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A while ago, I saw Panorama was advertising a webcast detailing how Panorama gives a complete solution for the entire Microsoft BI platform , including PowerPivot . I have to admit, just seeing Panorama and PowerPivot in the same sentence seemed odd to me, as PowerPivot seemed like a completely full solution for its purpose. I didn't see what Panorama had to add to the equation. And so I began asking Panorama a few questions... So where does Panorama offer any added value? Well, if your organization...
I’m very glad to say that not too long ago I got to see a demo on Panorama Nova View 6 with the rest of the BI team, enabling me to further give you detail on it. The demo covered quite a few of the major products: NovaView Analytics – which existed in previous version though it’s UI has changed NovaView Flash Analytics – which is one of the new features in this version NovaView Smart Reporting NovaView Dashboards NovaView Executive Dashboards NovaView Universal Data Connector – which is another...
A user of one of my projects had developed a very nice view in Panorama Nova View 5.5 and we decided to integrate it into the views for all the users. So how do we take a view that was saved in a personal book of a user and add it to the general book in Panorama? Well, first of all you take the user ID. Let's say it's "x123". You go to the Panorama Server and go to Program Files > Panorama > E - BI > Users > x123 > Private Book. You actually went to the physical folder...
Well I guess this means Panorama wants a bigger piece of the pie. In a very impressive and interesting webcast which was given Tuesday, March 31 st , Panorama showcased Nova View 6 RC1. So what are the promises given in the webcast and what was shown? Well for me, the biggest news was that from now on, Panorama Nova View will connect not just to cubes, but also to RDBMS – yes, a relational data source! And, you'll be able to create a dashboard which includes a report on both data sources. This...
Well I guess the future is really up in the cloud... The last strategic move for Panorama is joining Google and offering a BI Analytics tool to work with Google Docs - PowerApps . But that's old news by now. GoodData has recently gotten funding for their BI in the cloud , giving you a complete platform for storing and analyzing your data. Business Objects offers "OnDemand" another platform that enables you to share Crystal Reports over the web. The list goes on , with other companies...
In a newsletter I received the other day from Panorama , I read some interesting news. Remember how I told you I was waiting for the .Net version of the Panorama Nova View ? Well, I guess I really will have to wait some more... In their newsletter, Panorama promises to release Nova View version 5.5 What's new to the product? Better UI and "elements of flash components and more robust dashboarding features." A check with customer support gave me some more details, the most important...
Well I’m waiting for the .Net version of Panorama Nova View. But I guess I can see there are more important people in line… Today I found myself reading in the news that Panorama has joined forces with Google Apps to give the Pivot Table and Pivot Chart capabilities to the Google spreadsheet. Up till now I have seen Panorama’s add – in to the Microsoft Excel, but as Microsoft has been pushing Proclarity forward, Google might well be a fresh alternative! So if you’re using Google Apps, you might very...
You can browse a cube through the cube browser in Analysis Services or through the one in the Management Studio. I usually use the one in the Management Studio, as it gives your more space to look. In the cube I created in Analysis Services, I added a Budget hierarchy in my Budget dimension. I decided to check the data for the new hierarchy in comparison to the money that was assigned to it in the Budget fact table. And it was problematic… I was opening the Budget hierarchy and in the first 3 levels...
Panorama Nova View Analytics is a viewer on a cube which enables you to drag and drop attributes and measures onto a grid, so as to study the influences different slicers and dicers have on a measure. Each combination of slicers and dicers with a certain measure, can be saved as a presentation (the name in Panorama for a dynamic report). The presentation is dynamic, as you can change not only the filters on the existing attributes (as in Reporting Services), but also add new attributes and remove...