Author: Derek Torres Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 111805198X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 364
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BusinessObjects may seem like a dauntingly complex topic, but BusinessObjects XI Release 2 For Dummies makes is a snap. Even if you're new to business intelligence tools, this user-friendly guide makes it easy to access, format and share data, analyze the information this data contains, and measure your organization’s performance. In no time, you'll be finding your way around Universes to see how everything is shaping up, viewing and creating reports, building powerful queries on your organizations database, and measuring your company's performance using BusinessObjects XI Release 2. This completely jargon-free handbook will put you in complete control of the ways and means of a truly exciting and powerful suite of business intelligence tools. Discover how to: Make business decisions with help from BusinessObjects Use BusinessObjects XI wizards Perform a server installation Create and define a Universe Set up desktop reporting Customize and use InfoView Measure performance with Dashboard and Analytics Take advantage of data marts and understand how they fit into your BusinessObjects system Created by a team with more than 15 years combined experience working with BusinessObjects tools, BusinessObjects XI Release 2 For Dummies comes complete with several short lists of useful information, including tips on how to prepare for a successful BusinessObjects integration and helpful resources beyond the pages of this book. You'll also find an overview of Crystal Reports, BusinessObjects’ companion reporting tool.
Author: Cindi Howson Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 0071491287 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 675
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This book is a must read for anyone deploying BusinessObjects. It covers everything from planning your upgrade to the latest release, to best practices in universe design, and powerful report creation that maximizes business insight. This book covers the most frequently used features for the full BI suite, in one comprehensive book. There's in depth coverage of Designer, security via the Central Management Console, InfoView, Web Intelligence, and Desktop Intelligence. It goes beyond step-by-step instructions to cover how and why in a business context. Transition notes are interspersed for version 5 and 6 customers to understand the biggest changes in XI Release 2. If you drive BI requirements in your company or are a data warehouse program manager, Business Objects administrator, report author or consumer, this book is for you.
Author: Cindi Howson Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 0071773118 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 753
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The definitive reference for building actionable business intelligence—completely revised for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0. 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
Author: Derek Torres Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9788126516773 Category : Languages : en Pages : 364
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Market_Desc: · Primary: This book is designed for the average BusinessObjects XI user, people using the software but who are not system administrators. Professional experience has demonstrated that people often use this complex suite of applications with little to no BusinessObjects experience and who are not necessarily computer gurus. · Secondary: This book may also be beneficial to companies that are considering BusinessObjects implementation and are looking to determine the learning curve for employees. Special Features: · HOT TOPIC: Hundreds of thousands of end users work with various Business Objects products every day, just as thousands of business intelligence software professionals and consultants install and maintain this software, write complex reports and queries, and otherwise assist their respective user constituencies· BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MARKET: Business Intelligence tools remain an attractive market for software vendors and are one of the top investment priorities for end-user organizations. With 2004 revenue of 925.6 million dollars, Business Objects looks set to drive towards the $1 billion mark in 2005, due largely to its acquisition of Crystal Decisions and the release of BusinessObjects XI· COMPLETE COVERAGE: BusinessObjects is actually a family of products rather than a single product. BusinessObjects XI R2 For Dummies covers all the individual applications giving the reader a context of exactly what tools do what functions and with what particular look and feel user interface style.· EXPERT AUTHORS: Both Derek Torres and Stuart Mudie have worked at the Paris headquarters of Business Objects where they produced documentation and training materials on the BusinessObjects software. Both authors communicate with their readers and promote their books through their own blogs. Derek promotes his books on his blogs at www.derektorres.net and on his Amazon Blog. Stuart Mudie promotes his books on www.blethers.com About The Book: BusinessObjects XI Release 2 for Dummies is intended to serve as a companion piece to the software. It provides a brief overview of each application so that readers understand when or why they might need the application. The book provides hands-on explanations and exercises so that readers can quickly and easily learn what they want to know: learning how to learn the software in plain English.
