Eliminating Runaway Content with Sherlock®

Upon getting access to a BI system that has some means of self-service, users can become a little excited at the prospects of getting access to information that has long been hidden behind the wall of IT. They can now create their own reports. They can pull down data,...

Reducing Failed Scheduled Jobs – My Soap Box

If you’ve heard me present on Sherlock® lately, you’ve heard me talk about scheduled job failures and what they do within your environment. Wherever I go, I take some tools with me to monitor and help to tune the percentage of scheduled job failures within...

Thinking About a Document Archive Approach

There comes a time when SAP Business Objects report instances/history is well…too much history. We really do get pretty effective controls in the form of limits (controlled via the CMS of course). However, retention requirements for SOX or other regulatory rules...