All Focal Pointers,

Now it is the time to take action and participate in our third Annual Focal Point Tips and Techniques Contest!

Do you have an original, smart way of doing things to a particular problem? Would you be kind enough to share with all?

-OR-

Is there a tip that helped you the most? Well, go ahead and nominate that tip!!

Similar as last two years, the winners will be announced at Summit in Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee but you do not have to be present to win! All submissions will be presented in our Focal Point Tips and Techniques Contest session on (date and time). A grand prize will be awarded to first place, and all submissions selected (looking for 10) will receive a prize as well.

Different from last two year, this year we will have two of our Focal Point Virtuosos, Tony A and Susannah, to present all the submissions. In addition, Tony and Susannah will also bring a bonus presentation to the session. Be sure to attend the session, and meet with other Focal Pointers for name-face connections.

********CONTEST GUIDELINES********
The deadline for submission will be Monday, May 11, 2008.

* Please submit your Focal Point Tip and Technique in a doc file with your name, Focal Point ID, Company, Title, and number of years you have been using Focus/WebFOCUS.
* Submission must be in two parts:
--- In the first part describe the problem you are solving, e.g. I have three identical files on three separate machines, and I need to combine the data into one aggregated report.
--- In the second part show your solution or code (with comments).
* Your tip can be shown in 5 minutes or less.
* All entries will be judged on originality, complexity of problem, and elegance of solution.
* Send all submissions to focalpoint@ibi.com in a word document.
* You must be a Focal Point Member to participate.

It is highly recommended, but not required, that you attend the session to win the prize.

Thanks everyone!! We look forward to hearing about your tips and techniques and seeing you at Summit in Nashville this year.

Cheers,

Kathleen Butler, Focal Point Manager
Kerry Zhan, Focal Point Moderator
Information Builders, Inc.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kathleen Butler,

nomination:
j.gross for his answer in this post
http://forums.informationbuild...1057331/m/2261078713

and francesco for this one
http://forums.informationbuild...391015861#7391015861

Francis Mariani

I like the smiley face!

http://forums.informationbuild...971057331/m/23310638

Maybe becaues it's Friday!

quote:

and francesco for this one
http://forums.informationbuild...391015861#7391015861

This one was from 2006. How far are we going back?

T

oh
mea culpa

Hi Everyone - Summit is fast approaching! I look forward to seeing you all in Nashville on Sunday. Don't forget to come by the Focal Point Booth and attend the tips and techniques session. Tony A and Susannah will be demonstrating their expertise live right after they present the tips and techniques submitted!! The winner will be announced at Summit and the tips will be posted to the website shortly after.

For those customers that are not attending Summit please be sure to visit the User Group website to register for upcoming Local and Virtual meetings. * Check out the Schedule

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Have a wonderful day.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Butler
Customer Care and Communications Manager
Information Builders

Top 3 Focal Point Tips and Techniques………….And the winners are………….

3rd place: Create Flexible Report at Run Time by Steve Simon from State Street Corporation

2nd place: Retrieve Report from Radio Button Selection by William Zhu from Ministry of Transportation, Ontario

Drum roll please…………………!!

1st place: Word-Wrap of ACROSS Values in PDF Output by Jack Gross from Midwood Data Services, Inc

Congrats to all! Your prizes are in the mail and you should receive them next week.

All submissions will be posted on Monday, June 15th to our Tips and Techniques Section.

A big Thank You to everyone who participated and attended our session at Summit. A big thank you to Susannah Jones and Tony Alsford for presenting the tips and sharing their Chain Gang presentation!!!

Starting now, please nominate tips that you see on the board and send them to me. The nominated tips will be submitted for the next contest and also published.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Butler
Customer Care and Communications Manager
Information Builders