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33. Sourcing Data from SAP BusinessObjects

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1. General Information about Data Sources 17
- 1.1 Understanding Data Sources
- 1.2 Overview of using existing Elements as Data Sources
- 1.3 Insightd System Requirements
- 1.4 MI Preflight: Plugin pre-check tool
- 1.5 Create New SQL Data Source
- 1.6 Create a New Plugin Data Source
- 1.7 What does the Refresh Metadata button do?
- 1.8 Metric Insights' Plugins
- 1.9 MIQL Syntax Guide for Plugins
- 1.10 Populate a Data Source with an uploaded List of Reports
- 1.11 Getting data from the Metric Insights database
- 1.12 Plugin URL Editor
- 1.13 Handling Date/Time columns for various Plug-ins
- 1.14 Content Auto Synchronization
- 1.15 Create External Report Template
- 1.16 Supported Time and Date Formats
- 1.17 On-Demand Element Creation
2. Storing Data 3
- 2.1 Storing data in Microsoft SQL Server 2016+
- 2.2 Installing a Microsoft SQL Agent to improve INSERT performance when storing data in SQL Storage
- 2.3 Setting up Windows Server Shared Folder
3. How to Link to External BI Tools 9
- 3.1 External Report Overview
- 3.2 Filtering in External Reports (Pre-filtering BI Tools)
- 3.3 How to omit Filters from External Reports
- 3.4 Make External Reports Discoverable
- 3.5 Create a new External Report Type
- 3.6 How to link to Other External Content
- 3.7 Why do I see an empty page when I set my External Report to display in Viewer?
- 3.8 Set Custom Access Request Messages for External Reports
- 3.9 Handle "All Values" as Filter Value in Tableau
4. Configuring Remote Data Collectors 7
- 4.1 Configure a Remote Data Collector/Processor
- 4.2 Configuring a Remote Data Processor on Windows Servers
- 4.3 Troubleshooting a Remote Data Collector/Processor
- 4.4 Installing Insightd on Windows Servers
- 4.5 Upgrading Insightd on Windows Servers
- 4.6 Installing Insightd on Linux Servers
- 4.7 Upgrading Insightd on Linux Servers
5. JDBC Connections 3
- 5.1 Establish a JDBC Connection
- 5.2 Add a new JDBC Driver
- 5.3 Validation errors: "Value '0000-00-00' can not be represented as java.sql.Date"
6. Sourcing Data from Adobe Analytics 2
- 6.1 Establish connectivity to Adobe Analytics
- 6.2 Collect data from Adobe Analytics
7. Sourcing Data from Adaptive Planning 2
- 7.1 Establish connectivity to Adaptive Planning
- 7.2 Collect data from Adaptive Planning
8. Sourcing Data using Amazon S3 Plugin 3
- 8.1 Establish Connectivity to Amazon S3
- 8.2 Create a Dataset from Amazon S3
- 8.3 Create an External Report from Amazon S3
9. Sourcing Data from Atlassian Confluence 2
- 9.1 Establish connectivity to Atlassian Confluence
- 9.2 Collect data from Atlassian Confluence
10. Sourcing Data using Atlassian Jira 3
- 10.1 Establish Connectivity to Atlassian Jira
- 10.2 Collect data from Atlassian Jira
- 10.3 Fetch Commands for JIRA
11. Sourcing Data from Beckon 3
- 11.1 Establish connectivity to Beckon
- 11.2 Collect data from Beckon
- 11.3 Create a External Report from Beckon
12. Sourcing Data from Cognos 4
- 12.1 Establish connectivity to IBM Cognos
- 12.2 Collect data from IBM Cognos
- 12.3 Pre-filtering Cognos data
- 12.4 Content Auto Synchronization
13. Sourcing Data from CSV Plugin 1
- 13.1 Establish connectivity to a CSV file via a CSV Plugin
14. Sourcing Data from Denodo 2
- 14.1 Establish Connectivity to Denodo
- 14.2 Collect Data from Denodo
15. Sourcing Data from Dropbox Paper 2
- 15.1 Establish connectivity to Dropbox Paper
- 15.2 Collect images from Dropbox Paper
16. Sourcing Data using Elasticsearch 3
- 16.1 Establish connectivity to Elasticsearch
- 16.2 How to collect data using Elasticsearch
- 16.3 How to collect data using Elasticsearch (prior to Version 5.3)
17. Sourcing Data using File Data Plugin 2
- 17.1 Establish connectivity to File Data
- 17.2 How to collect data with File Data
18. Sourcing Data using File Metadata Plugin 2
- 18.1 Establish connectivity to File Metadata
- 18.2 How to collect data with File Metadata
19. Sourcing Data from Fogbugz 2
- 19.1 Establish connectivity to FogBugz
- 19.2 How to collect data from Fogbugz
20. Sourcing Data from Graphite 1
- 20.1 Establish Connectivity to Graphite
21. Sourcing Data from IBM CoreMetrics 2
- 21.1 Establish connectivity to IBM Coremetrics
- 21.2 How to collect data from IBM Coremetrics
