How to see if a value is Inlist when the list is a variable.
Hi,recently I came across a requirement that was to test if a value was in list where the list was in a variable. The variable, [list] = "123;234;456;1114678;768;999111", I I need to test if the value...
View ArticleHow to merge dimensions where values from one Query has leading or trailing...
Hi All, recently I came across a requirement to merge two Queries where the values of one of the merged dims had leading spaces.Values from Query 1 dim was : id value "123" 1"345"...
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Confusion around BW manual prompt entry functionality
Hello Everyone, I hope you all are familiar with the BW Manual prompt entry feature introduced with the release of BI 4.1 SP 5. If not, please go through my blogs written earlier, explaining the...
View ArticleHow to get Hijridate from current date in webi on Header tab.
How to get Hijridate from current date in webi 4.0 on Header tab.
View ArticleUsing Webi Extension Points to Create Google Maps Visualizations
As a long time Webi user, and provider of maps integrations, I have always wished there were a proper SDK for integrating custom visualizations in Webi. My first exploration was through Xcelsius which...
View ArticleBest Practices for Live Office PowerPoint
There are certain settings which we should follow while importing BO Webi reports into Live office PowerPoint. Some of those settings are as follows. Best Practices while Importing Webi report tables...
View ArticleWebi Report : User Requirement Gathering Questions
Note : Before we start designing any of the details report , consultant and analyst should discussed this questions with the User first.User Requirement Gathering Questions Questions related to All...
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Create a formula to calculate value, percentage and formatting in SAP...
Hi Everyone, SAP BO Web Intelligence allows functions which help us to calculate cell value and formatting as per business requirement. Here I am explaining a simple step to write function and...
View ArticleBOB - The Business Objects Board
Before there was SCN for BusinessObjects products, the only reliable resource for BusinessObjects problems was BOB. Jason Everly asked us to write a blog post to help publicise BOB on here so that...
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Web Intelligence Free Hand SQL (FHSQL)/Stored Procedures in BI4.1 SP06
As you may of heard already, things are changing in BI4.1 SP06 when it comes to FHSQL (Free-hand SQL) and Stored Procedures. In BI4.1 SP05 we added the ability to convert Desktop Intelligence reports...
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Hyperlink from WEBI Report to ECC T-Code & to see the attachments
Dear All,Here is the document which gives the step by step procedure to redirect from BO Report to specified ECC T-Code to view attachments using Hyperlink.Business scenario:Some of the information...
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Using an Interactive InfoGraphic in your WEBI Report
Hi All, I recently attend to an event of another BI Vendor. He demonstrate a way of utilizing an Infographic into its application. I thought "Humm perhaps it can be done in WEBI", so I started to...
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How to test Tomcat’s character encoding configuration
Hi All, I've seen many cases with displaying non-latin characters in Web Intelligence or other reporting tools.It's not always so easy to identify where is the issue coming from, so I'd like to help...
View ArticleExtracting a Numeric/Date Value from a Text Field
UPDATED in July 15 Hi there, Today I saw a interfesting question posted on BOBJ [Webi 4.x] Find a character in the string.The OP questioned on how one can get the numeric value (characters from 0 to 9)...
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How to use new Dynamic Default Value for Universe (UNX) Prompts feature
First of all, I want to thank SAP team for listening to its customers and making possible the so long-awaited feature of Dynamic Default Values for Universe Prompts. I've just tested it from SAP...
View ArticleTransforming measure names into values of a dimension
Hi All, In this blog post I´ll show how one can take n measure names and turn them into values of a dimension. The main reason behind this post was this thread , here at SCNhow to create stack chart in...
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Have you ever wondered what your reports sound like?
I know it's a strange question, one which I suspect not many of you have asked. There is a way to answer this question though Download the free Audacity audio editor. From the File menu select...
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String aggregation on WEBI report level.
Preface: Software used:SAP BO V 4.1 SP2Universe : eFashion. I have shown the way we can aggregate the values on report level. I have dragged State & City objects My initial report looks like...
View ArticleFeatures limitation in Web Intelligence with BICS connection
Certain Webi query panel features are not available when using BICS connection however these features are available with relational Universe.These are I have tested in BI 4.1 SP02....
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New Variant Feature in Web Intelligence
SAP released SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence 4.1 Support Pack 6 and It has some cool new features. I have outlined the new variant feature for webi below.. The variant feature allows users...
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