Is there such a thing as a French BO Forum?

Hi,
I was wondering if there was a French language BO Forum type thing out there (seeing as of course the French invented Business Objects). Or else a website other than Amazon that could recommend could French BO books?
Thanks,
BatCat (or Chat Chauve-souris :slight_smile: )


BatCat :uk: (BOB member since 2004-05-18)

I have seen languages other than English used on the BusinessObjects forum, the Knowledge Exchange (KX). You can sign up for it at www.techsupport.businessobjects.com but you need to be sure to select the “free and open” registration for the KX, and not the tech support site.

I believe that their policy is the same as BOB’s, that postings should be done in English. But I do think that I have seen some French language postings there as well.


Dave Rathbun :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-06)

Just to take this slightly off topic, has anyone noticed the recent addition to the tech support site - Japanese support! Do we have any Japanese members?


Nick Daniels :uk: (BOB member since 2002-08-15)

Thanks for the replies.
It’s odd that all the boards should be in English (especially when there seem to be more and better books written about BO in French then there are in English).
Cheers,
BatCat


BatCat :uk: (BOB member since 2004-05-18)

Well, no offense but English is just the dominating language internationally (if one likes it or not, just stating a fact).

Regarding French books about Business Objects: Please, could you name a few (translate to English) with a brief summary about what they cover and how you rate them?


Andreas :de: (BOB member since 2002-06-20)

Hi Andreas,
I realise English is more widely used than French, but I just find it strange that no group of French speaking people ever set up a forum system similar to this one. Ah well

I saw a few BO books on a recent trip to Paris, but was going to query on a French forum if this one ‘Business Objects et Web Intelligence 6.1 : Maütriser le standard de la Business Intelligence’ was any good as it seemed more up to date than the Cindi Howson book were are at present using.
Cheers,
BatCat


BatCat :uk: (BOB member since 2004-05-18)

Who is the author of this book?


Nick Daniels :uk: (BOB member since 2002-08-15)

If you know of some good books, in French or any other language, on BO, then perhaps we could make them available through Shop@BOB. :mrgreen:

I’m not aware of any forums for Business Objects that use anything other than English as the preferred language.


MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

Hi,
The authors of the book I mentioned above are:
VĂ©ronique Desegaulx
and
Renault de Hervé
They’ve also written books on BO 5.1 and WebI 2.6 and Business Objects 5.
Table of contents is (in French, I will translate it later when I have a spare minute)

INFOVIEW ET WEBINTELLIGENCE
MaĂźtriser Infoview
Construire et valoriser un document simple avec WebIntelligence
Construire des filtres de requĂȘte WebIntelligence
Créer un document avancé avec WebIntelligence
Options et configuration des interfaces
BUSINESS OBJECTS, PRISE EN MAIN
Lire un document existant
Utiliser l’éditeur de requĂȘte
Construire et valoriser un document simple
Créer un document multi-élément
Exporter des données et partager un document
BUSINESS OBJECTS, NOTIONS AVANCEES
Formules, variables et fonctions
Contextes et opérateurs
Objets et listes de valeurs personnels
Elaborer des requĂȘtes avancĂ©es
Le module Explorer
ModĂšles et styles
Cas classiques, trucs et astuces

I don’t know if the book is any good. I can’t convince my boss to buy it for the team if only I could actually use it. :wink: French Business Objects book
Cheers,
BatCat


BatCat :uk: (BOB member since 2004-05-18)

There is a french website :

But he is not free. I am not member of it so that I can’t say if it has interesting forum. (but I don’t think it is as good as BOB :wink: )


bernard timbal :fr: (BOB member since 2003-05-26)