BOE report scheduling based on BW event

Hi Experts,
I am looking for a solution to schedule a BOE report (eg. crystal, WebI) based on a BW event (eg. data load is finished).
Systems: BOE XI 3.1 SP3, BW 7.01
The best option with minimum SDK enhancements so far is when BW routine creates a file in a specified folder and BOE Event Server picks up this file and raises a file event which is used as a trigger for a report schedule.
Has anyone come across other alternatives without external file manipulations?
Any insight into possible BOE BI 4.0 new features on BW-BOE cross platform scheduling and events handling?
Thank you

Hi,
BusinessObjects Enterprise also has an Event Server and the most simple event could be the "existence" of a file on a file server. and yes there is also an SDK for it. You can find more details as part of the BusinessObjects Enterprise documentation on help.sap.com
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