SAP BusinessObjects Community - 2010 Content Highlights

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As we close out 2010 and look ahead to 2011, one of the most anticipated events is the upcoming launch of SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0. The Knowledge and Learning Team, part of BI Suite Product Management, recently launched a series of Bringing new innovations to the way we learn BI in 4.0 on SCN to help you get up and running faster with this new release:

- SAP Crystal Reports 2011
- SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise
- SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius)
- SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
- SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform
- SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool
- SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (coming in Q1)

While there is a significant number of modules available today, check the Official Product Tutorials – SAP BO BI Suite  regularly as more will be added over the upcoming months.

As as exciting as 2011 will be with version 4.0, 2010 had many (content) highlights. After reviewing the 2010 statistics (excluding wikis and forums), I've assembled a list of some of the most popular and not so popular content in case you may have missed some valuable information.

SAP Crystal Reports

• Crystal Reports 2008 Reference
• Crystal Reports 2008 Reviewer's Guide version 3
• Crystal Reports Support of 64-bit Operating Systems
• DataDirect ODBC Drivers 5.3 - For Crystal Reports 2008
• BusinessObjects and SAP - Publishing of Crystal Reports Part 1 of 3
• Crystal Reports Samples – Finance -
• Charting off of Any Number in Crystal Reports
• SAP BusinessObjects BI Content Library - Crystal Reports Samples for Finance
• Deploying Crystal Reports on Top of a SAP BI Query
• BusinessObjects and SAP - Publishing of Crystal Reports Part 2 of 3
• BusinessObjects and SAP Part 9 - Xcelsius with Crystal Reports and Live Office
• BusinessObjects and SAP - Publishing of Crystal Reports Part 3 of 3
• Advanced Crystal Reports Design Samples
• Crystal Reports Licensing
• Dear aBI - SAP ERP with Crystal Reports and Xcelsius
• SAP Network Blog: Crystal Reports Year to Year Comparison Sample
• Upgrading to Crystal Reports 2008 V1 / SP1
• SAP BusinessObjects BI Content Library - Crystal Reports Samples for Supply Chain Management
• Crystal Reports, webElements, and the iPad
• Scenario 2 - Create a Simple Crystal Reports Pie Chart
• SAP Network Blog: Crystal Reports Navigation: A Top of Page Index
• Integrating Xcelsius into Crystal Reports Series – 1 of 3
• Oracle Stored Procedures and Crystal Reports -
• SAP Business Objects technology in Healthcare (Part 2 - Crystal Reports)
• Introduction to Crystal Reports 2008
• Hiding the Toolbar in Crystal Reports and 2 Other Great OpenDocument Features
• SAP Network Blog: Dear aBI - Web Inteligence and Crystal Reports with SAP NetWeaver BW

SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio

• Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2010 - An overview of how Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 customers will receive Crystal Reports. Dec. 10, 2009
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta Update - Update on timing and content of the Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 beta. Mar. 26, 2010
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta Now Available - Download details for Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Apr. 16, 2010
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Licensing - Licensing details of Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010. Apr. 19, 2010
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Runtimes - Here's a quick post to share the runtime deployment strategy for CR for VS 2010. Apr.19, 2010
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Production Release Now Available - Download the production release and review the latest resources.
• Crystal Reports 2008 Component Engine Scalability
• Tutorials for Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010

Dashboard Design (Xcelsius)

