BusinessObjects and Tableau – a Romeo and Juliet Story?
The story of Romeo and Juliet, as portrayed by William Shakespeare, is the beautiful and tragic love story between two “star crossed lovers” from feuding families who fall madly in love. When Juliet...
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Why Replacing BusinessObjects is Bad for Business
I have learned many valuable life lessons coaching kids’ soccer. Like the time my team of 10-year-old boys lost a game 12-0 and I tried to give one of my inspirational after-game pep talks. The players...
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BusinessObjects Coexistence – The Way to Build a World Cup Dream Team
So I am at the British Airways Executive lounge at London Heathrow waiting for my flight and watching England play Sweden in the World Cup quarter finals. England are leading 1-0 going into the second...
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InfoSol Dashboard Awards that Inspire at IBIS 2018
The love for BusinessObjects was in the air at this year’s InfoSol Business Intelligence Seminar (IBIS). With attendees sharing their love for BusinessObjects, networking with others who share the same...
View ArticleThe Dashboard Salsa Dance
On a recent vacation in Mexico, I attended a class to learn how to dance salsa. Now, I have two left feet when it comes to learning any structured dances. I can do the count in my head and I can do the...
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Tech Tip: Content Validation for Reports Scheduled via Email
Business(s) and their units send hundreds to thousands of emails out via report scheduling. Delivering the correct reports to the right person is mission critical for efficient business process....
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Tech Tip: How to refresh Tableau Hyper extracts based on an event
Tableau uses the concept of hyper extracts – a compressed snapshot of data stored on disk and loaded into memory when required to render a tableau visualization. Hyper extracts are very beneficial and...
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The Bite-Size Future of Business Intelligence
The recent Dresner 2021 Wisdom of the Crowds survey for Self-Service Business Intelligence showed that self-service BI ranked 6th in importance out of 44 topics. Guess what Number 1 was? Yup, Reporting...
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Is InfoBurst Squirrel the Best Thing since Sliced Bread?
While on a recent trip to Egypt, I noticed some wall paintings in several of the tombs I visited showing a person sitting in front of an offering table with what looked like a bunch of thin, vertical...
View ArticleWhile BI Strategies Come and Go, BusinessObjects Powers On into 2024 and Beyond
As we see in another new year, it’s that time to hear about all the new strategies from software and Business Intelligence( BI) vendors for 2024. The last few years, it’s been dominated by Cloud and...
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