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Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.

5
Service Pack 2
BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Windows and UNIX
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6.5 SP2
Whats New in
BusinessObjects 6.5 Service
Pack 2
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Whats New in Business Objects
The BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2 release, integrates several new
features in addition to more than 200 bug fixes and 18 enhancement
requests.
New product features
The new product features are:
Ability to perform multiple authentication
If you are using Windows authentication, you can enable authentication
mode override. When the override is set, you can switch the
authentication mode on local desktop client machines. This means that
the switched machine can have a different authentication mode than the
mode set for the repository. If the override is not set, all machines in the
cluster must use the same authentication mode as the one set for the
repository.
Maintenance of WebIntelligence and BusinessObjects document security
after migrating to 6.5. SP2
Performance enhancements for Broadcast Agent
Application Foundation can be installed with the cumulative hotfix
application for 6.5 SP2
Critical enhancement requests
There are 18 enhancement requests that have been accepted for integration
into Business Objects 6.5 SP2. See, Critical enhancement requests on
page 8, for a detailed description of each CER.
New installation procedure for bug fixes
Updating your BusinessObjects 6.5 version is easy using the new Cumulative
Hotfix Application. Rather than reinstalling the entire BusinessObjects suite,
you install the sum of bug fixes since 6.5.1, using the new installer.
! How does the installation differ from previous releases of Business
Objects?
This release of Business Objects is distributed as a cumulative hotfix or
patch. That means that if you have already installed BusinessObjects 6.5.1,
you simply need to apply the cumulative hotfix for 6.5 SP2. If you have not
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installed previous versions of BusinessObjects, you need to first install
BusinessObjects 6.5.1, then apply the 6.5 SP2 Cumulative Hotfix as a second
step.
For details on installing BusinessObjects 6.5.1, see the Installation and
Configuration Guide for Windows or the Installation and Configuration
Guide for UNIX.
For information on installing the cumulative hotfix for BusinessObjects 6.5
SP2, see, Business Objects Cumulative Hotfix Application Guide.
For information on all bugs fixed see the Cumulative Hotfix Application or
the Release notes that are included with the package.
Where to install BusinessObjects 6.5 SP2
To install BusinessObjects 6.5 SP2, log in to Business Objects Online
Customer Support website at www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
the Electronic Software Delivery icon on the left menu. Once you have your
login, you can go directly to https://businessobjects.subscribenet.com.
New product documentation
Responding to feedback from Business Objects customers, consultants and
sales staff, we have improved the deployment and security information
available in Business Objects Enterprise 6.5 SP2. The following documents
are new to the Business Objects portfolio:
Updated product documentation
Here is the list of the documents that have been updated for 6.5 SP2.
Document title Description Available
languages
Security for Business
Objects
A new guide which takes you
through the important security
considerations when you set up
your deployment of Business
Objects
English
Document title Available
languages
How the Business Objects System Works English (EN)
Deploying the Business Objects System English
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Whats New in Business Objects 1
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Where to find updated and new documentation
Consult our website to view the most recent documentation updates and new
additions at www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click Enterprise 6
Products, then Documentation.
Documentation bugs report
Editorial corrections such as text errors or text omissions, are grouped into an
easy-to-read table. This table contains reference to the:
bug number
relevant document title and file name where bug was found
chapter number and page number
text correction
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows English (EN)
Dutch (NL)
French (FR)
German (DE)
Italian (IT)
Japanese (JP)
Spanish (SP)
Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX English (EN)
Dutch (NL)
French (FR)
German (DE)
Italian (IT)
Japanese (JP)
Spanish (SP)
Application Foundation Installation Guide English (EN)
Japanese (JP)
Manual Web and Application Server Configuration
Guide for Windows
English
Manual Web and Application Server Configuration
Guide for UNIX
English
BusinessObjects Publisher Installation and
Deployment Guide (formerly Broadcast Agent
Publisher)
English
Document title Available
languages
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This method groups the updated information in one place. The table details
the correction when possible. To consult the list of reported documentation
errors see, Documentation bugs report on page 12.
Note: Due to size constraints, it is not possible to produce a complete
documentation CD and to deliver updated documentation files with the
cumulative patch.
This documentation bug report section ensures that documentation bugs are
reported and corrected in one place. Please send an email with your
comments to documentation@businessobjects.com.
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Critical enhancement requests
Here is a detail of the 18 enhancement requests that have been integrated
into BusinessObjects 6.5 SP2.
CER Number Enhancement to
Product
Description of Enhancement Request
CER 28491
Bug 1095007
Designer
Create owner field in Audit tables for DB2
connections.
DB2 connections should be able to
define the schema and the table spaces
in Designer and Supervisor. The
parameters schema and tablespace
need to be taken into account for all the
secured connections, whether or not
there is a connection to the repository.
CER 30074
Bug 1085163
WebIntelligence
Recreate the same reports that you can
create in BusinessObjects in
WebIntelligence, particularly for the chart
color formatting options, available for pie
charts.
Need the ability to specify custom colors
for each section in pie charts.
CER 31139
Bug 1100770
WebIntelligence
Enable read as HTML option when you
open a WebIntelligence document (.wid)
with the Java report panel.
Add the option to insert images to report
headers and footers from the HTML
query panel.
Enable editing reports that were created
with the Java Query Panel and contains
images, in the HTML query panel.
CER 22704
Bug 1102010
Auditor
Events and details for
logging prompt values
from BusinessObjects
6.5.1.0 for reports
refreshed in
WebIntelligence
Log the values of the prompts of reports
refreshed in WebIntelligence or 3-tier
BusinessObjects to the Audit database.
Need the ability to log the prompt values
for WebIntelligence and 3-tier
BusinessObjects reports and separate
the SQL as a new detail of the event #18.
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Critical enhancement requests
1
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CER 27601
Bug 1101524
BCA Scheduler
Add the option the be able to either input
the file name, or generate the file name
automatically using:
<ReportTabName>.txt when you
schedule a Broadcast Agent action to
save a report as text.
CER 28316
Bug 1093479
WebIntelligence
Align the timer settings between
WebIntelligence and BusinessObjects
when you run queries.
BusinessObjects timer starts whenever
you click on run query.The
WebIntelligence timer starts only during
the fetch phase, thus excluding the
analysis phase.
Need to stop the query at whatever
phase the query is on, once the timer
expires.
CER 26905
Bug 1089951
WebIntelligence
WILoginServer needs to keep trying to
connect to repository after the attempted
connection fails to allow WebIntelligence
to work.
Need to configure the WILoginServer to
manually set the frequency and the
number of retries.
CER 25166
Bug 1096243
WebIntelligence
Implement dynamic connection
parameters by using BOUSER\BOPASS
for connecting to the query database in
order to create or refresh documents.
Allow WebIntelligence to use the user
account and password that is defined in
the repository when connecting to the
database, even when you log in to
WebIntelligence using SSO
authentication (based on Basic
authentication method)
This functionality is already available by
using BusinessObjects Standard
authentication method.
CER Number Enhancement to
Product
Description of Enhancement Request
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Critical enhancement requests 1
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CER 22606
Bug 1081761
See also the
related bug
1048805
Broadcast Agent UNIX
Implement the same document rights
when you send a document to Broadcast
Agent and export a text format file for the
UNIX version.
Allow the possibility to change the rights
of the files generated, for example using
the command umask.
CER 27196
Bug 1087352
Broadcast Agent
Implement the function in Developer
Suite to be able publish a document with
a schedule to Corporate Documents.
BusinessObjects reports scheduled from
WebIntelligence, InfoView and Broadcast
Agent Publisher, are deleted if they are
then exported to the Corporate
Documents using BusinessObjects.
