2014 Year In Review

2014 is now history. I worked with several customers on XI 3.1 to BI 4.1 upgrades, helped write the third edition of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide (see related article) and moved from Market Leader to Program Chair as a volunteer for the ASUG Kentucky chapter.

Thanks for reading my blog this year and I look forward writing more in the year ahead.

2014 Travel Destinations (courtesy TripIt)

• Dallas, Texas (BI 4.1 upgrade)
• Fort Worth, Texas (ASUG volunteer meeting and SABOUC conference)
• Houston, Texas (XI 3.1 architecture assessment and Live Office consulting)
• Los Angeles, California (Information Design Tool and Web Intelligence 4.1 training)
• Orlando, Florida (BI 4.1 upgrade)

Most Popular Articles of 2014 (courtesy Google Analytics)

1. Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1
2. Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
3. Using Variable Functions in the Universe
4. Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.1
5. Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.0
6. SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 is (Mostly) 64-bit
7. Displaying Web Intelligence Date Prompts Using Built-In Functions
8. Displaying Images on Web Intelligence Reports
9. SAP BusinessObjects Query Builder 4.0
10. Don’t Fluster the Cluster

Books Read and Reviewed

• Remote: Office Not Required
• Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide
• The Year Without Pants
• Thinking with Data
• Data Visualization for Dummies
• Talk like TED
• The Visual Organization
• Tribes
• Tales of the Siren: A Starbucks Melody
• For Love of Country
• More Awesome Than Money
• When Fish Fly
• SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook

Top Visiting Countries (courtesy Google Analytics)

1. United States
2. India
3. United Kingdom
4. Germany
5. France
6. Canada
7. Australia
8. Netherlands
9. Italy
10. Brazil
11. Turkey
12. Spain
13. Switzerland
14. Belgium
15. Singapore
16. Mexico
17. Russia
18. Japan
19. China
20. Poland

Speaking Events

Analytic Storytelling with Web Intelligence
EV Technologies Webcast
February 26, 2014 US/March 5, 2014 ANZ

Agile Business Intelligence with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1
EV Technologies Webcast
May 21, 2014 US/May 28, 2014 ANZ

ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting
Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles, KY
August 8, 2014
Agile Business Intelligence with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1

ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
Omni Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas
September 22-24, 2014a
Secrets from a Business Intelligence Barista
Taking SAP BusinessObjects from Stock to Custom
Agile Business Intelligence with SAP Lumira (panel discussion)
“Cost Saving” Cuts Your Project Can’t Afford (Diversified Semantic Layer panel discussion)

Other Significant Events

ASUG Volunteer Meeting
Fort Worth, Texas
January 25, 2014