BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated

We just installed BWA 7.2 with the BOE 2.0 blade and BO Accelerator 1.0. Also, we are running BW 7.01 SP10 at this time. We installed BOE 4.02 SP9 to use with the accelerators. Is this the accelerated version of BOE or should we be using X.I 3.2? We are also installing BO Enterprise Suite 4.0. The documentation we've read is not very clear on which version is accelerated.

Exploring BWA indexes in Explorer means accelerated. If you index and explore Universes (UNX) or Excel files that is non-accelerated.
In BOE 4.02 Patch 9 CMC -> Applications -> Explorer just enter the connection details to your BWA blade, for example:
com.businessobjects.datadiscovery.dataprovider.trex.host=<BWA HOST NAME or IP>
com.businessobjects.datadiscovery.dataprovider.trex.port=30016
Then restart Explorer servers and log in Explorer -> Manage Spaces you should see the BWA indexes listed.
Edited by: George Pertea on Jan 28, 2012 10:37 PM

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SDK development for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated version

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in one of our project we need to use the engine of Explorer Accelerated an SDK application.
Is it possible or does exists sdk libraries for using only the search component of Explorer?
What we need is something that give to Explorer box our search request and give back to us a result that could be a table/webi report/xml file without using the webinterface itself of Explorer.
Thanks!
Andrea

From the header of this forum suspect you posted to an incorrect place:
Forum: Other SAP BusinessObjects Development
This forum is dedicated to all other development-related questions which
are not directly addressed by other forums. This includes Business Objects SDKs,
products, or technologies which do not fall under BusinessObjects Enterprise,
BusinessObjects Edge, Crystal Reports Server, or Crystal Reports (for example
Desktop Intelligence SDK, Universe Designer SDK, Portal Integration Kits, Java User
Function Libraries, and other third party technologies or development languages).
I believe the forum upi want is [Business Explorer (BEx)|SAP Business Explorer (SAP BEx);.
Please do not forget to close this thread.
- Ludek

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

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

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

Difference Between Explorer and Explorer Accelerated?

I was wondering if anyone could possibly give me links to documents that outline the differences between SAP Businessobjects Explorer and Businessobjects Explorer Accelerated. Or even just documents that outline their functionality without getting into techical specs too much.
I have found a few, but they all seem to be too general or specific. I understand enough to get that the Accelerated version has an add-on that allows you to connect to your BWA blades, but are there any other differences?
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Did you already check this book 'Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer' by Ingo Hilgefort?
http://www.sap-press.com/products/Inside-SAP-BusinessObjects-Explorer.html
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BusinessObjects Explorer The creation of the data source object tree failed

Hi,
I'm trying to create a new information space in BusinessObjects Explorer 4.0. When I select the Universe I want to use and click "New" Information Space I get the following error.
Failed to retrieve the data source details.
The creation of the data source object tree failed.
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Hi Jeff,
first of all BI4 Enterprise is not supported on Windows 7 and it may not work properly for various reasons.
But you can give this a try:
Update the command line parametres of each of the Explorer Services to use a different value for the connection server libraries
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- Master
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And update the server command line parameters with the following:
"-Dbusinessobjects.connectivity.directory=C:/Program Files (x86)/SAP BusinessObjects/SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0//dataAccess/connectionServer"
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请教:SAP BusinessObjects Explorer和以前的Business Objects有什么区别?

在网上看到不少SAP BusinessObjects Explorer简介，但都是泛泛而谈的，能否有更详细的资料,
1、SAP BusinessObjects Explorer和未收购前的版本（比如 BusinessObjects XI R2）有什么突破？
2、SAP BusinessObjects Explorer和SAP ERP结合有哪些新的特色？

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Jamesypeng2009 wrote:
> 在网上看到不少SAP BusinessObjects Explorer简介，但都是泛泛而谈的，能否有更详细的资料,
>
> 1、SAP BusinessObjects Explorer和未收购前的版本（比如 BusinessObjects XI R2）有什么突破？
>
>
> 2、SAP BusinessObjects Explorer和SAP ERP结合有哪些新的特色？
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thanks & regards
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http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexplXI32/en/exp32_whats-new_en.pdf
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- I noticed it can tell me where the metro is, but could nokia maps + city explorer tell me what line should i take in the metro and which station i should go out?
- Does it all require data transfering while i'm walking, or can i donwload it all before, where i have wifi? (like nokia map-loader)
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Thank's!

You can find most of the answers here - or to links to the answers -
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexplXI32/en/exp_acc_admin_en.pdf
I haven't used the Explorer accelerated for a long time, but as far as I remember in rsddstat i think you can identify the explorer usage from the user id, but not sure - try and see.
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Querysnap shot index is a SNAPSHOT of the data at the time of the index - it will never change unless you re-run the query and index it. Regular BWA indexes gets updated when you load data to underlying cubes and run BWA rollups/change runs. The querysnap shot data will not change. I like them if my query output miliions of lines - such as ZCUSTOMER. With query snapshot, you can put all of them to explorer for customer segmentation etc purposes
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u2022 SBOP Explorer (SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.2)
u2022 SBOP Enterprise (SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2)
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ingo

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http://www.service.sap.com/swdc
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Hello.
Could you please give me the step-by-step instructions to set up the native HANA JDBC connection from BO Explorer?
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Hello,
Never give up, never surrender!
Quote from Galaxy Quest
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