How to Restore BI4 Properly from FRS & CMS Db Restore from Backup

Step 1: Doing Server Back-Up to TAPES (Same TimeStamp)

Complete Back-Up Process includes:

• STOP
• BOBJ Servers Image back-up by IT
• CMS and Audit database
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\FileStore
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\Data\Polestar
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\Data\TrendingDB
• START

Step 2: Doing Server Restore from Back-Up (TAPES):

Complete Restore Process includes:

• STOP
• Restore CMS Database and Audit Database
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\FileStore
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\Data\Polestar
• D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\Data\TrendingDB
• START

NOTE: Previous content MUST be deleted before you restore.

Step 3: Phase 1 - Server Restore Process:

• You will notice that ALL the servers except for CMS are in the STOPPED stage.
• We need to re-initialize ALL the servers

Step 3: Phase 2 - Servers Re-Initialization Process (Step-by-Step):

Hello Everyone,

Objective: Create Tab Menu for reports instead of providing reports in Folders.

Introduction: BI Workspace is customizable interface which allow multiple documents like Dashboard, Webi reports and other documents together into a single viewand the same can be deliver to specific groups or users. We can make own Menu tabs for report and create multiple workspaces for specific group of users like sales users, management users etc as per business requirement.

Create BI Workspace:

Step 1: Login into BI launch pad with administrator rights, click on Application and then BI Workspace.

Step 2: Now add new tab and set the column and put the name as per requirement. (We can add multiple tab or sub tabs) 

Note: in this scenario, two tabs ‘Sales Reports’ and ‘Inventory Reports’ are added, In Sales Reports tab further two sub tabs are added as ‘BO Report-1’ and ‘BO Report-2’

Step 3: Now Navigate to public module in Module Library (Left side)

Step 4: Open the folder in which Dashboard and Webi reports are saved and then drag and drop on the workspace background.

Step 5: Save the BI Workspace in public folder.

Step 6: Change BI Launch pad preferences for specific users or group as per requirement.

Hope this Document helps to create Menu base tabs in SAP BI Launch pad. Suggestion and comments are welcome which help to improve this Documents.

Thanks,

Kashif Ali Khan

SAP's Maheshwar Singh and Frank Praebl provided this webcast yesterday to ASUG members.  We had a busy question & answer, and I thank them for taking the time to answer the questions along with our ASUG Volunteer Shawn Cooper.

Reference

Join us next month for What is coming in SAP BI4.2 -- register here

Join us next week in Austin SAP Analytics BusinessObjects Conference Starts Monday in Austin

See our upcoming webcasts here

I have Tomcat 7.0.55 installed on my BO Server.Now today I had a requirement to deploy a WAR file.To accomplish that I had to login to the Tocat Manager application using below URL http://<hostname>:port/manager/html

But It was giving me authorization error

In order to fix the this access issue, we need to make some changes in tomcat-users.xml file.The process goes as follows:

1. Navigate to the conf folder which is located in G:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\conf
2. Make sure we make a backup of the tomcat-users.xml file. 
3. Open the tomcat-users.xml file in a WordPad/notepad editor. 
4. Once we open the file it should look like:

            <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

          <tomcat-users>

          <role rolename="tomcat"/>

          <role rolename="role1"/>

          <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat"/>

          <user username="role1" password="tomcat" roles="role1"/>

          <user username="both" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,role1"/>

          </tomcat-users>

• Note that for Tomcat 7 onwards, the roles required to use the manager application were changed from the single manager role to the following four roles. You will need to assign the role(s) required for the functionality you wish to access.

               manager-gui - allows access to the HTML GUI and the status pages
               manager-script - allows access to the text interface and the status pages
               manager-jmx - allows access to the JMX proxy and the status pages
               manager-status - allows access to the status pages only

    5.   We have to add the following two roles:

          <role rolename="manager"/>
          <role rolename="admin"/>

          <role rolename="manager-gui"/>

          <role rolename="manager-script"/>

          <role rolename="manager-jmx"/>

          <role rolename="manager-status"/>

    6.  Once we add the roles, we have to add the following string:

          <user username="administrator" password="password" roles="admin,manager,tomcat,manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status"/>

    7.  After editing the tomcat-users.xml file, it should look like this:

          <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

          <tomcat-users>

          <role rolename="tomcat"/>

          <role rolename="role1"/>

          <role rolename="manager"/>

          <role rolename="manager-gui"/>

          <role rolename="manager-script"/>

          <role rolename="manager-jmx"/>

          <role rolename="manager-status"/>

          <role rolename="admin"/>

          <user username="administrator" password="password" roles="admin,manager,tomcat,manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status"/>

          <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat"/>

          <user username="both" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,role1"/>

          <user username="role1" password="tomcat" roles="role1"/>

          </tomcat-users>

8. Go to Central Configuration Manager and restart the Tomcat Server. 
9. Open Internet Explorer and type http://hostname:port. In my case the port was 8080 
10. It will prompt you for username and password
11. Enter the credentials as specified in the tomcat-users.xml file.

