SAP Business Objects Release Notes

What are the Release Notes?

The SAP BusinessObjects Release Notes are providing insight in the fixes that have been applied for a particular Service Pack / FixPack / Patch. (FixPacks are related to the XI platform / Patches are related to the BI Platform)

Every Service Pack is supported by a number of FixPacks/Patches to resolve issues identified and resolved. The release notes list the issues that have been fixed within an individual Patch. The release notes also contains know issues within the software to inform you openly on known limitations or issues.

When to use the Release Notes?

In case a you are planning to apply a Minor Release, Support Pack or Critical Patch, SAP strongly recommends to review the Release Notes of the corresponding maintenance vehicle.

It is your responsibility to validate if a issue is indeed resolved in the planned patch for the system before they implement this. Additionally new know issues that are documented may impact your SAP BusinessObjects environment. If there are no issues fixed by a Critical Patch, it is not recommended to apply a patch.

If there are risks with known limitations, you should contact his (AGS) contact within SAP to validate if the patch can be safely applied.

Where to find the Release Notes?

This article is provided to guide you into the path of finding the release notes for the SAP BusinessObjects BI4.x platform.

The SBOP Release Notes can be found on the Service Marketplace from SAP, to access Service Marketplace go to: http://service.sap.com

From Service Market Place the steps below can be followed to get to the Release Notes for SAP BusinessObjects Products. The steps are describing the location of the release notes for the SAP BusinessObjects BI4.0 release, other versions may have a slightly different path to get to the release notes. However, the main message on how to find them can still be found within the steps provided.

1. Navigate to http://service.sap.com and enter the SAP Support Portal.
   
   *An account on the SAP Support Portal is required. if you have no account, please contact your Account Executive from SAP
   
   
   
2. After entering the SAP Support Portal, navigate to the "Software Download" section
   
   
3. Within the Software Download section, navigate to the "Analytics Solutions"
   
   
4. To access the available solutions within the Analytics Solutions Downloads, select "Browse the Analytics Solutions Portfolio"
   
   
   
5. choose to go to the "Support Packages and Patches" list
   
   
   
6. The list of available Analytics Solutions will be displayed. Scroll down to find the listing for "SBOP Business Intelligence Platform"
   
   *The actual list of available solutions may vary and is depending on licenses and/or agreements between your company and SAP as well as availability of the solutions.
   
7. Select "SBOP Business Intelligence Platform (SBOP Enterprise)" to allocate the release notes for the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform.
   
   * The actual list of available solutions may vary and is depending on licenses and/or agreements between your company and SAP as well as availability of the solutions.
   ** For other products, navigate to the required product area and take similar steps as recorded onwards.
   
   
8. In the software section for SBOP Business Intelligence Platform, select the required sub-section.
   In this example: "SBOP BI Platform (Enterprise)"
   
   
   
9. In the sub-section for SBOP BI Platform (Enterprise) select the required version.
   In this example: "SBOP BI Platform 4.0"
   
   
   
10. after taking note of the "Important Notes" recorded in the Info Screen, select "Comprised Software Component Version"
    
    
    
11. The list of available applications within the SBOP BI Platform 4.0 is listed. Select the application to where Release Notes are required.
    In this example: SBOP BI Platform Servers 4.0
    
12. The available Operating Systems for the software will be listed. Select the required Operating System.
    In this example: Windows on x64 64bit
    
    
    
13. The list of available Sepport Packages and Patches (or FixPacks) is displayed. Scroll down to the Service Pack or Patch to where the release notes are required.
    In this example: SBOP BI Platform Servers 4.0 SP05 Patch 6
    To retrieve the location where the Release Notes can be found, click on the button:
    This will open en new browser window
    
    
    
14. In the newly opened window, you can find the SAP note that presents the link to the Release Notes for the selected Service Pack / Patch / FixPack. Copy or write down the number of the SAP Note
    In this example the SAP Note is: 1764133
    
15. Return to the original screen and navigate to the "Help & Support"section
    
    
    
16. The SAP xSearch screen will appear. Enter or copy the SAP Note number from the previous step in the SAP Note box and click "Go"
    In this example the SAP Note is: 1764133
    
    
    
17. The SAP Note contains the information in regards to the Release Notes for the selected Service Pack / Patch / FixPack.
    Within the section "Solution" the url to the Release Note document can be found. Copy the URL
    
    
    
18. In the address field of your browser (either in the existing or in a new windows) paste the URL as mentioned in the SAP Note.
    This will open the PDF document containing the Release Notes for the selected application and Patch.
    You can download the PDF to you local machine if required to store or share further within the organization.