Web Intelligence documentation.

Hi all,
Can someone provide the link for Web Intelligence documentation as am new to this area ??
Thanks
Jerry

Hi
Look here:
http://help.sap.com/
and select the SAP BusinessObjects tab and then click All Products on the left.
You can then limit the list down to just show WebIntellignce from the drop downs
Regards
Charles

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Documentation and Samples for Web Intelligence Extension Points url.

I have been trying to find documentation and samples for Web Intelligence Extension Points. Can someone give me the link ?
The files are
1.) webi_dhtml_EP_samples.zip
2.) xi3-2_web_dhtml_customization_and_integration_ext_points_en.pdf

Hello,
I'm trying to find the API documentation and samples for Web Intelligence Extension Points for BO XI 3.1.
The downloadable ZIP is no longer available at the URL Simply customize your WebIntelligence User Interface
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/80f21e8b-711d-2c10-6f9a-ae191653f848
Anyone could you give me a new link for this feature ?
Thank in advance.
Sincerely,

Refresh of Data in Xcelsius from Web Intelligence Results

Hello,
I am new to the forum but not to Business Objects/Xcelsius. I attended the SAP Sapphire Event last May and spent time in the Business Objects lab. Two Product Managers demonstrated how I would be able to refresh the data in an Xcelsius dashboard using Live Office by retreiving results from a Webi document without refreshing the Webi query.
For example, my Webi document contains 100,000 result rows. I want to be able to select a dropdown in my dashboard and have Live Office retreive only a subset of the 100,000 rows. This being done without having the Webi query being refreshed from the database. The Webi query would be refreshed nightly.
The Product Managers advised that this functionality would be available in Service Pack 3 or before. As of now I cannot find out how to make this work. Any help or information would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello Charles,
WebIntelligence Input Controls are a way to enhance and customize user experience with report filters, they are therefore based on report filters and the feature is more focused on user interface & experience rather than exposition outside web intelligence.
Anyway, AFAIK, report filters are not available from Live Office report parts, you can only filter content with prompts, which requires the document to be refresh from the database, which has a direct impact on performance and scalability for consumers.
However, if you are with WebIntelligence XI 3.1 SP2 you have the alternative to publish from WebI Rich Client, report elements (any table or chart) as web services (called BI Services).
This tool is based on Qaaws technology, and share some of its features (main being that is uses the same Xcelsius Data Manager connection), it exposes a large part of WebI interactions to external consumers (esp. Xcelsius) : report filters, drill, prompts.
Besides this tool provides a set of call input parameters to tune web service consumption for best performance and scalability, enabling to leverage WebI document management features like scehduling, publishing and refresh, so consumers can balance performance with real-time data.
More information is available from WebIntelligence Rich Client user documentation from section sharing webi content with other web applications.
I recommend you install the latest fix pack (SP2.5 and above), as some initial fixes were required to ensure full compatibility with Xcelsius.
Hope that helps,
David.

Creating a new Web Intelligence document using OpenDocument (requires an existing document?)

We use the OpenDocument interface to embed the Web Intelligence viewer in our web application. One of the problems we're having is that the code appears to require a valid document ID, even if all you want to do is create a new document (passing the noDocument=true flag, so that the application opens with no document at all).
I've tried various permutations of the following, with no success, always getting this error message (An error occurred: Could not find the document)
E.g:
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true...
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true&iDocID=...
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true&iDocID=-1...
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true&iDocID=0...
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true&sDocName=...
http://bo-server:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?noDocument=true&sDocName=new...
It appears the only way to get OpenDocument to allow you to do this is to use an existing WebI document ID. That is to say you can't create a new document unless you already have an existing document to include in the call to the JSP.
This limitation appears to be artificial and only on the OpenDocument interface -- You can create new documents in Launchpad without having an already existing document to point to. Documenting the workaround for this, having people installing the product first make a webi and save it, then configuring it so it has read-only permissions (so it doesn't accidentally get deleted), then configuring our application to lookup the ID isn't the most elegant of experiences.
I was wondering if anyone had run into this before and/or if anyone at SAP could look into it? I'm hoping it's an easy limitation/bug to fix.
This limitation affects 4.1 SP4 and probably older versions of the OpenDocument interface. See also:
Embedding Java Webi Report Panel in Custom Application - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki
Thanks!