Reference:-1308046 - How to Deploy WAR files in Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1 using Tomcat Manager?

Business Objects  Single Sign On also called SSO with Windows AD  is now available on CentralManagementConsole (CMC) in Business Objects 4.1 SP06.

On a  system which is already configured for SSO with BI Launchpad in 4.1 SP06, the end user needs to do the following changes to enable SSO for CMC.

Go to tomcat directory under the SAP Business Objects installation .Example Assuming the installtion directory path is C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat.

Create a file Create a file CmcApp.properties under C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom.

Enter the following Configurations

• sso.supported.types=vintela, trustedIIS, trustedHeader, trustedParameter, trustedCookie, trustedSession, trustedUserPrincipal, trustedVintela, trustedX509, sapSSO, siteminder
• authentication.default=secWinAD

Restart tomcat once the above configuration steps are completed.

The Configured AD user will be automatically signed into CMC using SSO  .The user will not be prompted to login to CMC entering credentials.

NOTE:

When we do explicit log off in the login screen the authentication mathod might be shown as Enterprise.This occurs due to caching.

Hence to prevent this Browser cache has to be cleared first when we do the initial CMC SSO setup, otherwise old authentication method(Enterprise) will be cached.

Where can I find my version number?

You can find the version number (also referred to as the build number) for your software in several locations, including:

• On Windows, in the Add or Remove Programs dialog. The update indicates the current level.

• In the Help > About menu of most BI platform client tools, such as the universe design tool.

What does my version number mean?

The version number of your software appears as 14.x.y.abc. This number corresponds to a particular Support Package (or Feature Pack) and Patch level as follows:

• 14 = Major release 4.0/2011.
• x = Minor release number.
• y = Support Package level.
• abc = Build number corresponding to your Patch level.

For example, 14.0.2.481 corresponds to 4.0 Support Package 2 Patch 6, or Patch 2.6.

The following table lists the version numbers for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0, and what Feature Pack (FP), Support Package (SP), and Patch level the version number corresponds to. These levels are the same for both the client and server installation programs and also apply to SAP Crystal Server 2011.

Where can I find version information for BI platform 4.1 and Crystal Server 2013?

Starting in 4.1, the installation program creates and updates a version.txt file where you can check the current version of your BI platform server installation. The file is located at:

• <BIP_INSTALL_DIR>/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/linux_x64/version/ (Unix)
• <BIP_INSTALL_DIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\version\ (Windows)

This file contains the build number and version name for the last update applied to your installation. For example:

14.1.0.981

4.1 Patch 2

See "Checking the installed version" in the following installation guides:

• Installation Guide for Unix
• Installation Guide for Windows
• Minor Release Update Guide

Where can I find version information for previous SAP BusinessObjects releases?

Version information for previous software releases can be found in the following articles:

• SAP Note 1287906: How to determine the version number of BusinessObjects XI 3.x in Windows
• Crystal Reports 2008 (and 9.1, XI R1, XI R2) - Version and Download information for Service Packs

Table 1: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0

Table 2: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1

The high-level steps required:

• Add FONTS files to Windows
• Validate FONTS installed properly in Windows Server (Wordpad)
• Update XML files for BI Platform
• Update XML file for WebIntelligence Rich-client
• Restart SIA & Tomcat
• Login to BI LaunchPad and validate using WebI

Step 1: Add Fonts files to Windows OS

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to Windows FONT folder ( c:\Windows\Fonts )

FONTS TO ADD:

Copy to Windows FONT Folde

Step 2: Validate Fonts installed (WordPad)

Run WordPad to validate the new fonts are installed and working at Windows OS level

Step 3: Update fontalias.xml file for BI Platform

For the BI 4.x Platform you need to update the x64 folder

C:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\fonts

NOTE: Always make back-up of original XML file

Step 4: Update fontalias.xml file for WebI Rich-Client

If you are running the WebIntelligence Rich-Client you need to update the x32 folder

C:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\fonts

NOTE: Always make back-up of original XML file

Step 5: Restart the SIA and Tomcat and validate Fonts

After restarting SIA and Tomcat, login into BI LaunchPad and create NEW WebI blank document to validate font.