Author: Carl Ganz Publisher: Apress ISBN: 1430202777 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 471
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Pro Crystal Enterprise/BusinessObjects XI Programming shows you how to create customized solutions using the Business Objects/Crystal Enterprise object model. Here youll see the object model utilized to create professional-quality tools like on-demand web services, report metadata extraction, scheduling, security, and user management. Author Carl Ganz explains in detail how to build advanced reporting solutions for Crystal Enterprise/Business Objects XI. He shows how to integrate CE/BO XI with .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio to create more flexible, tailored, and responsive reporting solutions than have previously been possible. In short, you'll surpass what you thought you could achieve, and learn to create almost any imaginable reporting solution that Business Objects XI can handle.
Author: Robert D. Schmidt Publisher: Schmidt Ink ISBN: 9780972263627 Category : Business objects Languages : en Pages : 0
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Creating Universes with Business Objects Designer XI V3 is a complete learning system consisting of a thorough book and a professionally designed computer-based training application. The system is completely dedicated to teaching you how to become a competent Universe Designer. Readers learn how to create a basic universe and how to tackle many of the complications that may arise when designing universes. These topics include chasm traps, fan traps, multi-keyed property tables, double-counting measures, multiple fact tables, aggregated fact tables, and more.
Author: Neil FitzGerald Publisher: Sams Publishing ISBN: 0132713632 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 1013
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The authorized guide to the latest edition of the #1 business intelligence software product - Crystal Reports. More than 16 million licenses of Crystal Reports have been shipped to date. This book is a reference designed to provide hands-on guidance for the latest release of the product suite. The latest version of Crystal Reports and the Business Objects enterprise reporting suite delivers vast product enhancements and a tighter integration that will drive upgrades from licensees. Brand new features (e.g. Dynamic and Cascading Parameter Generation) will also appeal to new audiences. Over 1 million new Business Intelligence licensees will be migrating to the Crystal Enterprise Reporting platform, as this is the first release of the software with the existing Business Objects (BO) products being integrated into the Crystal infrastructure. As Business Objects insiders, the authors bring unique and valuable real-world perspectives on implementations and uses of the Crystal Reports product. The book also includes content, tutorials and samples for reporting within the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and J2EE development environments and also on top of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and the Peoplesoft platform. Advanced content on report distribution and integration into the secured managed reporting solution known as Business Objects Enterprise XI, is also now included in this definitive user guide with coverage on the new Web Services SDK.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network.
Author: Indera Murphy Publisher: Tolana Publishing ISBN: 097739123X Category : Business report writing Languages : en Pages : 521
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A self-paced visual guide to learning Crystal Reports, this workbook for beginners has easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions and screen shots to show users how to complete the design technique.
Author: George Peck Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 0071590994 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 1098
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Your One-Stop Guide to Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports 2008 Transform disconnected corporate data into compelling, interactive business intelligence using all of the powerful tools available in Crystal Reports 2008. Through detailed explanations, real-world examples, and expert advice, this comprehensive guide shows you how to create, maintain, and distribute dynamic, visually appealing enterprise database reports. Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference explains how to select and gather pertinent business data, organize it into manageable groups, and assemble it into user-friendly business reports. You will learn how to improve report interactivity with sort controls and the parameter panel; solve complex reporting problems with cross-tabs and subreports; integrate Crystal Xcelsius dashboards; reduce development time; and publish your results to Web and Windows applications. Integrate pictures, multimedia files, graphs, and charts Allow user-controlled report sorting with new sort controls Develop sophisticated formulas and custom functions with the Formula Workshop Embed Flash files, including Xcelsius 2008 interactive dashboards Create complex cross-tab reports with new derived rows and columns Export reports into Word, Excel, Acrobat, and updated XML formats Enhance Web interactivity with the new parameter panel and optional parameter fields Work with SQL databases, OLAP cubes, and proprietary systems Centralize design elements and auto-update reports using the repository Schedule and distribute reports with the latest BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Embed reports in Web and Windows applications using Visual Studio 2008
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