Al Williams Business Intelligence Blog

Learn how to create Donut Charts in Tableau 10!   The ​ twbx ​ file available for download below was created using Tableau 10.3.2 File Name: Donut-Charts File Size: 871 kb Download File

Learn how to create worksheets and dashboards in Tableau 10 with Dynamic Dimensions and Measures. File Name: Dynamic-Dimensions-and-Measures File Size: 1.6 mb Download File

Learn about Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions with Tableau 10. The video shows examples of using LOD Expressions with Tableau 10. Tableau LOD expressions are a method used to compute aggregations that are not at the level of detail of the visualizati...

This video shows how companies with an investment in SAP BusinessObjects and Tableau can leverage the work performed in creating Universes and Web Intelligence reports by using a product called InfoBurst from InfoSol . 

A tutorial on Groups and Sets in Tableau 10.  To work through the examples in the video, download the file below. File Name: Grouping-and-Sets File Size: 936 kb Download File

Learn how to organize your data into Folders in Tableau 10.  Find out how hierarchies work and create custom hierarchies to drill-down to your data in Tableau 10.  To work through the examples in the video, download the file below. File Nam...

Tutorial on Data Blending in Tableau 10.  To work through the examples in the video, download the file below. File Name: Data-Blending-Tutorial File Size: 83 kb Download File

This video contains an introduction to Tableau 10 and illustrates how to connect to multiple data sources.  To work through the examples in the video, download the file below. File Name: Intro-and-Data File Size: 826 kb Download File

Part 2 of a 2 part series on Report Bursting and Distribution in Business Objects 4x. This video focuses on Dynamic Recipients - functionality that allows you to distribute reports outside of your Business Objects infrastructure. 

Learn how to create custom editor profiles for your Joomla website using the JCE Editor. This Joomla! extension is available at: https://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/ 

Learn how to use free-hand SQL and execute Stored Procedures with Web Intelligence instead of using a Universe as your report data source. 

Build a Joomla! website from scratch using a combination of free and paid extensions and templates. Update January 2016. Due to a very busy schedule and not enough time to dedicate to the learnjoomla.info website, I have decided to disable the site. ...

Learn about Tables and Sections in Web Intelligence. 

 In this video, I review a product called InfoBurst Enterprise from Infosol: http://www.infosol.com/solutions/infoburst/ InfoBurst offers report bursting, distribution and scheduling functionality above and beyond the core functionality offered ...

Part 1 of a 2 part series on Report Bursting and Distribution with Business Objects 4x. This tutorial illustrating techniques for Report Bursting and Distribution using Business Objects 4x. This video shows how to configure Profiles and Publications ...

 Learn how to link documents in Business Objects 4 with Web Intelligence... Create a summary report and link to one or more detail reports. This tutorial links to two detail reports containing data and charts.

Explanation of Calculation Contexts in Web Intelligence including descriptions of context operators and keywords. This video tutorial includes an example of using calculation contexts and report formatting in Web Intelligence to achieve functionality...

Business Objects 4x Custom Access Levels video tutorial. Illustrating the application of Custom Access Levels to restrict certain functionality within the application.

Video tutorial to configure Auditing in Business Objects 4x.

Scheduling Reports in Business Objects 4x in BI Launch Pad