Welcome to the latest issue of the ASUG BI Community Newsletter keeping you up-to-date on important ASUG strategic initiatives, events, and member offerings. This newsletter features sections that highlight various activities and action items for you to be aware of. We hope this information allows you to take full advantage of your ASUG membership.
The plans for our ASUG Annual conference are coming together and it is exciting to see the planned educational content and pre-conference sessions. Did you get the opportunity to attend one of the 13 webcasts we’ve had so far this year? We had over 4k registered. See links below in case you missed one and based on your input more are planned. Please keep your comments coming – we want to hear from you.
News to Know
The BI+Analytics Conference begins Monday, March 11 and goes through Wednesday, March 13. With more than 100 educational sessions, networking sessions, and hands-on sessions to try SAP products, this is a can’t-miss event!
If your schedule has opened up, be sure to register to join us in Dallas.
Upcoming Webcasts
We wanted to let you know of some upcoming webinars that may be of interest to you! In addition to providing insights from SAP's most respected voices on the most relevant and important topics today, these webinars also help you earn professional development units (PDUs) in your respective area of certification:
March 7 BI: What's New in SAP BOBJ Web Intelligence 4.2 SP07
March 26 BI: Hybrid Analytics and Analytics Hub - Latest Developments
March 27 BI: Influence of Agility and Big Data Principles to BW/4HANA Architecture
March 28 BI: Overview of Latest BI Features in SAP Cloud Analytics
View Webcasts on Demand:
- For a list of our 2018 webinar recordings/replays please see this link.
- For a list of our 2019 webinar recordings/replays please see this link.
Influence Activities
SAP offers the opportunity to influence innovations for next releases through the influence program Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI). This is the first cycle of four in 2019 and the deadline to register is March 15.
There are over 96 projects you can register for this cycle. The following projects are relevant for the SAP BI Community Members (login is required):
- Hybrid: Push SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform assets to SAP Analytics Hub
- Convergence of Administrative tools for SAP BusinessObjects On-Premise solution
- Analytics Content Network
- Convergence of Administrative Tools for SAP BusinessObjects On-Premise solution
- Fiorified BI Launchpad 4.3
- SAP Cloud Analytics - Predictive Data Preparation for Smart Features
- Enhanced Credential Mapping Experience in SAP BusinessObjects BI
- Optimizing Deployments of SAP BusinessObjects BI with Respect to Disk Size and Performance
- Analyzing Key Figures for Sales with SAP Analytics Cloud
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Schedule Optimization and Routing
To view all the projects featured, please click here.
If you're interested in reading more on SAP's CEI Cycle, you can click here.
Upcoming ASUG Program Highlights:
ASUG Annual Conference - Don’t Miss Out – Early Bird Registration Ends March 15!
ASUG Annual Conference is just two short months away. Be sure to register by March 15, to save $350 off of your registration rate. In addition, negotiated hotel room rates allow you to maximize your budget and get all of your training in one place. Need justification to attend? Download this convince your boss letter.
Jump-Start Your Conference Experience with ASUG Pre-Conference Sessions
We’re excited to announce the addition of a full-day ASUG Pre-Conference Seminar to the schedule. The session will take place at 8 a.m. on Monday, May 6 at an additional cost of $745 (ASUG Member rate).
SAP Analytics Cloud: Professionally Designed Dashboards and Self-Service Business Intelligence
This full-day, hands-on workshop will provide customers with an overview of SAP Analytics Cloud and its Application Design capabilities.
Attendees will learn which role SAP Analytics Cloud can play as part of their overall SAP landscape and how they can integrate with their existing on-premise and cloud-based data sources.
You will have the opportunity to directly work with SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud Application Design in combination with SAP BW and SAP HANA and create a variety of dashboards live.
Already registered for the conference? Select access my registration to register for a pre-conference seminar.
More details can be found here
SAP Update
Our ASUG SAP Point of Contact Ingo Hilgefort is writing a free book on SAP Analytics Cloud. He has released a few chapters already here.
As always, we welcome your thoughts and feedback. Feel free to contact us @ASUG_BI with your suggestions and/or questions, or visit us at our website, ASUG Business Intelligence Content Page.
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