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March, 2006
In This
Issue:
Solutions Kit for ESRI GIS
ESRI Solutions Kit Exposure
APOS BI Tools for BusinessObjects XI Release
2
KPI for BusinessObjects XI Release 2
Object Manager for BusinessObjects XI Release 2
Migrating to BusinessObjects XI Release
2?
Sponsoring the Business Objects European User
Conference
User Group
Presentations
APOS BI Tools Suite
Custom Development
for Unique Requirements
Solutions Kit for ESRI
GIS
*New
product under development
Currently under development, the
new Solutions Kit for ESRI GIS provides a powerful two-way bridge
between two industry-leading business intelligence solutions – ESRI
ArcIMS/ArcGIS Server and Business Objects XI/XI Release
2.
Bidirectional integration between Business
Objects and ESRI GIS
The key features of this
solution include:
BusinessObjects XI to ESRI GIS
A wizard helps the report
designer generate a bridge url string, simply embed the generated
url in your report to:
• Embed maps as pictures - dynamically generated according to data
in the Crystal Report or Web Intelligence report
• Embed hyperlinks to load the ArcIMS viewer - dynamically generated
according to data in the report Crystal Report, Web Intelligence or
Desktop Intelligence report
• Auto selects features in the map using the report data
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ESRI GIS to
BusinessObjects XI
A maintenance utility is
provided to generate re-usable business rules profiles that allow
powerful functionality such as:
• Collect bridge information – reports, security, parameters,
format, etc.
• Set output format, viewer type, etc.
• Single report mode – invoke the report on demand while passing
parameters from map selections
• Multiple report mode – display list of available reports – invoke
the chosen report while passing parameters from map selections
• Generate bridge url to: Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence Reports
or Desktop Intelligence Reports
• Profiles stored in BusinessObjects XI, no external database
To find out more about
this exciting new addition to the APOS BI Tools suite of solutions,
please visit here. If you're interested in contributing some input to our
development, please let us know!
ESRI Solutions Kit
Exposure *ESRI and XI
integration
As an
ESRI Developer Partner, we are working at getting exposure for our
new Solutions Kit for ESRI as outlined above. Here are some of the
upcoming activities planned:
We're participating
in the Business Objects booth at the ESRI Partner Conference in Palm Springs, CA
on March 18-21.
If you're attending the ESRI Worldwide User Conference in San
Diego, CA on Aug 7-11, look us up in the Business Objects
booth.
APOS BI Tools
for BusinessObjects XI Release 2 *Now released
All our APOS BI
Tools for BusinessObjects XI Release 2 have now been released and are
available for
download and evaluation:
• AddressBook Gateway
•
Archive
Manager
•
Bursting
Manager
• InfoScheduler
•
Instance
Manager
• Instance Monitor
•
KPI
• Object Manager
•
RealTime
Monitor
•
Report Package Booster
• Run Time Manager
•
View Time
Security
If you are interested in trying
them out, please request
demo download instructions.
KPI for BusinessObjects XI
Release 2
*Powerful new features added
KPI extends
your auditing capabilities by creating
extracted metadata about virtually all
aspects of your system’s operational
activity. This metadata is then available
for extensive reporting analysis.
Here are some powerful new features recently
added . . .
•
MySQL Support - APOS KPI
metadata can now be stored in MySQL, SQL
Server, Oracle or Microsoft Access.
•
Universe for APOS KPI Metadata - APOS KPI now
includes a BusinessObjects Universe for the APOS KPI
database, to facilitate your own report
development.
•
Web Intelligence Analysis Reports - APOS KPI
now includes some Web Intelligence reports
that utilize the new Universe, to help you
better analyze the APOS KPI database.
•
Business Views
for APOS KPI Metadata - APOS KPI now includes BusinessObjects Business Views for the APOS KPI
database, to facilitate your own report
development.
To check out how APOS KPI can help your organization,
please
visit here
to request demo download instructions and
our current price list.
Object Manager for BusinessObjects XI and
Crystal Enterprise
*Powerful new features added
Object
Manager now includes a powerful new User Maintenance capability
which allows the system administrator to perform 'power
maintenance'!
