Backup & Restoring reports
In BO 3.1 I used to backup reports & restore with biar file and Import wizard. Recently we upgraded to BO 4.1 and tried to do the same. I've taken the biar files hoping that I would be able to...
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BOE System upgrade/ clustering
Hello All, I need some recommendations. We have a cluster Prod environment with two servers (diagram attached). I need to add 2 additional servers (cluster - 2 * BOBJ server/ 2* Web servers) and...
View ArticleNeed to Migrate full Prod to QA
Hello Everyone, Our BOE system landscape is QA & Prod. We have have been doing all development in Prod and our QA is out of sync for last 11 months. We have around 3000 Users366 Groups3400...
View ArticlePost Upgrade Cleanup
Just upgraded from enterprise 4.1SP02P03 to 4.1SP04FP03. Small time operation with part time BO administrator. What kinds of system cleanup is recommended post upgrades. I was horrified to find the...
View ArticleBI 4.1 configure server
After installing BI 4.1 how to configure the following servers for 100+ webi reports. 1. Adaptive Job Server2. File Repository Server (input/output repository server)
View Articlechange CMS datasource BI 4.1
Need to change CMS data source BI 4.1 please confirm the steps. oracle data source (old/new data source) 1. configure new oracle data source DSN2. stop SIA3. properties SIA 4. select copy date from...
View ArticleWEBI Processing server errors
Hi, I am facing some issues with our WEBI application on our newly installed Business Objects platform. Some version numbers from our system: SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 Support Pack 3 Patch 2...
View ArticleImproving export to Excel performance
Does anyone have any tips on improving excel performance when exporting a webi report? I don't want to get into discussions on why users are trying to export larger files (in excess of 6MB); I am just...
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Instance Management in BI 4.1
We are on BI 4.1 SP1 on Win2008 Server.In BI Launchpad, there is a History button on the right click of the WebI report. When you choose this, it opens a screen where you can view, delete, send etc. on...
View ArticleWhere if it is, the CR is stored?
I have a missing cr from my pc (we don't have source setup here) - so is the actual cr stored in any place in CMC?
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Information Design Tool - Fails to connect with BO Server
Hello Community, I am trying to connect IDT with BO server 4.1 but I am getting the following error: Error:Failed to log on host "abc-abcd:6400", user "administrator", Could not reach CMS...
View ArticleBIP 4.1 SP4 Uninstall Causes Fail After Reinstall
I have installed Business Objects (BIP? BOE? BOBJ?) 4.1 SP4 on Windows 2012 for a three system landscape. One of them accidentally ended up on the wrong drive. I checked the admin guide and the...
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When Business Objects BI 4 needs 64bit ODBC driver ?
Our BOE 4.0 SP6 is running on a 64 bit Windows Server. We have migrated our Crystal Reports and Webi from XI R2 environment to BI 4.0. Our reports are built on top of old .UNV universes. The vendor...
View ArticleApache + Tomcat + Silent SSO
BI4.1 SP04 Patch 4 I've gotten the following working successfully: AD SSO via TomcatAD Silent SSO via TomcatNon-SSO via Apache (mod_jk) and TomcatAD Silent SSO with Hardware Load Balancer and Tomcat....
View ArticleQuick ? To install BO XI 3.1 SP7 do I really need to install SP5?
My server is on a VM and I can't get more space added. I assumed I could uninstall SP5 to get the space and then Install SP7. But after looking at the documents it looks like I might only be able to...
View ArticleAFO using SSO going through BOE 4.1 on Windows 2012 and a load balancer
Hi - I am having an issue with Analysis for Office 1.4.8 using SSO going through BOE 4.1 on Windows 2012 when using 2 web servers (default Tomcat/Apache) using an F5 load balancer. I get an error...
View ArticleProblems creating new Connection with UDT (IDT)
Hello, i cannot create a new connection with udt. first, udt has a long start time. after long time (5 min), when i gave a connection name (step 1/2) and go next step...udt crashed. idt: i can create...
View ArticleJava version
Hi I'm on a BI 4.1 sp04 plaform which is installed on windows server 2012 R2 64 bit with IE 11 64 bit.I have installed java 8 upd25 64 bit but I couldn't use Webi with java applet. All my server is on...
View ArticleAudit Database Tables missing
The audit database in our installation doesn't have table structure. How do I create that? Version is 4.0 sp8
View Articlescheduling a report
Hello I have BO 4.1 sp04. I have one webi document A with two prompts : one on a month et one to choose a client. We want to do a publication with dynamic recipients to send by mail the document at...
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