There is a feature request to request addressing this limitation here. If you're interested, please vote it up!
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Web Intelligence export to Excel misses some fields

Hi,
Our system is running BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 with SP3 (no fix packs). The behavior I'm seeing is when exporting a particular Webi doc to Excel.
Here is some background info for the document I am attempting to export to Excel. The doc contains a section and the section has a crosstab including description header cells. I have added an additional cell at the top of the section with section specific information in it- nothing that strange yet. If my InfoView (Web Intelligence) preferences is set so that 'Select a priority for saving to MS Excel' is set to 'Prioritize easy data processing in Excel' then the exported document is missing the additional cell at the top of the section (all other data is fine). If the setting is set to 'Prioritize the formatting of the documents' then the Excel export works perfectly.
My question is why would this be? The cell is just a simple dimension (string). My only fear about changing this Excel setting is that there is a warning in the 'Business Objects XI 3.1 Release Notes' guide. It states
Large Web Intelligence documents should be saved to Excel format using the "Prioritize data processing" option". The generated Excel might not open if the document is large and saved with the "prioritize formatting" option.
Thanks,
Steve

We are experiencing similar issue using BO 4 SP2 Patch 10 when exporting to Excel with setting 'Prioritize easy data processing in Excel'. Exporting data worked after changing WEBI settings to 'Prioritize the formatting of the documents'
Documentation regarding this option states following:
"Under "Select a priority for saving to MS Excel", select the option that best fits your needs:
u2022 If you want to display the data in a format that is similar to working in Web Intelligence, then
choose Prioritize the formatting of the documents.
u2022 If you want to display the data in a text format, then choose Prioritize easy data processing in
Excel."
If I understand this explanation correctly then both options should have extracted the same content to Excel. Difference should have been how the contents were formatted and should not have caused loss of information.
I logged support ticket for this issue.

Install Web Intelligence

I've downloaded and successfully installed "BOE XI 3.1 (Server/Client Tools) for Solaris" (File 51035054) on Solaris 10.
I can see some Web Intelligence servers in the Central Management Console and I can see there is mention of Web Intelligence in the Settings area of the CMC.
I just don't know how to install the front end for Web Intelligence (I believe there is a web version and a rich client - I am more interested in the web version).
The only guides I can find about Web Intelligence are how to use it, not how to install it. From what I can gather, it looks like I have to deploy a war file for it using wdeploy, but I can't see the war anywhere in the download area.
I've requested a licence for Web Intelligence in the hope that when I get the licence I'll get more information on what to do but haven't heard back yet (I only requested it about 2 hours ago). (We have some sort of support agreement which I assume covers Web Intelligence).
I am not sure if I need to install InfoView?
I am sure there is some documentation that I'm just not seeing. I found really good documentation about installing BO Enterprise but now that I've done that I am a bit lost about what to do next.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Tanya

Hi Tanya,
I have not done this on Solaris, but on Windows there is no separate install for Web Intelligence. If you installed the Web Services Tier it should be possible to create a Web Intelligence document through the InfoView portal.
Hope this helps
Alan

Web intelligence Report timing out

Hi
We are using BO XI 2. Recently we have started facing an issue with some of our reports. The reports started failing after a database bounce. We are using Oracle Database. Before the bounce the reports used to be generated within 15 minutes. After the bounce the reports started timing out. Not sure what caused this issue. To eliminate problem with the datatbase we ran the query separately which ran in 15 minutes.
Can someone help us out on the same

Aditya,
       Option 1. see Page 197.
1. Stop Tomcat.
2. Open the server.xml for Tomcat.
On Windows, server.xml is located at: C:Program Files (x86)SAP BusinessObjectsTomcat6conf On UNIX server.xml is located at <CATALINA_HOME>/conf. The default value of <CATALI NA_HOME> is <INSTALLDIR>/bobje/tomcat55 3. Locate this section in the server.xml file:

