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ASUG 2010 SAP BusinessObjects User Conference
October 2010, Orlando, Florida

Explore the Universe with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Like a Hubble telescope for your BI environment, SAP® BusinessObjects Explorer software brings together the simplicity and speed of search with the trust and analytical power of BI to provide immediate answers to casual business users. This session focuses primarily on Explorer Standard Edition, which allows SAP BusinessObjects customers to begin using Explorer right away with existing universes. The benefits of Explorer Accelerated Edition will also be presented.  Learn how your IT organization can deploy and support Explorer effectively to provide users at all levels of the organization with intuitive access to the same “single version of the truth” that powers existing BI applications.

KPIs for Business Intelligence
Many organizations use BI tools to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve organizational effectiveness. But fewer organizations apply BI to the business intelligence organization itself. Learn how to develop KPIs from the information available from BusinessObjects Enterprise Auditor as well as other aspects of your business intelligence infrastructure. See how these metrics can be utilized in operational, tactical, and strategic dashboards created using familiar tools like Xcelsius, Web Intelligence, and Crystal Reports.

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Security Essentials
In this presentation, learn how the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise security model works. Leverage features, such as inheritance, scope of rights, and custom access levels, to secure the business intelligence system, while reducing overall complexity and maintenance. Techniques will be demonstrated using SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI that are also applicable to SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI. Real-world scenarios drive home the concepts learned and give each attendee the confidence to implement the same techniques back home.

ASUG/SAP SAPPHIRE 2010 User Conference
May 2010, Orlando, Florida

Increasing User Adoption of Business Intelligence
Conventional wisdom states “if you build it, they will come.” But this philosophy often leads to performance management solutions that quickly become shelfware, achieving little return on investment (ROI).
Because they are constantly evolving, user adoption for business intelligence systems looks different from traditional enterprise software rollouts. More than just training, user adoption must be a set of processes and procedures aimed at continuous improvement of how organizations make operational, tactical, and strategic business decisions. In this session, learn how to increase user adoption using a combination of features inside the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise platform and business process improvements outside of the platform.

ASUG/GBN 2009 SAP BusinessObjects User Conference
Fall 2009, Dallas, Texas

ASUG/GBN 2008 SAP BusinessObjects User Conference
Fall 2008, Dallas, Texas

Insight 2007 BusinessObjects User Conference
October 2007, Orlando, Florida

Insight 2006 BusinessObjects User Conference
October 2006, San Francisco, California

Like a Hubble telescope for your BI environment, SAP® BusinessObjects Explorer software brings together the simplicity and speed of search with the trust and analytical power of BI to provide immediate answers to casual business users. This session focuses primarily on Explorer Standard Edition, which allows SAP BusinessObjects customers to begin using Explorer right away with existing universes. The benefits of Explorer Accelerated Edition will also be presented.

Learn how your IT organization can deploy and support Explorer effectively to provide users at all levels of the organization with intuitive access to the same “single version of the truth” that powers existing BI applications.