SBO Mobile BI - things to know when upgrading to SAP BI 4.0

If you are on SAP BusinessObjects XI R2 or XI 3.1 and planning to upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0, these are some of the frequently asked questions on SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI;

• How much SBO Mobile BI has changed between SBO XI R2, 3.1 and BI 4.0 releases?
• What are the differences, including new features capabilities, between SBO Mobile in XI R2, 3.1 and 4.0?
• Overview of the the challenges / know-hows in upgrading 3.1 SBO Mobile to BI 4.0?

• SBO Mobile BI on iOS operating system
• SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 SP06 release

• BW
• Other OLAP Data Source

• Dashboards **
• Design Studio
• Webi as PDF

• Support for Combined Chart
• Support for Horizontal Bar Chart
• Support for Bubble Chart
• Support for Waterfall chart
• Support for Hierarchy Charts
• Enhanced control over chart properties

• BI Inbox

** Note:

Starting SAP BI 4.0 and until SP04 release, the Dasboard's support was flash based and starting SP05 Dashboards are supported through HTML5 technology.

Sizing and Performance

What should I consider to size my SAP BI 4.0 platform to support my mobile deployment? SBO Mobile's performance is largely depends upon the stability and performance of two important tiers / components in the architecture - 1. Web Appilcation Server where MobiServices .WAR files are depolyed, which acts as the gateway between SBO Mobile client and the SAP BI platform 2. SAP BI platform services responsible for individual content types supported by SBO Mobile.

Make sure you follow the sizing guidelines provided in the SAP BI platform sizing guide and perform detailed sizing estimation exercise in order to arrive at the right amount of resources required.

Migrated Contents

What happens to my migrated contents in SAP BI4.0? Now that I have my BusinessObjects environment upgraded to BI 4.0 release, how do I get my mobile contents in my new platform consumable by the mobile devices?

Once you migrate the contents (from BOE XI R2 or 3.1 to BI 4.0), all the SBO Mobile supported contents are ready to be consumed from mobile devices through SBO Mobile BI App. You have to perform the required SBO Mobile configuration steps in SAP BI 4.0 platform and then create a connection to the platform from the mobile devices for users to start consume the contents.

Challenges / know-how’s in upgrading 3.1 SBO Mobile to BI 4.0

These are some of the known challenges to note while planning your upgrade to SAP BI 4.0. Carefully review and apply the steps;

Backing up of property files

Back up SBO Mobile and Client settings property files from the following location;

<WebApp root>\webapps\MobileBIService\WEB-INF\

Upgrade / Deployment steps

Refer the section 4.2.5 in this document for the steps to deploy SBO Mobile;

https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000442372013E/xi4sp6_mob_inst_deploy_en.pdf

Updating property files

Copy the backed up SBO Mobile and clientsetting property file to the following location;

<WebApp root>\webapps\MobileBIService\WEB-INF\config\custom

Restarting the application Server

Note:

• We often hear from customers that the property file is lost during upgrade. Therefore make sure you backup and secure the property files first
• Also copy the web-inf\config\custom\*.* to the following location:  SAP <PATH>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\warfiles\webapps\MobileBIService\WEB-INF\config. This at the end is used by wdeploy to build de war files and would not get deleted when applying a patch (the webapps folder just get deleted with an undeploy including you customizations).
• Follow the above steps in sequence and note that some of these steps are not required to be performed post SP05 because it will be automatic