If you’ve had a chance to use the new BusinessObjects XI 3.0, one of the first things you will notice is that all your services are now managed by a local process called a Server Intelligence Agent. This agent is responsible for starting and stopping all the services that it manages. After installing BusinessObjects XI […]
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The Big Picture
I recently ran across a post of a good friend of mine who was talking about the BusinessObjects Product Suite at a very high level. Overall in this blog I assume that you are familiar with many of the tools in SAP BusinessObjects, but in case you are not, I wanted to refer you to […]
When using Xcelsius 2008
I’ve been spending a lot of time of late getting myself familiar with the new interface of Xcelsius 2008 and I like it so much better than the older Xcelsius 4.5 interface. The embedded Excel spreadsheet is real dream and the new Data Manager, which manages all the external connections make it easy to keep […]
Upgrading to Xcelsius 2008 Tips & Tricks
I recently starting moving my BusinessObjects Enterprise Xcelsius models from XIr2 to XI 3.0. I have found that you may need to modify some of the elements after your model has been upgraded. Namely you will need to: Modify the URL of the web services Modify the URL of the embedded opendocument calls Modify the […]
Let Me Change My Installation Location!
It always been a pet peeve of mine that when software installation programs assumes that you want to install it on the C:Program Files directory. How hard is it to create one more screen to allow the users to change the installation location? Over that last two days I’ve been installing the new BusinessObjects XI […]