Desktop Intelligence XI 3.1 in 3-tier mode and a lot of Oracle sessions

Hi All,
I wanted to set BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 for our customers (they use BOE XI R2 now).
But I met with some problem for Desktop Intelligence in 3-tier mode (ZABO formerly).
Configuration:
BO Server: BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
BO Client: Desktop Intelligence version 12.1.0.882
BOE Connection Server: version 12.1.0.882 (2.0.0.29)
Product database (Data Warehouse): Oracle Server 10g
Database client: Oracle Client 10.2.0.1
Connection type: http (J2EE Portal) u2013 Tomcat
Customer DI Documents contain 10 queries on average.
Problem:
ConnectionServer create a session in Oracle FOR EACH QUERY from Desktop Intelligence document and BY EACH REFRESH.
e.g.:
30 users loaded any reports simultaneously and refresh theirs:
30 users * 10 queries (per 1 doc on average) = 301 Oracle sessions !!! (300 for queries and 1 for connection)
second refresh: 301 + 300 = 601 Oracle sessions
third refresh: 601 + 300 = 901 Oracle sessions
etc. while Oracle server is not down.
For DI doc in 2-tier mode (client-server) u2013 only 1 sessionu2026
Thanks.

Look at the XI3.0 migration guide on that site.
From page 333 onward some good info on the subject of calc. engine changes.

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