CER 30605
Bug 1099169
InfoView
Display the partial results error icon when
you save a WebIntelligence document as
PDF file, as is the case when you save as
HTML.
CER 28776
Bug 1100473
InfoView
Display an information message when
you publish a document to Corporate
Documents using openDocument from
InfoView, to inform you that the document
is processing.
CER 26302
Bug 1094202
This CER relates
to the Server
portion and
duplicates the bug
1090807 for
BusinessObjects.
WebIntelligence
Need the multiple authentication method
that was available in BusinessObjects
version 5 for BusinessObjects 6.x.
Allow BusinessObjects deployments to
use the multiple authentication method
so that some users can use NT
authentication and some users can use
BusinessObjects Standard
authentication.
CER 20191
Bug 1096475
Designer
Improve universe import speed when you
import a universe via WAN with
repository hosted on a remote database.
Create a new table in the 6.5 repository
to improve performance.
CER Number Enhancement to
Product
Description of Enhancement Request
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Critical enhancement requests
1
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2 11
CER 28198
Bug 1098124
BusinessObjects
OLAP MDX Connect
Display the Dimension Name when you
select All within the OLAP Panel instead
of the generic ALL label.
CER 26830
Bug 1101709
WebIntelligence
Add the document name to the top of the
prompt dialog box on a WebIntelligence
document
You need way to know which report you
selected to run.
CER 30942
Bug 1102272
InfoView
Change the tags when you view/source
of a corporate report in HTML format and
see <TITLE>Report Title</TITLE>
instead of <TITLE>BusinessObjects
Infoview</TITLE>. This was the behavior
in previous versions.
CER 21121
Bug 1074240
Developer Suite
Business Objects API
Enhance account management API's to
expose Application.changePassword.
Need Business Objects Full Client API or
COM Interface to provide the functionality
of changing user password on client side
and return a value to indicate Success or
Failure.
Implement a better solution to avoid
hooking into the Change Password
Dialog on BusObj.exe to logon then
activate the change password menu
option and Exit, which prompts the user
twice for their new password.
CER Number Enhancement to
Product
Description of Enhancement Request
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Documentation bugs report 1
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Documentation bugs report
The following table contains a list of bugs and their corrections.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
1082397-C
Designer Online help
designer.chm
page = Setting
database options for
strategies
heading = Set the
number of database
rows to be retrieved
by a query
n/a Modifying the default value for number of
returned rows:
You cannot restrict the physical number of rows
retrieved from the database, but you can modify
the default value for the number of rows viewed
at any one time when you view table or column
values. This can be useful if you want to view
only a small sample of the values in a table, so
you can restrict the returned values to a smaller
number.
1086776-I
Broadcast Agent
Administrator's Guide
broadcastagent_admi
n.pdf
Chapter
6
The chapter on Troubleshooting has been
updated to detail how the system administrator
can modify default permission of saved files on
UNIX. To view or download the latest PDF file
go to www.techsupport.businessobjects.com,
click Enterprise 6 Products, then
Documentation.
1103718-C
Broadcast Agent
Administrators Guide
broadcastagent_admi
n.pdf
Chapter
2
Clarification to the section under the heading:
What happens if a Scheduler shuts down or
fails?
The documentation states that If one machine
fails, the other Scheduler automatically takes
over the failed Scheduler's jobs. This is
misleading.
The document should read as follows:
When one Broadcast Agent server fails any
BCA jobs currently running on that server will
not get reprocessed until the maximum time-out
is reached. At that point the backup BCA will
see the job as failed and restart it if the retry
value has not yet been exceeded.
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1095045-C
Designer Guide
designer.pdf
Chapter
3
New information: Restriction of join condition
when shortcut join is used.
When two tables are joined by shortcut joins
between two different column pairs, only one
join condition is generated when both joins are
included in a query. For example, there are two
shortcut joins between tables 'SCJoin1' and
'SCJoin3'. You create a report with the
universe. When you check the generated SQL,
it only contains one join
condition,(SCJoin1.col1=SCJoin3.col1).
