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What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2

BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2

Windows and UNIX

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What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2

What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2What’s New in Business Objects1
What’s 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 featuresThe 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 requestsThere 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 fixesUpdating 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 SP2To 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 documentationResponding 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 documentationHere 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

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Where to find updated and new documentationConsult 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 [email protected].


What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Critical enhancement requests1
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 28491Bug 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 31139Bug 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 22704Bug 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.


What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Critical enhancement requests 1

CER 27601Bug 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 28316Bug 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 26905Bug 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 25166Bug 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.




What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Critical enhancement requests1

CER 22606Bug 1081761See 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 27196Bug 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 30605Bug 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 28776Bug 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 26302Bug 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 20191Bug 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.




What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Critical enhancement requests 1

CER 28198Bug 1098124

BusinessObjects OLAP MDX Connect

• Display the Dimension Name when you select All within the OLAP Panel instead of the generic ALL label.

CER 26830Bug 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 30942Bug 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 21121Bug 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.




What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Documentation bugs report1
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.chmpage = Setting database options for strategiesheading = 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 Guidebroadcastagent_admin.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 Administrator’s Guidebroadcastagent_admin.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.


What’s New in BusinessObjects 6.5 Service Pack 2Documentation bugs report 1

1095045-C Designer Guidedesigner.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 Guidebusinessobjects_gettingstarted.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.

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1095833-C Designer Guidedesigner.pdfCORE_ORDER_ PRIORITY, DECIMAL_COMMA, SHORTCUT_ BEHAVIOR

Chapter 2 Setting universe parameters- see left column for page

CORE_ORDER_PRIORITYValues: Yes or NoDefault: NoDescription: 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_COMMAValues: Yes or NoDefault: NoDescription: 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_BEHAVIORValues: Global or SuccessiveDefault: SuccessiveDescription: 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.

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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 Guidedesigner.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 Guidedeployment_data_access.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 Administrator’s Guidebroadcastagent_admin.pdf

Chapter 7

It is not possible to convert reports to WebIntelligence reports using a VBA script.

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1097127-C Designer's Guidedesigner.pdf

Chapter 2

SHORTCUT_BEHAVIORValues: Global or SuccessiveDefault: SuccessiveDescription: 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 GuideBORepository.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 Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 2

Before starting Broadcast Agent Scheduler, make sure you are logged onto the server machine as Administrator.

None System Administrator’s Guide for WindowsSystem Administrator’s Guide for UNIX

Chapter 2

Before starting the Business Objects server, make sure you are logged onto the server machine as Administrator.

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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 cluster’s 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 Systemdeployment.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 Guidesupervisor.pdfCreating 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.

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1098661-C BusinessObjects Online Helpbusinessobjects.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 ConfigurationManualConfig.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 Guideadmin_console_mswin.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 Administrator’s Guide admin_console_mswin.pdf

Chapter 6

Event #3 - Log OffThe documentation states that the Log Off event #3 may be unknown, but in fact, the event is recorded even if the user doesn’t log out or if there is a session time out.

1100031-C Supervisor’s Guidesupervisor.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 helpinfoview.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.

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1100516-C Installation and Configuration Guidedeployment_installation_configuration_windows.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 Guidedeployment_data_access.pdf

Chapter 7

MAX_INLIST_VALUESDescription: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 Designer’s Guidedesigner.pdf

Chapter 5

Tables that contain a dot (.) in the table name can not be fetched from the database.

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1103885-I Installation and Configuration Guidedeployment_installation_configuration_windows.pdf

Chapter 11

Tomcat version 5.0.28 supportWhen 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_installation_configuration_windows.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 Versiondeployment_upgrading.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.

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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.



Chapter 3, Copy and upgrade the repository

Upgrade a duplicate repository procedure is incorrect.

! Upgrade a duplicate repository1. 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.




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_COLUMNSUNV_OBJ_COLUMNUNV_COLUMN_DATAUNV_TABLE_DATAUNV_OBJECT_KEYUNV_JOIN_OBJECTAnd the following in the Security domain:OBJ_M_USRATTR

Text should be deleted. Security domain 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.




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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Chapter 19, 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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