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New Venue, New Theme This time, the location was different: The Den Theatre in Chicago—intimate, exposed, no place to hide. And the theme? “Masks.” Perfect. Because isn’t that what we all wear? The professional mask. The confident mask. The “I-have-it-all-figured-out” mask that looks great from the outside while hiding a thousand cracks underneath. The story

For those unfamiliar, The Moth isn’t just any open mic. It’s a worldwide phenomenon where real people get on a stage, without notes, and tell a true, five-minute story from their lives. No props. No gimmicks. Just a microphone, a spotlight, and the truth. I’ve been a fan of The Moth for years—listening to their

Introduction to Salesforce CRM Analytics: A Newbie’s Guide In the world of modern business, data is king. Companies across industries rely on data analytics to drive decision-making, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experiences. Salesforce CRM Analytics (formerly known as Tableau CRM or Einstein Analytics) is one such tool designed specifically for analyzing data within the

  I am pleased to share my knowledge at SAPPHIRE 2019. The session I am presenting is recap of what we at McKesson Specialty learned from our journey to SAP BI 4.2 Platform & how we want to build on top of Fiorified BI launchpad. More about this can be found on a short 3

I have worked on various Crystal reports version starting with Crystal Reports 7.5 back in year 1999 to latest Crystal Reports 2016 & Crystal reports for Enterprise. It is one of the best tool to design pixel perfect reports. When it comes to performance, lot of developers think that it is NOT up to the

Video demo of SAP Crystal Reports against SAP HANA. Getting started & knowing the details is the biggest challenge when you start working with something new or with technologies you have very little experience with. I have tried to simplify for users on how to get started with creating Crystal reports for Enterprise against the

SAPTechEd 2018 attendies., I would like to meet you, listen to your story of SAP journey. Learn about the business you are IN and how SAP might is helping to become better. If you have pain points, complaints on the products etc, would love to hear that as well. I believe in sharing the knowledge

I was asked by a colleague to list some of the questions “I” would ask if I am interviewing a person for SAP Business Objects (SAP BI Platform) admin. Their team is trying to hire a candidate and he wants some Q&A to judge the candidate. It has been 16 years when I first got

If your company uses SBOP Explorer 4.2, you need to read this. There is a potential showstopper in SAP 4.2 SP5. The error we see on the charts is “It was not possible to generate the chart.” The knowledge base which documents this issue is can be found on the link below. (2558269) This particular

The information being fed to a normal person in today’s world is unprecedented. There is so much to consume & make sense of this information in daily routine that we often find ourselves in complex dilemmas. We often tend to change our position and stands we took once that information really sinks in to us.