Additional information please check SAP NOTE:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2010036

Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to use IE11 web browser in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 PatchX or Lower Version for viewing reports like web intelligence, crystal report etc.

Overview:

Environment Details:

Operating system: Windows Server 2008 64 Bit

Database:Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Web Application:Tomcat

IE Browser: Internet Browser Version (IE 11.0)

SAP Business Objects Tools: SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 Patch 7

Error:

• When attempting to Pause the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page is displayed. (Note: I believe Pause and Resume work in a similar fashion, as I also get a blank page when attempting to Resume a paused instance).
• When attempting to Reschedule the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Reschedule, a 404 error page is displayed. This 404 error page comes from the AnalyticalReporting folder.
• HTTP Status 400 - Invalid path /AnalyticalReporting/WebiModify was requested

Configuration steps for using IE11 as a web browser in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 Patch x or lower version:

Note:

Please take the backup of below files before implementing below activity.

• Web.xml
• Using "URLrewriterFilter"  we can create a work around for view/refresh reports.

         Link:

         UrlRewriteFilter - Rewrite URL's in Java Web Application Servers

Step I: Take the backup of web.xml file available in below path

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\AdminTools"

Step II: Add below Jar files in below location

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\bin"

urlrewritefilter-4.0.3.jar

Step III: Add following parameter in web.xml file

To WEB-INF/web.xml add (near the top above any servlet mappings)

Parameter:

<filter>

  <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>

  <filter-class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter-class>

</filter>

<filter-mapping>

  <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>

  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>

  <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>

  <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>

</filter-mapping>

Step IV: Create a new xml file on the same location

XML Name: urlrewrite.xml in WEB-INF

XML Data Link:

http://cdn.rawgit.com/paultuckey/urlrewritefilter/master/src/doc/manual/4.0/urlrewrite.xml

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\WEB-INF"

Step V: Place unzip files (IEDirect) files available in BOB Forum in "InfoviewAppActions"

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\InfoViewAppActions"

Step VI: Start Tomcat Application and test reports like desktop inteligence, web intelligence, crystal report, Voyager etc

Note:-Please do the same steps in InfoViewAppActions & AnalyticalReporting Folder

Known issues:

When attempting to Pause/Resume a recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page with above error message is displayed.

Note:-

Please use other web browser like Mozilla for below activity, You can also refer PAM for more details regarding browser compatibility:

• Upload any objects in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SPX using IE11 web browser
• Cannot create new recurring instance using IE11 web browser

New hurdles as follows:

1. When attempting to Pause the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page is displayed. (Note: I believe Pause and Resume work in a similar fashion, as I also get a blank page when attempting to Resume a paused instance).

2. When attempting to Reschedule the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Reschedule, a 404 error page is displayed. This 404 error page comes from the AnalyticalReporting folder.

Above approach is not suggested by SAP as per SAP we have to upgrade our patch level as per SAP recommendation.

*Permanent Solution for this issue is upgrade to higher patch available in SAP Market place*

Reference Material:

Infoview + ie9

Infoview + ie9

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP5 for Windows – Supported Platforms

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP5 for Windows – Supported Platforms

Webinars covering all things important for BI projects. Register for upcoming sessions or watch recordings of past events.

Technical Webinar Series: Upgrading to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1

Once again will we provide a series of free webinars that are focused on upgrading to the SAP BI Platform 4.1. This webinar series is a supplement to other information assets found on SCN.

Webinar title, date, registration and presenter information is given below - all webinars will start at 7am PDT, unless otherwise specified. Webinar dates and times may be subject to change.

• Registration links: will be enabled a few days before the scheduled webinar date.
• Recordings: will be posted no later than a week after the event.

If you 'follow' this page, you will receive notifications of any updates, including new webinar content, dates and registration links - also recordings of all completed webinars will be made available from this page. Stay Tuned !

