In software programming it is widely held that using global variables or other constructs to maintain global state is a poor programming practice[1] and many of those reasons can also be applied to development of jobs in SAP Data Services. The following is my list of 10 reasons for why you should never use global… Continue reading SAP Data Services: 10 Reasons for never using Global Variables (and one where you can)
Category: Delivery Methodology
Articles discussing how best to deliver BI projects
SAP BOE Security Model Patterns
Security Modelling is concerned with two areas: authentication - establishing who the user is, essentially the logon process and authorisation - controlling user access to different areas of the system. This article discusses four different design patterns for authorisation security models that can be used in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. In SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise (BOE) we… Continue reading SAP BOE Security Model Patterns
Developing BI Applications
This article looks at an approach to developing SAP BusinessObjects solutions where rather than just writing reports and universes we instead build a BI Application. The main benefit of this approach is a more efficient, streamlined and organised delivery process. A BI Application is viewed as a complete project where the components of the BI… Continue reading Developing BI Applications
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3 Deployment Patterns
When deploying an SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system there are a lot of choices for where you can deploy all the services that make up the system. It is then necessary to make sure that you choose the right deployment in order to meet your requirements, for example, is it easily maintained, is it resilient, is… Continue reading SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3 Deployment Patterns
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