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April 8, 2015

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook Sample Chapter

We uploaded a free sample of theSAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook containing the first chapterof the book. It will give you a good idea of how the step-by-step cookbook/recipe structure, supported with lots of screenshots works and looks like. Check … Continue reading
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Published on April 08, 2015 10:16

April 2, 2015

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook now available

I’m very happy to announce the release of theSAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook. The book is available right now in both eBook and paperback editions and can be ordered by most major online book vendors. It will also be available … Continue reading
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Published on April 02, 2015 11:00

March 19, 2015

De Nederlandse BI Podcast – episode 15

We recorded another edition of De Nederlandse BI Podcast tonight. This time we used Google Hangouts and itactually works very very good! Main topics are Data Science with R and Geospatial in HANA. And as always, it is all in … Continue reading
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Published on March 19, 2015 14:17

March 5, 2015

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook (2nd edition) coming this spring

We are currently in the very final stages of editing the second edition of theSAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook. We expect the book tobe available in an eBook and paper edition in just a few weeks from now (April 2015). … Continue reading
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Published on March 05, 2015 07:08

New SAP Business Intelligence books by SAP Press

SAP Press has added a bunch of new interesting BI related books to its portfolio recently. Especially in the HANA domain a lot of new and updated content is provided for us. Here is the list with (e)books: Making the … Continue reading
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Published on March 05, 2015 04:22

January 18, 2015

openSAP findings

SAP offers a lot of free online courses (MOOC’s) through its openSAPplatform.The cool thing is thatyou can work on themyour own computer, wherever and whenever you want. They already have a nice range of BI related courses, about SAP HANA, … Continue reading
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Published on January 18, 2015 07:57

January 1, 2015

A look at SAP GUI themes

Did you know you can change the way SAP GUI looks? You know, that basic SAP tool most of us use for hours each day? I really don’t like the looks of the standardtheme, but you can easily change it … Continue reading
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Published on January 01, 2015 06:56

December 30, 2014

2014: The return of the podcast

2014 must have been the year of the return of the podcast. I’m listening to way more podcasts now than ayear ago, and I haven’t seen such an online buzz on podcasting for ages.Maybe it hassomething to do with the … Continue reading
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Published on December 30, 2014 10:38

December 17, 2014

SAP BI TechEd 2014 recap video

Why waste your precious time and thousands of euros on going to the SAP TechEd event if you can get just watch a video covering all the key subjectsfor SAP BI? Sven and Ronald did a quick 45 minutes SAP … Continue reading
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Published on December 17, 2014 09:35

November 25, 2014

Time tracking with Toggl

At the end of each week I have to fill inmy timesheet with a breakdown of all the projects Ihave been working on that week. This used to be a though exercise. I checked my calendar for meetings, scrolled through … Continue reading
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Published on November 25, 2014 07:51