The Challenge of Dashboard BI Projects

Dashboard

If the goal of your business intelligence project is to deliver a dashboard, you should have warning bells going off in your head. What is a Dashboard An easy to read graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization’s key performance indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance. Business …

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Business Objects Universe Row Level Security

Business Objects Row Level Security Data Foundation

If you are a business objects universe designer that needs to implement row level security in your universe, here is a simple method. The following are the steps necessary when using the business objects information design tool. Similar steps can be done in the legacy universe designer tool. Create security table The first step is to create a security table …

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5 Reasons Why Your Business Intelligence Project Will Fail

Failure

Like any other IT project, business intelligence projects have a high risk of failure. Here are 5 reasons why your BI project will fail. Absent or Weak Business Sponsor A strong business sponsor is the most important ingredient for a successful business intelligence sponsor. This person needs to be well-respected within your organization and be able to make decisions for …

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Business Objects Web Intelligence Filters

Web Intelligence Filters

If you are attempting to find out why the data showing on your business objects web intelligence document is incorrect, you may want to start by looking at filters. Once you have verified that the query (data provider) is correct and returning the correct result set, the next step is to look at the filters in your document. For instance, …

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Data Quality and Business Process

Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Application Development

So you think you have a data quality problem, or you have been told that you have a data quality problem. Let me tell you, you don’t. Even with the fanciest data quality tool, etl engine, or business intelligence application; your data quality problems are not going to go away. In Reengineering the Corporation, Hammer states: Seemingly small data quality …

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