Handling many-to-many joins using a bridge table (Part 1)
As a data warehouse architect, star schemas are great until we encounter the dreaded many-to-many fact to dimension scenario. For example, we have a Ticket Fact table and a Tag Dimension table. The...
View ArticleFirst look and thoughts on Fiori-fied BI Launchpad
After seeing the Fiori BI Launchpad previews, I was so excited to finally get SAP BI 4.2 SP4 installed on our sandbox. It was literally like opening presents during Christmas as I couldn’t wait to try...
View ArticleHow to bypass opendocument login screen
In this article I’d like to show you a simple example of how to bypass the opendocument login. This is especially useful if you are trying to use an opendocument call to open up a web intelligence...
View ArticleChecklist of items to watch out for when applying an SAP BusinessObjects...
Every time I apply a service pack upgrade or patch at a client site, I’m always excited about the features or fixes. However it is very annoying that any customizations get overwritten. This includes...
View ArticleData masking in SAP BusinessObjects
One of the cool features with Information Design Tool and UNX universes is the ability to point to different table views depending on your security profile. Because of this, we can easily perform data...
View ArticleData masking vs Business object security in SAP BusinessObjects
In the previous article, we talked about how to implement data masking using data security profiles at the universe level to prevent users from viewing sensitive data. Data Masking in SAP...
View ArticleConnecting HANA Live to SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects (Part 1)
Being able to connect to a live HANA connection via SAP Analytics Cloud or SAP BusinessObjects is important, as query processing is all done on the HANA engine rather than SAC or SAP BOBJ. To...
View ArticleConnecting HANA Live to SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects (Part 2)
In this article we will go through creating different HANA Connections in SAP BusinessObjects and then using them in different applications. We’ll also talk about the differences between the different...
View ArticleConnecting HANA Live to SAC and SAP BusinessObjects (Part 3)
Welcome to Part 3 of the HANA Live Connection Series. In this article we will walk through creating a HANA Live Direct Connection to SAP Analytics Cloud. Step 1: Ensure pre-requisites have been met...
View ArticleInformix WHERE CLAUSE DATE bug in SAP BusinessObjects
While creating a universe off an Informix database, I discovered a bug that SAP never took care of or provided any documentation on fixing, which was quite of surprising. Basically using a date object...
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