You can refer to this link

SAP BI Customers' Handbook

HI Zahra,

It will work.

you can have web tier installed on a linux system and BO on windows or vice versa.

Hope that answers your query.

Regards,

Tanveer

Hi All Im trying to get my head around some concepts relating to Poral and BOE 3.1 integration.

In my current system landscape, we have portal 7.01 integrated with BOE3.1, and the portal contains url iviews.

I was reading in the blog - http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/businessobjects-bi-for-sap/blog/2010/04/08/sap-businessobjects-enterprise-sap-enterprise-portal--part-3-of-4

about how there is not much difference between url iviews and business objects template iview.

For whatever reasons, we have URL iviews which are plainly in the format -

http://<server>:<port>/CmcApp/logon.faces

My question is - what is the open doucment syntax? and how do i ensure that my URL iview is in this format?

Regards,

Karen A.

Have you seen the Open Doc SAP Help guide:

https://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3-1_url_reporting_opendocument_en.pdf

Hello,

BO 4.1 SP03 Patch 9 on Windows server

SSO is configured with SAP authentication on BW system.

OLAP connection is configured (and server information are also fine).

As long than 'Authentication' was on 'Predefined', no issues.

Now, with "SSO" I'm facing an issue.

ANALYSIS for OLAP is working fine, I can select Queries from BW.

But WEBI is not working, I'm facing error when trying to create a new report (and running an existing one), please see below the copy from error.

It is happening on WEBI rich client also.

Can you tell me how and where to check logs file that could be relevant for this on the server?

Could it be a problem with the version?

Thanks in advance.

java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.CommunicationException$UnexpectedServerException: [[error.openSapBwBrowsingSessionFailed] 0] <<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><ConnectionString>

   <Properties>

      <Initial Catalog>NRMCOPA02</Initial Catalog>

      <Language>en_US</Language>

      <Data Source>**IP**</Data Source>

      <Cube Type>Cube</Cube Type>

      <User ID />

      <SaveLanguage>true</SaveLanguage>

      <Password />

      <Initial Cube>NRMCOPA02</Initial Cube>

      <TargetProvider>SAPNETWEAVER7X</TargetProvider>

      <Authentication Mode>2</Authentication Mode>

      <NetworkLayer>SAPBW_BICS</NetworkLayer>

   </Properties>

   <ExtendedProperties>

      <SapLoginMode>0</SapLoginMode>

      <JCO_ASHOST>**IP**</JCO_ASHOST>

      <JCO_R3NAME>BI1</JCO_R3NAME>

      <JCO_CLIENT>100</JCO_CLIENT>

      <JCO_LANG>DE</JCO_LANG>

      <JCO_SYSNR>01</JCO_SYSNR>

   </ExtendedProperties>

</ConnectionString>>

  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker.get(Unknown Source)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.OpenBexPanel.endFetchNode(OpenBexPanel.java:825)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.OpenBexPanel.propertyChange(OpenBexPanel.java:1036)

  at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.fire(Unknown Source)

  at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$SwingWorkerPropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$SwingWorkerPropertyChangeSupport$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source)

  at sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$2.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport.enter(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.Dialog.show(Unknown Source)

  at com.jidesoft.dialog.StandardDialog.show(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.Component.show(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Unknown Source)

  at com.sap.webi.toolkit.ui.dialog.GenericDialog.setVisible(GenericDialog.java:128)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.OpenBexDialog.setVisible(OpenBexDialog.java:115)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.data.BexQueryDataSourceProvider.createDataSourceInfo(BexQueryDataSourceProvider.java:95)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.context.managers.DataManager.createDataSourceInfo(DataManager.java:380)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.tasks.workflows.CreateDataSourceInfoUITask.doneProcess(CreateDataSourceInfoUITask.java:127)

  at com.sap.webi.toolkit.ui.tasks.WebITask$PrivateWorker.done(WebITask.java:378)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$5.run(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source)

  at sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.CommunicationException$UnexpectedServerException: [[error.openSapBwBrowsingSessionFailed] 0] <<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><ConnectionString>

