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WebI Trick: Top N data for any integer N using Entry field Input controls
There are some discussions about selecting top N data recently. I have been haunted by the idea. In this post, I will show you how to choose top N data using input controls without building extra...
View ArticleConcepts on BW,Understanding Connections
I have gone through a lot of articles on SCN which speak extensively about integration with BO-BW however, I could not find a document that consolidated and spoke about UNX on Multiprovider SSO...
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When is a chart not a chart?
I'd like to share a mechanism I use to create the above table & graphic. For this example we are using a very simple E-Fashion query:The basis of this mechanism is using the FILL function to...
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Show Trend Icon/Arrows in webi as per conditions
Hi All, Business always interested in Trend/Arrows in tables instead of numbers .In 4.0 IPAD we can get this by writing some code.we can use images and hyperlinks to get the same .But it needs some...
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The Pro’s and Con’s using an Excel Source file for WebI Publications.
Traditionally we have setup a separate publication for each report selection, i.e. A publication for Sales Manager 1, another for Sales Manager 2, another for Sales Manager 3 and so on. As our...
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WebI Trick: Line chart to show running average for each year
Business requirement: Display 3-month running average for sales revenue in a 12-month timing window for each year, like the one belowThis chart helps the business understand how well they perform in...
View Articlethe query cannot run because it contains incompatible objects
Hello All, After upgraded webi reports and universes from 3.x version to 4.1 version, this "the query cannot run because it contains incompatible objects" error is being displayed when refresh the...
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De la cartographie sur IPad à partir d'un document WebI 4.1
Mettre de la cartographie dans un document WebI en BI4 pour ensuite le visualiser sous iPad, c’est aujourd’hui possible ! Cet article vous présente la façon d’obtenir cet effet, sans autre outil que...
View ArticleWebi Formulae for Calendar Day Prompt
Below are the list of Formulae used to display the Calendar Day Prompt values in the Webi Report Headings or Header Labels. 1. Getting Start date from Date prompt: Start...
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How my first Extension Point experiment will bring Maps to Webi
For those of you who have been around in the SAP BusinessObjects ecosystem long enough, you may remember an awesome labs feature for Webi called Extension Points. Now it is back in a slightly different...
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How to display custom message in BI Launchpad Login page
In a recent BO upgrade project, I did face a requirement of displaying custom message in BI Launchpad login page. The upgrade happened from BOXI3.1 to BO 4.0. Earlier, they used to edit the logon.jsp...
View ArticleAre changes to WebI's calculation engine causing you upgrade woes? Check out...
Starting in BI 4.1 SP03, Developers have introduced a Formula Rewrite Tool to automatically correct formulas in Web Intelligence documents that are affected by known calcluation engine changes. There...
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Web Intelligence 4.1 SP3: Applet (Java) vs. HTML
IntroductionWeb Intelligence documents can be created, edited or consumed via three different interfaces:HTMLApplet (Java)Desktop (Rich Client) The following blog post is a feature comparison of the...
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Conditional formatting based on User input
Business requirement: Highlight any sales revenues that are below sales target, which is a user input control. In other words, if a user wants to highlight any sales revenues that are below $2,000,000...
View ArticleWeb Intelligence and Oracle Java Runtime Environment Known Issues
Hello everyone, Since Oracle has released Java 7 there have been multiple issues regarding the web intelligence java panel/RIA/applet in BI 4.x and XI 3.1. There are various issues that occur from ones...
View ArticleConsiderations/Issues when changing .Unv source to OLAP connection in Webi 4.x
Hi All, Environment : BI 4.1 SP3 and BW 7.4 SP3 We are doing a pilot for converting all .Unv based reports. Below are observations when pointing .Unv to BICS Issue/ConsiderationSolutionsome of the...
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Reading smaller precision negative Value in BO 4.1
Introduction: This blog focuses on a work around solution to read the negative precision value in BO-WEBI 4.1 version. Issue: In 4.1 version it has been observed that the smaller precision negative...
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Joining data from two queries in a single report when all the objects are...
Hi I recently worked out how to Join Data from two queries in a single report Create a WEBI document with 2 queries where 1 reads data from the other in my example I have 2 queries 1 is Rels and the...
View ArticlePublication - Dynamic Recipients
This document describes about how to create Publication with Dynamic Recipients in brief.
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Performance factors of Webi Reports in BI 4.x
Hi All, Environment : BI 4.1 .Reporting Database : BW 7.4 SP3.Recently we migrated to BI 4.1 SP3 from BI 4.0 SP6.From then reports in BI 4.1 launchpad was taking so much time compared to BI 4.0 and BI...
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