• SAP Dashboard Design (Xcelsius Engage) 2008 Component SDK SP3
• SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center prototypes - Xcelsius web 2.0 components add-on
• Xcelsius Running on Apple Devices
• SAP Network Blog: Top Xcelsius 2008 SP3 Enhancements
• Dear aBI: Dashboarding Must-Haves
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• How to Efficiently Use the New SAP NetWeaver BW Integration in SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius
• How to Use Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (Version for SAPNetWeaver) Data in Xcelsius
• Using Xcelsius 2008 with SAP NetWeaver BW
• SAP Network Blog: BusinessObjects and SAP Part  1 of 4 - Creating a Xcelsius Dashboard on top of SAP BI
• Xcelsius Publishing Plugin
• SAP Network Blog: XCELSIUS® BRAND MIGRATION
• BO Xcelsius Dashboard Template Creation
• Unlocking your Web Intelligence Information within Xcelsius
• Scenario 1 - Create a Simple Xcelsius Dashboard
• Webinar Replay - Xcelsius Gurus - top 10 Excel Tips for Success
• Xcelsius 2008 SP3 Component SDK documentation.zip
• How to Add an SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Dashboard to a Transport Request in SAP BW
• Xcelsius 2008 with SAP NetWeaver BI
• End-to-End Scenarios With Xcelsius 2008
• How to Create Authorization Objects Required to Work with Xcelsius Dashboards in SAP BW
• SAP Network Blog: BusinessObjects and SAP Part 9 - Xcelsius with Crystal Reports and Live Office
• Using Master Data to Create Xcelsius Dashboards
• SAP Network Blog: The specified item was not found.
• Creating a Scrolling Chart in Xcelsius
• SAP Network Blog: The Full Monty - Part 14 - Dashboard Design (Xcelsius) & Live Office Install & Configure
• SAP Network Blog: Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 02 and SAP NetWeaver BW
• How to Use Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (Version for the Microsoft Platform) Data in ...
• Xcelsius Gurus - Top 10 Excel Tips
• Webinar - Xcelsius Gurus Data Connectivity Series: Part 1
• SAP Network Blog: BI Dashboards on Your Mobile Phone, with Xcelsius and Android
• SAP Network Blog: Top 10 Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008) SDK FAQ’s
• Xcelsius Component SDK Combo Box Example
• Webinar Replay: Streaming Real-Time Data into Xcelsius Applications
• Scenario 1 - Embed an Xcelsius Dashboard in WebDynpro
• SAP Network Blog: FIFA World Cup 2010 Match Finder using Xcelsius

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

• EXPLORE YOUR BUSINESS ON THE GO
• SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator & SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Overview
• SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center prototypes - Explorer with Excel Navigation
• SAP Network Blog: What is SAP BusinessObjects Explorer?
• SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Augmented for iPAD and iPhone
• SAP Network Blog: My first look at SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
• SAP Network Blog: The Full Monty - Part 18 - BObj Explorer 3.2 (Polestar) Installation & Configure
• Deploying Business Objects Explorer on Topof a SAP BI Query
• SAP Network Blog: Answer questions you didn't know you had with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
• SAP Network Blog: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer on iPhone
• SAP Network Blog: Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
• SAP BusinessObjects Explorer: Best Practices for Deploying SAP BusinessObjects blade edition in a SAP BW Environment
• Webinar Replay - Analytics Best Practices for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
• Business Intelligence from Barter to Buffet Using SAP Business Objects Explorer
• Webinar Replay - Deploying SAP BusinessObjects Explorer in Heterogeneous Environments
• SBOP Explorer Implementation Upgrade Timings, Plans, Implementation and Services
• How to Deliver Information with SAP BO Explorer Accelerated Version
• SAP Network Blog: Seeing is believing: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer webinar
• SAP Network Blog: SAP Press - Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
• SAP Network Blog: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version: what’s new?
• SAP Network Blog: How it works: Modeling Data from any Source for Accelerated SAP Business Objects Explorer
• SAP Network Blog: BusinessObjects Explorer – Deployment
• SAP Network Blog: tammy.powlas3/blog/2010/03/21/book-report-sap-presss-inside-sap-businessobjects-explorer

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

• Web Intelligence XI 3.0 with SAP NetWeaver BI
• Best Practices for Web Intelligence on Top of SAP NetWeaver BI
• Convincing Reasons to Move to Web Intelligence
• SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Reporting for SAP ERP
• Web Intelligence Extension Points
• Webinar Replay - Business Objects Semantic Layer: Creating a Universe
• Unlocking your Web Intelligence Information within Xcelsius
• SAP Network Blog: BusinessObjects and SAP Part 6 -  Web Intelligence and SAP BI
• SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (Book Excerpt from ""Integ...
• When is a large document too large? Some rules of thumb for sizing Web Intelligence.
• WebI Tricks: Bars embedded into rows
• SAP BW vs. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Functionalities
• SAP Network Blog: Creating comments in your Webintelligence report like in MS Excel
• Managing the Conversion from Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence
• Performance Study: Web Intelligence on top of SAP BW
• SAP Network Blog: Dear aBI - Performance Improvements for Web Intelligence in combination with SAP NetWeaver BW
• Create Interesting Visualizations in Web Intelligence Report using HTML Components
• Step-by-step Guide to Linking WebI Documents using OpenDocument in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI...