What's New in BusinessObjects XI

3.1

BusinessObjects XI 3.1
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Contents
Chapter 1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI 3.1 5

Chapter 2 Supported products 7

Chapter 3 Installation and Deployment 9

Chapter 4 Migration and Upgrade 11

Report Conversion Tool.............................................................................12
Report Comparison Tool............................................................................13
Delta Viewer..............................................................................................13
Data providers...........................................................................................14
Formula language functions......................................................................14

Chapter 5 New features in existing products 15

BusinessObjects Enterprise.......................................................................16
Translation Manager..................................................................................17
Live Office..................................................................................................18
Web Intelligence........................................................................................19
What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1.................................................21
Query as a Web Service............................................................................22
Voyager......................................................................................................22
Dashboard and Analytics...........................................................................24
Universe Designer.....................................................................................25
Data Access...............................................................................................27
BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions ...................................27

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Extending platform and language support...........................................27

Mass distribution of personalized SAP Crystal and Web Intelligence
reports..................................................................................................28

Chapter 6 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.1 29

Appendix A Get More Help 33

Index 37

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Welcome to
BusinessObjects XI 3.1

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1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI 3.1

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI is the business intelligence platform that

supports the entire range of performance management, reporting, querying,
and analysis applications. It also provides industry-standard, proven
architecture and platform support for semantic layers, data integration, and
security. BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides full web-based
administration and configuration of the entire system.

BusinessObjects XI:

• Extends the robust information infrastructure provided by earlier releases

and integrates seamlessly with existing product line
• Supports all deployment models and lets you fine-tune administration
and configuration of the entire system
• Brings together features from across the Business Objects product line
to meet your evolving reporting needs, from using Web Intelligence
anywhere to improving Crystal Reports interactivity and personalization
• Facilitates migration from BusinessObjects Enterprise 5.x and 6.x to
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
• Supports side-by-side deployment of XI Release 2 with XI 3.0, enabling
existing customers to leverage your investments in Business Objects and
Crystal technologies
• Delivers innovation to drive user productivity and self-service reporting
• Delivers more reporting with fewer reports
• Includes a variety of major enhancements spread across our data access
methods, administration capabilities, and report design options
• Simplifies business monitoring with dashboard functionality and improved
user experience
• Delivers the strongest self-service query and analysis solution for SAP
customers

This document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements

available in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 and directs you to the available product
documentation to get you started using the new features.

To learn about new features of previous releases, visit our support website
at http://help.sap.com.
If for some reason you do not find what you are looking for in the product's
online help or the available PDF documentation, please communicate your
questions and feedback to Business Objects documentation email address
mailto:documentation@businessobjects.com.

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Supported products

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2 Supported products

For information on the products and components that are supported with this
release, refer to the BusinessObjects Enterprise Installation and Configuration
Guide for Windows and UNIX.

Developer Components
• BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK
• BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services SDK
For a complete reference to the Developer products' documentation, see the
online version at http://diamond.businessobjects.com.

Third-party supported products

The Business Objects support website here http://www.businessob
jects.com/support/default.asp, has been redirected.

For an up-to-date list of the supported third-party products, you need to login
to the SAP Support Portal and the Service Marketplace.

To gain access to the Service Marketplace, follow the steps below:

1. Access http://www.service.sap.com

2. Click New Users Register Here, found on the bottom right-hand corner
of the screen.

3. Complete the form.

4. You will receive the details by email after 24 hours and be able to access
the site.

For further assistance, contact mailto:sapnet@sap.com the SAP Service

Marketplace.

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Installation and Deployment

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3 Installation and Deployment

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 includes the following installation and

deployment improvements.
• Information about post-install web application deployment is now
centralized in a web application deployment guide.
For information related to the post-installation deployment of web
applications, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Web Application
Deployment Guide.
• Web component deployment to a Microsoft IIS web application server is
now handled by the BusinessObjects Enterprise installation program.
For more information on installing BusinessObjects Enterprise .NET web
components, see Chapter 4 “New Installation” in the BusinessObjects
Enterprise XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows.

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Migration and Upgrade

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4 Migration and Upgrade
Report Conversion Tool

Refer to BusinessObjects 5.x and 6.x to XI 3.0 Migration Guide for information
on migration from BusinessObjects 5 and 6 releases to BusinessObjects XI
3.0.

Related Topics
• Report Comparison Tool on page 13
• Report Conversion Tool on page 12
• Data providers on page 14
• Delta Viewer on page 13
• Formula language functions on page 14
• Report Conversion Tool on page 12

Report Conversion Tool

Enhancements to the Report Conversion Tool are based on new Web
Intelligence features.

Standalone mode
You can now run the Report Conversion Tool in authenticated mode by
connecting to a CMS, or in standalone mode. In standalone mode, users
can convert their own documents in their local file system without having to
publish them in the CMS. Documents that converted to Web Intelligence
may be viewed in the new Web Intelligence Rich Client.

The following limitations exist in standalone mode:

• Converting documents based on Free-hand SQL or Stored Procedures
• Performing an audit on report conversion actions
• Comparing .REP-to-.WID reports

Personal data providers

In addition to Business Objects universes, the Report Conversion Tool now
converts Desktop Intelligence reports that were created using the following
personal data providers:
• Microsoft Excel documents
• ASCII files (formats ASC, PRN, CSV and TXT)
• free-hand SQL and stored procedures

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Report Comparison Tool 4
Embedded pictures are converted
Image files embedded in the report are converted.

New formula language functions are converted

New functions in formula language are converted:
• MultiCube (renamed ForceMerge in the Web Intelligence report)
• DataProviderType
• Product
• ElseIf

Report comparison functionality

The Report Conversion Tool lets you compare Desktop Intelligence .REP
files with their corresponding .WID files immediately after conversion.

Getting started with new features

To get started with new features in the Report Conversion Tool:
• Consult the online help installed with the product.
• Consult the BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Report Conversion Tool Guide.

Report Comparison Tool

The Report Comparison Tool is a new Java application for comparing .REP
files to other .REP files.

Note:
The .REP to .WID comparison functionality has been integrated in the Report
Conversion Tool.

Delta Viewer
The Delta Viewer is a new tool for viewing the results of report conversions.
It is used for both Desktop Intelligence report (.REP-to-.REP) comparisons
in the Report Comparison Tool and Desktop Intelligence reports to Web
Intelligence report (.REP-to-.WID) comparisons in the Report Conversion
Tool.

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Data providers

For more information and to get started, see Report Comparison tool Guide.

Data providers
The following new data providers are supported in this release:
• Personal data providers, such as local Excel and ASCII files (.TXT, .CSV)
• Stored procedure provider (through a universe)
Embedded pictures are now converted:
• By default, a BMP picture is converted to a BMP file
• By default, a TIFF picture is converted to a GIF file
• A Windows OLE CF object is converted to a GIF file
• OLECF objects are also converted as pictures

Formula language functions

The following new functions are available for formulas:
• MultiCube (renamed ForceMerge)
• DataProviderType
• Product
• ElseIF

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products

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BusinessObjects Enterprise

Click any of the product names to go to the page that describes the new
features for that product and find out how to get started using the new
features.

Related Topics
• BusinessObjects Enterprise on page 16
• Translation Manager on page 17
• Live Office on page 18
• Dashboard and Analytics on page 24
• What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 on page 21
• Voyager on page 22
• Web Intelligence on page 19
• Universe Designer on page 25
• Data Access on page 27
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions on page 27

BusinessObjects Enterprise
BusinessObjects Enterprise has undergone a user interface refresh. Both
the InfoView application and the Central Management Console (CMC) have
new and improved workflows.

Web Application Container Server (WACS)

The Web Application Container Server is a service that hosts the Central
Management Console (CMC) for users that are installing BusinessObjects
Enterprise on a Windows environment and don't want to deploy the CMC to
a Java application server.

