BO Explorer Accelerated Version for BWA with BO Enterprise 4.0.2 ????

Question

Dear all,
we are currently running a complete BO Enterprise 4.0.2 landscape, including BO Explorer 4 (non accelerated version).
What we would like to add in addition(!), is an installation of BO Explorer (accelerated version of a dedicated blade) which directly accesses the data in our BWA, but which makes use of the already existing BOE landscape (including CMS, SAP authentication, etc.)
I checked all documentation on the service.sap.com, etc. and I have to say that I'm a little bit lost about the versions and the naming.
- There was once a version which was called SAP BO Explorer (blade) 2.0 and in the installation/master guide there was a dedicated part how to connect the new BO Explorer to the BO Enterprise and how to establish a connection between the BO Explorer and the BWA (so exactly what we from my general understanding need to do).
Unfortunately this guide was always based on the BOE XI3.2 version and NOT on the current 4.0.2 version
- The successor of SAP BO Explorer (blade) 2.0 is now called SBOP EXPLORER PACKAGE 4.0 (as I can read in service.sap.com), but when I check /instguides for "explorer", I can again read the following:
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version comprises the following software packages and components:
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer (blade) 2.0
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator 7.2
SAP BusinessObjects Accelerator (blade) 1.0
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services
SAP BusinessObjects Accelerator Index Designer
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (optional)
And now I'm lost. Does it mean that the latest installable blade edition is still SAP BusinessObjects Explorer (blade) 2.0, even when we are running BO Enterprise 4.0.2 ???? If so, is there any major difference between the XI3.2 version from the (blade) 2.0 installation/master guide and version 4.0.2 (except that I do not need the SAP integration stuff anymore)?! Is there an installation guide for BO Enterprise 4.0.2?
And last but not least, which version is the version which I can find under /swdc
SBOP EXPLORER ACCELERATED VERSION -> SBOP EXPLORER PACKAGE -> SBOP EXPLORER PACKAGE 4.0
It seems to me that this is the NON ACCELERATED version - so not the blade edition which is going directly to the BWA...
OR
Having the new BO Explorer Version 4 available does not at all require a special blade installation anymore?!? I simply need
- BWA720 and need to perform the following steps:
To connect SAP BusinessObjects Explorer with a designated SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator via the CMC administration page:
1. Stop the Explorer servers.
2. Logon to the BusinessObjects Enterprise CMC.
3. Navigate to Manage > Applications.
4. Right-click Explorer and click Properties.
5. Within Advanced Configuration: type the host and port values of the designated BWA.
For example:
com.businessobjects.datadiscovery.dataprovider.trex.host=<mybwaserver>
com.businessobjects.datadiscovery.dataprovider.trex.port=3<TREX_instance_number>16
Who can help me with this?
Thanks,
  Andreas
Edited by: Andreas Freistedt on Jan 28, 2012 10:07 PM

Answer 1

Dear Anbu,
long time ago since I did the initial configuration.
When I remember right, there was an additional parameter in one of the *ini files on the Trex Server, but when I searched I was not able to find any additional parameter - so I guess there is none.
One thing that I remember is, that we had to use the IP-adress on the BO server configuration instead the server name, as otherwiese the BO server was not able to reach the BWA (but his might be due to our internal configuration).
Regards,
Andreas