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BusinessObjects User Group Information

On This Page:

• Overview
• Upcoming Meetings
• Materials from Previous Meetings
• Additional Materials

Overview

The BusinessObjects User Group provides an informal forum for those who use BusinessObjects to access data sets in the U-M Data Warehouse to:

• Enjoy the company of and share experiences and knowledge with BusinessObjects users from around the U-M community
• Enhance reporting outcomes by exchanging ideas and techniques
• Share departmental reporting applications
• Identify common information requests

BusinessObjects User Group meetings are intended for all BusinessObjects users who access data in the U-M Data Warehouse and for others in the U-M community who are interested in learning more about the BusinessObjects data reporting tool. BusinessObjects User Group Meetings are held 1-2 times a year. Refer to this page for information on upcoming meetings and links to helpful materials from previous meetings.

Support Materials

• E-Mail Group Information explains how you can join the BusinessObjects User Group e-mail group.

Upcoming Meetings

No meetings are scheduled at this time.

Materials from Previous Meetings

The following documents are handouts from previous BusinessObjects User Group meetings. They provide information about the meetings as well as instructions and tips to help you use BusinessObjects to run queries and obtain reports from the U-M Data Warehouse.

• April 2008 meeting presentations
• Using subqueries, alerters, and formulas to analyze average compensation rates for temporary job codes (HR data) – Jennifer Owen-Smith, Ross School of Business
• Suppressing Duplicate Values:  Techniques to Replace or Supplement Breaks – Deb Lennington, Ross School of Business
• View the April BusinessObjects User Group Meeting Web Conference
• October 2007 meeting presentations
  • Creative Use of Space - Deb Lennington, Ross School of Business
  • WebI Tips and Tricks - Jeanne Mackey, MAIS
  • Customizing WebI Reports - Mark Davis-Craig, MAIS
  • Business Intelligence Tools User Group Presentation - Shane Fortune, Ross School of Business
  • View the October BusinessObjects User Group Meeting Web Conference
• March 2006 meeting presentations
  • Corporate Documents that Relate Student and Financial Data - James Roane, MAIS
  • BusinessObjects XI R2 Upgrade - Laura Bollettino, MAIS
• January 2006 meeting presentations:
  • Business Intelligence Plans and Activities Overview - Linda Green and John Gohsman, MAIS
  • Unit Defined Commitment (UDC) Training - Lisa Harris, MAIS
  • Using the Unit Defined Commitment (UDC) Process for Budget Forecasting and Reporting - Barry MacDougall, MAIS

Additional Materials

• Delimiter Macro for Pasting Values from Excel into BusinessObjects