Upcoming Webinars - Registrations		Date	Presenter
	UNX Adoption - Planning & Execution (by APOS Systems)	Sep 29	FW,HJ
h
Recordings of Past Webinars		Date	Presenter
	Creating Relational Connections for SAP BI 4.1 for Reporting on SAP BW (recording)	Aug 04	JR
	User Authentication and Single Sign-On with BI 4.1 (recording)	Jul 21	GDL
	Sizing your BI Platform, using the SAP Sizing Tool (recording)	Jul 07	HJ
	What's new in BI 4.1 SP6 (recording | presentation)	Jun 23	ME
	Best Practices for WebI (recording)	Jun 23	JB
	A guided Tour: How to best make use of Online Resources (recording)	May 18	HB
	BI 4.1 Monitoring - (Recording)	Nov 13	TJ
	Troubleshooting - (Recording)	Nov 06	GS
	Promotion Management & Version Management - (Recording)	Oct 23	MS
	WebI Calculation Engine Changes - (Recording)	Oct 16	PG
	DeskI to WebI Conversion & Desktop Compatibility Pack - (Recording)	Oct 09	ME
	Upgrading from XI Release 2/3.1 to 4.1 and updating From BI 4.0 to 4.1 - (Recording)	Sep 25	ME
	User Authentication & Single Sign-On - (Recording)	Sep 11	TZ
	BusinessObjects BI Strategy & Roadmap - (Recording)	Sep 09	JL
	Installation & Patching - (Recording)	Sep 04	HJ
	Deployment Best Practices - (Recording)	Aug 29	HJ
	Sizing & Virtualization - (Recording)	Aug 14	CL
	Update Best Practices - (Recording)	Jul 30	SR
	Value Prop & Tools - (Recording)	Jul 17	HB

The following document is intended to summarize the various SSO options available to users, from authenticating to the BI platform all the way down to the database.  The document does not cover the 'how to' as various white papers exist.

The first table summarizes the various ways the system can perform single sign-on to the web based appplications.

-OpenDocument refers to the direct link to report functionality.

-BI Portal is the main portal used to access & view reports

-CMC = Central Management Console

-dswsbobje = web services. 

Note that to support Kerberos SSO, your CMS (Central Management Server) must be installed on a windows machine. 

Trusted Authentication can generally be used for any authentication method which is not natively supported by BI4, such as SAML, x509 etc. 

Thick Clients, such as Crystal Reports Designer, Web Intelligence and others can also be configured for SSO to logon to BI4.  

The following table summarizes this:

Note that for the Java based clients, you will need to perform some additional steps to support AD SSO, such and configuring a krb5.ini file.  This applies to clients such as Crystal Reports for Enterprise,  Information Design Tool, and Visual Intelligence.  Please refer to the Authentication chapter of the respective client tool for more information. 

The clients can also be further configured further to perform single sign-on to the database, which is elaborated further in tables below.

Once a user has been authenticated to the BI platform, their SSO ticket can in some cases be passed further down to the database for a seamless end to end SSO story.

SSO to database based on Kerberos can be configured for the following databases, note that the user must logon to the BI platform using Active Directory for the kerberos ticket to be passed down to the database.   Note however that this cannot be used for scheduling, as the kerberos ticket will not be available to the system when the user is not online.  For scheduled tasks, the database credentials must be stored.

Yes, there are plans to expand this list in the future.

For SAP data access, the following methods can be configured.  You will need to configure the correct method depending on the client tool being used.  "SNC" is configured on the "SNC Settings" tab of the SAP authentication configuration area of the Central Management Console.   "STS (Security Token Service)" is configured on the "Options" tab of the SAP authentication configuration area, in the "SAP SSO Service" section. 

SAP Data SSO

In order to gain SSO access to SAP data, a user does NOT have to logon with their SAP credentials.   For an example of how users can authenticate using Active Directory and then single sign-on to SAP systems, please refer to this how to: How to map SAP users and LDAP users in SBO BI4.0 CMC - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki

The SAP authentication can also be leveraged from thick clients.  A user logging onto Webi Rich Client can leverage STS for example to access BW data. 

HANA SSO summary:

(1) * BI must be running on windows or linux.

SAML to HANA is based on a trust directly between BI4 and HANA.  This does not mean that you can use SAML to signon to BI4 and that same SAML assertion ticket gets passed down to HANA.  BI4 must be configured as a trusted identity provider in HANA. The same users must exist in HANA and BI4.

What other SSO options do I have?

The BI platform also supports storing database credentials to be used for accessing the database.   In some cases, as with kerberos & offline scheduling, this cannot be avoided.  Also, for database sources which are not currently listed, stored credentials are the best options available at this time.

Can I setup multiple SSO options on a single system?

Yes, with 4.1 SP6 and on, the sso.types.and.order option in your properties allows for setting up fallback SSO options in order.   If some users are configured for AD SSO and others for SAP SSO, you can try AD first and try SAP SSO as fallback.  See note http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2041379 for details.

Useful Links:

Configuring Active Directory Authentication:   Be sure the follow the excellent whitepaper attached to the note.