WACS requires a minimum effort to install, maintain, and configure, and

provides an administrative interface that is consistent with other
BusinessObjects Enterprise servers.

For more information about WACS, see Chapter 9: Working with the Web
Application Container Server in the BusinessObjects Enterprise
Administrator's Guide.

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Translation Manager 5
Multi-Forested Active Directory
BusinessObjects Enterprise now enables administrators to support Active
Directory (AD) authentication across multiple domains across a company's
network. Multi-forest support is now integrated into the process of using the
Central Management Console (CMC) to set up AD authentication with either
the Kerberos or NTLM authentication protocols.

For more information about multi-forested Active Directory, see Chapter 6:

Configuring Third-Party Authentication in the BusinessObjects Enterprise
Administrator's Guide .

Internet Protocol 6 (IPv6) support

BusinessObjects servers now support IPv6. Servers can be configured
through the Central Management Console (CMC) to run as IPv6-only,
IPv4-only , or mixed IPv4/IPv6 nodes. Users can use IPv6 IP addresses to
log on to the CMS or accessing other back-end servers.

Repository Diagnostic Tool

The Repository Diagnostic Tool now scans for and repairs inconsistencies
that may occur in the metadata of the InfoObjects in your repository, in
addition to inconsistencies that may occur between the File Repository
Servers and the Central Management Server database.

For more information, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository

Diagnostic Tool User's Guide.

Publishing
In XI 3.1, publications containing Web Intelligence documents can be
processed using different report bursting methods to satisfy various needs
in scalability and data personalization.

For more information about Publishing, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise

Publisher's Guide.

Translation Manager
In BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1, the Translation Manager user interface
is simplified to make it more intuitive to use while maintaining all the
functionality. User interface enhancements include:

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Live Office

• The three most-used views open automatically to simplify the window.

Other views can be opened when needed.
• Information in the Document Properties view is integrated in the Language
Management view to reduce the number of views needed.
• The Language Management view is reorganized to make language
selection faster.
• The percentage of translated content is displayed for each language in
the Language Management view.
• The Filter view is reorganized to simplify filtering on status.
• The Text Editor view is initialized with the source and previously translated
text.
• Untranslated text in the Translation Editor view displays in blue rather
than red. Original content is now displayed in the original content column.
• The Format Editor is completely re-designed to make it easy to select
default formats, and create a customized format by using pre-defined
formats.
• The wizards for importing and exporting XLIFF files are streamlined.
• The menus and toolbar are clearer and simpler.
The enhancements to Translation Manager are documented in the
fully-updated Translation Manager Guide available in PDF format and also
online in the Translation Manager application.

Live Office
Live Office provides the following new features:

• Full Live Office functionality for MS Outlook. You can now insert Live
Office objects into an Outlook email.
• Live Office users can now copy and paste objects across MS Office
applications. Once an object is inserted into one MS Office application,
it can be reused through a simple copy and paste operation.
• Live Office supports MS Office 2007 and includes a special LiveOffice
ribbon menu
• Enhancements in Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Universe
Designer have been integrated into Live Office. The integrated
enhancements include support for optional parameters and prompts,
interactive parameters, universe ranking, universe sampling, SAP Key
Date.

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Note:
None of these are new Live Office features but enhancements that have
been integrated into Live Office.

For more information, refer to the product documentation and online help:

• Live Office Installation Guide - includes updates that apply to all

BusinessObjects Enterprise client applications
• Live Office User Guide - includes updated workflows, procedures and a
new 'Common tasks' section

Web Intelligence
.NET availability
The Web Intelligence HTML viewer is now available on the .NET platform.

Saving documents as CSV and Excel

You can now save Web Intelligence documents locally as CSV (data only)
files from the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel and Web Intelligence Rich
Client.

When you save a document as an Excel file, Web Intelligence now creates
a separate worksheet for each 65K rows of data.