<!--
<Connector port="8082"
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="false"
acceptCount="100" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000"
proxyPort="80" disableUploadTimeout="true"
Option 2. Find attached Admin document and see page 734-735 This section provides the command-line options that are specific to the Web Intelligence Processing Server.
The default path to the server on Windows is <INSTALLDIR>SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0win64_x64WIReportServer.exe.
Option 2..
      In CMC Webi Intelligence Processing Server you can change the properties.
Web Intelligence Core Service
Use Configuration Template
Timeout Before Recycling (seconds):
Idle Document Timeout (seconds):
Server Polling Interval (seconds):
Maximum Documents per User:
Maximum Documents Before Recycling:
Allow Document Map Maximum Size Errors
Idle Connection Timeout (minutes):
Maximum Connections:
Enable Memory Analysis
Memory Lower Threshold (MB):
Memory Upper Threshold (MB):
Option 3.
http://busobj.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/how-to-set-various-web-intelligence-timeouts/
[BI4.0] Timeout settings
Option 4.
Change the time out/Query Execution time in Universe Designer - Query Properties - Web Intelligence Time properties in Infoview and change the Max Records Retrieval also.
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Suresh

No Input controls in Web Intelligence Ritch Client ?

Hi,
I have got Web Intelligence Rich Client 12.1.0.882 ( the one from the Trial BO Edge)
I wan't to set Input Controls like Buttons, etc.
According to the Documentation "Building Reports with the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel"
( xi31_sp2_webi_java_en.pdf ) this is possible:
Chapter 19 "Filtering data using input controls"
Input controls defined
Input controls provide a convenient, easily-accessible method for filtering
and analyzing report data. You define input controls using standard windows
controls such as text boxes and radio buttons. You associate these controls
with report elements such as tables or section headers, and use the controls
to filter the data in the report elements. When you select values in the input
control, Web Intelligence filters the values in the associated report elements.
Anybody found the Input Control Tab ?
Where ?
Wrong version ?
Thanks
Martin

Hello Martin,
Thank you for your interest in that feature.
Input controls were delivered from Service Pack 2 of XI 3.1, and are available from all WebI clients, with that release level.
Version number you provide corresponds to XI 3.1, not XI 3.1 SP2, for which About... should display version number 12.2.0.290, reason why you haven't been able to find the feature.
Input control tab is available as an extra tab on the left hand side of Rich Client (by default), tab is simply called 'Input Controls', there are also a specific entry on some Report Element contextual menus (to facilitate input control definition from current selection).
Hope that helps,
David.

Your Web Intelligence Rich Client session is no longer valid. (RWI 00242)

Hi,
I am running a report via BOXI .net SDK but after exactly 20 minutes BoxiReportEngine.GetDocumentInformation returns the following exception: "Your Web Intelligence Rich Client session is no longer valid. (Error: RWI 00242)"
I have set my timout to 2 hours in my C# app with
BoxiConnection.TimeOut = 120 * 60;
before calling
BoxiSession = new Session(BoxiConnection);
I have set the ODBC used by the report to 600 minutes timeout. The report has no "max retrieval time". Why is this happening after 20 min? Where can I change this setting? My BOXI installation is: BOE XI 3.1 FP 2.7 Update 12.2.7.598
BTW: I have not found any official documentation of RWI 00242.
Thanks

Hi,
I am getting error message when I try to access the application:
Error : Your session is no longer valid.Was this working before? If yes, what changes have you done recently?
Review Apache log files (error_log and access_log) for more details about the error.
Let me know the fix.In addition to the above, review the following documents and see if it helps.
Note: 267229.1 - APPS Login Error: Your Session Is No Longer Valid
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=267229.1
Note: 395953.1 - Your Session Is No Longer Valid. Please Login Again. Oracle error 20001: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-20160: Encountered an error while getting the ORACLE user account for your concurrent request
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=395953.1
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Hussein

Can i insert data in my database from a web intelligence report?

if that's not possible,can I do it from a stored procedure based Universe or with a derived table? Does BusinessObjects in general allow me to execute statements to insert data in my database?

Hi Erika,
afaik it is not possible write back to database from web intelligence .
from dashboards with web services you can achieve this.

