Category: Business Objects

Convert UTC datetime from SQL Server to local timezone (CET) in Oracle.

For a project at a customer I had to load data from a SQL SERVER database to a Oracle database. It turned out that the SQL SERVER database stored the date and time data in UTC. This became apparent when the data was reported via Business Objects and all the date time data was off …

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Add Barcode Font to Business Objects Web Intelligence XI 3.1

Recently I needed to add a barcode on a Business Objects Web Intelligence report. The barcode font was available on de server and client but it was not showing up in Business Objects Web Intelligence. The first option I tried was to create a cell with HTML code to force the font. This worked great but …

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Add color to (Business Objects) Universe object descriptions

Color

Did you know that you can use HTML in the object description field in Business Objects ?? Example : <font color=red>Description: This will show in Red.</font><br> <font color=green>Example: This will show in Green.</font><br> <font color=blue>Source: This will show in Blue.</font> Try other HTML tags in your descriptions, not all HTML works…..

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