SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 The Complete Reference 3/E
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Unleash the full potential of business intelligence with fact-based decisions, aligned to business goals, using reports and dashboards that lead from insight to action. SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0: The Complete Reference offers completely updated coverage of the latest BI platform.
Find out how to work with the new Information Design Tool to create universes that access multiple data sources and SAP BW. See how to translate complex business questions into highly efficient Web Intelligence queries and publish your results to the BI Launchpad. Learn how to create dashboards from data sourced through a universe or spreadsheet. The most important concepts for universe designers, report and dashboard authors, and business analysts are fully explained and illustrated by screenshots, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions.
- Establish and evolve BI goals
- Maximize your BI investments by offering the right module to the right user
- Create robust universes with the Information Design Tool, leveraging multiple data sources, derived tables, aggregate awareness, and parameters
- Develop a security plan that is scalable and flexible Design
- Web Intelligence reports from basic to advanced
- Create sophisticated calculations and advanced formatting to highlight critical business trends
- Build powerful dashboards to embed in PowerPoint or the BI Launchpad
- Use Explorer to visually navigate large data sets and uncover patterns
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Cindi Howson is the President of ASK, a BI consultancy. She has worked with BusinessObjects since 1994, helping customers around the world implement and optimize their deployments. As an industry analyst, Cindi authors the BIScorecard product reviews, teaches for The Data Warehouse Institute, and writes for Intelligence Enterprise. She is the bestselling author of BusinessObjects XI: The Complete Reference and Successful Business Intelligence.
Elizabeth Newbould is the owner of Solstice Consulting Group (www.scg360.com), a premier BI and data warehousing solutions firm. She has been delivering measurable ROI with BI and data warehousing solutions for more than 15 years, and has worked with BusinessObjects since version 4.x. Elizabeth was a contributing author to BusinessObjects XI: The Complete Reference.
Clark Duey has more than 11 years of experience with BusinessObjects which has included planning, implementation, development and support of BusinessObjects Enterprise, EIM products, and Xcelsius. He has been the Chairperson of the BusinessObjects User Group since 2000, and has presented at BusinessObjects Conferences and numerous User Groups and Road Shows