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1631734

Configuring Active Directory SSO on unix:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1636349

Configuring SAP Authentication and SSO:

How to setup SSO against SAP BW with SAP BO BI4.0 Common Semantic Layer (UNX) or BICS - Business Intelligence (BusinessO…

Configuring OLAP SSO for MSAAS:

Setting up OLAP Microsoft Analysis Service through an XMLA connection with SSO - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects)…

Setting up HANA and BI for SAML

Configuring SAML with SAP HANA and SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 - Part 1

Setting up Trusted Authentication:

Using QUERY_STRING: http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1593628

Using HTTP_HEADER: http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1603002

CMC SSO http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2190831

I have seen lots of post requesting to get the way to retrieve disable or inactive user search. There is business reason to get the user count but there is no way to get it with direct query through Query Builder.

I came across a situation where we do need inactive and active users’ counts and users details but there was no way.  We do work for all type of Business Object Java SDK 4.0 on business needs.

We write a search engine using Java SDK API’s to get the result. It’s a simple java program which connects to CMS and search for user with give  parameters. Let me take you in deeper way to get the idea:

1)      We retrieve the user list by passing search criteria

       // Sample query

            SELECT SI_NAME, SI_USERFULLNAME FROM CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND = ‘User’

2)     We add then search criteria like user first name or user last name

       // Sample query

       SI_ENT_CUSTOM_MAPPED_ATRIBUTES.SI_FIRSTNAME like ‘%xxxx%’ and  SI_ENT_CUSTOM_MAPPED_ATRIBUTES.SI_LASTNAME like ‘%xxxx%’

3)     Once the query gets built up, it connect to CMS and get enterpriseSession  to get the list of user through the query run

4)      We process the list of user to retrieve the active  (enable) or Inactive (disable) user.  It’s done through the API call.  We have Interface IUserAliases.           We iterate through the User object  and get the user status on alias basis

            // sample code

            IUserAliases  boAliases = user.getAloases();

            Boolean userStat = boAliases.iterator().next().isDisabled();

               // the above piece of code helps to get the user status 

5)      We put all the active and inactive user in list and send back whenever we need.

Premise: You need to setup BW data extraction from a remote MS SQL Server (2005 / 2012) on UNIX (AIX / HP-UX based) Systems

Observation:

•   Follow this documentation for NW 7.0 based Systems
•   AIX / HP-UX based systems do not support DB

Refer SAP Note:1644499 - Database connectivity from Linux to SQL Server

Solution: UDConnect(Uses J2EE Engine)

Refer SAP Note:1601608 - How to access an external Microsoft SQL Server database

Connectivity Support Matrix

Procedure:

  1. Download JDBC Driver for MS SQL Server

  Refer SAP Note:639702 - JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server

  Download the latest version of the "Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver" from the Microsoft download page; for example:

  "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2" for SAP releases based on SAP NetWeaver releases between 7.0 and 7.11: This download is no longer    provided by Microsoft.

If required, you can download the driver from SAP Service Marketplace:http://service.sap.com/swdc> Database and Database  Patches (from other vendors)> MS SQL Server > Database Patches > MICROSOFT JDBC > MS SQL SERVER 2005 JDBC 1.2 > MS SQL SERVER >  Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for JDBC version 1.2

      Download the zip file and extract it

  2. Configure the JDBC

      Go to Visual Administrator

• In the Cluster tab, select Server -> Services -> JDBC Connector
• Click on Driver, and click on Create new driver or Datasource button (in case, it is not already present)

• Enter the name of your driver (i.e. MSSQL2012 in this case) and navigate tothe extractedzip file and selectsqljdbc.jar

• Click No when prompt "Choose other files".

• In the Cluster tab, select Server -> Services ->Connector Container.
• In the right pane, On the Runtime tab, connectors -> connector1.0 -> sap.com/com.sap.ip.sdk.dac.connector.jdbc -> SDK_JDBC
• Select Resource Adapter tab
• Press Add and enter the name of the JDBC driver to add to it to the loader references. This takes in the following format : library:<drivername> (i.e. library:MSSSQL2012)

• Now, Restart the BI JDBC Connector. For that On the Cluster tab -> Services -> Deploy

• In the right pane, On the Runtime tab, Select the BI JDBC connector - sap.com/com.sap.ip.bi.sdk.dac.connector.jdbc

• Press Stop Application and then Press Start Application

• Now BI JDBC Connector is ready for use

For Testing the Connection, follow this steps:

• Select Services -> Connector Container -> Select sap.com/com.sap.ip.bi.sdk.dac.connector.jdbc -> SDK_JDBC
• Click on Managed Connection Factory tab -> Properties tab
• Enter your connection properties, as per below:

          Refer: http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/EP/JDBC+Connection+Setup

• Save the settings
• Log out of the Visual Administrator.

