Business Objects Installation

Hello, if my basis people install BOBJ BI Intelligence, would it also install the infoview? thanks.

Hello,
Let me add to what have been mentioned above.
For SAP BOBJ installation you have to plan your setup first.
Yes, if you do SAP Business Objects Enterprise setup and use all the default options which are prompted by the installer you can see that there will two application servers (default) Tomcat5.5 & IIS
These are the two APP servers which host applications like InfoView, CMC etc.
By default in case of Tomcat for XI3.1: -
InfoView URL: - http://<Hostname>:<Port>/InfoViewApp/
CMC URL: - http://<Hostname>:<Port>/CmcApp/
here <hostname> is the machine where Tomcat (shipped with product itself) is running
and <Port> is where Tomcat is listening (Default Port is 8080) --> You can install this on server machine itself or if you want to install it on any other machine you have to do "clustering".
Now I would recommend that first you go through link http://service.sap.com/support/ --> "Help & Support" --> "SAP Business Objects Support" --> "Documentation" --> "Supported Platforms/PARs" --> "SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1"
spend some time reading document are per your required version: -
Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3 - Windows - Supported Platforms
Enterprise XI 3.1 SP4 - Windows - Supported Platforms
Now once you have infrastructure ready as mentioned in these guide you can follow the link as provided in the above post to carry on the installation.
Thanks

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Business Objects Installation Issue

Hi,
I installed Business Objects Enterprise XI Release 3 on my system
OS : Windows XP Service Pack 2
After Installation I don't see Server Intelligence Agent under Central Configuration Manager.
I only see Tomcat Server on that dialog box.
Is there any alternative way to add Server Intelligence Agent ?
I appreciate any help...
Thanks ..
Sudha...

Hi,
the server version of BOBJ XI 3.x is not supported on Windows XP. I would suggest to take a look at the Supported Platforms document
BO XI 3.1
[http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/60cdb229-d874-2b10-18ac-ed2f46873753]
BO XI 3.0
[http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/2029ee7f-5d56-2b10-098c-8a4cb0564362]
Regards,
Stratos

Business Object Installation - Clarification

Dear All,
I would like to understand that business objects & Business Intellegence (Latest Version) can be installed on the same server or not.
Does the Business Objects is a add-on business intellegence ?
Is IDES Version available for Window & Oracle ?
Please also share the installation documents & guideline if any .
Thanks & Regards
Vimal

Hi,
As far as i know you need to have seperate server for BOBJ.
Please go to help.sap.com and go to business objects and select all products on left corner and filter by BOE and select xi 3.1 and there you will have all the usefull guides you are looking for. If you are planning to report on sap BW data using Business Objects Please go through these blogs by INGO( These are Excellent source for BOBJ WITH SAP INTEGRATION Kit.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap?rid=/webcontent/uuid/a02d2792-452a-2c10-7c8f-ddd50dad779b [original link is broken]
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap?rid=/webcontent/uuid/20f83c7e-3f2a-2c10-7dbf-a5ec14611a1e [original link is broken]
Thanks,
SK.
Edited by: Vallabhaneni SK on Jul 2, 2009 10:21 AM

Unable to Delete the Business Objects Installation folder

Hi,
I am trying to re-install the Business Objects 4.1 SP4 on my Dev Machine. I have un-installed BO4.1 by going to Control Panel>programes & Features>uninstall. After i completed the unistall process i have rebooted my machine and still saw the Business Objects folder in the Installation Drive.
I am trying to delete the folder but unable to do it. it reads 'The Action Cant be completed because the folder or file in it is open in another program'. is there any way to get rid of this error and delete the folder to start fresh new installation??

Hi,
To delete the folder you can use rococopy command.
Follow steps
1) Create one dummy folder "xx" on the same level where the already folder exists.let say i want to delete Test folder and folder location is F:/Test and create xx on the same level.
2) Go back one level up like on F:/ drive right click and command prompt.
3) run the command robocopy Test xx /MIR
After that you will be able to delete the folder.
or run one more command to delete the folder from command prompt.
rd/s F:\Test
Regards,
Amit

TMP files created inside business objects installation folder

Hi All,
I noticed TMP files are being inside of business objects folder and it is taking up entire disk space.What is causing this and what can be done to avoid this?
Thanks.

there was a service market place note that says do NOT delete this data.
https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/smp_custmsg/note_index.htm?note_number=0001706286&sap-language=E&p_sid=MjAxMzA0MDMyMzIzMDFTMDAwNTIzODIxMg==&row_num=1&base_url=https%3A//websmp102.sap-ag.de&hashkey=CAEE362677E88779458C84404B570576

Issue With Business Objects Installation-STW00213 The Central Management Server has failed to start.

