When it comes to deploying a Business Intelligence solution, there are many contexts by which one could consider their deployment a success. For example, if the system is up and running 99.9% of the time, this could be considered a success. Business users are able to get to information that exists in the system. Another [...]
Tagged bi, bi design, business intelligence, design, persona, persona workshop, user experienceIn my previous post, I presented the slopegraph which Edward Tufte wrote about in his book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. In that post, I was having some trouble representing a slopegraph using SAP Crystal Reports 2011; however, I think that I have been successful and creating a reasonable representation using SAP Crystal Reports [...]
Tagged business intelligence, crystal reports, edward tufte, slopegraphSince seeing Edward Tufte’s post regarding Slopegraphs, I’ve been attempting to create one using SAP Crystal Reports. The benefits of a slopegraph is that they let you compare the relative positioning of one dimension against all others in the same set while also letting you track the performance of an individual dimension from that set [...]
Tagged business intelligence, crystal reports, edward tufte, information design, information presentation, slopegraphAs part my role at SAP, I am responsible for researching the activities of competitors when it comes to new product releases, exciting features, and their place in the market versus ours. As such, I’m constantly on the lookout for any online demos or tours of software that is offered by our competitors. I have [...]
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