Now Run the following link to test the connection : http://<hostname>:<port>/TestJDBC_Web/TestJDBCPage.jsp

Example: http://localhost:50000/TestJDBC_Web/TestJDBCPage.jsp

If your connection is successfully configured, a list of tables appears

  3. Additional Steps

Make sure you create new JCo RFC (for each SDK_* under Connectors). 1 in this case

Any name should Work, For example it can be UDI_<xxx>

Create a corresponding RFC. Make sure the Program ID used is the same as in JCo RFC

This concludes the Technical setup of UDConnect.

Reference:

SAP Notes as Mentioned Above

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/VC/Step-by-Step+guide+MySQL+JDBC

http://scn.sap.com/community/data-warehousing/bw/blog/2012/11/29/errors-in-rsa1-when-extract-data-over-the-udi-connection

Welcome to the October edition of the BI Platform SIG Newsletter.  The ASUG BI Platform SIG “brings together SAP customers to share best practices and real-world experiences implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting the SAP BusinessObjects solution portfolio”.   The BI Platform SIG is part of the ASUG Business Intelligence Community.  Join today.

Inside this issue:

• Upcoming Webcasts – We’re Listening
• Past Webcasts
• Call for Speakers for ASUG Annual Conference
• SAP Analytics & BusinessObjects Conference
• News you Can Use

Upcoming Webcasts – We’re Listening

Join us for these upcoming BI platform webcasts:

• Oct. 27: Sizing SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise - How a Sizing Exercise at Cardinal Health Made Drastic Performance Improvements(Customer Story)
• Dec. 2: BI4.2: Improved Collaboration Capabilities and Mobile Push Notifications
• Dec. 3: BI4.2: Improved Upgrade Process
• Dec. 7: BI4.2: Improved Migration Process
• Dec. 8: Deploying BI in the Cloud
• Dec. 9: BI4.2: Improvements in Managing the BI Platform

We heard you on our 2014 survey  - BI platform was a top priority.  On the survey you said you wanted more webcasts in this area.  The ASUG standard is 4 webcasts per year per SIG.

This year the BI Platform SIG has already held 5 webcasts this year with 6 more on the way:

For a complete list of upcoming ASUG BI webcasts click here.

Past Webcasts

Last month SAP provided an update on BI4.2 – to listen to the webcast, review the materials and question and answer click here.

SAP Analytics BusinessObjects Conference

If you missed the ASUG SAP Analytics BusinessObjects Conference, materials and presentations can be located here.  Save the date for next year’s conference October 18-20, 2016 in New Orleans

News You Can Use

SAP is offering BI Chat Support – for more information click here.

Free SAP BI Tutorials by SAP – click here

We hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Be sure to join the BI Community here and the BI Platform SIG here.

SAP Business objects 4.1, SP-04 installation, Using Sybase ASE 16x as the runtime databases(CMS & Audit).

Part 2 of the document

SAP Business objects 4.1, SP-04 installation, Using Sybase ASE 16x - Part2

Hope this is helpful for installing SAP Sybase ASE 16.

Let me know your inputs and comments.

In next document i will publish about creation of CMS and Aduit db and after that about installing SAP Business object 4.1 sp04.

Part 2.

SAP Business objects 4.1, SP-04 installation, Using Sybase ASE 16x - Part2

Thanks & Regards,

Vijay

SAP Business objects 4.1, SP-04 installation, Using Sybase ASE 16x as the runtime databases(CMS & Audit)

This document will explain, how to create database from Sybase Control Center.

The screenshot are attached for creating one of the db's (among cms/audit), same can be followed for other db.

The first part of could be found at the following location.

SAP Business objects 4.1, SP-04 installation, Using Sybase ASE 16x - Part1

Thanks & Regards,
Vijay

Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to use IE11 web browser in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 PatchX or Lower Version for viewing reports like web intelligence, crystal report etc.

