What's new in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP 2

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

* BI Launch Pad介面調整，可自訂標題、LOGO及CSS.

圖: 新版BI Launch Pad

圖: 舊版BI Launch Pad

* CMC新增系統組態精靈(System Configuration Wizard , SCW)，包含產品、容量、資料夾等設定

圖: 系統組態精靈

* 安裝速度由約60分鐘提升至約30分鐘. (視主機效能而定)

* 可搭配視覺化分析SAP Lumira. (SAP Lumira支援BI 4.x以上版本)

* Bundled Sybase SQL Anywhere for CMC database.

* Bundled Tomcat 7.0 for web service. (BO 4.0為Tomcat 6.0)

* 資訊設計工具(Information Design Tool, IDT)支援語意層UNV/UNX，據了解語意層設計工具(Universe Design Tool, UDT)即將淡出

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

* 管理者可自訂UI介面，群組/個人化Web Intelligence，包含工具列或選項

* Web Intelligence於讀取模式下，使用者可將報表儲存為CSV檔

圖: 新版儲存檔案類型

圖: 舊版儲存檔案類型

* Web Intelligence於讀取模式下，使用者可自行凍結欄位：前1列/前1~5行 (0為不凍結)

* Web Intelligence於設計模式下，報表設計者可自訂圖表之調色盤配色

圖: 新版調色盤

圖: 舊版調色盤

* Web Intelligence於設計模式(中文語系)下，公式編輯器之函數由中文化回復為英文顯示 (BO 3.x為英文; BI 4.0為中文化)

圖: 新版公式編輯器

圖: 舊版公式編輯器

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard

* Dashboards可於行動裝置iOS/Android系統執行.

* 圖表名稱異動，異動名稱如下圖

圖: 舊版圖表名稱                                    圖: 新版圖表名稱

* 支援(X, Y)軸相對位置

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

* Explorer 4.1支援語意層UNV/UNX

Other Important Information

* 支援Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1

* 不支援Internet Explorer 11, SQL Server 2012 SP1

Relational connection to SAP HANA

In order to connect to SAP HANA database BI provides 2 types of connection drivers (ODBC and JDBC). You must first create relational connection using one of the driver. Once the connection is created and tested then you can use it to build the data foundation for your universe.

Also, make sure to increase array fetch size (default is 10) to maximum of 1000 for better performance. Higher values run faster queries though it requires more memory. If you connecting to SAP HANA it's expected that your server wil have enough memory power. Now, after configuring connection you are all set to publish connection.

The following parameters apply to most relational connections

Relational connections fall into one of three types, listed below.
• SAP NetWeaver BW relational databases
• SAS relational databases
• Other relational databases

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InfoView/WebI Session Timeout

The configuration is platform dependent. If you are on a .Net platform you need to edit the web.config file and if you are on a java platform, you need to edit the web.xml file. The default time is 20 minutes.

For .NET platform

C: \Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Web Content\Enterprise115\InfoView

Look for “timeout” and modify it accordingly.

For Java Platform

C: \Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat\webapps\businessobjects\enterprise115\desktoplaunch\WEB-INF

Note: Please back the files up before making any changes.