The join of col2 is missing.
This is due to shortcut joins being considered
individually, and when several are available, the
shortcut join that eliminates the maximum
number of tables is used.
In the example above, shortcut joins 1 and 2
are equal, so the application takes the first in
the list, for example Shortcut 1. This effectively
removes the intermediate table T2, so Shortcut
2 is eliminated as T2 does not exist anymore.
The second join is not included in the SQL
statement.
This can lead to users creating queries that
return a Cartesian product, for example if the
generated SQL contains only one
join(T1.col1=T3.col2).
1095301-C
BusinessObjects
Getting Started Guide
businessobjects_getti
ngstarted.pdf
Lesson
3
The graphic of the variable editor showing the
formula =<Margin>/<Sales revenue>*100.
When you change the format to% style, the
results show in thousands of percent instead of
the correct two digit percent.
To correct the formula, the *100 should be
removed from the variable editor.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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Documentation bugs report 1
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1095833-C
Designer Guide
designer.pdf
CORE_ORDER_
PRIORITY,
DECIMAL_COMMA,
SHORTCUT_
BEHAVIOR
Chapter
2
Setting
universe
paramete
rs- see
left
column
for page
CORE_ORDER_PRIORITY
Values: Yes or No
Default: No
Description: Specifies in which order you want
classes and objects to be organized once two
or more universes are linked in Designer.
Yes: Specifies that classes and objects follow
the order defined in the kernel universe.
No: Specifies that classes and objects follow
the order defined in the derived universe. This
is the default value.
DECIMAL_COMMA
Values: Yes or No
Default: No
Description: Specifies that Business Objects
products insert a comma as a decimal
separator when necessary.
Yes: Business Objects products insert a comma
as a decimal separator when necessary.
No: Business Objects products do not insert a
comma as a decimal separator. This is the
default value.
SHORTCUT_BEHAVIOR
Values: Global or Successive
Default: Successive
Description: Specifies how shortcut joins are
applied.
Successive: Specifies that a shortcut joins are
considered one by one. A shortcut join is
applied only if it really bypasses one or more
tables, and if it does not remove a table from
the join path used by a following shortcut join.
This is the default value.
Global: Specifies that all shortcut joins are
applied.
Note: If it generates a Cartesian product, no
shortcut joins are applied.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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Documentation bugs report
1
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1096066-C
Administration
Console Online Help
n/a Missing information on new parameters in the
online help. The information on new
parameters in the Administration Console is up-
to-date in the System Administrator's Guide
PDF file.
To view or download the latest PDF file go to
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
Enterprise 6 Products, then Documentation.
1096117-C
Designer Guide
designer.pdf
Chapter
5
The directory location for stored LOV files is
wrong in Designer's Guide. LOV filers are
stored in the following directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application
Data\Business Objects\Business Objects
6.0\universes\<key file name>\<domain
name>\<universe name>
1096564-I Data Access Guide
deployment_data_acc
ess.pdf
Chapter
8
Missing function information in the Data Access
Guide.
New argument for ComplexCase function
(Teradata only)
The argument Any, can now be used for the
function ComplexCase found in the file
teradata.prm. This new argument accepts any
SQL expression for the function and does not
control its data type.
1096847-I
Broadcast Agent
Administrators
Guide
broadcastagent_ad
min.pdf
Chapter
7
It is not possible to convert reports to
WebIntelligence reports using a VBA script.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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Documentation bugs report 1
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1097127-C
Designer's Guide
designer.pdf
Chapter
2
SHORTCUT_BEHAVIOR
Values: Global or Successive
Default: Successive
Description: Specifies how shortcut joins are
applied.
Successive: Specifies that a shortcut joins are
considered one by one. A shortcut join is
applied only if it really bypasses one or more
tables, and if it does not remove a table from
the join path used by a following shortcut join.
