BI4 Content Promotion Options

One of the first things that an SAP BusinessObjects administrator will notice after an upgrade to BI4 is that the Import Wizard, the best option for moving BI content from one environment to another, is dead and gone. This is both a blessing and a curse, because although the Import Wizard was easy to use, it […]

Batch Promotions with LCMCLI

Anyone that has used the Promotion Management tool included in BusinessObjects Lifecycle Management knows that promoting large amounts of content can be an extremely frustrating process. With the death of the old XI 3.1 Import Wizard, and the inability of the Upgrade Management Tool to promote content between two systems on the same BI version, […]

Building a BI Maintenance Strategy

One of the most important parts of every SAP BusinessObjects administrator’s job is to build a maintenance strategy for your BI environment. Falling behind on patches can be a costly mistake, so having a plan to stay on top of the latest releases is in your best interest. My approach to a maintenance plan can […]

BI Launchpad SSO with Chrome and Firefox

I’ve already written quite a few blog posts focused on configuring Active Directory authentication and Single Sign On from the server side, but there are also some considerations that need to be made on the client side. SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 officially supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Single Sign On to the […]

BI4 and Single Sign On

Just about every SAP BusinessObjects BI4 installation that I do these days includes the extra step of setting up Windows Active Directory authentication and Single Sign On (SSO). These features allow you to log directly into the BusinessObjects web applications, like BI Launchpad and others, without entering a password. Those of you who are familiar […]

BI 4.1 Support Pack 3 Released

Support Pack 3 for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 is now available on the SAP Service Marketplace. This release adds a long awaited feature for BI Administrators everywhere — Session Management! Finally Administrators can view and terminate old sessions from the Central Management Console. Previously you had no choice but to recycle the CMS to free […]

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Support Package 2 Released

SAP released Support Package 2 for BusinessObjects 4.1 on Friday. The new release includes support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, as well as a few others. This version will also support the upcoming Data Services/Information Steward 4.2 SP1, which is slated for release in December. As always, Support Package 2 is a a roll-up […]

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Support Package 8 Released

SAP released Support Package 8 for BusinessObjects 4.0 last week. It looks like this release is strictly a roll-up of past fixes and includes fixes from the following packages: Support Package 7 Patch 7.1 – 7.2 Patch 6.3 – 6.6 Patch 5.10 – 5.14 For more information on Support Package 8, check out the Release Notes available […]

What’s New in SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 SP1

The big news out of the ASUG BusinessObjects User Conference was that SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 SP1 was now available. We set up this release in our lab and checked out some of the new cool features that are included. Web Intelligence Customization My favorite new feature is the ability to customize the Web Intelligence viewer […]

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Support Package 7 Released

Today SAP released Support Package 7 for BusinessObjects 4.0. This release is a roll-up of past fixes and includes the following patches: Support Pack 6 Patch 6.1 – 6.2 Patch 5.6 – 5.9 Patch 4.12 – 4.15 As always, if you are on a newer patch level than what’s included here, check the Forward Fit […]

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