Promotion Management Tool
What is promotion management in BI, how is it used to promote Crystal reports ?
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Hi, Crystal Server (CS) 2013 v4.1 SP4 is getting an error running or refreshing a Crystal Report using an ODBC connection using native Oracle drivers. The error says, "The viewer could not process an...
View ArticleFile Repository Server Output is down
Hi, Our current environment is SAP BI4.1 SP01, windows 2008R2 servers. We use a cutom .NET application to schedule webi reports and export them to pdf/excel formats then copy them to a different...
View ArticleIs it possible to have SAML for SSO on BO 4.1 on tomcat?
We are going to use BO enterprise users. Can we have SAML set up on our Tomcat servers to suport Trusted auth SSO? Our's is huge environment. 6 tomcat servers with 3 instances on each to front end 80...
View ArticleMigrating infoview user preferences from BO 3.1 to BI 4.0
Hello Experts, Is there a way to migrate BO3.1 Infoview user preferences from BO 3.1 to BI 4.0 using UMT? If Yes, could you please detail the steps involved. We tried migrating the users and it didn't...
View ArticleTomcat 7.055 for BO 4.1
I was recently informed from our network security team that the tomcat we have installed with SAP BO 4.1 SP2 is out of date. I was able to upgrade the tomcat independently from 6 to 7.0.32. But I was...
View ArticleBI 4.1 - IE11 Compatibility prior to SP3 availability question
Hello, I've come across the SAP Note stating that IE11 will be officially compatible with BI 4.1 beginning with SP3 at the end of March (SAP Note 1949010 – BusinessObjects Support for Internet Explorer...
View ArticleGet email alert when there is a failure?
We have some reports on the scheduler, which seems to fail on occasion. For whatever reason. I would like to be able to get an email notificationfrom the crystal server, in case of any failure. How can...
View Article3rd Party 4.1 metadata tool
Can someone pls suggest any good 3rd party solutions to capture metadata information in 4.1 environment, we would like to capture report contents (objects, prompts, filters, variables used on all...
View ArticleOpenDocument.properties in 4.1 SP5
Anyone else having problems setting the custom properties for OpenDocument? I'm making the dropdown visible and changing the default to secWinAD.Works in 4.0, fails in 4.1. I've even tried using...
View ArticleUsing WACS for RESTful With Tomcat In Use
Hi All, Sorry for the cryptic title.I have a request from a developer to use the RESTful web service. My research has shown that this is only available through a WACS server. We are currently using...
View ArticlePreferred (optimal) platform for the installation of BI 4.1
What is the preferred (optimal) platform for the installation of BI 4.1? Red Hat? Solaris?
View ArticleIs there a way to go directly to Instance Manager without through the CMC?
I have some helpdesk staff that will be monitoring and rerunning failed reports in the Instance Manager. I would prefer that they not see everything in the CMC but that is the only way I know how to...
View ArticleCRCAF00000030 error from OpenDocument
Running 4.1 SP1 Patch 2 (on Windows, with Tomcat) and we run into an error "This error occurred: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range:...
View ArticleHow to replicate BO environment on same server?
Hi Experts, I am new to BO Administration. I have a work to replicate the Dev BO environment to same Dev server. Saying this I mean "ALL OBJECTS INCLUDING UNIVERSES, REPORTS, USERS AND GROUPS,WEB...
View ArticleBO 4.1 SSO Authentication
Hello everyone,I am in the process of setting up SSO in our environment (BO 4.1 SP2).Our AD team has created the required SPNs on the AD server. When I run setspn -L xxxxx (server-name) from cmd prompt...
View ArticleTechnical user in BW/BI 4.1 to schedule instances in BI 4.1
Hi All , I wanted to know the best practice to schedule instances in BI 4.1 . We have SSO between BW 7.3 and BI 4.1 .I was asked to provide a technical user ( BW user ) so to schedule the instances in...
View ArticleCMC Error: Failed to Retrieve cluster name from Database
Hi All, Iam getting this error message when Iam checking the properties of CMC. BOXI Server intelligence Agent is running status . but no server is running. In CCM , SIA Configuaration tab showing this...
View ArticleDiff Activity and Audit Universe
Hi Exports, What is the difference between Activity Universe and Audit Universe in sap 3.1 Thanks,Raghunath
View ArticleHow can I find the cause for "invalid export data"?
Hi, I have a business application using Crystal Reports Server 2008 SP5 as back end for report creation, using the web service API (Session and ReportEngine service). Multiple users can request...
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