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Greetings!
A week ago I took my kid's sledding down snow-covered hills a few blocks from home. Now, I'm getting over the minor aches of yard work done during what felt like a summer weekend. Change can often come quicker than we anticipate.
Today, the change that we look for is the eventual reversal of economic decline and the start of growth and improved employment. Like the weather, we can't control what happens with the economy.
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Passing Shared Variables from a
Suppressed Subreport
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Subreports are most often used for displaying unrelated data in a single report. For instance, an executive might want to see both accounts payable and accounts receivable data in the same report. There is no logical connection between the two data sets, so the main report would contain the A/P data and the subreport would contain the A/R data. To the user it would appear to be one report.
However, sometimes you need to be able to use a value from the subreport in the main report, and to do so you would use a shared variable. In this case you don't want the subreport to be visible at all; it only exists to retrieve the desired value and pass it to the main report.
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A Compass and Guide for CIOs and IT Executives:
April 16-17 2009, Philadelphia, PA
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Editor's Note: If you are not a CIO or IT Executive, please pass along this article to the Executive in your organization. Thank you.
In times of certainty, simply absorbing the direction and pace of change in technology, managing corporate resources and human capital, and melding all of this into strategy was a demanding job. The current economy presents CIO's and IT Executives with additional challenges as well as opportunities.
Aside from the trade headlines and vendor messages about their offerings, where can you turn to network with an association of peers from leading organizations? Where will you find presentations from leading companies and organizations in this region addressing topics that will directly impact your own companyís operational strategy and leadership development?
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CNE'S Economic Stimulus Package -
Register by March 31, 2009
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GM got $9 Billion. The banks got $350 Billion. Where's your economic stimulus? Right here!
CNE wants to help our clients capitalize on your Business Objects software investment. Generate increased ROI in your employees - let us train your staff to maximize their performance. Improved reporting will increase revenue, cut expenses and help you make better business decisions. Take advantage of CNE's 2009 Economic Stimulus Package!
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Why Business Objects
Enterprise/Edge XI 3.1 Kicks Butt! Part 1
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First, it is the Swiss Army Knife of Business Intelligence tools and not the cheap, imitation kind, but the original with the toothpick and the spork (you know, the spoon and the fork combined!). The totality of what is found in Enterprise XI 3.1 is too much to fit into one article. Let me share with you some of what you should be experiencing today if you are not already running Enterprise or Edge XI 3.1. Some of what I describe may have been included in earlier releases, so this is a combination of "what's new" and "what should I be using that I don't even know about?"
Eat In or Take Out?
The reality is, we all consume information. Where we consume it is a different story. Ad hoc reporting was added to Enterprise in XI R2. Trouble is, you had to be connected to the network to explore your information by drilling down, slicing and dicing. The Web Intelligence Rich Client allows you to take your reports on the road. Explore your data, stored locally on your laptop, while traveling or at a client's office. Imagine sharing real-time analyses of your product or service ownership or usage with a client as you sit right in front of her!
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Geisinger Health Plan Delivers
More Than Great Healthcare
Internal Users Benefit from On-Demand Education
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Knowledge Accelerator has proven a useful and cost effective way for our company to introduce users to Business Objects tools such as Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports. Users are able to view and review material from the comfort of their desk, and at their convenience, without having to go to a special training facility or seminar. Knowledge Accelerator classes are aimed at novice users and are easy to use for casual learning.
Knowledge Accelerator is extensible, allowing us to provide our users with data that conforms to the way they do business rather than being "generic" samples. The product is easy to install and easy to maintain. It has undergone a significant transformation with the conversion to the XI 3.0 suite of products, and is more robust and brighter than ever. If you have 100 or more people that you're looking to train, Knowledge Accelerator is definitely a product worth evaluating.
Dan Daniel, PAHM
Director, IT Informatics
Geisinger Health Plan
ddaniel@thehealthplan.com
Editor's Note: For more information about Business Objects Knowledge Accelerator, please contact CNE, your Business Objects Authorized Education Partner.
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