I’ve been given the opportunity to share my experiences with BI Web Services and how to build more efficient dashboards using BI Web Services in the upcoming SAP Inside Track Vancouver 2011.  Please mark your calendars for September 27, 2011 2:30pm -> 3:20pm PST!

In this presentation you’ll learn about BI Web Services and how it provides a hybrid of QaaWS and Live Office.  As well as some new powerful features that were not available before. We’ll also discuss some limitations and work arounds to prepare you for the road ahead.

For those who are attending, there will be a set of door prizes which include copies of my book SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook

For those who cannot physically attend, there will be a remote access link found in the wiki link below.

For more information on the event, please visit http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/events/SAP+Inside+Track+Vancouver+2011

Hope to see everyone there!

I’d like to give a big thanks for everyone who participated in the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook Tweetaway contest!
I was very impressed with the huge amount of tweets so Thanks everyone!

I’d like to congratulate the 2 lucky tweeters who have won an eBook copy of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook

They are ……..

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Hi everyone! Packt Publishing is having a promotion where we will be giving away 2 free eBook copies of our newly released SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook.

On Monday July 25, 2011 we will be randomly drawing 2 winners and grant them access to their free eBooks!

All you need to do to join the Tweetaway twitter contest is to send out a tweet with a link to the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook page.

The easiest way is to tweet by clicking on this link! or you can use the share buttons from the PacktPub SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook page

Retweeting other tweets is also allowed and there are no limits to how many tweets you can tweet!

Good luck and happy tweeting!!

I’m very proud to announce that SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook is officially available.  For the past year, Xavier Hacking and I together with Packt Publishing have carefully compiled over 90 recipes on transforming your data into highly effective dashboards.

We cover the ins and outs of using the Dashboard Design components, connecting to different data sources, as well as providing examples on how to use many of the top Xcelsius Addons.  Each recipe contains easy to follow step by step instructions and screenshots on accomplishing each task.  In addition, XLF example source files are also included for every recipe to make sure users are following the recipes correctly.

The book is published in eBook (ePub and DRM-free PDF) and paperback format and is available from the Packt Publishing website

BOCX Speaker Deck

I’d like to send out a special thank you to all of those who attended the Toronto BusinessObjects Customer Exchange yesterday.  The event wouldn’t have been a success without the support of all those who attended. I am hoping that everyone had a great learning experience!

For those who attended my presentation on dashboard essentials, you can download a copy of the presentation deck below

Download powerpoint presentation here