Connection from Web Intelligence over Universe to SAP ERP without SAP BW

Hi there,
is there a way to create a Universe which ic connected to SAP ERP (ECC 6.0) ? I want to use Web-Intelligence to create the Reports for my ERP-Data. But i don't want to make the way over SAP BW.
Otherwise i have to use Crystal because Crystal + SAP ERP Integration Kit can handle a connection to ERP. But then i have to waste a lot of time for the accuracy to a pixel which i dont need and i dont want...
Any Ideas ?!
Thanks
Sebastian
Edited by: smenzl on Mar 31, 2010 9:17 AM

Hi
you have 4 options:
1) Load your SAP ERP data into an SAP BW system and use OLAP universes to build WebI reports.
2) Use Rapid marts for SAP. This product comprises Data Integrator mappings that will allow to load your SAP ERP data into a predefined DWH based on a relational data source (like DB2, MS SQL Server or Oracle). It also includes a universe based on the predefined relational DWH that will allow you to build WebI reports.
3) Use the Data Federator with the SAP R/3 connector. Please note that the R/3 connector is NOT a product rather a prototype tand will be used at own risk (SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Reporting for SAP ERP [original link is broken])
4) NOT RECOMMENDED: Try to access the tables directly in the underlying database. Please note that this may work for some but not all of the ERP data. In several case the data are stored encoded in the underlying tables and there is no way to extract the required information. Additionally the ERP security will not be leveraged into the WebI report.
Crystal reports is the currently the only BO reporting tool, which supports direct access to SAP ERP data sources.
Regards,
Stratos

Date data from Web Intelligence Report not equal to Date from Source

Hi,
I am creating a Web intelligence report based on a BEx query. I have a field called 'Date' that I am bringing over from the BEx query. It has a format of MM/DD/YYYY. When I view the 'Date' in Web Intelligence, it is displaying as 1/1/70. For example, in the BEx Query, 'Date' = 11/01/2011. In Crystal Reports, it is showing up as 1/1/70 as the only date. The source field contains more than 1 date. I'm not sure what's going on. I am using the 14.0.0 (2010) version of the Web Intelligence through the BusinessObject Launch Pad.
Please help!
-Janice

Hi
The patches for SAP BusinessObjects BI4.0 are accumulative. This means you can download the latest patch (for the Support Package that you have installed) and it will have all the patch fixes
It looks like older patches are being removed from the sites & only the most recent patch or patches are available since they are accumulative
I believe Patch 2.15 should now be available, but anything later than Patch 2.6 should help you in this instance
I hope this helps
regards...ian

Can we use Java Script in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1?

Can we use Java Script or any other Script in BI 4.1 Web Intelligence? If possible please do let me know the method/process

Hi Kranthi,
You have option to read a cell content as html. else you will have to go for SDK. I think you will get better suggestions, if you can explain your requirement in a little detailed manner.
refer below links for more details about SDK.
http://bukhantsov.org/2013/04/how-to-create-a-webi-document-using-java-report-engine-sdk/
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Difference Between BEx Web and Web Intelligence

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Could someone help me understand why someone would want to choose SAP BW BEx Web over Web Intelligence (apart from license issues)?
Web Inteligence is a very strong tool from a UI point of view and has can do most of the functions that SAP BW BEx Web can. WebI allows users to actually create your own reports.
A couple of drawbacks with WebI
- I can see is that Web Intelligence does not handle SAP BW hiearchies very well (i.e. they are not shown in a hierachical manner).
- WebI holds the data within the report which can mean long run times. BEx Web only brings back data for fields that are shown in the report
I have heard people saying that BEx Web is an OLAP tool and WebI is not. How does this make a difference?
Thanks

Hi,
take a look here:
http://www.sdn.sap.com//irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/d00ae0a1-8086-2d10-118c-f35b8e604bc4
BEx is an OLAP Tool and Web Intelligence for sure not - means that Web Intelligence is not designed for multi-dimensional concepts.
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How to WorkDay() Excel Function in Business Objects Web Intelligence 12.2.7

Hi,
I am calculating OTD SLA metrics using the Business Object Web Intelligence, but I am stuck with the WorkDay() how to use this in BO, as it is available in Excel. Requirement is that I need to add business days (Saturdays and Sundays should not be considered) to a particular date. Greatly appreciate if some one can help me immediately as this is high priority right now and need to complete it <REMOVED_BY_MODERATOR>. Thank you, Shiv. Thanks in advance.
Edited by: Pravender on Nov 22, 2010 11:18 AM

Thank you for trying to reply.
What exactly I need is that:
Example:
11/19/2010 + 3 this should give me the date 11/24/2010 which is actually excluding Sat and Sun and adding only the business days to the date.
Please provide me full formula
Thanks in advance, Shiv

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