Comments for The Business Intelligence Blog http://biguru.wordpress.com Learning for BI professionals Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Export data out of Xcelsius dashboards by Luca Spinelli http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/export-data-out-of-your-xcelsius-dashboards/#comment-153 Luca Spinelli Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:20 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-153 Guys, by the way if you can't get the code please contact us at info@clearpeaks.com Cheers, Luca Guys, by the way if you can’t get the code please contact us at info@clearpeaks.com

Cheers,
Luca

]]> Comment on Export data out of Xcelsius dashboards by Luca Spinelli http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/export-data-out-of-your-xcelsius-dashboards/#comment-152 Luca Spinelli Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:37 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-152 Guys, the error #2032 is not related to the crossdomain.xml! If you are facing with this issue it means that Xcelsius cannot reach the URL. The possible reasons are 2: 1) the url is wrong 2) in your excel there are special caracters not allowed by XML (i.e. "&"...) Hope this helps, Luca Guys,
the error #2032 is not related to the crossdomain.xml! If you are facing with this issue it means that Xcelsius cannot reach the URL. The possible reasons are 2:
1) the url is wrong
2) in your excel there are special caracters not allowed by XML (i.e. “&”…)

Hope this helps,
Luca

]]> Comment on SPC – Using statistics to get insight from BI by biguru http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/spc-%e2%80%93-using-statistics-to-get-insight-from-bi/#comment-151 biguru Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:03:49 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-151 Alex, SPC (Statistical Process Control) is a set of processes used to measure probability, statistics and in general to "control" the process. Most BI vendors do not have this in their toolset except for notable exceptions of SAS and WPC. There is a new wave of adding what is called "predictive analytics" to the existing product offerings by most vendors - this would probably contain some SPC tools e.g. control charts. HTH, Maloy Alex,
SPC (Statistical Process Control) is a set of processes used to measure probability, statistics and in general to “control” the process. Most BI vendors do not have this in their toolset except for notable exceptions of SAS and WPC. There is a new wave of adding what is called “predictive analytics” to the existing product offerings by most vendors – this would probably contain some SPC tools e.g. control charts.

HTH,
Maloy

]]> Comment on SPC – Using statistics to get insight from BI by Alex http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/spc-%e2%80%93-using-statistics-to-get-insight-from-bi/#comment-150 Alex Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:37 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-150 Hi Maloy, I also work in BI and I am very interested in the addition of SPC to the BI tools. I think it's very important and will be helpful. I have worked with Universe Designer/Web Intelligence as well as Excelcius and have not come across the SPC aspect. Is is a new addition or new tool? Hi Maloy,

I also work in BI and I am very interested in the addition of SPC to the BI tools. I think it’s very important and will be helpful. I have worked with Universe Designer/Web Intelligence as well as Excelcius and have not come across the SPC aspect. Is is a new addition or new tool?

]]> Comment on BusinessObjects universe design best practices by Ravikanth http://biguru.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/businessobjects-universe-design-best-practices/#comment-149 Ravikanth Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:01:00 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-149 Thank you very much for putting togather such a nice article. Very helpful. It is like a checklist for me while designing the universe. Regards, RaviKanth Thank you very much for putting togather such a nice article. Very helpful. It is like a checklist for me while designing the universe.

Regards,
RaviKanth

]]> Comment on It’s all in the universe – handling chasm and fan traps by Narayan http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/its-all-in-the-universe-handling-chasm-and-fan-traps/#comment-148 Narayan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:18:39 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-148 How would you solve an issue when two fact tables need to use the same dimension except that the granularity of the dimension is different. In this case, the dimension i am talking about is the Calendar Dimension, this is maintained for every single calendar date with month id, wtr id, year id etc.. We do have two fact tables, one of them can have data only at Month ID level. One of them has data at a calendar date level. The first fact table ends up in a Many to Many relationship with the calendar join since the join is at Month ID level (a given calendar month has around 30 rows of data with the same Month ID) How would you solve an issue when two fact tables need to use the same dimension except that the granularity of the dimension is different.
In this case, the dimension i am talking about is the Calendar Dimension, this is maintained for every single calendar date with month id, wtr id, year id etc..
We do have two fact tables, one of them can have data only at Month ID level. One of them has data at a calendar date level.

The first fact table ends up in a Many to Many relationship with the calendar join since the join is at Month ID level (a given calendar month has around 30 rows of data with the same Month ID)

]]> Comment on Developing a Business Objects security model – BO XI 3.1 by Gôm http://biguru.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/developing-a-business-objects-security-model-bo-xi-3-1/#comment-144 Gôm Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:07:46 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-144 Hi, Could you please complete this article with a case in point? I don't really understand how set up a user which is in several groups, and therefore in several folder, where he can create reports with several applications: WebI, DeskI, etc. Thanks in advance. Gôm Hi,

Could you please complete this article with a case in point?

I don’t really understand how set up a user which is in several groups, and therefore in several folder, where he can create reports with several applications: WebI, DeskI, etc.

Thanks in advance.

Gôm

]]> Comment on Evolution of the BO XI platform – from XI R2 to XI 3.1 SP2 by ashveen http://biguru.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/evolution-of-the-bo-xi-platform-from-xi-r2-to-xi-3-1-sp2/#comment-137 ashveen Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:54:31 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-137 Hi, I am working on migrating BO reports from 5.1 to XI R 3.1. In 5.1 I had one report where user had created 4 prompts ( 3,4,5,6) and when he runs the report he gets 6 prompts (1,2,3,4,5,6) But same report when I migrated to XI R3.1 and when I ran the report, I can see only 4 prompts (3,4,5,6) and prompts (1,2) am not able to see. I am sure prompts (1,2) in BO 5.1 are not cascading prompts, as cascading prompts was introduced in BO 6x and higher version. Please let me know, if anyone know from where could be these prompts (1,2) coming ( which user has not created in report himself) and why is it missing in XI R3.1 Thanks, Ash Hi, I am working on migrating BO reports from 5.1 to XI R 3.1.

In 5.1 I had one report where user had created 4 prompts ( 3,4,5,6) and when he runs the report he gets 6 prompts (1,2,3,4,5,6)
But same report when I migrated to XI R3.1 and when I ran the report, I can see only 4 prompts (3,4,5,6) and prompts (1,2) am not able to see.

I am sure prompts (1,2) in BO 5.1 are not cascading prompts, as cascading prompts was introduced in BO 6x and higher version.
Please let me know, if anyone know from where could be these prompts (1,2) coming ( which user has not created in report himself) and why is it missing in XI R3.1

Thanks,
Ash

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]]> Comment on Export data out of Xcelsius dashboards by Sandy PH http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/export-data-out-of-your-xcelsius-dashboards/#comment-131 Sandy PH Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:43:39 +0000 http://biguru.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-131 Great news Babjee, Can you explain it to us? What Flash player, os, webserver do you use? and why some of us failed to do and the others can.. Great news Babjee,

Can you explain it to us? What Flash player, os, webserver do you use? and why some of us failed to do and the others can..

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