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BusinessObjects Enterprise provides flexible systems management for an enterprise BI standard that allows administrators to confidently deploy and standardize their BI implementations on a proven, scalable, and adaptive service-oriented architecture.

What’s New – Release Notes

What’s New

Information about what is new and what has changed since the last release

Release Restrictions

An overview of known issues in this release

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Installation, Upgrade, Deployment

Planning Guide

Information to help plan your deployment before performing an installation

Installation Guide

Detailed information, options, and procedures for installing this release

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    Installation Guide for UNIX
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    Installation Guide for Windows
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    Update Installation and Deployment Guide
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    Fix Pack 1.x Installation and Deployment Guide
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    Process Tracker Installation Guide

Upgrade Guide

Detailed information, options, and procedures for upgrading from a previous release

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    Upgrade Guide
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    BusinessObjects 5/6 to XI 3.1 Migration Guide
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    Crystal Reports 2008 Excel Export Compatibility Patch

Web Application Deployment Guide

Information about how to deploy and configure your BI platform web applications to a supported web application server

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    Web Application Deployment Guide for UNIX
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    Web Application Deployment Guide for Windows
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Security Information

Security Information

For information on security, refer to the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator’s Guide

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    BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator’s Guide
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System Administration

Administrator’s Guide

Information on how to configure, manage, maintain, and optimize your installation

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    BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator’s Guide
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    Import Wizard Guide
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    Data Source Migration Wizard Administrator’s Guide
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    Business Views Administrator’s Guide
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    Software Inventory Tool User’s Guide
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    Deployment Diagnostic Tool User’s Guide
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    Repository Diagnostic Tool User’s Guide

Error Message Guide

Explanations and solutions for error messages

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Data Access and Semantic Layer

Data Access

Information about how to enable and configure data source services within your BI platform installation that your SAP BusinessObjects applications can connect to

Universes

Information about how to extract, define, and manipulate metadata from relational and OLAP sources to create and deploy SAP BusinessObjects universes

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    Universe Designer Guide
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    Using SAP BW in Universe Designer
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    Universe Builder Guide
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    Translation Manager User’s Guide

Data Access Developer Documentation

Developer guides and API reference documentation

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    Data Access Driver Java SDK Developer Guide
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    Data Access Java API Reference
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    Universe Designer COM API Reference
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    Universe Designer COM Object Model Diagram
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Development Information

Developer Documentation: Java

Developer guides and API reference documentation for Java developers

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    BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK Developer Guide
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise Java API Reference
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise Java Object Model Diagram
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise JSF Components Developer Guide
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise JSF API Reference
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    Crystal Reports Viewers Java SDK Developer Guide
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    Crystal Reports Viewers Java API Reference
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    Crystal Reports Viewers Java Object Model Diagrams
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    Report Application Server Java SDK Developer Guide
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    Report Application Server Java API Reference
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    Report Application Server Java Object Model Diagram
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    Report Engine Java SDK Developer Guide
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    Report Engine Java API Reference
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    Report Engine Object Model Diagram
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    BusinessObjects Integration for SAP Solutions Java SDK Guide

Developer Documentation: Web Services

Developer guides and API reference documentation for developers using the platform Web Services

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    Web Services Administrator’s Guide
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    Web Services Consumer SDK Developer Guide
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    Web Services Java Consumer API Reference
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    Web Services .NET Consumer API Reference
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    Web Services .NET Consumer Object Model Diagram

Developer Documentation: .NET

Developer guides and API reference documentation for .NET developers

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    BusinessObjects Enterprise .NET SDK Developer Guide
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise .NET API Reference
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise .NET SDK Runtime Deployment
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    BusinessObjects Enterprise .NET Server Controls SDK Developer Guide and API Reference
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    Report Application Server .NET SDK Developer Guide
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    Report Application Server .NET Object Model Diagram
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    Report Engine .NET API Reference
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    BusinessObjects Integration for SAP Solutions .NET SDK Guide

Developer Documentation: .COM

Developer guides and API reference documentation for .COM developers

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    Desktop Intelligence COM API Reference
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    Desktop Intelligence COM Object Model Diagram

URL Parameters

Information about how to authenticate and access viewable BI documents in your BI platform installation with URLs

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    Viewing Reports and Documents using URLs
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End User Guides – Application Help

User Guides

Information on how to use SAP BusinessObjects software to accomplish your business tasks

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    InfoView User’s Guide
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    Publisher’s Guide
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    Report Conversion Tool User’s Guide
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Additional Information

Product Availability Matrix

Detailed information on availability dates, maintenance end dates and upgrade paths, as well as technical release information (supported databases, operating systems, browsers, etc.) for this product

SDN Forums

A wide range of technical and business guidance from a community of experts

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Javadocs

SAP BusinessObjects BI Code Samples

SAP Knowledge Base Articles

SAP Knowledge Base Articles are support documents to help you find answers to questions arising from your daily work with SAP software products.

The following list shows the top ten most requested articles for SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1.

  • 1335757 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information Enabling and disabling tracing for XI 3.1 for specific services without requiring a restart.

  • 1261835 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information Configuring Java SSO (Vintela, Kerberos) in distributed environments – XI 3.1.

  • 1311904 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How to set up and configure a Netviewer connection from the SAP Service Marketplace (SMP).

  • 1411049 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information Product - Component legend for SAP BusinessObjects products (includes SAP Crystal Solutions)

  • 1260004 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How is SOFA / MDA logging activated in SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 for Windows?

  • 1274825 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How to configure server tracing using the BO_trace.ini file in XI 3.1.

  • 1327333 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How to download Service Packs or Fix Packs for BusinessObjects XI Release 2 or XI 3.x.

  • 1356101 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How to configure clustering for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1.

  • 1275068 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information Backup and restore of the Filestore and CMS database of a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x system.

  • 1268590 Information published on SAP siteYou need an authorized user ID to access this information How to enable Auditing in BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0/3.1.

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