Refreshing local data providers

Data refresh of local data providers (txt, csv or Excel files) is more flexible.
Web Intelligence can now refresh a local data provider if the file is in one of
three locations:
• The folder where the local data file was stored when the data provider
was created
• The same folder as the Web Intelligence document
• The default user document folder (C:\Documents and
Settings\%currentUser%\My Documents\My Business Objects
Documents\userDocs)

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Web Intelligence

Document autosave and recovery

Web Intelligence now protects your work by automatically saving documents
before a server timeout, and at defined intervals while the document is open.

Query, prompt and report information in free-standing cells

You can quickly add details of queries, prompts and report filters to a Web
Intelligence document by using three new pre-defined free-standing cells:
• The Query Summary cell uses the QuerySummary function to provide
information on the queries in the document.
• The Prompt Summary cell uses the PromptSummary function to provide
information on the prompts in the document.
• The Report Filter Summary cell uses the ReportFilterSummary function
to provide information on all the report filters in the document.

Simple report filters

Simple report filters provide an easy, convenient and highly-visible way of
filtering data through a new toolbar.

Lists of values in prompts

The display of lists of values in prompts is improved. Web Intelligence displays
the list of possible prompt responses if it is available, or clearly indicates that
the list must be refreshed if it is not. Web Intelligence also displays the last
refresh date of the list if possible.

Updates to the Web Intelligence formula language

The formula language is enhanced with new data comparison capabilities:
• The Previous function is enhanced to allow you to compare a value with
any previous value.
• The new RelativeValue function allows you to perform complex
data-slicing comparisons that are independent of the report layout.
There are various other updates to the formula language:
• Running calculations (for example RunningAverage) are not reset in a
new section.
• Previous does not carry the last value of a row to the beginning of the
next row in a crosstab.

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What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 5
• To respect the ISO 8601 standard and to be consistent with DayNum
berOfWeek, LastDayOfWeek treats Monday as the first day of the week.
• The Where operator now supports boolean conditions on measures.

What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1

This section provides a high-level overview of the components, features, and
benefits that are provided by the latest release of Crystal Reports.

Note:
All the topics in this document are detailed in the Crystal Reports Online
Help. Search the help using the index or the Search tab for detailed
information on how to use the new functionality.

Flash printing
Crystal Reports 2008 allows you to print SWF objects in your report without
the need to first export the report to PDF.

The printing option can print SWF objects that have data binding as well as
SWF objects that do not have data binding.

Enhanced publishing interface

The Crystal Reports 2008 Publishing page now allows you to set parameter
values for all recipients from the Personalization page. Other improved
usability functions include selecting destinations, PDF merging, and a better
shared publishing workflow.

Unicode-supported interface
Crystal Reports 2008 now has a Unicode-capable interface that allows you
to use User Function Libraries (UFLs) for multilingual information processing.

For example, in a multilingual report, you can use the UFLs to access and
translate the multilingual text.

XML and Web Services Database Driver

Web services created with SOAP 1.2 are now accessible to Crystal Reports
XML and Web Services driver. This includes new architectures such as .NET
3.0 (Windows Communication Foundation).

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Query as a Web Service

Also, the Crystal Reports XML Web Services driver recognizes a Web Service
that returns an ADO.NET DataSet.

Viewer Accessibility
The Webform (DHTML) viewer is now accessible. The enhanced cross-tab
objects can now be navigated by a screen reader.

Query as a Web Service

Business Intelligence (BI) content is usually bound to a specific user interface
of BI tools. Query as a Web Service changes lets BI content be delivered as
a query to any user interface that can process Web Services. This release
provides updates and new features to enable greater functionality when
designing and viewing the query.
• Improved WSDL management, with removal of background user
• Query as a Web Service folders and Central Management Console page
• Query as a Web Service Designer usability enhancements : menus replace
buttons on the QaaWS Designer main panel
• Query as a Web Service Designer supports the following authentication
modes: AD, AD SSO, LDAP and SAP

Voyager
In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, BusinessObjects Voyager contains new features
and enhancements that are focused on improving productivity and depth of
analysis. These features and enhancements include new data visualizations,
updated OLAP server support, and new interoperability with Crystal Reports
and Web Intelligence.

