How To, SAP Business Objects Enterprise, SAP Data Services, Technology

Building a SAP BI 4 Demo System

This article provides a summary of the high level steps involved with building a SAP BI 4 Demo System and provides guidance on hardware and software requirements and links to where software can be downloaded from. The Demo System will host SAP Business Objects 4.0 and SAP Data Services 4.0 Overview The demo server consists… Continue reading Building a SAP BI 4 Demo System

Business Intelligence, Delivery Methodology, SAP Business Objects, SAP Business Objects Enterprise

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3 Deployment Patterns

When deploying an SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system there are a lot of choices for where you can deploy all the services that make up the system. It is then necessary to make sure that you choose the right deployment in order to meet your requirements, for example, is it easily maintained, is it resilient, is… Continue reading SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3 Deployment Patterns

How To, Information Delivery, SAP Business Objects

SAP Business Objects Data Services, SQL Server Express and Java 6

This articles looks at configuring the following components, SAP Business Objects Data Services XI3.2 SQL Server Express 2005 Tomcat 5.5 JDK 1.6 The JDK 1.6 is not supported and indeed when trying to configure the Management Console to connect to a repository created in SQL Server Express 2005 we get the following error, Java Runtime… Continue reading SAP Business Objects Data Services, SQL Server Express and Java 6

SAP Business Objects Enterprise

BusinessObjects XIr2 Import Wizard Crashing

Having resolved my DB2 client issue I now have an  issue with the Import Wizard of BusinesObjects XIr2. When importing a BIAR file to BOE the Import Wizard crashes right at then end when I clicked on Finish. To fix this was simple enough. The Import Wizard creates a log file when it performs an… Continue reading BusinessObjects XIr2 Import Wizard Crashing