Technologies
BIRT Data Objects: More Than Meets the Eye
If you think BIRT Data Objects (BDOs) are just for ad hoc queries, we have news for you: BDOs are much more than simply another semantic metadata layer. Unlike conventional metadata,…
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Changing the Series Type of a Specific Chart Series
“Can I have two different series types in a single chart in BIRT?” Questions seem to come up on this subject fairly often. The answer:…
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The 6 Most Important Requirements for Enterprise Document Archiving
Guest post by Richard Medina. First published on RichardMedinaDoculabs.com. In What Should You Do with Your Legacy Archiving System?, I offered a simple procedure for…
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5 Ways to Enable Differentiation in Transaction Banking
Differentiate or die. This is a key business and marketing principle. This provocative phrase reminds us that the Natural Laws also have very real implications,…
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OpenText and SAP—Structuring the Unstructured for Competitive Advantage
Last week I had the privilege of delivering a keynote at SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference. For more than two decades now, SAP and OpenText…
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Using BIRT Viewer Toolkit as the Default Viewer
Editor’s note: If you already have BIRT Viewer Toolkit (BVT), the information in this blog post will help you make it your default viewer. If…
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How you get error-free EDI documents that comply with your company’s business rules
EDI has been successfully adopted as the means to automate the exchange of business data, but this data can, of course, contain errors, such as…
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Discovery Suite Release—Unlocking Value in Unstructured Information
Unstructured information is the most valuable untapped resource in the enterprise today based on its potential to reveal hidden insights, impact decisions, and unveil new…
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7 Free or Cheap Ways to Learn Data Science
We all know data science is an important (and growing) field, but most of us don’t have the time or money to study it full-time…
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What is the Relationship Between EDI and XML?
Any methodology that enables the computer-to-computer exchange of business documents falls under the heading of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). What are the two basic approaches…
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Experience Suite Release—Adaptive, Omni-Channel Experiences
Digital technologies have ushered in the “age of the customer.” With increasing access to information about products and services, today’s consumers are empowered to shop…
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Creating a Custom ODA [Part 1]
In BIRT there are several ways we can connect to data. Some of these methods are out of the box such as MySQL while others…
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