Hi,
I am in the process of installing Business Objects XI 3.1 in one of our server. While installing I am getting the error 'The Central Management Server has failed to start. Press 'retry' to attempt to start it again or 'cancel' to skip any actions dependendent on the Central Management Server. STW00213.'
I have tried re-installing the BO, and also tried installing without giving admin password. But it doesn't work. And also I ahve tried giving the passwords of database and CMS Admin without Sepcia Characters. But it also doesn't work.
If I cancel and install the BO, Server Intelligence Agent is not available in Central Management Server.
Could anyone help on this issue?
Thanks
Prakadesh

Hi Prakadesh,
Try these steps.
1. Stop and disable the service of current SIA. You can do it from start-->run services.msc. Double click the SIA service and change the status to disable.
2. Login into sqlplus and drop all the CMS tables.
3. Create a new SIA pointing to Oracle from the CCM.
4. Start the new SIA and check if all services come up and you are able to login into Manager servers.
If this does not work, check the event viewer for error messages.
Regards
Chinmaya

Business Objects Installation and Required Components

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What are the latest versions of the following products on SAP Marketplace?????
- BusinessObjects Enterprise
- Crystal Reports Server
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Thank you,
Nikee

Hi Sreeni,
The latest versions of the product is available in the belwo link:
http://help.sap.com/
SAPBusiness Objects->All Products.
You can find the latest version for each product there.
Hope this helps you.
Regards
Sindhu

Business Object Installation Error code STW00140

Hi Gurus,
During Installation I am getting error
The product keycode you entered is not valid : STW00140
I am installing on XP.
could any one help me?
Thanks in advance
Jack

Try a temporary license key from http://service.sap.com/licensekey
If it works, request for a permanent key at the same location.
Thanks
Subhodeep

Business Objects installables...

Hi Experts,
I'm very much new to BO and I don't know anything about BO. Now I got the requirement to install it.
As of my knowledge, SAP recently acquired BO and it's usage is similar to SAP's BI. Am I right, please correct if not.
And where can I get BO related stuff, like what it is? what is latest version? and it's installation documents and hardware recommendations.
Please your help in this. Just route me to the area, that's it. I will put efforts to look after this.
Thanks,
Vamsi Krishna.

Hi Vamsi,
Please click the link below
http://help.sap.com/
1. Go to the SAP BusinessObjects Tab and then click the 'All Products' link on the left.
2. Browse throught the products and its release, choose the BusinessObjects Enterprise from the product drop-down and the releases will get populated in the release drop-down.
3. The related documents will be displayed.
Hope this helps you.
Regards,
Abhijeet T.

Installing Business Objects XI R2 on the same server (LPAR) multiple times

Greetings!
My goal is to create "multiple" Business Objects XI R2 instances on a single AIX LPAR, so that I might have up to 8 Business Objects environments. Each environment would be be used to promote reports through test and eventually production. Yes, I know 8 environments is a lot, they won't necessarily be running simultaneiously. We do want 8 environments, with 8 CMS databases all separated.
I belive there are two possibilities:
1. I can create 8 separate Business Objects installs, each in their own separate directory structure, each install owned by a different user. Each installation would use a separate set of ports statically bound to each service that needs to be accessed over a firewall (like CMS, inputFRS, outputFRS,...).
2. Run a single installation of Business Objects and keep sepaarate CMS databases and repositories. I doubt this would work as I've only been able to find configurations for clustering, in which all CMS servers use the SAME CMS database. Is this option even possible?
Does anybody have any similar experiences using AIX? I have already attempted getting a second install running (option #1) but so far I've not been able to keep the second environement's CMS server running using statically-bound ports. They will, however, run simultaneously on the second install without statically binding the ports.
Server details:
IBM AIX 5.3 TL-08
Business Objects XI R2 SP4
CMS database - IBM DB2 9.1.4
Reporting database - IBM InfoSphere 9.5
Server separated by clients via firewall
Users will access Infoview, some access w/Crystal Reports XI
Thanks for your consideration,
Sean Boone

Thanks for the replies everyone!
I've gotten the two environments running but the CMC from one environment is trying to control the CMC from the other. For example, I have added the two installations to a single machine and set them up as follows:
boadmin - userid of "first" environment
boadminf - userid of "second" environment
CMS #1: boenv:6400
Tomcat ports: 8080, 8443, 8005 (std)
CMS #2: boenv:5500
Tomcat ports: 5905, 1720, 1731
So when I login to the CMC on CMS #1 and check "Settings" I see the database alias that I expect. When I logout and then login to the second CMS I see the same CMS database alias. In other words, they are both using the same database. However when I run the "cmsdbsetup.sh" command, it shows the correct alias for each environment.
My only thought at this point might be that since the daemons were given default names I'm going to see the same "service names" even though they are controlled via a separate name server.
Any clues as to what might be the cause here?
Thanks again!
Sean Boone

Business Query (or Business Objects) transparent sort

Post Author: waldopepper
CA Forum: Older Products
We're using Business Query 6.5.1 to insert data into Excel and we've been doing for a while using a SQL 2000 database and making use of the useful 'transparent sort' feature that lets you order the query results by fields not actually in the selection.We've just started a similar project using a different database (same server) and whenever we create queries for this new database, the transparent sort button is disabled with Business Queries.The help file states: "Transparent sorts are only available if the database at your site supports them"
It's definitely the database that is preventing this - we've used the same ODBC connection, Universe etc as the other DB that does work, just changing the DB it's accessing and it doesn't work when we switch databases to our new one.Does anyone have any idea what is preventing this? User permissions/rights, collation type etc?thanksw