This is the default value.
Global: Specifies that all shortcut joins are
applied.
Note: If it generates a Cartesian product, no
shortcut joins are applied.
1097369-C
The Business Objects
Repository Reference
Guide
BORepository.pdf
Chapter
3
The description for UNI_VERSION is incorrect
and should read:
This is the universe file version number. It is an
internal value generated when the universe file
has been migrated from a version that is no
longer supported. The default value of this
column is 34.
None Broadcast Agent
Scheduler
Administrators Guide
Chapter
2
Before starting Broadcast Agent Scheduler,
make sure you are logged onto the server
machine as Administrator.
None System
Administrators Guide
for Windows
System
Administrators Guide
for UNIX
Chapter
2
Before starting the Business Objects server,
make sure you are logged onto the server
machine as Administrator.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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1098149-C
Deploying the
Business Objects
System
deployment.pdf
Now also in the
Security for
BusinessObjects
Guide
security_for_ BO.pdf
Chapter
10
When you use the Configuration Tool to
configure the clusters ORB, you set the range
of ports to be used by the processes on each
primary or secondary node. At server startup,
each of the processes on the primary or
secondary node is allocated a fixed port within
the range you specified, through which it listens
for incoming requests coming from other
nodes, or the application or web server.
Allocated ports remain the same throughout the
server session. Depending on your deployment
scenario, you may need to open specific ports
in the firewall to allow communication through
the firewall.
The range of ports you set for secondary nodes
must be the same as those you set for the
primary node. Depending on your deployment
scenario, you may need to open specific ports
in the firewall to allow communication through
the firewall. All the nodes in the cluster must
have openings on the inner firewall through
which to communicate with components in the
DMZ and beyond.
1098583-C
Deploying the
Business Objects
System
deployment.pdf
Chapter
10
If you are using Microsoft IIS as both web and
application server in an ASP deployment, you
can place the IIS server either on the cluster
side of the firewalls, or within the DMZ. See
section "Implementing an extranet deployment"
in Chapter 10, "Implementing Supported
Deployment Configurations."
To view or download the latest PDF file go to
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
Enterprise 6 Products, then Documentation.
1098634-C
Supervisor Guide
supervisor.pdf
Creating a Broadcast
Agent' section
Chapter
5
The maximum length of the username and
password for Broadcast Agent is documented
as being 32 alphanumeric characters.
The maximum length of the username and
password for Broadcast Agent is 35
alphanumeric characters.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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Documentation bugs report 1
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1098661-C
BusinessObjects
Online Help
businessobjects.chm
n/a Help file provides incorrect information about
the TTF / AFM font file locations. The file
location is \Business Objects\BusinessObjects
Enterprise 6\fonts\afm
1098923-C
Manual Web and
Application Server
Configuration
ManualConfig.pdf
Chapter
2 and 3
Some missing information on manual settings.
This guide has been updated. To view or
download the latest PDF file go to
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
Enterprise 6 Products, then Documentation.
1099367-C
System
Administrator's Guide
admin_console_mswi
n.pdf or
admin_console_unix.
pdf
Chapter
6
Incorrect information concerning the audit
event 24. No event 24 is logged when you save
a .rep or a .wid as .xls, .pdf, .csv or .rep, to your
machine.
Remove information on audit event 24
1056636-C
System
Administrators Guide
admin_console_mswi
n.pdf
Chapter
6
Event #3 - Log Off
The documentation states that the Log Off
event #3 may be unknown, but in fact, the
event is recorded even if the user doesnt log
out or if there is a session time out.
1100031-C
Supervisors Guide
supervisor.pdf
Chapter
4
The Activate universe Impact Analysis option is
not described in the Controlling repository
access section of the Supervisor's Guide.The
Activate universe Impact Analysis option allows
you to export universes that are used for impact
analysis in BusinessObjects Auditor. Refer to
the BusinessObjects Auditor Guide for more
information on Impact Analysis universes.
