Classic FTW!
Big discounts on SAP Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook
Hey guys, I got a nice promotional offer from my publisher: Until the end of this month (February 2016) you can get the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook with some big discounts.
Simply go to PacktPub.com, order the book and at check-out use coupon code SABDC5 for a 50% discount on the eBook version or coupon code SBDCE3 for a 30% discount on the printed edition (free shipping). If you want both versions, just choose the printed edition; the eBook is included.
Have fun with the book!
The Dunning-Kruger effect
Ever heard about the Dunning-Kruger effect? I’m so happy I found out about this earlier in 2015. It immediately solved a lot of the questions I had for years on really weird human behavior that I was seeing more and more around me.
The basic idea is that people who are incompetent don’t know that they are incompetent and therefor don’t adjust their actions accordingly.
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
– Charles Bukowski
Below is an interesting chart that shows this principle when you are learning something over time. At the start you don’t know anything, which is clear for yourself. Than after a while you gained a lot more skills. This is the danger area because you may think you know a lot now, but you still can’t oversee the whole knowledge spectrum to put that skill level into perspective. Finally in the expert phase you come to a very painful realization that there is so much more to learn, know and experience that your overall skill level is still rather low, even though compared to others you could be regarded as an expert.
Remember when you first started with that single SAP module or BI tool and after a few months or even years you thought you mastered it? Then you suddenly needed to work in other modules, BusinessObjects was bought by SAP, they came up with HANA etc. etc. I hope the realization at that moment was that there is simply too much to stuff to know about it all within the SAP universe. That’s why we specialize in specific areas.
I find this concept very interesting and it clarifies a lot of things for me. Why are people putting themselves in Idols (America Idol) competitions? Everybody sees them suck at singing and it seems that they truly don’t get why the feedback is so terrible. After multiple seasons people keep going on Shark Tank with idiotic ideas and/or crazy investment proposals; no profit in years, low sales and still asking for millions for a small stake. How is this possible?! These guys are all in the second phase!
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: The Comprehensive Guide (2nd edition) coming early 2016
SAP Design Studio has changed and improved a lot over the past three years; arriving at version 1.6 last month. It was clear that our 2013 book Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio needed a big update, as it included only the features up until Design Studio version 1.1.
So the wait is almost over and in early 2016 the fully updated and extended version of the book will be available under the name SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: The Comprehensive Guide (2nd edition). Make sure you create some room in your bookcase because with about 750 pages this book has gotten really fat. For this project I teamed up with my Interdobs colleagues and Design Studio specialists Jeroen van der A and Dwain Chang.
I will post some more info on the book as we approach the release date. Below is already the outline from the SAP Press and Amazon page.
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: The Comprehensive Guide
750 pages, 2nd, updated and revised edition 2016, Print edition hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4932-1297-2
SAP Press | Amazon.com | Goodreads
Breathe some life into your analysis applications and dashboards with this guide to SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio! Updated for release 1.6, this second edition is jam-packed with the need-to-know details for report developers and designers from using the IDE to implementing CSS styles and classes. Enhance your applications even further with information on advanced scripting and SDK extensions. It’s time to take your BI to the next level are you ready?
* Walk through installation, configuration, and usage scenarios
* Build full-scale applications for planning, OLAP analysis, and more
* Learn how to use and develop SDK extensions
Installation and Configuration
Install the system and the Design Studio Client Tool, then walk through configuration steps for SAP BusinessObjects BI, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, universes, and custom data sources.
Designing and Building Applications
Learn how to integrate planning functionality into your applications, use CSS for further customization and artistic flair, and master design principles for complex, performance-tuned applications.
The Software Development Kit
Explore Design Studio s SDK for custom extensions. See how to install, update, and deploy SDK extensions and build components.
Highlights include:
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Installation and configuration
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Capabilities and use cases
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Applications, reports, dashboards
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Components and properties
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Scripting
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Planning applications
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CSS
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SDK
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Integrated Development Environment
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Design Studio vs. Dashboards vs. BEx WAD
Get SAP Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook for $5 now!
Packt Publishing is having its yearly SALE where all the eBooks are only $5. $5!!! Somehow this is €5,54 in euro, but still a very good deal to get our SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook that was released earlier this year!
So hurry up to PacktPub.com before it’s too late (sale runs until 8 January 2016)!
SAP Design Studio minor roadmap update 2015.12.04
A minor update on the latest SAP Design Studio roadmap was made available this week: revision 2015.12.04. I compared this new roadmap with the previous version (2015.10.23).
1. As Design Studio 1.6 is now available, a ‘further information’ slide is added (slide #27).
2. The Future Direction slide now also makes a statement on the HANA Connector (#53):
SAP recommends to use the http-based HANA Connector (introduced in version 1.5) going forward. The former HANA connector will not be extended further and hence will not expose newer HANA features to the front-end.
3. They forgot to put in a slide on the Right to Left support in Design Studio 1.6 (#53).
