BOE XI 3.0 to BOE XI 3.1

HI All,
I have a BOE XI 3.0 installed on my server. I have developed some live reports of WebI, Crystal Report and Dashboard.
Now we have one new server. I want to install BOE XI 3.1 SP2 on that server. And i want my all these reports on that server.
How can i use these reports of XI 3.0 to XI 3.1?
Regards,
Rishit

Hi Dennis,
Thanks for your reply.
But when we try for importing universe, it will give you error like Can not import universe: CMC is different.
Regards,
Rishit

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Can any share the documents / views about to Migration from BOE Xi 3.0 to BOE Xi 3.1
thanks in advnace,
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first of all could you please clarify the need for migration from BO XI 3.0 to 3.1, as you can simply apply SP1 on top of 3.0 and it becomes 3.1.
if you have considered this and still needs to migrate, following are the 3 posible options.
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2. BIAR - Live Migration - Import Wizard is the tool
Please reffer the Import Wizrd User guide for the option 1 and 2 link provided in the above thread.
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What is the version of Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1.
Does BOE XI 3.1 means BOE 12.1.
Do we have any documentation on this area.
--Kuldeep

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Technical upgrade guide for BOE 3.1 SP3 to BOE 4.0 for Unix

Team,
can any one help me with a proper tehcnical procedural guide documentation for BOE 3.1 SP3 to BOE4.0 in Unix envieornment.
None of docs present in the SAP masker palce give a proper tehcnical setaps or approach rather it give me some generic docuemensts whihc are simply wordy with no technical details.
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yes - finding documentation on UNIX is somethimes painfull. Cause BI4 is currently in Ramp- Up, it is possible that not all Documentation is finished.
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We also have another server that was purchased a couple years ago and BOE XI was loaded on it and the CE9 stuff was migrated to it. But the migration was never completed and the person in charge of this left and the project has sat since then due to resource issues.
I am now tasked with creating a plan for getting BOE XI R2 loaded on the "new" server and migrating the information from the CE9 server. There are 2 options that I can see.
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Well you said the XI environment is old, but if you wanted to an upgrade will keep what you have. We usually recomend migration vs upgrade if a production server is installed but in DEV if all goes wrong, your other option is to reinstall anyway, so might as well try it out.
What I think you will end up doing is migrating from CE9 to XIR2. It's a pretty tall task for anyone to assume they can guide you through a migration of 3 product versions in a simple forum post. This is why it's recomended to use a consultant, as they will get to know your existing environment and all the possible "gotcha's".
The import wizard is your tool for migrating reports, users, groups, folders, and even instances from CE9 to XIR2. You are welcome to perform this on your own and if you have a contract you can always open a message with support if you get stuck.
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希望大虾们帮忙，有什么解决方法呢？谢谢先~

>
Eva Zhong wrote:
> Hi
> 我想通过dashboard URL button 链接到一个CR，用了openDocument 功能， link 如下：
> http://<server>:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sWindow=New&iDocID=6053&isApplication=true&token=entSession
>
> 显示为500 error, 问题出在参数 token=entSession ，不加的话可以正常打开，但是要输入用户名。 entSession 是我从openDoucment.jsp 文件中找到的变量，但是应该不能这样用，
>
> 环境：
> BOE XI3.1, CR 和 Dashboard 都是上传到BOE上通过InfoView 打开的，现在的问题是登录BOE后， dashboard 可以正常打开，但是当通过dashboard中的link 打开CR 的时候要求输入用户名密码。
>
> 已经看过请教使用 openDocument 的 URL 报表处理但是情况好像不同，没办法把 URL 写死z在openDocument.jsp 中。
>
> 希望大虾们帮忙，有什么解决方法呢？谢谢先~
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Hi all, I am analyzing the best method to import crystal report (.rpt) in BOE.
1) What are advantages and disadvantages to import a crystal report (.rpt) to directly in BOE ?
2) What are advantages and disadvantages to import a crystal report (.rpt) in SAP BOE and then publish into BOE by transaction code /crystal/rptadmin ?
I read in most of thread that most of you use the solution 2.
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>> Using BI Authorizations
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请教, SUSE10平台的BOE无法将文件传输到WIN2003平台的FTP服务器上

2. SUSE10平台的BOE无法将文件传输到WIN2003平台的FTP服务器上，只会在FTP服务器上创建一个0K大小的空文件
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Hi Heather
I get the same behaviour in this case:
If my report uses a Stored procedure as the datasource AND i use an SQL sommand to create the LOV for dynamic parameter then each time i run the report in infoview it asks for db login info
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I created the same report with a table as the datasource and used the exact same command to create the LOV and was able to run the report without a request for db login info.
I also created the report with the SP but with no LOV, the parameter is set to static, and it runs without extra login
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We recently upgraded our systems (all client and server) to SP2.7 in order to solve a problem with saving Crystal Reports to BW. Now we are experiencing a new error when trying to publish a Crystal Report from BW to BOE (either all in one step from Crystal Reports application or directly from within BW).
Upon trying to publish a Crystal Report from BW to BOE, we get the following error:
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Edited by: Josh Crawford on May 10, 2010 9:46 AM

Ingo,
Apologies for the delayed response. We've spent a few days poking around with this issue, and had even opened a customer message for it (13641).
In the end, it seems that the problem was somehow associated with the "Prepare this report for translation." flag in the "Save to BW Options" dialog box of Crystal Reports. If we try to Save & Publish with the Translation flag selected, we get the duplicate entry error. If we Save & Publish without the Translation flag selected, everything is fine.
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Thanks,
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SERVER2:
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Thanks

Muralidhar Kolapalli wrote:
How do I auhenticate only against SERVER1 using AD and still be able to use the load balancing for other serversa?
If the authentication failes on SERVER2 is it possible to reroute the request to SERVER1?
Another option I guess is to custom reinstall on HP-UX and deselect CMS and just install other servers. Will this work?
Thanks
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