1100510-C
InfoView online help
infoview.htm
n/a Incorrect hyperlink in InfoView in page
multimedia_demos.htm. You can access the
multimedia demos from the Enterprise 6
Documentation website at
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
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Documentation bugs report
1
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1100516-C
Installation and
Configuration Guide
deployment_installati
on_configuration_win
dows.pdf
Chapter
12
Unclear information on KNTUIDRV.DLL file with
Win NT Authentication in Business Objects
Enterprise 6. This is no longer relevant in
version 6.5: issue no longer exists or solutions
are handled differently in other places in the
documentation. For example, LDAP-related
issues now concentrated in the Security for
Business Objects guide.
To view or download the latest PDF file go to
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
Enterprise 6 Products, then Documentation.
1086445-C
Data Access Guide
deployment_data_ac
cess.pdf
Chapter
7
MAX_INLIST_VALUES
Description:
Parameter allows you to increase the number
of values you may enter in a condition when
you use the IN LIST operator.
The limit, for this number of values, is provided
by the database, which may not accept an IN
LIST condition with more than x values, or if the
size of the SQL generated is too high.
Possible Values:
No parameter: Specifies that you may enter up
to 99 values when you create a condition using
the IN LIST operator.
X: Specifies that you may enter up to X values
when you create a condition using the IN LIST
operator.
1096733-I
Designers Guide
designer.pdf
Chapter
5
Tables that contain a dot (.) in the table name
can not be fetched from the database.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Documentation bugs report 1
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1103885-I
Installation and
Configuration Guide
deployment_installati
on_configuration_win
dows.pdf
Chapter
11
Tomcat version 5.0.28 support
When use WebIntelligence with Tomcat 5
Application Server, you need to add two
parameters in the server.xml file in Tomcat
directory to be able to correctly interpret any
accented or double-byte character sets
(DBCS).
! Add the following parameter to the AJP 1.3
connector
useBodyEncodingForURI="true"
URIEncoding="UTF-8"
Additional support information for third party
products can be found in the Product
Availability Report (PAR) for Enterprise 6
products at
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com.
1095737-C
Installation and
Configuration Guide
deployment_installati
on_configuration_win
dows.pdf
Chapter
2
Under section titled, Installing the web and
application servers, Step 1 incorrectly states
that the Apache Tomcat installer is on CD 1. It
is contained in the Addins CD.
This document has been updated for 6.5 SP2.
To view or download the latest PDF file go to
www.techsupport.businessobjects.com, click
Enterprise 6 Products, then Documentation.
1096698-I
Migrating from a
Previous Version
deployment_upgradin
g.pdf
See
detail
below
Several updates and corrections appear in the
summary below, see the following section
Documentation bugs report for Migrating from
a Previous Version on page 21.
Bug
number
Document title and
file name
Chapter
number
Editorial correction
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2
Documentation bugs report
1
Whats New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2 21
Documentation bugs report for Migrating from a Previous
Version
The guide titled, Migrating from a Previous Version, with the file name
deployment_upgrading.pdf has several changes which are detailed below.
The Chapter and page number allow you to locate the original text and
replace it with the corrected text.
Chapter, Section Original text Updated text for 6.5 SP2
Chapter 2,
Repositories
section
BusinessObjects 6.5 cannot function with
a repository that is pre-6.5.
A 6.x cluster and a 6.5 cluster/clients
cannot function together on a 6.5
repository.
Chapter 2,
Compatibility
section
BusinessObjects 6.5 in 3-tier mode
cannot function on any server that is a
pre-6.5 version.
Chapter 3, Copy
and upgrade the
repository
6.x Supervisor cannot
function on a 5.x repository,
and 5.x Supervisor cannot
function on a 6.x repository.
