SAP BusinessObjects customers using the Oracle database should plan on an upgrade in 2020.
Tag: BI4.0
State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade, January 2016
It’s a brand new year and time for annual planning of your SAP BI landscape. With the recent end of mainstream support of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 on December 31, 2015, and Microsoft dropping support for all but it’s latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, all roads lead to SAP BusinessObjects Business […]
State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade, December 2014
All roads lead to SAP BI 4.1 in 2015.
Migrating Dashboards to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4
Expert tips for moving your existing Xcelsius dashboards to the BI 4.0 or 4.1 platform.
Web Intelligence Default Paper Size
Like the definition of “football” and the use of the metric system, Americans also differ from most of the world on the definition of a standard paper size. Most of the world uses a standard paper size called A4 for letters, which is why SAP has chosen that paper size as its default for SAP […]
Fun with the BI4 Upgrade Management Tool
One of the first things you will discover when migrating from XI3.1 to BI4 is that the Import Wizard (IW) is gone (and there was much rejoicing), and it has been replaced by the Upgrade Management Tool (UMT). This is excellent news, since the UMT is a bit easier to use. However, there are a few things that are helpful to know to make your migrations go more smoothly.
The Program Job Server – Unappreciated at Best
Eric really loves the Program Job Server.
First Rumblings of BI4
A little birdy told me that XI 4 is only being released on 64 bit. Can anybody back that up? If you have your hands on the beta now and it didn’t occur to you, VMware Fusion on a “recent” Mac can create 64 bit VMs. All you need then is the 64 bit edition of Windows or a flavor of Linux. I think I’d like to try both. I’m just sayin… yay for Mac.