MicroStrategy Education eBooks
This past weekend, I received an update to my MicroStrategy Mobile client on my iPhone, so I started exploring through some of the examples. I’m not sure how long they’ve been there, but I...
Monthly Archive: January 2012
MicroStrategy World 2012 – Day 2 Recap
For starters, I’m sorry for the dramatic drop off in Twitter activity from yesterday for those trying to follow along at home. WiFi and 3G connectivity was very spotty all day, and I gave...
MicroStrategy World 2012 – Day 1 Recap
Here’s a quick recap of the first day, which included the opening Keynote by MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor and the first 3 sessions. If you didn’t follow along live on Twitter, I encourage you...
MicroStrategy World 2012 Coverage
MicroStrategy World 2012 kicks off Monday, and as you may know, I’m excited. Not Attending? MicroStrategy is Live streaming the Keynotes here. MicroStrategy has a live Flickr stream here. You can follow along on...
Using ApplyComparison for Flexible Filtering
MicroStrategy’s strongest feature is it’s SQL Engine. The ability to define object relationships and then allow MicroStrategy to generate all of the appropriate SQL as you manipulate and drill is the core of the...
Web Server Macro
A common environment setup is to have separate machines for your Production and Development environments. While a lot of shops I’ve worked in will simply have separate Production and Development projects on the same...
Custom Formatting Strings
Formatting metrics is something that we’re all familiar with. Currency, commas, decimal places and percents are common choices, but what happens when we have to do something more advanced? The Number Formatting screen for...
Saving Settings in Custom Visualizations
I had an interesting problem the other day while working on a custom visualization. The requirement was for the user to be able to enter some custom text into a box to annotate some...
Web Styles for Prompts
One feature that I find is often overlooked is the ability to change the display style of Prompts in Web. In a lot of situations, these alternate styles can help guide the user in...