Data visualizations
Voyager brings four new data visualizations to users:
• Box plot charts
• Scatter charts
• Bubble charts
• Radar charts

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Box plot charts offer a way to view the lowest, lower quartile, median, upper
quartile and highest values for series of data. Scatter charts can be used to
highlight correlations in data, with bubble charts adding the additional
opportunity to visualize a third variable on top of the two usually associated
with a scatter chart. Radar charts can be used to easily compare performance
of items for several measures.

Additionally, the toolbar and menus have been enhanced to enable easy
selection of the increasingly diverse types of visualization.

Exception Highlighting enhancements

Exception highlighting identifies anomalies in your data, and Voyager
exception highlighting now includes several automatic color choice options
so that users no longer need to manually specify colors for each highlighting
range.

In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, Voyager provides single-click interaction to enable

a selection of new exception highlighting models. These include “shades of
red”, “shades of green”, and “hot and cold”, to highlight degrees of diversion
from a target value, along with the more traditional “good or bad” and “traffic
light” exception highlight models.

Also, the chosen color schemes can be easily reversed with the click of a
single button.

Interoperability with Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports

To enable analysis to extend beyond the numeric world of OLAP data into
the textual world of relational data, Voyager introduces the ability to pass
contextual information to Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports. This capability
allows interesting information found during a Voyager analysis session to be
augmented with information from other data sources and distributed to a
wider audience.

Favorite groups
For increased productivity, Voyager users can create and save their own
favorite groups of members from all dimensions, for easy access at a later
time. These favorite groups are always available whenever a user starts a
new analysis.

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Dashboard and Analytics

Display cube update time

It is important that users can trust the data they are using. In BusinessObjects
XI 3.1, Voyager displays the date and time when the data cube was last
updated, for those providers that enable this information. Users can then
see at all times how current their data is.

Printing enhancements
There is now greater flexibility when performing "Data" printing, with the
added ability to change the font size, specify the number of columns, repeat
headings across pages, and indent members according to their positions in
the hierarchy.

Undo and Redo

In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, Voyager introduces the ability to undo and redo
previous actions. This provides additional confidence because users can
quickly revert back to earlier states or layouts.

Support for Microsoft Analysis Services 2008

Voyager now supports the next major release of Microsoft's OLAP server.

IPv6 network support

Voyager now supports networks that use the new IPv6 standard.

Platform updates
Voyager now supports the latest Microsoft operating systems: Vista for the
Voyager client, and Windows 2008 for the MDAS Server.

Support for Linux Redhat 5 is added.

Versions 8 and 9 of Adobe Acrobat are now supported.

Voyager also extends its support to the Apple Macintosh and the Safari
version 3 web browser.

Dashboard and Analytics

The following enhancements are available in Dashboard Builder:

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• A Print button has been added to the dashboards, so that you can print
one or more tabs and sub tabs in a dashboard.
• While editing dashboards in the Template Layout mode, you can chose
Scale height to have the dashboard analytics adjust to the height of the
browser window when it is enlarged or reduced in size.
• The Navigation List user interface has been improved.
• The content linking feature in Dashboard Builder allows a dynamic data
exchange between Xcelsius models and reports. You set up dynamic
communication between Xcelsius and Web Intelligence and Crystal report
analytics placed on a Dashboard Builder tab or sub tab. At run time, a
source Xcelsius analytic sends information to target Xcelsius and Web
Intelligence and Crystal report analytics. Targets use the information sent
by the source analytic as parameter values, input to prompts in the case
of reports, or as a model variable in the case of an Xcelsius model.

The following enhancements are available in Performance Manager:

• You can now view the Goal and Pareto analytics using Macromedia Flash.

