SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook (2nd edition) coming this spring

We are currently in the very final stages of editing the second edition of the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook. We expect the book to be available in an eBook and paper edition in just a few weeks from now (April 2015).

For this updated version of the cookbook we broadened the scope a bit for the beginning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards developer as well for the more experienced user. We will for example provide some more introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards tool itself before diving into the practical step-by-step recipes right from the start. For the more seasoned users we added chapters about dashboard performance tuning and development productivity, plus a bunch of new tips & tricks throughout the book.

The original cookbook was released almost five years ago and covered version 4.0 of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards. The second edition is updated up to the latest version of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1. Together with a team of technical reviewers, existing of some world class SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards developers, we checked the existing content from the first cookbook on its relevance, correctness and completeness. Most recipes have been updated, some a bit more than others, and we decided to keep a few of them out of the new book.

Of course we also added a lot of new recipes to feature the new 4.1 features and include more tips & tricks. We discuss all the new components, the new mobile dashboards concept and the new connectivity options, complemented with new chapters on performance tuning and development productivity. At the end of the book the other dashboarding solution by SAP (Design Studio) is introduced.

With 100 recipes and 470 pages of content (almost 150 pages more than the first edition) this will be thé ultimate and definite guide for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 developers!

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook, by Xavier Hacking and David Lai, Packt Publishing, ISBN 9781784391959, 472 pages.

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook on Amazon.com

eBook Bonanza: Get SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook for only $5

Just like last year Packt Publishing is having an eBook Bonanza. The coming two weeks you can get any of their eBooks for only $5! So this is a good time to pick up the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook if you haven’t done that already!

Packt Publishing also has some other interesting (SAP) BI books in its catalogue:

• Data Visualization: a successful design process
• SAP HANA Starter
• SAP HANA Cookbook
• Software Development on the SAP HANA Platform
• SAP ABAP Advanced Cookbook
• Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook

Packt eBooks are flexible and easy to use on any eBook reader or just on your Mac or PC:

• Download any version, any time, from your account on packtpub.com
• Available in PDF, ePub [Android, Kobo], Mobi [Kindle] – You can email it right onto your Kindle from your account.
• No DRM, meaning you can copy to any device, as often as you like
• You can print, and copy and paste from the eBook directly.

This offer is available until 3 January 2014.

Get SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook for only $5/€4

Packt Publishing is having a holiday ebook sale this week. The offer is that you can get any ebook from their catalog for only $5/€4 when you buy 2 or more. So this is a good time to pick up the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook if you haven’t done that already!

Looking for a nice second book to complete the deal? Packt also has ebooks on Data Visualization, SAP HANA, SAP ABAP and some non-SAP Business Intelligence Tools (Cognos, Pentaho, Qlikview, Oracle BI etc.).

Packt eBooks are flexible and easy to use on any ebook reader or just on your computer:

• Download any version, any time, from your account on packtpub.com
•  Available PDF, ePub [Android, Kobo], Mobi [Kindle] – You can email it right onto your Kindle from your account
•  No DRM, meaning you can copy to any device, as often as you like
•  You can print, and copy and paste from the eBook directly.

This offer is available until Thursday 3rd Jan 2013.

Get SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook for FREE

Packt Publishing – the publisher of the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook I co-authored last year- is celebrating its 1000th book release this weekend. They have a very cool promotion that let’s you download one of their ebooks for free!

So if you haven’t picked up the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook yet, go to the Packt Publishing website, create an account and get the free ebook! This promotion ends on the 30th of September 2012, so make sure you don’t miss it!

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook pricing

Apparently Amazon.com decided to remove the ‘standard’ discount on our SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard 4.0 cookbook. It is now selling at $54.99 for the paperback edition + shipping costs.

So if you haven’t picked up the book yet and want to save a few bucks, check the Packt Publishing website and get it for $49,49 with free shipping over there!