Webi Excel Personal Data Provider Dynamic Data
Hello,
We are using BOXI 3.1/SP2. I understand that we can use Excel documents as a personal data provider. I have myself used it to mix data from universe and an excel file from my local machine- using Rich Client.
I am wondering if it's possible for the report to reflect dynamic data. For e.g: Is there a way for the webi report to pick-up any updates in excel sheet automatically or in next scheduled refresh etc?
Thanks
Hi All,
With SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP3 refresh of Web Intelligence documents
created from custom data sources like text, excel files and Custom Data
Provider plug-in are supported in Infoview.
Note:
The refresh option is available for Windows operating system only.
To refresh a text or excel file, set the RefreshOnServer registry to the
following values:
RefreshOnServer = NO or Disable to disable refresh on Server.
RefreshOnServer = YES or ENABLE to enable refresh on Server, by
default it is set to YES or Enable.
RefreshOnServer = ALLOW_USE_WINDOWS_SHARE to enable refresh
on Windows server only.
The registry path is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Business
Objects > Suite 12.0 > Default > Web Intelligence > Calculator > PDP.
Before refreshing a document from Infoview make sure that the following
points are taken care:
1. The Custom Data Provider has to be on the BOE server, if it is clustered
then each and every cluster needs to be updated with the same copy of
Custom Data Provider.
Note: You cannot publish excel file to CMS and read from there, its should be
on the BOE server or shared path on file system
2. Incase of a blocker issue and the file cannot be accessed from its original
source location then the file should be placed in the default location for
each server.
The default server path is <Installdir>Business
Objects\PersonalDPFilessymantec, you can change this path by
changing the value of Server_Path in the registry.
3. The Server Intelligence Agent (SIA) should be managed by a user
authentication valid in the network domain. Normally SIA is managed
using local system account; this practice is not recommended when
deploying Custom Data Provider in server.
You can find more info XI 3.1 SP3 WebI Rich Client docunentation. Hope this helps.
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