   <Properties>

      <Initial Catalog>NRMCOPA02</Initial Catalog>

      <Language>en_US</Language>

      <Data Source>**IP**</Data Source>

      <Cube Type>Cube</Cube Type>

      <User ID />

      <SaveLanguage>true</SaveLanguage>

      <Password />

      <Initial Cube>NRMCOPA02</Initial Cube>

      <TargetProvider>SAPNETWEAVER7X</TargetProvider>

      <Authentication Mode>2</Authentication Mode>

      <NetworkLayer>SAPBW_BICS</NetworkLayer>

   </Properties>

   <ExtendedProperties>

      <SapLoginMode>0</SapLoginMode>

      <JCO_ASHOST>**IP**</JCO_ASHOST>

      <JCO_R3NAME>BI1</JCO_R3NAME>

      <JCO_CLIENT>100</JCO_CLIENT>

      <JCO_LANG>DE</JCO_LANG>

      <JCO_SYSNR>01</JCO_SYSNR>

   </ExtendedProperties>

</ConnectionString>>

  at com.businessobjects.sdk.core.exception.ExceptionBuilder.make(ExceptionBuilder.java:152)

  at com.businessobjects.sdk.core.exception.ExceptionBuilder.make(ExceptionBuilder.java:109)

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.requests.doit.DoItRequestHandler.afterProcessing(DoItRequestHandler.java:54)

  at com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.internal.AbstractServer.processIt(AbstractServer.java:178)

  at com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.internal.AbstractServer.process(AbstractServer.java:133)

  at com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.internal.InstanceServer.process(InstanceServer.java:94)

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.olap.sapbw.service.SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.processDoIt(SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.java:228)

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.olap.sapbw.service.SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.processInvocation(SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.java:186)

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.olap.sapbw.service.SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.processOpenSession(SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.java:169)

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.olap.sapbw.service.SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.openSession(SapBwBrowsingServiceImpl.java:59)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.getBrowsingSession(ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.java:63)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.doInBackground(ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.java:40)

  at com.sap.webi.ui.dialog.bex.ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.doInBackground(ExpandRepositoryItemWorker.java:15)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

  at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: com.businessobjects.sdk.core.server.ServerException: [[error.openSapBwBrowsingSessionFailed] 0] <<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><ConnectionString>

   <Properties>

      <Initial Catalog>NRMCOPA02</Initial Catalog>

      <Language>en_US</Language>

      <Data Source>**IP**</Data Source>

      <Cube Type>Cube</Cube Type>

      <User ID />

      <SaveLanguage>true</SaveLanguage>

      <Password />

      <Initial Cube>NRMCOPA02</Initial Cube>

      <TargetProvider>SAPNETWEAVER7X</TargetProvider>

      <Authentication Mode>2</Authentication Mode>

      <NetworkLayer>SAPBW_BICS</NetworkLayer>

   </Properties>

   <ExtendedProperties>

      <SapLoginMode>0</SapLoginMode>

      <JCO_ASHOST>**IP**</JCO_ASHOST>

      <JCO_R3NAME>BI1</JCO_R3NAME>

      <JCO_CLIENT>100</JCO_CLIENT>

      <JCO_LANG>DE</JCO_LANG>

      <JCO_SYSNR>01</JCO_SYSNR>

   </ExtendedProperties>

</ConnectionString>>

  at com.sap.sl.sdk.requests.doit.DoItRequestHandler.afterProcessing(DoItRequestHandler.java:50)

  ... 17 more

Hi,

Yes i have seen that document, but couldnt understand how this document fits in when i try to access BO content from the portal.

In Portal, the content is displayed in iviews - and there are different types of iviews. 

URL iviews are one of them.

why do we have to ensure that the url iview is in the open document syntax?

Regards,

Karen A.

Karen - the "why" I don't know; I hope others will reply

My question is a bit more deeper than just why

theres also a how to distinguish between what type of iviews are best suited in a situation?

Also, we do the BO integration with Portal and create system objects using the template.

Now, is BO and BI different?

Karen A.

Hi All

We encountered this error whenever SAP: InfoProvider is taken into report level object or as filter. It throws an error like below

Database error: Error getting hierarchies for dimension 0INFOPROV (Cube ZMPXXXX/YQB_XXXXX_XXXX): System error in program CL_RRHI_INCL_CREATOR_TID and form _FIND_DOUBLICATES-1-. (IES 10901)

When we refresh universe structure also this error appears. But in analysis report this object does not show any error.

