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SAP & Business Objects - A Partner Perspective
by Thomas Meers, President, Principal Consultant
By now you
have likely heard that SAP, the third largest software company in the world, has
acquired Business Objects. Many of our customers and associates have asked
how we at Result Data feel about this turn of events so I thought it may helpful
to provide a short newsletter article offering our perspective.
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Have You Laid the Proper Foundation for CRM?
by Joe Roberts, Principal Consultant, BECP, SLE, MCP
With each passing month I see
developing a clearer picture of how a good CRM system can benefit most
businesses. This is true of any maturing field; Business Intelligence has a
similar bell curve. The need to track and analyze customer activity and build
strong, lasting relationships with those customers is the cornerstone of any
really successful business.
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Turning Back Time
by Aaron Zechman, Consultant, CRCP, MCSE
I have had plenty of students ask how
they can turn back time and it’s definitely not by playing a Cher CD or hearing
about Marty McFly’s adventures. It
is going back and pulling certain data for a specific time period based on the
current date (or parameter).
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Introduction to Data Integrator File Format Editor
by Tom Hinkle, Consultant,
CRCP
Data Integrator’s file format editor is a user friendly way
to establish format templates to use as source or target data.
This is an introduction to the file format process.
Detailed information for using the editor can be found in the technical
manuals - Data Integrator Designer Guide.
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Creating Business Views
by Kristen St. Jean, Sr. Consultant, CRCP
Many times we are faced with trying to create reports
against databases with complicated structures and confusing naming conventions.
A majority of the time, these structures and names mean nothing to the
end users and are also difficult for report designers to understand.
To facilitate the creation of reports, a Business View can be created
which reports can then be based on.
There are several other advantages of Business Views that we will discuss.
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