About Michael Welter
Michael Welter joined Claraview, a division of Teradata, in 2011. Prior to that, Michael spent 8.5 years at Idhasoft, formerly Westbay Solutions Group, joining the company in 2002 following 10+ years at Verizon Wireless where he championed and implemented a new BusinessObjects environment. He has direct and extensive experience with all facets of the BusinessObjects platform and associated toolsets in all versions from 5.x through the current standard BO 4.x. Michael currently holds multiple BusinessObjects Professional certifications (BOCP). He is also a Certified Instructor and regularly teaches classes in BusinessObjects Administration, Web Intelligence, and other tools. Going further, Michael is a recognized guru in the BusinessObjects space and regularly presents at several major BO-related conferences and forums. Finally, Michael is a charter member and active moderator for the Business Objects Bulletin Board (“BOB”) forum – a global user community that allows users to exchange ideas and questions online. Follow Michael on Twitter: @UniversePro
Wow!!! It’s all for good. When did you start writing blogs? I never knew about it. Saw this link in your signature tag on BOB! You ARE Rocking!!!
Thanks, Jansi. I’ve been working on it for a while, but just announced it today. I’m glad you like it. Stay tuned. There’s much more to come.
Hi michael ,
This is Ravi
can u please give me any performance issues being araised in developing dashboards using Xcelsius and the ways to overcome them .. in the way of a document R any url
Hi, Ravi;
I would suggest you post a message on BOB regarding any Xcelsius issues you might be having.
Nice blog. Keep in touch, I am doing another department here at CCF and will be back into the BOBJ world in 2011.
We you on BOB back when it was a LISTSERV? Ah the good old days.
Hi, Tom. Yeah, those ListServ days was a time of heavy learning for me. I never would have survived the BOBJ world without it. If I had known then what I know now . . .
Nice Blog,very helpful.appreciate sharing your knowledge with every one, good work keep it up.
I’m a former student of yours and really appreciate your taking the time to post this info – it’s really helpful.
Great information! Thanks for sharing this with the rest of us! I am looking forward to your next installment.
Congrats on the new Blog Michael….you coulda mentioned it
Thank you very much for all your efforts in sharing your knowledge with us.
Very much awaiting, impatiently, for your next post(s).
Yeah, can’t wait to start following your blog, better late than never!
Really i dont have a word to describe your blog. i am too late, but as Marissa has mentioned its better late than never.. thanks for posting such a useful information. I should really thank you becoz the way you explain is very easy to understand. Please keep it going.
Thanks for posting information. It will give a life to beginners, after go through this blog they will definitely become a masters. Thanks for your support over the years.
Hello Michael,
I am completely new to BOBJ and looking for training. I have been going through your blog for the last couple of days and trying to learn a few things. Would you be able to provide training in WebI and Designer? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Srini
Michael,
I have learned many new things from your blog posts,moreover,infact always waiting for new posts regularly.
Keep rocking with your blog topics.Thanks.
Thanks for your kind comments, Arjun. I appreciate that.
Michael. Thanks for the heads up about someone copying my blog posts. I guess I will need to contact WordPress. Unbelievable!
My pleasure, Bill. We bloggers need to watch out for each other.
Michael – Great blog! Was wondering if I could get your opinion on the value of a book about BusinessObjects universe design. If you’re interested in chatting, drop me a DM (@kellygharris) or email. Thanks!
Great blog Michael. I’ve read two posts and decided to subscribe. Thanks for sharing this info !
It’s my pleasure, Rik. Thanks for your kind comment.
HI MICHEL THANKS A LOT.. IT’S GOOD TIME TO SEE UR BLOG AND I JUST HAVE SEEN UR BLOG…VERY NICE AND VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS BLOG…APPRECIATE FOR UR POSTS AND LATEST UPDATES….AND FEELING VERY BAD FOR NOT FINDING UR BLOG…THANKS A LOT ONCE AGAIN……….
Hi Michael,
I have read most of your blog’s on BO and all are very good and help me lot……
I need your help on the below query, please help me on the same
Is there any way to query a BO universe from any website?
Right now development users are connecting to the database directly using .Net code and retrieving data. Client wants Instead of directly accessing the end database, the BO universe will have to be referenced to get the details from the DB.
Did any of you worked in similar kind of environment / requirement before?
Can we use any kind of SDK to fulfill the requirement?
Any suggestion is welcomed.
Gopi,
I believe it’s possible, but I haven’t done it myself. Check on BOB. I think you’ll find something there.
Thanks Michael i am a newbie in business objects just checked out your blog right away . All my problems have been solved , I have jst gotten a grip of the stuff i have been going through for the past three weeks . keep up the good work Peter from Africa , Zimbabwe .
Thanks Michael,Your blog is really very interesting.
We currently doing Deski to webi migration. I would like to know does RCT converts all types of charts to webi because we are getting error messag “Error occured when generating the chart – chart can not be displayed.”. Any report conatinig chart is notgetting migrated. Any idea how to deal with such iussue.
Thanks,
Nivi
Hi, Nivi;
Deski had more advanced charting options than does Webi. So, if you have charts that are built with features that Webi doesn’t have, then you cannot convert those charts. You will need to find another way to create them in Webi.
Hi Mike,
I’m starting with BOBJ and this blog are being very useful for me.
I would like to know how to make a full outer join at a universe level with IDT, I read in your blog and in other pages how to do it with universe designer but I’m not finding how to do it with IDT.
Thank you and keep writing !
Hi, D;
IDT is the same as Designer, in terms of setting up outer joins. Double click on the join in the Data Foundation, and select the outer join box, or enter the syntax directly.
Thanks Mike. I’m be able to make a left outer or a right outer join but I can´t check both boxes at the same time in order to make a full outer. Regards
Yes, that’s the same behavior as in Designer. If you want a Full Outer Join, you have to enter it in the syntax manually.
nice work dude. glad to be in the circle:-)
Thanks for Helpfull Info…..
You’re quite welcome.
I am vignesh and working in Business Objects two years… but don’t have much knowledge about BO and i would like to learn start from the scratch. where do i start? what mouldes (WebI,crystal,DeskI, Dashboard(Xce…)) should i cover?
Your help much appreciated.
Hello, Vignesh. I would recommend starting with Web Intelligence, then Universe Design. Look at the SAP Web Site for classes. They have classroom training, as well as online training.
Michael: Good afternoon. Please provide information regarding the best practices for automating housekeeping tasks (setup, deletion, monitoring for runstat metrics) for schedules in the CMC environment. Are there any on board tools in the SDK to leverage? Is having an Audit DB essential?
Thanks!
Hi, Michael. You’ve given me some ideas for future blog posts. Thanks.