Overview:

Environment Details:

Operating system: Windows Server 2008 64 Bit

Database:Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Web Application:Tomcat

IE Browser: Internet Browser Version (IE 11.0)

SAP Business Objects Tools: SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 Patch 7

Error:

• When attempting to Pause the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page is displayed. (Note: I believe Pause and Resume work in a similar fashion, as I also get a blank page when attempting to Resume a paused instance).
• When attempting to Reschedule the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Reschedule, a 404 error page is displayed. This 404 error page comes from the AnalyticalReporting folder.
• HTTP Status 400 - Invalid path /AnalyticalReporting/WebiModify was requested

Configuration steps for using IE11 as a web browser in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SP5 Patch x or lower version:

Note:

Please take the backup of below files before implementing below activity.

• Web.xml
• Using "URLrewriterFilter"  we can create a work around for view/refresh reports.

         Link:

         UrlRewriteFilter - Rewrite URL's in Java Web Application Servers

Step I: Take the backup of web.xml file available in below path

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\AdminTools"

Step II: Add below Jar files in below location

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\bin"

urlrewritefilter-4.0.3.jar

Step III: Add following parameter in web.xml file

To WEB-INF/web.xml add (near the top above any servlet mappings)

Parameter:

<filter>

  <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>

  <filter-class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter-class>

</filter>

<filter-mapping>

  <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>

  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>

  <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>

  <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>

</filter-mapping>

Step IV: Create a new xml file on the same location

XML Name: urlrewrite.xml in WEB-INF

XML Data Link:

http://cdn.rawgit.com/paultuckey/urlrewritefilter/master/src/doc/manual/4.0/urlrewrite.xml

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\WEB-INF"

Step V: Place unzip files (IEDirect) files available in BOB Forum in "InfoviewAppActions"

Path:

"Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\InfoViewAppActions"

Step VI: Start Tomcat Application and test reports like desktop inteligence, web intelligence, crystal report, Voyager etc

Note:-Please do the same steps in InfoViewAppActions & AnalyticalReporting Folder

Known issues:

When attempting to Pause/Resume a recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page with above error message is displayed.

Note:-

Please use other web browser like Mozilla for below activity, You can also refer PAM for more details regarding browser compatibility:

• Upload any objects in SAP Business Objects 3.1 SPX using IE11 web browser
• Cannot create new recurring instance using IE11 web browser

New hurdles as follows:

1. When attempting to Pause the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Pause, a blank page is displayed. (Note: I believe Pause and Resume work in a similar fashion, as I also get a blank page when attempting to Resume a paused instance).

2. When attempting to Reschedule the recurring instance, via Actions drop down Reschedule, a 404 error page is displayed. This 404 error page comes from the AnalyticalReporting folder.

Above approach is not suggested by SAP as per SAP we have to upgrade our patch level as per SAP recommendation.

*Permanent Solution for this issue is upgrade to higher patch available in SAP Market place*

Reference Material:

Infoview + ie9

Infoview + ie9

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP5 for Windows – Supported Platforms

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP5 for Windows – Supported Platforms

The following document is intended to summarize the various SSO options available to users, from authenticating to the BI platform all the way down to the database.  The document does not cover the 'how to' as various white papers exist.

The first table summarizes the various ways the system can perform single sign-on to the web based appplications.

-OpenDocument refers to the direct link to report functionality.

-BI Portal is the main portal used to access & view reports

-CMC = Central Management Console

-dswsbobje = web services. 

Note that to support Kerberos SSO, your CMS (Central Management Server) must be installed on a windows machine. 

Trusted Authentication can generally be used for any authentication method which is not natively supported by BI4, such as SAML, x509 etc. 

Thick Clients, such as Crystal Reports Designer, Web Intelligence and others can also be configured for SSO to logon to BI4.  

The following table summarizes this:

Note that for the Java based clients, you will need to perform some additional steps to support AD SSO, such and configuring a krb5.ini file.  This applies to clients such as Crystal Reports for Enterprise,  Information Design Tool, and Visual Intelligence.  Please refer to the Authentication chapter of the respective client tool for more information. 

The clients can also be further configured further to perform single sign-on to the database, which is elaborated further in tables below.

Once a user has been authenticated to the BI platform, their SSO ticket can in some cases be passed further down to the database for a seamless end to end SSO story.

SSO to database based on Kerberos can be configured for the following databases, note that the user must logon to the BI platform using Active Directory for the kerberos ticket to be passed down to the database.   Note however that this cannot be used for scheduling, as the kerberos ticket will not be available to the system when the user is not online.  For scheduled tasks, the database credentials must be stored.

Yes, there are plans to expand this list in the future.

