Failed to Execute Query: For input string... error encountered when...
Issue Description The following error message (or very similar) appears when you attempt to refresh a SAP BusinessObjects report built off a SAP BW BEx query using BICS. Failed to execute query:...
View ArticleHow to convert week numbers(1-53) to 1,2,3,4 for every month
Dear BO Gurus, I am facing very critical issue in my current project, we have a requirement to show months and week but as per calculations in bex it is displaying weeks like 1..52 but our requirement...
View ArticleData Visualisation Techniques with Web Intelligence
ScenarioVisualise [Sales Revenue] by [Quarter] for the [Last 3 Years]. ExampleThe data visualisation below is an example of what is produced by Web Intelligence out of the box (i.e. default).What is...
View ArticleHow to Pin the Latest Instance of a Web Intelligence Document
SummaryWHAT: Pin the latest instance of a Web Intelligence document. WHY: Users may have a Web Intelligence document that they navigate to on a recurring basis as they consume the latest scheduled...
View ArticleRemove the underline from Hyperlink/Document and change the color of Hyperlink
Hi This blog will help you to remove the underline from hyperlink and Document and change the visited and unvisited Hyperlink color. 1st we will learn how to remove the underline from the Hyperlink or...
View ArticleExcel as Source to a WebI
Welcome !! This is a simple & quick how to procedure which explains about how to make an Excel as a source to WebI. Thanks if you found this interesting and utile. Note: This is a special feature...
View ArticleObject State in Converted Merged UNX Universe
Would like to share the behavior of objects in Merged Universe when we upgraded Linked Universe from BO 5.1.5 to BI 4.1 and convert to UNX When the linked universes in 5.1.5 is upgraded and converted...
View ArticleTop and Bottom N ranks in a single table with one Input control in webi
Hi Team, Purpose : How to show Top N and Bottom N records controlled by a single Input control , and show Top and Bottom records in single table ordered as per their functionality and format them with...
View ArticleLeveraging SAP BI4.1 with SAP HANA
The goal of this blog is to update you on the enhancements delivered since SAP BusinessObjects BI4.1 to leverage the SAP HANA platform. Please refer to the SAP 4.1 documentation to have more details....
View ArticleWebI Trick: User defined column(Dimnesion) sorting
In China and English.for the people with poor reading English like me in mainland China中英文对照,方便中国大陆英语和我一样差的人阅读。 1. Create a Variable named <input options> =""1. 新建一个维度变量 input options=""...
View ArticleDynamic Ageing Buckets in Webi
Hi Team, We’ll be asking for dynamic aging buckets many times at customer places. Each user want to see different aging intervals ,so forced to do multiple copies of same BEx query with different...
View ArticleConsuming HANA views in Web Intelligence report
Hana Views can be consumed in Web Intelligence reports through a universe created from Universe Design Tool using JDBC/ODBC connectivity. Once we have View created in HANA Studio in the Content section...
View ArticleConsuming HANA View(Variable/Input Parameter) in WebI using HANA Business...
In my previous blog I described how we can consume HANA Views using UDT(.unv) in web intelligence. Consuming HANA views in Web Intelligence report Here we will see how we can consume HANA...
View ArticleBI 4.1 Web Intelligence & Java Runtime Best Practices Meet the Expert Session
The SAP Enterprise Support Academy is running a Meet the Expert Session (a webinar) entitled “BI 4.1 Web Intelligence & Java Runtime Best Practices” on 10th September 2014 at: 9.30am Eastern Time...
View ArticleConditional Formatting when Drilling
Using the drillfilters() function, we can see where we are in a hierarchy when drilling is enabled. However, sometimes you may want to format report elements or data based on your whereabouts in the...
View ArticleMultiple Language Support in BO On BW.
Hi Team ,This is a trick to use BW multi language in Webi reports .Environment : ECC6,SAP BW ,SAP BI 4.X UDT/IDT . In BW Language pack deployed and Master data of objects maintained in different...
View ArticleSorting Month In Charts 4.0
In my project, I did face a requirement of sorting month in charts. Let's create a simple report to demonstrate this. For this example we will be using two objects. in report 1. Month Name2. Number of...
View ArticleDynamic Headers in WebI
Let me know i can show column values as Headers Names With multiple columns. For example Item Module_Name Qty CalculatedQty1 P1 1 12 P2...
View ArticleDynamic Chart Labeling by Using Prompts
The starting situation is as follows. I've used multiple columns (universe -> odbc -> excel) for my organizational units (main department, department, group, cost center). For Filtering the...
View ArticleProperties and Appearance for Background colour...
Amusing! For the last two years I have used the same plain background on the monthly report charts. However, today that all changes! The end results was: Sometimes the simple things in life can be fun!
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