January 2014 - Visual BI Solutions

Oil and Gas: Fulfilling Fracking Water Needs

by Rangarajan S | Jan 28, 2014 | Oil and Gas

Shale has been known to man since prehistoric times, but methods to mine shale have been around only for the last century and a half. However, commercial mass production boomed only in late 21st century, with oil and gas companies increasing leveraging technology to...

Lease Operating Expenses – Deeper Insights, Better Results

by Roopali Misal | Jan 27, 2014 | Oil and Gas

Lease Operating Expenses (LOE) incurred by the top 50 Oil and Gas companies in the US Top 50 hit 5 billion US dollars in 2012. This was a 15% YoY increased compared to 2011. (Source: E&Y 2013) Lease Operating Expenses (LOE) are different from leasehold costs. The...

Is your CapEx headed northwards?

by Ramya Balasubramanyam | Jan 23, 2014 | Oil and Gas

2012 saw the global Oil & Gas Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) cross the trillion dollar USD limit [Source:GlobalData]. With many CEOs under mandate to reign in CapEx overruns, it becomes crucial for Oil and Gas enterprises to free up cash for reinvestment and growth. ...

Relevance of BICS with dashboards

by Abraham Finney | Jan 22, 2014 | Dashboards

Business Intelligence Consumer Service (BICS) is the BW data access layer that allows front end applications to access data in a unified manner. Unlike the MDX, BICS forms a direct connection with the source by creating a transient universe. A proper understanding of...

Filtered Columns Custom Add-on for SAP Dashboards/Xcelsius

by Visual BI | Jan 13, 2014 | Custom Component

SAP Dashboard developers are very familiar with and used to Filtered Rows feature in selector components available in SAP Dashboards. Ask them what features they miss the most in these components and Filtered Columns would most likely figure in their Top 10. Request a...