
Tomcat configuration files and JAVA options, for example, need to be documented, it’s not enough to just have them backed-up because when you move from BI 4.2 to BI 4.3 these files will be gone. If you don’t back up the following you won’t be able to fully recover: If there’s no email on your SAP BusinessObjects account, the email notification won’t go anywhere.

However, do make sure that the notification configuration is enabled in the settings. You have monitoring in SAP BusinessObjects and there are two watchers already by default for the disk space. Enable Disk Space Monitoring and Notification Make sure you have enough disk space for SAP BusinessObjects: especially for temporary files when viewing WebIs and scheduling them, and every time you install patches and filestore (which will continually increase over time). This will allow you to then audit events of which administrators did what. The administrator account is good when you need to install a patch or control the administrative side of SAP BusinessObjects but please limit the use as much as possible and use your own named account.

I’ve got 16 more Business Objects tips and tricks on the administration and security side. And if your software is a few years old, it will be missing features now available in more recent versions.Īs 2018 comes to a close, spend some time with SAP’s product availability matrix (and similar tools from your operating system and database vendors) as part of your annual planning and budgeting process.If you’re motivated enough and reached this section we’re nearly there. Just because software such as SAP HANA, SAP BW or SAP Data Services is still under mainstream maintenance, SAP may no longer be issuing patches for your support pack level.

In addition to version, be sure to check the support pack that you’re currently running. Lack of patch support could lead to issues as new browser and database versions come to market. While most of these products will be covered by Priority One support for a few more years, they’ll no longer receive patch support. SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 end of Priority One support is December 31, 2018 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 end of mainstream maintenance is December 31, 2018 SAP Design Studio 1.6 end of mainstream maintenance is December 28, 2018 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis 2.4, edition for Microsoft Office end of mainstream maintenance is November 30, 2018 SAP Lumira 1.x end of mainstream maintenance is August 30, 2018

Support dates for all SAP products can be found in the on-line product availability matrix. Some key support dates are coming up for customers of the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform.
