Service Pack 2 Features & Installation Tips

Jay Riddle SAP BusinessObjects Certified Consultant Consultancy by Kingfisher, Inc

Whats New in SP2

New Features Important Docs SP2 Download

SP2

Installation Tips

Best Practices Known Issues Silent Installation

Live Demos

WebI Input Controls LifeCycle Mgr SP2

Release Life-Cycle (Maintenance Roadmap)

XI R2 SP1
XI R2 SP2 XI R2 SP3 XI R2 SP4
2007 CHF11 CHF20 2007 FP2.1 2.9 Nov. 14, 2008 FP3.1 FP 3.9 May 30, 2008 FP4.1 FP4.7 Dec. 3, 2008 No FP Oct. 7, 2009 FP1.1 1.8 July 23, 2009 Hot Fix (July 31, 2009)

XI R2 SP5 XI 3.1
XI 3.1 SP2

What about Edge 3.1?

SP2 not released for Edge
In fact no Fix Packs released, either.

Overview: New Features

Web Intelligence
No Backward Compatibility Input Controls BI Services Query on Query New Locale Formulas PDP-API Exposition Fold & Unfold Query Filters on QaaWS & Live Office
LifeCycle Manager
Translation Manager Web Intelligence Live Office

LifeCycle Manager
Improved Security Management Improved Version Management Supports New Info-Objects Promote Application Rights Improved Navigation

Universe Designer

Data Access

QaaWS

Important Documents
Whats New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2
xi31_sp2_whats_new_en.pdf

XI 3.1 Service Pack 2 Fixed Issues

xi31_sp2_fixed_issues_en.pdf

XI 3.1 Service Pack 2 Release Notes

xi31_sp2_release_notes_en.pdf

BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2 Update Installation and Deployment Guide

xi31_sp2_install_en.pdf

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2 Web Application Deployment Guide for platform x (eg. Windows)
xi31_sp2_webappdd_win_en.pdf

Document Locales
No S-ID required

SAP HELP PORTAL

http://help.sap.com

SAP SUPPORT PORTAL

https://websmp108.sap-ag.de/support
Requires a Customer S-ID and Password.

Software Downloads
http://service.sap.com/bosap-downloads
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Software Downloads
BOE XI 3.1 ServicePack 2 (Server + Client) BOE XI 3.1 ServicePack 2 (Client Tools)

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Best Practices Pre-Installation

Backup, Backup, Backup!
WAR files File Store (Input & Output FRS) CMS System & Audit Databases Virtualized? Take a SNAPSHOT!

Ensure all client and server systems on the same version before upgrading Ensure plenty of disk space
Note: Reference the XI 3.1 SP2 Installation & Deployment Guide for more info

Known Issues (SAP Note: 1371325)

Problem: Universes based on SAP Bex Query become corrupted (OLAP) Cause: BOE XI 3.1 SP2 Resolution: Download & Install HotFix for BOE XI 3.1 SP2 (7-31-2009)

Known Issue (SAP Note: 1374386)

Problem: Installation Slowness (3-18+ hours reported) Cause: Bug with Windows Installer (MSI) Resolution: Perform silent installation of BOE XI 3.1 SP2

To install or Not to install?

Install may be slow, but appears to install successfully Work-around available through silent installation Silent installation workaround only good for MSI 3.x (not 4.x) Problem will be resolved in Service Pack 3 release

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-Franz Aman, VP of Platform Product Marketing

SAPSAP Consultant - BusinessObjects

How to find the version of your Windows Installer

Start->Run: msiexec /? Windows Server 2008 defaults to 4.x (often 4.5) Cant roll back version of Windows Installer unless you reinstall Windows

Silent Installation How To

Refer to the BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2 Update Installation and Deployment Guide aka: xi31_sp2_install_en.pdf and refer to page 21.

Silent Installation Response File

1. Extract the installation files to your temp directory Cancel once complete. Do not proceed to GUI installation. 2. Open a command line and enter the directory containing the setep.exe 3. Create a Response File ini file with the command line: setup.exe -w <response filepath>\<filename>.ini

Silent Installation Record Responses

A Response File records actions into the *.ini file which is read during a silent install.

Silent Installation Run with switch

4. Next, run the silent install with the command line: setup.exe -r <response filepath>\<filename>.ini where <response filepath> is the path to the .ini file you created in step 1. 5. Run the silent install with the commandline: setup.exe /qn+

FYI: Running the silent install will take up more disk space than the GUI install. The default GUI install takes up 1.7 GB, alone. /qn+ = Prompt when installation complete or fails

Silent Installaltion - Tips

Out of space?
Change the temp directory

Quick Review WebI Input Controls

Quickly filter content from within the document Analyze What If scenarios

Input Controls
Apply filters directly to measures Measure changes over time (eg. Slider)

Quick Review Some LCM SP2 Changes

Granular Application Security (ie. Silo off VMS security) Lock/Unlock info-objects within the VMS & Export versioned objects locally

LCM SP2
New Info-objects Supported Promote Application Rights

(like the Import Wizard)

(Encyclopedia, EPM Dashboards, My InfoView, BI Services, Polestar, BO MetaData Manager)

BUG: Add *\bin to end of Install Path under Admin Options of LCM > VMS Settings