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SAP BusinessObjects Performance Testing with Apache JMeter
As any SAP BusinessObjects administrator can tell you, sizing an environment can be a challenging task. Sure there is a fair amount of guidance out there in terms of documentation on how to calculate...
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Integration of Server Resource Monitoring with JMeter Plugins
JMeter PluginsIn my recent article on executing a JMeter performance test with Web Intelligence I was unsuccessful in achieving the target average response time I set in my objective. In order to...
View ArticleVideo Blog: BOEXI3.1 JMeter Logon/Logoff Process
Based on some feedback I received from past blog posts, I thought it would be helpful to demonstrate a simple logon/logoff sequence in Apache JMeter using SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1. The...
View ArticleUsing a Tomcat 'Monitor Test Plan' for Performance Profiling
In my last Integration of Server Resource Monitoring with JMeter Plugins I mentioned adding a Tomcat Monitor Test Plan to an existing performance test, as a supplement to the Server Resource...
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Monitoring Concurrent Sessions in SAP BI Platform 4.0 and BusinessObjects...
Some of you may already be familiar with the new licensing model available for SAP BusinessObjects BI, but for those who aren't, let me take a couple of minutes to explain Concurrent Sessions (CS)...
View ArticleBI4 Pattern Books are now live!
Deploying BI platform in the real world.Using SAP BI Platform 4.0 you can deploy entirely on one machine using the bundled database, Enterprise authentication mechanism,and application server. This...
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BI4 Admins get ready for Java 7
You may already be aware that Java 7 has been released and has a number of improvements over Java 6. If not, you can get the full story here or a couple of the biggest highlights from a BI Platform...
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Performance Testing in BI 4.1
I've recently spent a bunch of time getting to know BI 4.1, and part of that process is taking it for the proverbial test drive in terms of performance. To do this, I always use Apache JMeter since it...
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Performance Testing in BI 4.1 - Explorer
As promised, this is the next iteration of a blog discussing performance testing in BI 4.1 with Apache JMeter. You can find the first installment, which covered logon and the refresh of a Web...
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Performance Testing in BI 4.1 - Analysis for OLAP
It has been a number of weeks since I last posted on Performance Testing in BI 4.1 ... I could make excuses but let me just apologize and move forward with the interesting concepts contained herein....
View ArticleBlog it Forward - James Rapp
Hello Everyone, A special thanks to Alexandre Papagiannidis Rivet for blogging this my way and giving me the opportunity to introduce myself to SCN. You can have a look at the entire Blog It Forward...
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A REGI lock file ate my HANA Studio
I have wanted to post a blog in the SAP HANA space for some time now, but I struggled initially to identify the right opportunity. The desire is to write something helpful and, until recently, I...
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Design Studio CSS Investigations Vol 1.
I've had the opportunity recently to work quite a lot with Design Studio, specifically during the development of course material for BI Clients and Applications on SAP HANA at openSAP. In the exercise...
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Design Studio Extension: D3 Word Cloud
I worked on a project recently where one of the requirements was to perform sentiment analysis based on Twitter data and to surface that in meaningful fashion in a dashboard. We wanted to isolate the...
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Horizon Chart extension for Design Studio - Part 1
It's been a while since my last extension and I thought it was high time I got back in the mix. Over the summer I had the opportunity to see a great post by @NadiehBremer on Twitter about horizon plots...
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BI4 Admins get ready for Java 7
You may already be aware that Java 7 has been released and has a number of improvements over Java 6. If not, you can get the full story here or a couple of the biggest highlights from a BI Platform...
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