Hi Denis,
Thanks for your response. I am aware that BO v5 is an outdated software but my client is still using it.
I tried to replicate the BusinessQuery issue by using my citrix profile but I also got the same error whereas my colleague didn't have any BQ issues with his profile.
I assume that the citrix team had installed Business Objects v5 in shared environment on WTS long ago and all Citrix BO users will access Business query module with their own profiles. But the BOMAIN.key file didn't copied into shared folder which is under Business Objects installable folder and Citrix team had copied it at some local drive for some reason
I asked the Citrix team to copy the BOMAIN.key file to affected user profile. Waiting to hear user response on output.
Kind Regards,
Srinivas

Business Objects Lead or Architect position open in NJ -pls contact asap

Hi,My name is Fahima Hilal and I am a Recruiter . We are Tier one vendors to major Fortune 100 clients. I am contacting you, with regards to your resume being posted on the internet. We have an opportunity that I have listed below. Could you please at your earliest convenience, call me at the number below and email a word copy of your resume to *[email protected]*? I thank you for your time, and am looking forward to hearing from you.My contact number is 201-982-1099. Please feel free to forward this requirement to anyone who you think may be interested and looking. Regards, 
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Migrating Crystal version 9.2 to Business Objects

Is there a target version of BO where I can simply make use of my existing Crystal reports.

Hey Alan,
You can migrate your Cr 9.2 version reports to Crystal XI R2 version.
But it is individual product /seperate installation as crystal designer not included in Business Objects installation.
You can run reports and upgrade to latest version CR 2008.
Thanks,
Navin.

Restoring Business Objcets Installation...

Hi there,
Well now that the server had an issue it actually needed to be rebuilt. So we're having to restore our Business Objects installation to a virtual server (old one was on a physical box). We are using XI R1.
Earlier in the morning I'd taken a backup of the BOXI database and done a complete copy of the file store. Is restoring our environment as simple as the following (copied from another thread here) or is there something else I need to configure?
Quote from existing thread found here somewhere...
Just take back up of input output file repository servers and CMC database of existing environment which is working fine and restore them in following manner:
1) Go to CCM, right click and stop the server and go to properties-> configuration tab and repoint to the database where we have copied existing CMC database back up.
2) Start the CMC server in CCM.
3) Log on to CMConsole and stop input, ouput servers
4) Repoint them to the location where you placed the back up and start them.
Cheers,
Chris

Hi Chris,
Exactly, these are the steps to restore the installation.
You need to install BO on other machine.
Point the CMS to the database backup.
Point the Input and output serrver to the correct location.
Restart CMS and the servers.
Thanks,
Anisa

Bug with Business Objects 3.1 Client installation. Very annoying indeed.

I have faced a few issues while developing with the Client installation (which includes the Client Development SDK) of business objects 3.1.
Some of the code just don't work with the client installation. They give Invalid cast exceptions. The same code will work fine with the server installation.
For a simple example, consider the following straightforward code to set the destination-
String query = "Select SI_DEST_SCHEDULEOPTIONS, SI_PROGID "
          + " From CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS Where SI_PARENTID=29 and "
          + " SI_NAME='CrystalEnterprise.DiskUnmanaged'";
        InfoObjects destinationInfoObjects = infostore.Query(query);
        InfoObject infoObject = destinationInfoObjects[1];
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        DestinationPlugin destinationPlugin = (DestinationPlugin)infoObject;
        DiskUnmanaged diskUnmanaged = (DiskUnmanaged)destinationPlugin;
        DestinationOptions destinationOptions = diskUnmanaged.ScheduleOptions;
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        diskUnmanagedOptions.Password = "your_password";
        schedulingInfo = publication.SchedulingInfo;
        schedulingInfo.Destination.SetFromPlugin(diskUnmanaged);
This code will give an invalid cast exception as follows-
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.InfoObject' to type 'CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.DestinationPlugin'.
This happens at the line -
DestinationPlugin destinationPlugin = (DestinationPlugin)infoObject;
Now, this code works fine on a box where the server is installed.
I have noticed this with a few other areas as well where the code fails with client installation but works on the server. This is really annoying because all the deveopers now have to install the server on their boxes.
It is actually worse if just the Client Developer SDK is installed (and not the whole client). You would expect that just the SDK installation would be enough for one to do the coding. But doesn't work at all.
Have others not faced this issue?

Hi Dan,
Thanks for your response. However, what I meant by client installation is exactly as what you have said below.
I start the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Setup, go to custom install, which shows up the following options-
Client Components
Web Tier Components
Server Components
Database Access
etc. etc.
Initially I unselected all, drilled down Client Components and just installed the Developer Components. But the code used to fail with an InvalidCast exception when we used to cast an InfoObject to a Report as following-
Report report = (Report)infoObjects[1];
This code used to work fine with earlier installations of business objects.
This happened with all 3 of us who installed just the Dev components. To get over this we installed the whole Client Components and the above problem got resolved.
And now we realize that even the whole Client Comp is not enough because it gives the casting problem while doing the destination stuff.

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