MicroStrategy World 2013: Recommended Sessions
This will be my 7th MicroStrategy World conference, but I’ve never been more excited for it than this year (though honestly, I think I say that every year). There are some really awesome sessions...
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Introducing MicroStrategy Hacks
Update: Our team scope has expanded since the launching of this page and we’ve renamed the page to Facebook Data Viz Team: http://www.facebook.com/FBDataViz MicroStrategy Hacks is a Facebook Page that I’m operating with some of...
MicroStrategy World 2013
MicroStrategy’s annual user conference, MicroStrategy World, is just a month away at the ritzy Wynn Las Vegas (January 28th-31st). I did a post last year that described the benefits of attending the conference. If...
The Hidden Cost of the History List
The History List is one of my favorite features in MicroStrategy. It can be convenient to quickly jump back to a previously run report and handy to retrieve a long running report later instead...
Hacking an Object Prompt into a Metric on a View Report
I think I’ve done some pretty crazy things in MicroStrategy. It’s a lot of fun to push the limits of the tool and use it in ways that it wasn’t originally designed for. Today,...
Prompting a View Filter in a Cube Report
Here is a very valuable tip that not everyone is aware of. While you normally can’t add prompts into the View Filter of your report, you can if you’re using a View Report, which is...
Hide/Show Sections on a Document
I originally had this idea for a method to hide and show elements on the fly on a Document last year, but it didn’t quite work out. The two major problems that prevented me...
Using Object Prompts with Documents
Object Prompts are incredibly useful objects that allow you to build some very dynamic experiences in MicroStrategy. You can customize a report experience with them and alter the layout based on user input. Unfortunately,...
9.3 Feature Roundup
MicroStrategy has just released a major update in the form of 9.3 that’s packed with some very exciting features. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to spend as much time with this release as I...
Create Graph Popups with Javascript
I’ve previously written about Information Windows and how useful they can be for packing context and detailed information into your dashboard. While very slick and useful, they unfortunately are limited in the ways you...