May 2016 - Visual BI Solutions

BI 4.2 Recycle Bin – What’s happening in Background?

by Manikandan Elumalai | May 25, 2016 | Business Intelligence

RecycleBin is finally back with us from BO 6.5 days. Here is a cool video from SAP to demonstrate the features with the use case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFX6fs1vo2A. I would like to describe what is happening in background rather than configuration and...

Implement Top N/Bottom N in SAP Design Studio using BIAL script

by Swapnil Koti | May 19, 2016 | General, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

We know now we have Top N and Bottom N feature in Run time in the context menu of the Crosstab as Filter by Measure. Many people ask whether this Top N or Bottom N is possible by default or in Design time or in script. The best way recommended and many will agree is...

Visualization and Your SAP® BusinessObjects™ Tools: Bet You Didn’t Know You Could Do This

by Trang Van Nguyen | May 11, 2016 | Business Intelligence, Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects, Tips and Tricks

Here’s a little BI truism: You don’t know what you can’t see. That’s why there’s been intensifying focus given to data visualizations in recent years. Accordingly, BI tools providing a wide range of charts and graphs options are...

Extending BI 4.2 Commentary feature with Audit schema

by Manikandan Elumalai | May 3, 2016 | Business Intelligence

This blog will give you an idea for the effective utilization of BI commentary feature along with the BI 4.x Audit schema. Commentary is one among the much awaited and exciting feature in BI 4.2 which gives a capability for the business users to collborate at document...