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BusinessObjects Enterprise architecture basic terminology

Host
A host can be a physical computer or virtual machine.


Server

A server is an Operating System (OS) level process hosting one or more services.
For example,
CMS and Adaptive Processing Server are servers.
A server runs under a specific OS account and has its own PID.


Service

A service is a server subsystem that provides a specific function. The service runs within the
memory space of its server under the Process ID (PID) of the parent container (server).
For example,
the Web Intelligence Scheduling and Publishing Service is a subsystem running within the Adaptive Job Server.


Node


A node is a collection of BusinessObjects Enterprise servers, all running on the same host.
One or more nodes can be on a single host. Each node is managed by a Server Intelligence Agent (SIA).


Server Intelligence Agent


The SIA is a locally run service managed by the operating system. The task of the Server
Intelligence Agent (SIA) is to start, stop, and monitor locally run BusinessObjects servers.

When one of the managed servers goes down unexpectedly, the SIA restarts the server immediately.
When you issue a command in the CMC to stop a server, the SIA stops the server.

When you create a SIA, you create a new node. A node is a collection of BusinessObjects
Enterprise servers which run on the same host and are managed by a single SIA.

You can add servers to the node and you can have more than one node on the same machine.

The SIA continuously monitors server status information, which is stored in the CMS databases.

When you change a server's settings or add a new server in the CMC, the CMS notifies the SIA
and the SIA performs the jobs accordingly.


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SAP BusinessObjects Useful Links

SAP BusinessObjects Links
SAP® BusinessObjects Community: http://sdn.sap.com/irj/boc
SAP® BusinessObjects Notes: https://sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/notes
SAP® BusinessObjects Articles: https://sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/articles
SAP® BusinessObjects Forums: https://sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/forums

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DASHBOARDS USING QUERY AS A WEB SERVICE AND XCELSIUS

DASHBOARDS USING QUERY AS A WEB SERVICE AND XCELSIUS

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SABE501V3.0 Business Objects Certified Professional – BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 – Update

Examination Competencies:
This exam will measure your knowledge of the new features and functionalities of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0. Before taking the SABE501V3.0 exam, candidates should install and become familiar with the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 product, become familiar with the Administrator’s Guide found on the Documentation CD shipped with the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 product and be proficient in the competencies found in the following offerings:
• SA100eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – Installation and Lifecycle Management
• SA101eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – User Rights
• SA102eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – Federation, Server Intelligence, Auditing and the Repository Diagnostic Tool
• SA103eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – Publishing Documents
• SA104eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – Using the CMC and InfoView
• SA106eV3.0 BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: What’s New – Migrating Reports and BCA Publications

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Evolution of the BO XI platform – from XI R2 to XI 3.1 SP2

Where were we with XI R2:

• Change to Crystal service-oriented platform (Crystal 10 architecture)
• Ability to plug Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, OLAP Intelligence, Dashboard Manager, Performance Manager directly into the framework
• Single repository, security, system management, publishing, portal
• Infoview (Replaced old BO Infoview and Crystal ePortfolio)
• Central Management Console (CMC)
• Import Wizard (upgrades from BO 5, 6, XI, Crystal 8.5, 9, 10)
• Desktop Intelligence (new name for BO full client + ability to query and display Unicode data)
• Publishing, Encyclopedia, Discussions, OLAP Intelligence, Performance Management
• Changes to Data Integrator, Composer, Metadata Manager

XI 3.0

• All administration moved to the Central Management Console – CMC – with new GUI
• Bulk action support in CMC
• Central Configuration Manager – CCM is still there (to manage multiple nodes) with 2 entries : Tomcat & SIA
• Server Intelligence Agent (SIA) – handles service dependencies
• Server Intelligence in CMC – clone server deployments
• Repository Federation – replicate repository on other BO cluster
• Repository Diagnostic Tool (Infostore vs FileStore – repair inconsistencies between CMS database entries and files in FRS)
• Improved Import Wizard
• Web Intelligence Rich Client (offline viewing of WebI reports, no session timeout)
• Data change tracking in Web Intelligence
• Designer – “Database delegated” projection on measures
• Universe based on stored procedures
• Prompt syntax extension (persistent/primary_key undocumented features, finally!)
• Personal data provider – combine data from Excel, text, csv and get into a single report
• Smart cubes – support for non-additive measures (percentages, ratios) and RDBMS analytical functions
• Multi language support – dimensions, measures, prompts automatically localized to report viewer’s language
• Native Web Intelligence printing (without PDF)
• Enbed image in Web Intelligence report
• Hyperlinks dialog box makes links easy to create – syntax generated by WebIntelligence (remember opendocument()?)

What’s new in XI 3.1

• Support for multi-forest Active Directory authentication
• IP v6 support
• Lifecycle Management Tool (LCMBIAR files, replace Import Wizard)
• Saving Web Intelligence documents as CSV (data-only files) – new sheets for every 65K rows of data
• Web Intelligence Autosave
• “Begin_SQL” SQL prefix variable
• Prompt syntax extension (support for key-value pairs!)
• Business Objects Voyager enhancements
• Live Office enhancements
• WebIntelligence – Automatic loading of cached LOVs, interactive drag-drop, report filter bar, cancel refresh-on-open

What’s new in XI 3.1 SP2

• WebIntelligence Input controls
• OLAP universe based access to SAP BW using MDX
• BI services – expose WebIntelligence document components as web services
• Query on Query
• Fold-unfold UI improvements
• New SDKs – WebI Calculation Extension Points, Custom Data Provider plugin, Interactive viewing extension and integration points
• New universe SQL parameter SMART_AGGREGATE allows using most detailed aggregate tables
• @Prompt editor in universe Designer
• Backward compatibility is broken. Web Intelligence documents created using BO XI 3.1 SP2 cannot be opened in BO XI 3.1

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