW 740

January 27: ASUG BI Online and In-Product Education Influence Council Relaunch

January 28: Customize BusinessObjects Dashboards with Design Studio for the Enterprise

February 2:Kellogg's Running Business Warehouse on HANA on AWS Cloud

ASUG Annual Conference 2015

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Conclusion

I encourage you to make the most of your ASUG membership and provide us with your feedback today.  Be sure to thank your ASUG Volunteers, as many do this work on their own time in addition to having full-time jobs.