Universe Designer
Here are the enhancements provided for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1:

Pairs of values can be used in the @Prompt function

The Universe Designer @Prompt function can now be used with pairs of
input values such as: '4':' France ', ‘2’:’US’. You can type a LOV as a list of
pairs of input values and for the default values for the @Prompt function.
For more information, see the Universe Designer online help and refer to
Chapter 9 of the Universe Designer User's Guide.

The Universe ID can be used in the @Variable function

The Universe Designer @Variable function now supports the universe ID as
an input variable ('UNVID'). For more information about this feature, refer to
Chapter 9 of the Universe Designer User's Guide

Tables with input columns can be used in the universe

Universe Designer can now insert Data Federator generated tables that
contain input columns into the universe. The Web Intelligence or Query as

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a Web Service user will be required to choose values or enter values in order
for the input columns to be calculated. The data for the input columns can
be the following:

• Values hard-coded when you create the universe

• Values provided by the end user (after a prompt), or selected from a list
• Values provided via a join with another table
For more information about this feature, refer to Chapter 3 of the Universe
Designer User's Guide.

SQL statements can be prefixed with the Begin_SQL function

The new SQL parameter Begin_SQL can be configured to insert SQL orders
that will be executed before BusinessObjects-generated SQL statements.
This ensures that the orders are executed before all generated SQL
statements. This function works with any database that supports passing
parameters before the SELECT statement. The following are some examples
of use:
• Teradata: monitor and manage DB usage based on query origin details
provided within the executed SQL
• Oracle: turn on read only transaction
• Netezza: trigger optimization options
For more information about this feature, refer to Chapter 9 of the Universe
Designer User's Guide.

OLAP Universe enhancements for Universe Designer SDK

The universe Designer SDK has the following enhancements:
• It is possible to connect to the following OLAP data sources: SAP BW,
Essbase, and MSAS
• The new AddEx method in the Universes class allows you to create an
OLAP universe with the Universe Designer SDK
• The new RefreshStructureOlap method in the Universe class allows
you to refresh an OLAP universe created with the Universe Designer SDK
For more information about this feature, refer to the Universe Designer API
Reference Guide.

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Data Access 5
Data Access
The Data Access component provides new connectivities as part of this
release. For more information about it, refer to the Products Availability Report
on the Supported Platforms page at http://www.service.sap.com/bosap-
support.

BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP

Solutions
This section gives a high-level overview of the key new features provided in
BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions.

BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions delivers the strongest

business intelligence solution for SAP customers, with new capabilities aimed
at adding value to SAP products while lowering the total cost of ownership
and providing an SAP-familiar user experience, especially for end-user
self-service in ad-hoc query, reporting, and analysis.

Extending platform and language support

BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions provides additional platform

support for SAP integration.

Support for HP Itanium platform

BusinessObjects Enterprise server components used for SAP integration
can now be installed and used on 64-bit HP-UX IA platforms. Administrators
and users can now configure and use native 64-bit components of SAP
integration on 64-bit HP-UX Itanium. HPUX includes:
• Server side workflows for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Voyager.
• First release to include OLAP BAPI support (Webi workflows).

Support for 32-bit Windows Vista SP1

SAP integration is now available for Business Objects client components
running on 32-bit Windows Vista SP1.

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Support for 64-bit Windows Vista SP1

SAP integration is now available for Business Objects client components
running on 64-bit Windows Vista SP1.

Additional language support

BusinessObjects XI provides enhanced language support for SAP integration.
SAP integration is now available in the following languages:
• Russian
• Polish
• Danish
• Norwegian
• Thai
• Finish

Support for multilingual data access and display for all BusinessObjects
Enterprise client and server components is available in these languages.

Note:
SAP server side tools will not be translated into Thai.

