Implementing LOD in Tableau, Power BI and QlikSense
Level of Detail Expressions (LOD) enables a user to achieve deeper insights into data. Understanding LOD can be a bit tricky. In our previous blog, we focused on understanding the concept of ‘Include...
View ArticleStoring Images (BLOB) in SAP HANA using Python
In this blog, we will demonstrate how to convert an image into a BLOB object using Python and store it in the HANA database. BLOB is the acronym for Binary Large Object File (BLOB) which can store...
View ArticleConditional Formatting on Visual Charts using Parameters in Tableau
There is always a need for the user to take quick decisions based on the visuals obtained. Color indicators will help users achieve this goal. This blog explains how users can use conditional...
View ArticleSAP Data Hub – An Introduction and Installation of Dev Edition
Data Hub is a strong data management & orchestration tool for data integration, data processing, and data governance. Data orchestration is composed of reusable pipelines, configurable operations...
View ArticlePerformance Analyzer Feature in Power BI
It is vital to have a performance-optimized dashboard. The new release of Power BI is out with a new feature that helps us in understanding how the performance of the dashboard can be optimized. This...
View ArticleSetting the Scope of Table Calculations in Tableau
Table Calculations in Tableau can be used to transform data in a visualization to perform comparative analysis, analyze trends over time, ranking, etc. These calculations are based only on the data...
View ArticleHistorical Data Preservation using Power BI Dataflow
Power BI Dataflow is a Self-Service revolution providing extensive capabilities on data preparation for the Power BI Online Service. It allows large-scale, complex and reusable data preparation to be...
View ArticleB4HANA 1.0 Vs B4HANA 2.0: ADSO Modelling Properties
Advanced DSO (ADSO) is the primary artifact for persisting data in SAP BW 7.4 onwards. It combines functions from the Infocube/DSO and provides further enhancements such as modeling on Infoobjects as...
View ArticleBW/4HANA Migration – Conversion of CMOD Exit to Enhancement Spots
Customer exits are possibilities provided by SAP to customize and enhance standard functionality to address business requirements. Until the release of SAP BW 7.3, customer exit function for variables...
View ArticleCustomizing Legend Selections using VBX Script Box
The Legend of a Chart plays an important role in enhancing the Visualization appeal and Interactive ability of the Chart. Legends are no longer simply static indicators of the data series displayed in...
View ArticleDataflow Creation and Usage in Power BI – The Self Service ETL
Dataflow is the initial Data Preparation that takes place in Power BI for the report, to begin with. Power BI follows an ETL-Extract, Transform and Load process to perform the function. Power BI now...
View ArticleUsage of Key Influencer Visual in Power BI
Visual feature in Power BI makes excellent use of Machine Learning and AI capabilities to derive insights about your data. This feature was introduced in February 2019 Power BI release. Key Influencers...
View Article7 Things to Know About Paginated Reports in Power BI
Paginated Reports are the SQL Server Reporting services which have come to Power BI. Through Paginated reporting, we can now print and share what we call “paginated” because they tend to be well...
View ArticleTop 10 features: New version of Visual BI Extensions for SAP Lumira Designer
We are excited to give you a sneak peek into the upcoming version of our Visual BI Extensions for SAP Lumira. In case you are not familiar with our Extensions yet, you can find some introduction...
View ArticleCross Querying in Azure SQL Database
Azure supports cross querying in Azure SQL Database through elastic queries. Elastic queries allow us to run Transact-SQL that works with multiple Azure SQL Databases and can connect to Microsoft tools...
View ArticleUnderstanding Certified and Shared Data Sets in Power BI
Power BI has brought in a new feature that lets us understand the data set that we are working with, helping us identify if the dataset is a Certified Dataset or a Verified Dataset. This feature will...
View ArticleSAP Analytics Cloud – Embedding Google Maps by adopting R Visualization
In this blog, we will see how to embed a Google Map in SAP Analytics Cloud Application. This blog will primarily focus on pinning a selected member (eg. a store) in Google Map with the help of R...
View ArticleAll About Linked Analysis in SAP Analytics Cloud
Dynamic interaction is a key feature that helps to explore and understand data better for any dashboard or story. SAP Analytics Cloud Linked Analysis feature allows us to perform dynamic interaction...
View ArticleExporting Measure and Column formulas from Power BI
Power BI supports extensive Data Analysis Expressions(DAX) scripting to achieve complex business scenarios. It is a good practice to maintain a document for each report which helps in future...
View ArticleInheritance of Security from SAP BW System to Power BI Part 1
Data security is the prime concern for any organization in today’s era of digitization. Organizational data can be categorized as who views the data and to what level of data can be viewed by them. Who...
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