What is WEBI? WEBI, or Web Intelligence, is the SAP BusinessObjects tool most optimally suited for Ad-Hoc and Parameterized Reporting. It is a great reporting tool for Non-Technical users as it has a very intuitive and visual interface. If you can drag and drop objects, then you can build a WEBI report. However, it also … Continued
Setting the $JAVA_HOME environment variable on the Mac OS can be a little confusing. I hope this clears things up. Open either ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile in your favorite editor. I am using TextMate and I prefer editing ~/.profile. Add “export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)” to the file and save it. You can reload the current environment without logging … Continued
Thanks to everyone who attended the Axian Staff Lunch on October 17, 2013. Our main focus was The Client Voice, featuring a guest presenter: Sue Hayes, Senior Director of Digital Commerce and Consumer Information at Nike. Sue took the time to share with us why she likes working with Axian. Some of Axian’s employees work … Continued
Mac OS X Mountain Lion comes with Apache installed but not enabled. Here are the steps to re-enable Apache 1. Open the OS X Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/) 2. Create and open an Apache user configuration file named for your account in your favorite editor. I am using TextMate so I used the following command sudo mate … Continued
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve been approached by a client who said, “I need a dashboard.” (I’d probably have enough for a nice round of golf. ) The impetus for his/her request is not really a need for a dashboard, rather it’s a plea for a more business friendly approach … Continued
Thanks to everyone who attended the Axian Tech Lunch on September 19th, 2013. Our focus was on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure. AWS is the lead cloud computing platform today. We at Axian utilize it for many of our clients in order to dramatically lower infrastructure costs, enable faster solution development, utilize innovative application … Continued
Thanks to everyone who attended the Axian Tech Lunch on August 15th, 2013. Our focus was on jQuery. jQuery is a multi-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It has become the most popular JavaScript library in use today. We at Axian utilize it for many of our clients in order … Continued
The following article was written by John Hann, Technical Lead at Axian: At Axian, we deliver custom software solutions that exceed expectations without exceeding budgets. For some clients, that means taking advantage of the power and efficiency of the cloud. Utilizing platforms like Amazon Web Services, we’ve been able to cut client infrastructure costs in … Continued