User
Maintenance
*NEW
• add new
users
• delete
users
• edit user
settings
• add users
to groups
• remove
users from groups
• export
users to either a .csv or .xml file for back up
• import
users from either a .csv or .xml file or from a database
This new
User Maintenance support is in addition to these powerful existing
capabilities:
Object
Settings
• mass edits of parameter initial values, destination, format,
refresh from repository, notification, audit, refresh options,
server preference
Security and limits management
• make bulk changes by content and user group/user
• use security or limits matrix to apply security or limits across
multiple documents and entities in 1 pass
• create, store and assign complex user security definitions
User
preferences management
• make bulk changes by user group/user
Report
Promotion
• publish changes - preserve schedules, history, parameter
initial values, destination
• promote to various folders simultaneously
• promote from QA to production even if separated by a firewall
To check
out how Object Manager can help your organization,
please
visit here
to request demo download instructions and
our current price list.
Migrating to
BusinessObjects XI Release 2?
*APOS
can help
Migrating
From Crystal Enterprise
APOS
professional services can assist you and ensure that your
organization takes full advantage of the power of BusinessObjects XI
Release 2. We can help you assess how to best implement Universes,
Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Dashboards, etc.
Migrating
From Business Objects Classic (5.x, 6.x)
Migrating from Business
Objects Classic (5.x, 6.x) is a significant undertaking, APOS can
help with the planning and execution of your migration.
As well, APOS BI Tools can provide you
with functionality for
BusinessObjects XI that you may
have been used to with your Business Objects Classic system.
Please
visit here to request more information on how
we can help with your migration plans.
Sponsoring the
Business
Objects European User Conference*Global
exposure
We hope you can make
it to this new conference in Cannes, France - we will be there! If
you're attending, please look us up at the Vendor Fair where we are
showing all of our APOS BI Tools - with some new solutions being shown
for the first time!
While at the show,
make sure to visit our booth for a complimentary gift!
Visit here or the
image below for additional conference information and to
register.
User Group
Presentations *Getting the message out
APOS often provides a speaker
for regional user groups throughout North America, presenting this
topic:
"Extending BusinessObjects XI and Crystal Enterprise
Without Custom
Programming"
If your
local users group would like to request a speaker for one of your
upcoming meetings, please contact Warren Kobbeltvedt at warrenk@apos.com or
604-864-0766.
Upcoming User Group Participation
We're scheduled to participate
with these user groups in the near future:
• March 23 -
Charlotte, North Carolina
• April 26 -
Cincinnati Ohio
• May 2-5 - Cannes, France, European Business
Objects User Conference
• August
6-10 - San Diego,
California, ESRI User Conference
• November 5-8 - San
Francisco, California, North America Business
Objects User Conference
APOS BI Tools Suite *Extend BusinessObjects XI
and Crystal Enterprise
One of our challenges is keeping
our customers and colleagues current on the APOS BI Tools suite as
it grows. Visit here to request demo download
instructions and our current price list.
System Integration
. . .
ESRI
Solutions Kit - integration between BusinessObjects and
ESRI GIS
Administration
- System Monitoring . . .
Instance
Monitor - email
notification of failed instances
RealTime Monitor -
powerful SNMP
monitoring & control of servers, with alerts
KPI - creates metadata for
analysis - who is viewing which reports, license usage analysis,
server activity monitoring and more
Administration
- Scheduling . . .
Bursting
Manager - burst a large instance into small ones, burst
one report to many
InfoScheduler - power
batch scheduling from Microsoft Excel
Administration
- Instance Administration . . .
Archive Manager -
report
instance archiving with business rules, with restore
capability!
Instance
Manager -
administrator power tool for managing large instance
systems
Administration
- System Administration . . .
Object
Manager - report
promotion, object management, security
maintenance
RunTime Manager - set availability time windows for
Job Servers, Page Servers, etc.
Extending
the User Interface . . .
AddressBook
Gateway -
integrate Outlook/Exchange with ePortfolio/InfoView 'schedule to
email'
Dynamic
Parameters -
SQL-based, user-specific pick lists, cascading
parameters
Extending
Distribution . . .
Report Package
Booster -
consolidate reports to password protected
pdf/xls and distribute
Distribution
Server - email
link, email content, failure notification, distribute on
alert
Subscription Manager
- allow users to
manage their own report subscription
Row Level Security . .
.
Processing Extension
RAD - fast
track processing extension development
View Time
Security - row level data security without
C++ development
Crystal Reports BI Tools . .
.
Add-In Wrapper for
BusinessObjects XI Release 2
- Crystal Reports Add-In menu fast track
integration
Custom Development for
Unique Requirements
If you
have a unique reporting system requirement, let us know. We love to
work on special projects and regularly save our customers a lot of
time and money by using APOS BI Tools as a fast-track foundation for
a specific customized solution.
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