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Understanding the Full Range of BI
by Tom Meers, President
For those of us who have enjoyed decades of exposure to the IT industry, and I
use the word enjoy somewhat loosely here, the concept of “buzz words” is nothing
new. Of late the term Business Intelligence (BI) has gained favor with everyone
from the IT department of both large and small companies to leading industry
analysts who claim that BI is the fastest growing segment of the software
industry.
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Business Objects Enterprise |
Troubleshooting Business Objects XI R2
by Joe Roberts, Sr. BI Consultant, BECP
To truly be good at troubleshooting issues with Business
Objects Enterprise XI you must first understand that is more about process than
it is about knowledge. I do not want to discount the importance of understanding
how Enterprise works but at the end of the day it is more about applying that
knowledge to a process and consistently following that process than anything
else.
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Displaying Nulls in Line Charts
by Aaron Zechman, Consultant
There are three different ways to display NULLs in line
charts and which one you choose will depend on how your audience wants to see
the table. The three ways are to
break the line in the chart, connect the line by dropping to zero and connecting
the line without dropping to zero.
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Custom Functions
by Kristen St. Jean, Sr. Consultant, CRCP
Crystal reports in a very powerful reporting tool that allows us to connect to
many types of databases and semantic layers including Business Objects Business
Views and Universes.
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Data Integrator Optimization Tuning Techniques
Introduction
by Tom Hinkle, Consultant, CRCP
Data Integrator provides an easy way to request and
obtain multiple data rows from source databases. The array fetch size feature
allows you to retrieve data using fewer requests, thereby significantly reducing
traffic on your network. Tuning array fetch size can also reduce the amount of
CPU use on the Job Server computer.
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