Monthly Archives: November 2011

SAP Dashboards Thanksgiving trivia game

Inspired by thanksgiving and a family trip to Plimouth Plantation, i created this simple trivia game in Sap Dashboards. It’s just another demonstration of the versatility of the tool, and also kind of fun.. Enjoy the XLF here. (*Trivia questions … Continue reading

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Xcelsius data randomizer

One of SAP Dashboards strongest capabilities is in producing quick prototypes. Leveraging Excel rand() function it’s easy to produce random data for your prototype or proof of concept dashboard. Using variations of rand() you can produce random fake data, and … Continue reading

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Using webi ForEach function to solve complex aggregation problems

When you create variables in web intelligence, they must be assigned a qualification. This qualification assigns a “strong” type of either a measure, or a dimension (or a detail) kind of object to your variable. This strong tying has a … Continue reading

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Dynamic visibility in webi

One of the features that webi was lacking for years was the ability to conditionally suppress columns. Especially when compared to Crystal that supported this kind of functionality from the get go, or Xcelsius with its dynamic visibility, webi report … Continue reading

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