Imran Alam's World

This is my story. I will not be able to finish this in one sitting, so will be updating this article most of the days for next month or so. Synopsis: Writing this article in October 2017 when I am in process of re-locating to India from United States. Family has moved in May this

It was once again a great virtual event of VMUG on 8th June 2017 .. The virtual  look of the event There were several Locations to visit like the Exhibit Hall , Auditorium , Resource Center , Lounge Hands on Lab etc . The most interesting one was  the Exhibit Hall as it had several

This video contains steps on how to use raw data and load it using “Data Services” into SAP HANA. Once the data is loaded into HANA, this video shows on how to create Universe(s) using Information Design Tool (IDT) connecting to SAP HANA. This also covers creation of Information spaces and exploration views connecting directly

This video is recording of the Webinar I have presented on SAP Analytics use at my current employer. The webinar is hands on demo of the process we have used to build SBOP Exploration views on top of Information Spaces created in SAP Information design tool. The backend database used is Oracle 11. SAP BI

There have been so many things which clicked me in last 2 weeks which I wanted to write about, make a VBlog about but as they say “It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” So I was trying to be perfectionist and do

I have been with ASUG for long time and when I got this email from Tammy, Powlas asking me if I am interested to do a webcast for ASUG, I was excited, not just about sharing the knowledge with fellow ASUG members around the country but having an opportunity to do it at the platform

This is my first attempt at giving video blogging a try. I had this idea for too long now to start creating video blogs which are less time consuming and more interactive in things we want to share with the world. For now, I have collected some topics which I want to focus on for

This video is introduction to SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence. This will give you a quick peek at what WebI is and which requirements can be answered by using WebI. WebI can be used as self-service BI/reporting from basic to intermediate level of interactivity. The video also shows the steps involved in creating a WebI

The above Video first shows the Prompts (LOV) in the WebI which are basically inherited from a Universe. The it goes into the steps of creating this “LOVs” in the Universe designer. For SAP Business Objects Information Design Tool (these steps, should be performed in DFX of the IDT). I will soon be adding another

The presentation was well attended and it was my honor to be presenting at such a huge conference by SAP in Las Vegas in September 2016. At times, it was really difficult to pick from great sessions & speakers they had. The booths were well designed & people/volunteers working on those booths were very helpful.