Environment:SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 Support Pack 4 Patch 7

The universe[.unv] is based on BEx query.

Please help if you have encountered this error earlier

Regards

Dwaraka

Hi - searching this error brings back 129 SAP notes - would you please search the notes yourself to see which note matches your issue?

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/solutions/notes/?q=%252522IES%25252010901%252522&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&filters=…

Dear All,

I have encountered some issues during the installation of SAP BI4.1 SP4 plateform.

You will find the details provided after the installation in the log file below :

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Errors/Warnings found during the installation are as follows :

15:32:00.570 Error: Error code from call to Windows Installer API: 1612
15:32:01.600 Error: unmarshalSizet: curPos past end of string
15:32:01.600 Error: Serialization error.  Expecting at least 1 arg(s).  Got 0.
15:32:01.600 Error: Poco Exception: Software caused connection abort
15:32:01.600 Error: *** Action result: unknown.
15:50:34.439 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:34.439 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
15:50:34.471 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsName from scope platform.client.java.app.cmc.webpath_bundles-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:34.471 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:34.471 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsPort from scope platform.client.java.app.cmc.webpath_bundles-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:34.471 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
15:50:34.799 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:34.799 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
15:50:34.830 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsName from scope platform.client.java.app.opendoc.webpath_bundle-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:34.830 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:34.830 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsPort from scope platform.client.java.app.opendoc.webpath_bundle-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:34.830 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
15:50:34.970 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:34.970 Error: *** FIXME: Falling back to resolve at product scope, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
15:50:35.002 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsName from scope platform.client.java.app.infoview.webpath_bundles-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:35.002 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsName
15:50:35.002 Error: Couldn't resolve property: MasterCmsPort from scope platform.client.java.app.infoview.webpath_bundles-4.0-core-nu,14.1.7.1853
15:50:35.002 Error: *** HACK: Falling back to resolve at product level, as: platform.services.smartservers.sia.props-4.0-core$MasterCmsPort
ERROR: Could not establish a connection with any CMS.
ERROR: An unexpected internal error occurred. The CMS has terminated unexpectedly with exit code 0. (FWM 23025)
16:12:42.142 ERROR: Could not reach CMS 'SRV-BIL05:6400'. Specify the correct host and port and check for network issues. (FWM 20030)
ERROR: Could not establish a connection with any CMS.
ERROR: An unexpected internal error occurred. The CMS has terminated unexpectedly with exit code 0. (FWM 23025)
16:20:07.319 ERROR: Impossible d'accéder au CMS SRV-BIL05:6400. Spécifiez le port et l'hôte appropriés, puis vérifiez les problèmes de réseau. (FWM 20030)
16:55:28.071 Error: unmarshalSizet: curPos past end of string
16:55:28.071 Error: Serialization error.  Expecting at least 1 arg(s).  Got 0.
16:55:28.071 Error: Poco Exception: Software caused connection abort
16:55:28.071 Error: *** Action result: unknown.
17:26:55.518 err: Fri Apr 29 17:26:55 CEST 2016 Error: Logon( Administrator, SRV-BIL05:6400, secEnterprise) failed

Refer SCN link and SAP Notes for DFO related Errors
Contact system administrator for other errors

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I have checked with DBA, all seems to be OK.

We have deleted and recreated the database schema where BI table are stored but issue is still there.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It seems that it is not a network issue.

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I have unstalled and installed BI4.1 SP4 following the SAP notes and install once again, but issue is this there.

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Usually i have no issues performing such an installation.

Any help would be really appreciated !

Thank you !

Best Regards,

Hi Denis:

    If I ever face a problem like this, I would make sure to give more background details to my audience for them to help me.

    Example: Is this a full install or you are upgrading from a previously working environment. More or less hardware resources you are using. It's a Virtual Box or Physical?    Do you have firewall rules between the database and the Application server? Can you login with full client applications?

    I see before the CMS errors, there were other different type of errors:

*** Errors/Warnings found during the installation are as follows :

15:32:00.570 Error: Error code from call to Windows Installer API: 1612  ***

From what I see, I don't know that much to help further.

