List webi reports based on a BW OLAP Connection
<< I thought this was working - but NOT YET !! >> The results are very inconsistent, to the point where a space in the connection name can cause a problem.I have older connections which...
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Hi All,1.Two developer are working 2different tables with the same universe same time how will you synchronize two provide me steps?2.is it possible to create context on short cut join? if possible how...
View ArticleNew RelativeDate functionality for easier date manipulation
The RelativeDate function has been around a while. It's core function is to return a date that is relative to another date. This was historically done by using a parameter that specified the number...
View ArticleSay Yes to Alerts in Charts(Web Intelligence)
Hello All, I'm going to explain how to implement the Alerts in WebI charts in the blog. This is a work around. I'm going to use eFashion UNV to demonstrate this with an example. 1) Add a simple query...
View ArticleTrick to get Cascading filters for BEx BICS and filters in report body in...
Hi Team , Purpose : Get cascading filters in webi report created on BICS connection and make use of element linking to give dashboard kind of appeal for filters 1.Cascading filters for BEx BICS We...
View ArticleAlternate rows color in Cross Table of Webi report
HI, As per requirement we need to show alternate color in cross table rows as per below screen shot. We can do the same by below solutions.Solution 1: With Inbuilt optionStep 1: Write Click on Table,...
View ArticleWeb Intelligence, Lumira and the SAP BI Convergence Strategy
Earlier this year, we were involved in an SAPinsider Q & A event with the title "Will Your Web Intelligence Journey Lead You into Lumira?" The session featured numerous SAP subject matter...
View ArticleNew WebI feature in BI4.2 – Parallel Queries
I work on the SAP Web Intelligence (Webi) Support team. I want to highlight one of the new features that will be introduced for WebI in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.2 (BI4.2)...
View ArticleBI4.2 Webi Getting GeoMaps and Custom Elements for Google Maps Data Viz
Maps are a hot button when it comes to Web Intelligence, which is one of the most requested features as long as I can remember. BI4.2 delivers a double whammy for BI administrators to deliver amazing...
View Articlegroup in webi
Hi,I want to group by region in row instead of column level. How to achieve this in webi? which function has to be used?Please help.Current result...
View ArticleHow to implement a Running Count Distinct
UPDATE - Attached is a .wid file , renamed to .txt so I coulkd attach it, with the proposed solution. Is's on BO 4.1 SP5. In order to work, rename it back to .wid Hi,There was a particularly tough...
View ArticleShould I "Enable Memory Analysis" on a Web Intelligence Processing Server?
It was always best practice to leave the feature 'Enable Memory Analysis' turned on, as this enabled a number of mechanisms to kick in and reduce memory consumption. I described some of them in a...
View ArticleCustomize error messages in OpenDocument URL
In my previous blog, I shared my experience on displaying custom message in BI Launchpad login page. In comment, recently I received one request from Pallavi Deshmukh to customize error message...
View ArticleMigration Projects:- Db2 to Teradata for Webi 4.0 reports
Hi all I this post I would be sharing few facts and information related to the Webi Reports whose Sqls are migrated from Db2 to Teradata.This Project involved multiple reporting tools (Non Sap...
View Article[Hacking WebI] Customize "No data to retrieve" message
When there is no record fetched in a WebI query, we get the message like "No data to retrieve in <Data Provider>". I have seen multiple times people asking for a way to customize this message or...
View ArticleNew WebI feature in BI4.2 – Parallel Queries
I work on the SAP Web Intelligence (Webi) Support team. I want to highlight one of the new features that will be introduced for WebI in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.2 (BI4.2)...
View ArticleHiding the Save button from the HTML interface with Javascript
Hi All,I´ve been posting about the use of Javascript inserted in a WEBI document.To insert Javascript code into a webi document just drop a blank cell onto your report, copy the code to it and set its...
View ArticleNew WebI feature in BI4.2 – Parallel Queries
I work on the SAP Web Intelligence (Webi) Support team. I want to highlight one of the new features that will be introduced for WebI in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.2 (BI4.2)...
View ArticleAltering the default calculation order in a RunningSum
Hi, today there was a discussion about changing the order in which RunningSum is calculated in a table (RunningSum() sorted by Classification()).This is the data presented. The RunningSum should be...
View ArticleCreating a Look Up table in WEBI at Report Side.
Hi, Suppose that you want to correlate the data you have in a query with some external data. For instance you´re analyzing countries sales and want to correlate it with the Gini index., which is...
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