ZD Net contributor Joe McKendrick wrote a great blog about three reasons to hate BI dashboards. His opinion is certainly one that I share, and many of the blogs I have written here in the past try to focus on how to avoid these pitfalls. McKendrick’s post can be found here. Essentially his three reasons are: Dashboards haven’t
Read More...Previously, we have discussed the real power of BI — making business decisions out of the oodles (that’s a technical term for a lot) of data within organizations), embedding BI into the business process and processing that data extremely quickly and efficiently. So, while we have talked about it and tried to explain the concepts and
Read More...We’re seeing this more and more: as Oracle’s OBIEE platform gains steam, many organizations are making the move to convert existing reports from Crystal, Actuate or Oracle Reports to BI Publisher. Report conversion can be a daunting task, not necessarily from the technology move, but moreso from simply understanding, cataloging and consolidating the current collection
Read More...In our previous video blog about XML Publisher we showed you the basics on how to get going with creating some simple queries and reports. In this video blog we show a few more tricks and tips to help take your reporting to the next level. We will highlight how to create charts within groupings,
Read More...In the release of PeopleTools 8.5, a new feature for Query Manager called Drilling URL was released. Drilling URL allow the query results to hyperlink or drill down into the source data. The query results page shows the results as “links” which can, depending on how the URLs are defined, allow the user to access
Read More...Many years ago I graduated from Michigan State University (in my slightly biased opinion one of the greatest institutions in the country). As a student I was fortunate enough to land the right job that afforded me to forge some great relationships within the campus. Over two summers I worked security in the dorm rooms
Read More...Have you heard of PeopleSoft Program Management? If not, you’re not alone. Program Management is one of the lesser known applications within the PeopleSoft footprint. However, when utilized in conjunction with PeopleSoft Project Costing, Program Management can provide organizations a tremendous amount of value by consolidating project information into one neat repository. Having all of
Read More...Speaking from years of experience, I can definitively tell you that the most successful implementations are those that have done thorough training for project team members and end users. As many of our clients know, the time, resources and costs associated with training development and execution can be quite significant. One of the best tools
Read More...Big data seems to be the hot topic of conversation lately as it pertains to business intelligence. We get asked often about what organizations should be aware of as they explore this avenue. The obvious perils of big data include performance concerns, such as the ability to process and analyze data quickly and efficiently enough
Read More...In several of our previous blogs we have discussed the proper way to build a business intelligence enterprise solution. Many of you have responded in agreement with much of the content and the steps required to truly unlock the potential of BI. However, there are a number of readers who have reached out and asked
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