Database Administration Tools for SQL Anywhere CMS and Audit DBs
As you may already know, SAP Business Objects 3.1 (SP5 and higher) and 4.1 uses the SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 12.0.1 embedded database for its default CMS and Audit databases. When you install BOBJ, the...
View ArticleInstalling SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 on Windows 7 (for evaluation purpose)
Installing SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 Server on Windows 7Open file product.seed.xml under "51046778\DATA_UNITS\BusinessObjectsServer_win\dunit\product.businessobjects64-4.0-core-32" using text editor....
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Doing a full install for updating from BI4.0 to BI4.1? Think again...
There is much confusion within the market place around the correct update process for updating from BI4.0 to BI4.1. The situation is made worse by common misunderstandings resulting in huge amounts of...
View ArticleTips on Extraordinary Backup and Change Management Strategies
One of the most important tasks of a BI Administrator is to ensure that regular backups are being performed. This is normally done for disaster recovery purposes, but should be also done for other...
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Installing SAP BI 4.1 SP01 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Step-by-step
Hello SCN, In this blog, I will go through the steps necessary to setup and install SAP BI 4.1 SP01 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x system. This will be a basic and default (full) installation of...
View ArticleLast Call: The openSAP program is running a BI 4 Platform course starting in...
The openSAP program is running a BI 4 Platform course starting in November – registration is FREE! Over the past year we have run a series of BI 4 Elite Enablement sessions around the world. These...
View ArticleWarning: Patching your SAP BI 4.0 to SAP BI 4.1 will break your AD SSO!
Patching to SAP BI 4.1 will indeed break your Active Directory Single Sign On in one or two places. Don't worry, the solution(s) are simple! 1: Your .properties files It is widely documented that when...
View Article(Un)usability of Promotion Management
There seems to be a lot of talk recently around the user experience and usability across SAP suite of software products. There is even a site dedicated to this topic... https://experience.sap.com/ The...
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Desktop Compatibility Pack (DCP) with SAP BI Platform 4.1 SP1
REWIND The “Desktop Intelligence Compatibility Pack” will be delivered in Fix Pack (FP) 6.1 which is to be installed over Desktop Intelligence XI 3.1 SP6 desktop product. When installed, it will allow...
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Migrating to SAP BI 4.1 from BusinessObjects Enterprise 5.1.8 - Lessons learned
Hello Everyone, Migrating from an older Version to SAP BI 4.1 is always a challenging task. In the last weeks i had a Migration Assessment at customer Side from a very special Kind. The Customer is...
View ArticleSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite 4.1 SP02 Released
Good Morning All! SAP has released today, as planned in the Maintenance Schedule, SAP BI 4.1 SP02 as a patch only. Note: No full install available at this time. Here are some helpful documentations:...
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Installing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP02
Hi everyone, Like many of you, I watched the SMP waiting for the new version of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 SP02. And it is finally available ... and in time ! As a reminder, SAP...
View ArticleSession Management Bible
There are few basic concepts which impact Session management in Business Objects: 1. Logon TokenThis is created by the application ( both InfoView and CMC) when the users first log into the system....
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SAP BI Platform Support Tool (Feature Pack 1) - ASUG Deep Dive Webinar (Dec 3rd)
The SAP BI Platform Support Tool is a brand new application designed by SAP Active Global Support for the BI Platform 4.0 & 4.1 landscape. The tool allows BI Administrators, Product Support, and...
View ArticlePromotion Management (LCM): BI 4.1 SP2 has lots of performance improvements
I recently gave a SAP internal presentation on What's new in 4.1 SP2 Promotion Management and the main highlight was on performance improvement. While the performance still not as comparable to the...
View ArticleBusiness Objects 4.1 - Security Approach - Functional / Access
Hello, here you find one of my two security approaches for the Business Objects 4.1 Environment. Functional / Access...
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Performance Testing in BI 4.1 - Analysis for OLAP
It has been a number of weeks since I last posted on Performance Testing in BI 4.1 ... I could make excuses but let me just apologize and move forward with the interesting concepts contained herein....
View ArticleSchedule errors in Business Objects
Hi All, We all know that we can schedule a document in InfoView/ BI Launchpad, so that the document is refreshed automatically at specified time intervals. Here, are some of the errors we come across...
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Reporting tool selection
Hi Community, I would like to highlight Some common mistakes we tend to make for report tool selection (Web Intelligence & Crystal reports) Problem 1: Hundreds of pages in SAP Business Object Web...
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Installing SAP HANA Client on BI4.1 Server
Hello Again everyone,after my first post about installing SAP HANA SP07 Installation Server, Today i thought to give you a guide about installing the Client software on the BI4 Server so we can later...
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