May, 2006

Report from the Business Objects European User Conference

User Group Presentations

APOS BI Tools Suite

Custom Development for Unique Requirements

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How do we know if we need APOS BI Tools? *New whitepaper available

To help you better assess how APOS BI Tools can help you and your organization, we've created a new whitepaper for your review. You can request the full version here. Here's an excerpt . . .

Consider if any of these situations apply to you . . .

InfoScheduler
• we often schedule batches of over 50 schedules at a time.
• our power users have multiple schedules that they run ad hoc, often more than 50 schedules a week.

• our schedules run at regular intervals (weekly, monthly, etc.) and a recovery plan is needed to handle batch failures.

• our power users often have multiple schedules that they run ad hoc

• our report database logins change regularly

Instance Manager
• we often create over 100 new report instances a week and need help to keep track of them.
• we often need to reschedule 50 or more instances a week.

• we do a lot of system maintenance

Object Manager
• we often need to promote single reports to multiple folders at the same time.
• we often promote more than 20 reports a week.
• we manage preferences for more than 100 users.
• we manage more than 50 settings changes for reports a week.
• we have more than 100 reports in our system to administer.
• we often have more than 50 security settings changes to various objects weekly

If any of these needs apply to you, consider requesting a no-charge demo download version today.

Visit here to request the full version of the whitepaper entitled "How do we know if we need APOS BI Tools?"

This webcast presents how the Business Objects XI platform can help you leverage the value of your Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and .Net development assets. Session topics will include SharePoint Portal Integration Kit, Analysis Services, Business Objects Live Office, and Crystal Xcelsius. Please join us for this event to better understand the synergies of these technology suites.
In this webcast learn how you can:

• Enhance and improve the Information Worker Experience from the VP of sales to the business analyst

• Create a consolidated view of your business in SharePoint by integrating views taken from multiple databases and applications such as SAP, Siebel or PeopleSoft

• Simplify complex or hard to communicate excel models by building an interactive visual model that decisions makers can understand

• Build and modify analytical reports for SQL Server Analysis Services without help from IT

• Embed live data into Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and have instant refresh capabilities

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Time: 11 am EST, 8 am PST

Speakers:

Report from the Business Objects European User Conference*Global exposure

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:

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

Extending the User Interface . . .

Dynamic Parameters - SQL-based, user-specific pick lists, cascading parameters

Extending Distribution . . .

Processing Extension RAD - fast track processing extension development

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.