For those who may be unaware, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 are going out of patch support as of 12/31/2015. This means that 2015 needs to be the year for that migration you’ve been putting off (see related article, State of the SAP BusinessObjects Upgrade, December 2014). Before reading, you may […]
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10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Defining Your Migration Path
Let’s Get Moving We’ve made it through the first 5 steps on the journey to BI4 and are now over halfway there. By this point, you hopefully have your new BI4 server in place and you’re ready to start moving content. Fortunately SAP has provided us with the handy Upgrade Management Tool (UMT) to facilitate […]
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when migrating from XI3.1 to BI4 is that the Import Wizard (IW) is gone (and there was much rejoicing), and it has been replaced by the Upgrade Management Tool (UMT).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.