Mass distribution of personalized SAP Crystal and

Web Intelligence reports

Report publishing capabilities in BusinessObjects XI provide the ability to

broadcast personalized SAP Crystal and Web Intelligence reports to a large
user population based on SAP user role definitions. With these new
capabilities there is no need to replicate SAP data access authorization
settings in BusinessObjects Enterprise. For more information about
Publications, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Publishing Guide, which
can be accessed from our customer support site: http://support.businessob
jects.com/documentation/default.asp

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with BusinessObjects XI 3.1

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All products have integrated online help accessible either through the Help
menu, the Help button, or by pressing F1 from within the application. In
addition the online support website contains the most complete and up-to-date
information as it is updated regularly with new information and examples.

Here is the list of guides that are available for download on the public product
documentation website in all supported languages: http://support.busines
sobjects.com/documentation/.

Overview documentation
• What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1
• Business Objects XI 3.1 Release Notes
• Error Messages Explained
• Error Messages Guide now available online: http://errorguide.businessob
jects.com

Installation and Administration

• BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
• BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Repository Diagnostic Tool User's
Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Software Inventory Tool User's Guide
• Performance Management Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Voyager Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3.1 Installation Guide
• Installing Crystal Reports 2008
• Dashboard Analytics Setup Administration Guide

Migration and Upgrade

• Business Objects 5/6 to XI 3.1 Migration Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Import Wizard User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Report Conversion Tool User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Report Publishing Wizard User's Guide
• Data Source Migration Wizard Guide
• Using the Report Comparison Tool
• Universal Translation Manager User's Guide

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Solutions for SAP and other Partner Deployments
• What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 for SAP Solutions
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions Installation Guide
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions User Guide
• Using SAP BW in Universe Designer
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for PeopleSoft Solutions Installation Guide
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Installation
and User Guide
• Business Objects Live Office XI 3.1 User's Guide

Query and Analysis

• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Infoview User's Guide
• Crystal Reports 2008 User's Guide
• Using Business Views
• BusinessObjects Voyager User's Guide
• Web Intelligence Rich Client User's Guide
• Using Functions, Formulas and Calculations in Web Intelligence
• Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence HTML Report Panel
• Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel
• Performing On-Report Analysis with Web Intelligence
• Building Queries with Web Intelligence Query - HTML
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Desktop Intelligence Access and
Analysis Guide
• Query as a Web Service User's Guide

Semantic layer components

• Data Access Guide
• Universe Designer Guide
• Universe Builder Guide

Performance Management Components

• BusinessObjects Set Analysis User Guide
• Performance Manager User's Guide
• Dashboard Builder User's Guide
• Predictive Analysis User's Guide

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• BusinessObjects Process Analysis User Guide

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Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering all products and
their deployment. The online documentation library has the most up-to-date
version of the Business Objects product documentation. You can browse
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To access the online documentation library, visit http://help.sap.com/ and

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Additional developer resources

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Online customer support

The Business Objects Customer Support web site contains information about
Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range
of technical information including knowledgebase articles, downloads, and
support forums.

http://www.businessobjects.com/support/

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Business Objects consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis
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tools, customized embedding technology, and more.

For more information, contact your local sales office, or contact us at:

http://www.businessobjects.com/services/consulting/

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From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can
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http://www.businessobjects.com/services/training

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analytics Live Office
Macromedia Flash 24 new features 18
Navigation List 24
M
B
metadata
BOE multi-lingual 17
new features 16 multi-lingual
BusinessObjects Enterprise universes 17
new features 16
O
C
OLAP reporting
content linking new features 22
in dashboards 24 Outlook
Crystal Reports 2008 Live Office support 18
what's new 21
Q
D
Query as a Web Service
dashboards new features 22
content linking 24
editing in template layout 24
printing 24
T
Designer Translation Manager 17
new features 25

U
E
Universe Designer
Enterprise new features 25
new features 16 universes
multi-lingual 17

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V Web Intelligence (continued)

new free-standing cells 19
Voyager PromptSummary function 19
new features 22 QuerySummary function 19
ReportFilterSummary function 19
saving documents as CSV 19
W simple report filter 19
Web Intelligence Web Service
autosaving and recovering documents 19 queries 22

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