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New Release 2026.2
N4V FOR WEBI 2026.2 is here — and it marks a milestone. Alongside a wave of enhancements to our widgets, panels and N4V Intelligence, this...
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Leaving SAP BusinessObjects for Power BI or Tableau? The real urgency is not to rush
In depth · BI strategy & data sovereignty Leaving SAP BusinessObjects for Power BI, Tableau or DigDash? The real urgency is not to rush The temptation is...
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New Release 2026.1
New: N4V Panel as Popup Window with Templates Configure your N4V components even faster, on a second screen, and save your settings as reusable templates...
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How to Build Dashboards in SAP BusinessObjects Webi
SAP Web Intelligence is one of the most widely deployed reporting tools in enterprise environments. But when business users ask for modern interactive dashboards —...
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Self-Service BI: promise or trap?
Dossier · Data Governance · Business Intelligence Self-Service BI: the promise of autonomy and the trap of competing truths Giving business teams the keys to...
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Data Visualization: The Complete Guide
Data Visualization: From Raw Data to Informed Decisions Why Data Visualization Has Become Essential Too many business decisions still rely on Excel spreadsheets and columns...
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How to evolve your SAP BI without disruption or risky migration
How to evolve your SAP BI without disruption or risky migration SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is a proven reporting platform used by thousands of organizations...
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Why BI Mapping Has Become Essential
Integrate a true GIS into SAP Web Intelligence: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, drill-down maps and custom floor plans. No ETL, no third-party tool, 100% native in...
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7 Limitations of SAP Web Intelligence — and How N4V FOR WEBI Solves Them
7 Limitations of SAP Web Intelligence — and How N4V FOR WEBI Solves Them SAP Web Intelligence is the most widely deployed reporting tool in...
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Business Intelligence and Data Visualization at the heart of organisations
Data has become the fuel of organizational performance. But how do you go from raw data to informed decisions? That is precisely the mission of...
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SAP Analytics Cloud vs. SAP BusinessObjects + N4V
SAP’s BI ecosystem is at a strategic crossroads. SAP is actively promoting SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) as its cloud-first BI platform — but for thousands...
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Should you migrate to SAP BI 2025 if your universes are still in UNV?
Don’t panic: with N4V FOR WEBI, Web Intelligence is already in the future of BI. On March 12, 2025, SAP officially released SAP BusinessObjects...
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Is Need4Viz a good solution to replace SAP Lumira Discovery and Designer dashboards?
SAP Lumira’s end of life is official. But between SAP Analytics Cloud and third-party solutions, which alternative should you choose? A detailed analysis for SAP...
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SAP BusinessObjects + Need4Viz vs Power BI
Many SAP BusinessObjects organizations face the same pressure: Power BI looks modern, leadership has seen it in a demo, and migration seems like the obvious...
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SAP Analytics Roadmap: Web Intelligence confirmed as a pillar, with Need4Viz at the core of the ecosystem
“SAP doesn’t invest in certain areas precisely because Need4Viz already does it excellently.“ — Eric Fenollosa, Head of Analytics Product Management, SAP On January 15,...
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Turn SAP Web Intelligence into a true dashboarding platform
Using SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and want to take it further? N4V FOR WEBI is the extension that revolutionizes your WebI experience by bringing interactivity,...
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New Release 2025.4
New Component: Chart Tile Add a modern tile with an embedded chart to your dashboards After the Trend Tile and the Progress Tile, the tile...
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New Release 2025.3
Chart recommender Always the right widget recommendation with this 1st AI module integrated in Webi The Chart Recommender arrives in the N4V Panel. This intelligent...
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How AI Is Transforming SAP Web Intelligence: Inside N4V Intelligence
Introduction For years, SAP Web Intelligence has been a cornerstone of operational reporting within enterprises. Powerful, reliable, and widely adopted, it has nonetheless remained largely...
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New Release 2025.2
Waterfall Delta A new widget comes in the Bars familly The delta waterfall shows step-by-step changes in a metric (such as revenue, budget, or net...
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025: all the new features you need to know about… and the limitations
Publication date: March 2025 📌 New Side Panel In Design mode, a new side panel has been added to simplify document creation by providing quick...
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Three Reasons SAP BusinessObjects Still Matters in 2025
SAP Community – Published 2 April 2025 Data Mode and the other new features in BI 2025 aren’t merely features. They are a sign of...
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New Release 2025.1
Online Map OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap becomes even more customizable, with the option of choosing different background map providers or using a local server (USGS, …) Offline...
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The BusinessObjects Brain Drain 3/3
Part 3 of 3 In the first two articles of this series, I identified a situation called The BusinessObjects Brain Drain that is affecting all...
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Restoring the Brand
What SAP can learn from Volkswagen In the mid 2000’s, Volkswagen came to a startling conclusion. It was successful with young, female buyers- especially the...
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Part 2 of 3 In my last article, I identified a situation called The BusinessObjects Brain Drain. Practically speaking, the brain drain means that the...
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All That You Can’t Leave Behind
SAP Community – Published 23 January 2025 For many SAP BusinessObjects customers, March 12, 2025 is going to be a beautiful day. While some legacy...
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Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant in 2025?
SAP Community, January 2025 Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant? In a world full of alternatives, is the SAP BusinessObjects platform still relevant to the enterprise? The...
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New Release 2024.4
Discover Need4Viz Academy MultiDrill Chart You asked us, we did it! You love the Drillbar and the Multi charts but you also needed to display...
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Part 1 of 3 Part 1 doesn’t really share anything new, but just affirms what many suspected. Your best BusinessObjects resources have left the building....
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New Release 2024.3
Export enhancement You already like the HTML & PNG export feature; you will love the CSV export capability offered in this new release! Enhancement in...
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SAP BI2025: Good News for SAP BusinessObjects
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 According to SAP’s Product Availability Matrix, or PAM, SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 (first introduced in November 2015) has been out of...
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N4V for WebI 2024.2 : WebMapline et Export PNG LiveOffice
New WebMapline component with online map background, PNG export to replace SAP LiveOffice, styled borders and compact format in SAP WebI. WebMapline: new N4V mapping...
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N4V for WebI 2024.1: CSV Write-Back, HTML Export and Gantt
Write data from WebI to CSV, user HTML export, enhanced Gantt and Bubble Chart in SAP BusinessObjects. New N4V Widgets features As usual, discover many...
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