Well, I am done, I took the final exam this morning for the BI Platform Course taught by Henry Banks and James Rapp
I want to thank both Henry Banks and James Rapp for this course. In the beginning, I heard it was BI4 elite-like, similar to what we had last year in Vancouver. However this was really geared solely to the BI platform and how to support it, which was a subset of what we had in last year's BI4 Elite course.
My usual steps for taking a course is taking notes, with screen shots. I thought about posting my notes here on SCN, but then I feared SCN members would think I was spamming the site. If you think I should do this then please post below.
I was joined by 16,606 learners and growing (see above). I haven't visited the forums as I fortunately didn't get stuck, experience issues or have questions - I credit this to attending so many webcasts and attending SAP Insider conferences that I was already familiar with some of the material even though I am not a BI admin. I saw Jim Rapp present patching strategies at BI 2013 earlier this year. I also saw Toby Johnston present Wily and Fiddler at BI4 Elite last year.
So while I took diligent notes during the lectures, I am not sure it was enough. I took the final exam this morning and while I won't share the questions, I will give you a tip to take notes during the demonstrations (something I failed to do).
Overall tips:
1) Follow SCN blogs and follow Henry Banks on SCN
2) Take notes during the lectures and demos
3) Download all slides and the recordings at the start of the unit - while I didn't experience slow times it is helpful to have this information while you take the final exam
4) Enjoy!
This was a relief this morning:
Now to wait until January for the results. If you want face to face education sessions, BI 2014 in March in Orlando has a two tracks below:
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- TRACK 12: BI implementations, upgrades, and enhancement projects
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