22. Sourcing Data from Marketo 1
- 22.1 Establish Connectivity to Marketo
23. Sourcing Data from MicroStrategy 5
- 23.1 Establish Connectivity to MicroStrategy
- 23.2 How to collect data using Microstrategy plugin
- 23.3 Pre-filtering MicroStrategy data (Dataset example)
- 23.4 Content Auto Synchronization
- 23.5 Create a Dimension with values automatically fetched from MicroStrategy
24. Sourcing Data from Mixpanel 2
- 24.1 Establish Connectivity to Mixpanel
- 24.2 How to Collect Data from Mixpanel
25. Sourcing Data from MongoDB 2
- 25.1 Establish Connectivity to MongoDB
- 25.2 How to Collect Data using MongoDB Plug-in
26. Sourcing Data from OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence) 3
- 26.1 Establish Connectivity to Oracle Business Intelligence
- 26.2 Collect data from Oracle Business Intelligence
- 26.3 Pre-filtering Oracle Business Intelligence data
27. Sourcing Data using OLAP 2
- 27.1 Establish Connectivity to OLAP
- 27.2 How to Collect Data from OLAP
28. Sourcing Data from QlikView 9
- 28.1 QlikView Overview
- 28.2 Download Instructions for PoC
- 28.3 Prerequisites to connecting to QlikView server
- 28.4 Establish Connectivity to QlikView
- 28.5 Find Field Name and Alias in QlikView
- 28.6 Create an External Report from QlikView
- 28.7 Pre-filtering QlikView Data
- 28.8 Content Auto Synchronization
- 28.9 Create a Dimension with values fetched from QlikView
29. Sourcing Data from Re:dash 2
- 29.1 Establish Connectivity to Re:dash
- 29.2 How to collect data from Re:dash
30. Sourcing Data using RSS 2
- 30.1 Establish connectivity to RSS
- 30.2 How to collect data using RSS plugin
31. Sourcing data using Salesforce Reports 2
- 31.1 Establish connectivity to Salesforce Reports
- 31.2 How to collect data using Salesforce Reports
32. Sourcing data using Salesforce SOQL 5
- 32.1 Salesforce Reports vs Salesforce SOQL: key distinctions
- 32.2 Setting up Salesforce OAuth
- 32.3 Establish connectivity to Salesforce SOQL
- 32.4 How to collect data using Salesforce SOQL
- 32.5 Why does my Salesforce OAuth token expire?
33. Sourcing Data from SAP BusinessObjects 4
- 33.1 Establish Connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects
- 33.2 Collect data from SAP BusinessObjects
- 33.3 Pre-filtering SAP BusinessObjects data
- 33.4 Content Auto Synchronization
34. Sourcing Data from Sisense 5
- 34.1 Establish Connectivity to Sisense
- 34.2 How to collect data from Sisense
- 34.3 How to create an External Report from Sisense
- 34.4 Create a Dimension with values automatically fetched from Sisense
- 34.5 Pre-filtering Sisense data (Version 5.1)
35. Sourcing Data from Splunk 3
- 35.1 Establish Connectivity to Splunk
- 35.2 Create a Dataset from Splunk
- 35.3 Create an External Report from Splunk
36. Sourcing Data from Microsoft SSRS 3
- 36.1 Establish Connectivity to Microsoft SSRS
- 36.2 How to Collect Data from SSRS
- 36.3 How SSRS report data is obtained
37. Sourcing Data from Tableau - see Working with Tableau 0
38. Sourcing data from Tibco Spotfire 4
- 38.1 Prerequisites for connecting to Tibco Spotfire
- 38.2 Establish Connectivity to TIBCO Spotfire Analytics
- 38.3 Create External Report from TIBCO Spotfire Analytics
- 38.4 Create External Report Template
39. Sourcing Data from ThoughtSpot 3
- 39.1 Establish Connectivity to ThoughtSpot
- 39.2 Create a Dataset from ThoughtSpot
- 39.3 Create an External Report from ThoughtSpot
40. Sourcing data from Treasure Data 2
- 40.1 Establish connectivity to Treasure Data
- 40.2 How to collect data from Treasure Data
41. Sourcing Data from Uptimerobot 2
- 41.1 Establish Connectivity to Uptimerobot
- 41.2 How to Collect Data using Uptimerobot
42. Sourcing Data using a Web Service 1
- 42.1 Connecting to a Web Service
43. Sourcing Data from Zendesk 3
- 43.1 Obtaining Credentials for Zendesk plugin
- 43.2 Establish Connectivity to Zendesk
- 43.3 How to Collect Data from Zendesk (Dataset)
44. Sourcing Data from S/FTP Server 3
- 44.1 Establish Connectivity to S/FTP Server
- 44.2 Create a Dataset using S/FTP
- 44.3 Create an External Report using S/FTP
45. Sourcing Data from Local Filesystem 3
- 45.1 Establish Connectivity to Local Filesystem
- 45.2 Create a Dataset from Local Filesystem
- 45.3 Create an External Report from Local Filesystem

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