Reinaldo Nunez

Hello Reinaldo,

Thanks for your fast answer.

It is a full installation.

It is vm ware so virtual

No firewall rules as we are on the same network

I can't loggin to any BI4 application.

Thank you for your help !

Best regards,

It could be difficult to find out without dedicating to o much time.

Usually, installations should go smooth and when that doesn't happen to me, then I reinstall it making sure I meet all prerequisites (as users installing the software and accessing the DB) as other third party software needed (Java and .Net levels)

Here it is another entry with a more extensive discussion from a topic similar to yours (in case you can't afford reinstalling it):

Errors and warning in BO edge BI 4.1 SP7 instal... | SCN

Reinaldo

Good Luck

Denis:

It is my understanding you could Check your “<Install path>\SAP BusinessObjects\setup\packagestemp” for any files after running any install or patch.

..."Why? Any files here will strongly suggest something went wrong. What’s great though, is you can fix things typically by just running a repair. If the repair doesn’t resolve the problem and files remain here, then you’ll need to take manual action! This isn’t as straightforward but there is a process. Look in the logs and look for the command that called the file, just before it will be the OS command. Repeat the OS command and see what it says "...

We had this resolved now and wanted to post we had to do to get this working for the benefit of some of you...

1/ Make sure that, STS exists on all the Adaptive Processing Servers on the BOE platform

2/ While setting up STS, on the BW side, we had to give client as 000, the system client

3/ The BW system needs to be included in the /etc/hosts file on the BO server side as follows

     sapms<BW SYSTEM ID>     <port#>3600/tcp (port# in our case was 3600 or 3601)

Not sure, how mandatory are the following; but we did it anyway as per SAP's recommendations

1/ The communication user for BO-BW link should have a password with no special characters. It can only be alphanumeric

2/ While creating the certificate on BO side, the BO server should be in uppercase

3/ The alias used in creating the certificate should be uppercase

A restart of the BOE instance was recommended to clear out any caching of the passwords or user lockouts.

Regards

Raju

Hi,

I've setup a Destination Email in the AdaptiveJobServer as per this article

Configure SMTP server in SAP BO and Schedule webi Reports for Email as Destination

I've tried different all the different authentication methods but every time I run a report it fails with this message:

I can telnet to the Mail Server (Exchange 2010) so I'm pretty lost.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

Darren

Hello,

Just wanted to say it has been resolved.

It turned out the mailbox I was using to send emails from was corrupted. I created a new mailbox and all ok.

Regards,

Darren

Hi,

Hope you generated BO Keytab.cert and added BW system.

Have you tested SSO using IDT, creating BICS connection with SSO option.

Are you able to connect SAP system, imported all SAP alias?

Have you configured DSL service which is added STS service etc..

Basis team can help you to find more logs if your BO request is really hitting BW queries or not.
If everything is done, try to generate new certificate and request Basis team to upload into BW system. Make they added correctly.

Regards,

Pulendar

Hi All,

does anybody know, if it is possible to transfer the SAP ERP roles and the related authorization objects to the SAP Business Objects Server?

I'm using a single source based data foundation on ERP Remote function module, a universe created with the Information Design Tool and a SAP Universe Query Panel access on Lumira Desktop side.

In our business case we have a software component running in SAP R/3 with its own tables in the database. We also have roles and authorization objects, so that one user e.g. can see and work with data only for company code 2000 - but a different user can see all data, and a further user can see all data of company code 1000 and so on...

Now when we are going to use SAP Business Objects for our reporting the restrictions still should be there. In our business case we want a daily refresh of the data on server side. So we scheduled the Lumira document with a super user, so the selected data is everything. We don't want that every "standard" user has the possibility to refresh, because we are on productive working systems - we are not using a SAP BW, we are directly connected to an ERP System through function modules within our data foundation. So we have to reduce the system load.

I don't want to customize the whole authorization objects on BO side again. What I need is something like an automatic filter on BO side, which filters the data, related to the permissions of the user. Is this possible? Is there any documentation available?

Thank you very much for every hint!

Best regards,

Thorsten