6.0 Supervisor cannot
function on a 6.5 repository,
and 6.5 Supervisor cannot
function on a 6.0 repository.
A 6.0 or 6.1 Supervisor
cannot function together on
the same machine.
Supervisor 6.5 cannot function with an
earlier-version repository. When you try
to access the earlier-version repository,
you will be prompted to upgrade it to 6.5.
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Chapter 3, Copy
and upgrade the
repository
Upgrade a duplicate
repository procedure is
incorrect.
! Upgrade a duplicate repository
1. Launch Supervisor 5.x or 6.1 and
click Admin to run the Administration
Setup Wizard.
IMPORTANT: Do not use Supervisor
6.5.
2. Select Run a safe recovery and
create a new BOMAIN.KEY that
points to the duplicate repository.
3. Log in to Supervisor 5.x/6.1 using a
general supervisor profile.
4. In the Repository Management
dialog box (Tools > Repository),
redefine the repository connection
for each universe and document
domain to point to the duplicate
repository.
5. Quit Supervisor 5.x/6.1.
6. Launch Supervisor 6.5 and click
Admin to run the Administration
Setup Wizard.
7. Select Run a safe recovery and
create a new BOMAIN.KEY that
points to the duplicate repository.
8. Log into Supervisor B1 using a
general supervisor profile.
Supervisor automatically detects the
version 5.x (or 6.1) repository and
asks whether you want to upgrade
the repository to 6.5.
9. Click Yes.
Note: Version 6.5 Supervisor does
not support any repository earlier
than 6.1 and after the repository is
upgraded to version 6.5, it will not
function with a Supervisor earlier
than 6.5.
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Chapter 3, Upgrade
desktop products
section
Note that when you upgrade
to 6.5, the following new
tables are automatically
created in each of your
Universe domains:
UNV_COLUMNS
UNV_OBJ_COLUMN
UNV_COLUMN_DATA
UNV_TABLE_DATA
UNV_OBJECT_KEY
UNV_JOIN_OBJECT
And the following in the
Security domain:
OBJ_M_USRATTR
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is omitted.
Chapter 3, Upgrade
clusters section
The 6.5.x Report Migration Tool is
designed and supported for the primary
purpose of converting (.wqy) data files to
(.wid) data files. Converting data files
with other extensions, including the
conversion of (.rep) data files to (.wid)
data files, is currently not supported by
Business Objects. Users may
experience difficulties while trying to use
the 6.5.x Report Migration Tool for data
conversions that are beyond the
product's primary purpose.
Chapter 3, Upgrade
clusters section
Keep in mind that the
Broadcast Agents can work
only with the repository of
their own cluster.
Broadcast Agents can only process
tasks coming from the repository of the
cluster on which it is located.
Chapter 13,
Upgrading the Audit
facility section
Auditor 5.x can function on a
6.x Business Objects server,
using a 6.x audit database.
Auditor 5.x can function on a 6.5
Business Objects server, using a 6.5
audit database (but not a 6.5 repository).
Chapter 14,
Broadcast Agent
section
A version 6.5 Broadcast Agent Console
can connect to a 5.x repository and a 5.x
cluster, but in this case it cannot perform
Run Now, Interrupt Task, or Purge. A
version 5.x Console can connect to a 6.5
repository with a 5.x cluster, but in this
case it cannot process 6.5 tasks.
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Chapter 18,
Hierarchical
categories and
Supervisor section
Supervisor over the Web 6.5 cannot
function on a 5.x repository.
Chapter 18,
Changes in SQL
section
Starting with version 6.5,
when you create a new
repository, by default it is
placed in the new
Cryptographic mode.
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Differences
between 2.x/5.x and
6.x section
Forms in WebIntelligence 6.x
have changed from
WebIntelligence 2.x. This can
cause some blank cells to be
added to forms in reports
migrated from
WebIntelligence 2.x to
WebIntelligence 6.x. The
information in forms is not
impacted.
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