For SAP data access, the following methods can be configured.  You will need to configure the correct method depending on the client tool being used.  "SNC" is configured on the "SNC Settings" tab of the SAP authentication configuration area of the Central Management Console.   "STS (Security Token Service)" is configured on the "Options" tab of the SAP authentication configuration area, in the "SAP SSO Service" section. 

SAP Data SSO

In order to gain SSO access to SAP data, a user does NOT have to logon with their SAP credentials.   For an example of how users can authenticate using Active Directory and then single sign-on to SAP systems, please refer to this how to: How to map SAP users and LDAP users in SBO BI4.0 CMC - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki

The SAP authentication can also be leveraged from thick clients.  A user logging onto Webi Rich Client can leverage STS for example to access BW data. 

HANA SSO summary:

(1) * BI must be running on windows or linux.

SAML to HANA is based on a trust directly between BI4 and HANA.  This does not mean that you can use SAML to signon to BI4 and that same SAML assertion ticket gets passed down to HANA.  BI4 must be configured as a trusted identity provider in HANA. The same users must exist in HANA and BI4.

What other SSO options do I have?

The BI platform also supports storing database credentials to be used for accessing the database.   In some cases, as with kerberos & offline scheduling, this cannot be avoided.  Also, for database sources which are not currently listed, stored credentials are the best options available at this time.

Can I setup multiple SSO options on a single system?

Yes, with 4.1 SP6 and on, the sso.types.and.order option in your properties allows for setting up fallback SSO options in order.   If some users are configured for AD SSO and others for SAP SSO, you can try AD first and try SAP SSO as fallback.  See note http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2041379 for details.

Useful Links:

Configuring Active Directory Authentication:   Be sure the follow the excellent whitepaper attached to the note.

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1631734

Configuring Active Directory SSO on unix:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1636349

Configuring SAP Authentication and SSO:

How to setup SSO against SAP BW with SAP BO BI4.0 Common Semantic Layer (UNX) or BICS - Business Intelligence (BusinessO…

Configuring OLAP SSO for MSAAS:

Setting up OLAP Microsoft Analysis Service through an XMLA connection with SSO - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects)…

Setting up HANA and BI for SAML

Configuring SAML with SAP HANA and SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 - Part 1

Setting up Trusted Authentication:

Using QUERY_STRING: http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1593628

Using HTTP_HEADER: http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1603002

CMC SSO http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2190831

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Technical Webinar Series: Upgrading to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1

Once again will we provide a series of free webinars that are focused on upgrading to the SAP BI Platform 4.1. This webinar series is a supplement to other information assets found on SCN.

Webinar title, date, registration and presenter information is given below - all webinars will start at 7am PDT, unless otherwise specified. Webinar dates and times may be subject to change.

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Upcoming Webinars - Registrations		Date	Presenter
	Design Studio Templates and the BI Platform	Nov 24	HJ
	Gain insight into your BI Platform with new Auditing Universe and Reports	Dec 08	MS
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Recordings of Past Webinars		Date	Presenter
	UNX Adoption - Planning & Execution (by APOS Systems) (recording | pdf)	Sep 29	FW,HJ
	Creating Relational Connections for SAP BI 4.1 for Reporting on SAP BW (recording)	Aug 04	JR
	User Authentication and Single Sign-On with BI 4.1 (recording)	Jul 21	GDL
	Sizing your BI Platform, using the SAP Sizing Tool (recording)	Jul 07	HJ
	What's new in BI 4.1 SP6 (recording | presentation)	Jun 23	ME
	Best Practices for WebI (recording)	Jun 23	JB
	A guided Tour: How to best make use of Online Resources (recording)	May 18	HB
	BI 4.1 Monitoring - (Recording)	Nov 13	TJ
	Troubleshooting - (Recording)	Nov 06	GS
	Promotion Management & Version Management - (Recording)	Oct 23	MS
	WebI Calculation Engine Changes - (Recording)	Oct 16	PG
	DeskI to WebI Conversion & Desktop Compatibility Pack - (Recording)	Oct 09	ME
	Upgrading from XI Release 2/3.1 to 4.1 and updating From BI 4.0 to 4.1 - (Recording)	Sep 25	ME
	User Authentication & Single Sign-On - (Recording)	Sep 11	TZ
	BusinessObjects BI Strategy & Roadmap - (Recording)	Sep 09	JL
	Installation & Patching - (Recording)	Sep 04	HJ
	Deployment Best Practices - (Recording)	Aug 29	HJ
	Sizing & Virtualization - (Recording)	Aug 14	CL
	Update Best Practices - (Recording)	Jul 30	SR
	Value Prop & Tools - (Recording)	Jul 17	HB