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Error:RWI 00226 - Cannot initialize Report Engine Server. (Error:RWI 00226)(Error:INF)

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 Cannot initialize Report Engine Server. (Error:RWI 00226) (Error:INF) Environment BO XI R3.1 SP 4 Windows Server 2008 R2  sp1  While rescheduling a Webi report one of our users experienced the error in exam. Solution: In our case we just restared WebIntelligence group servers: See also: SAP BI 4.0 Errors List XI R 3.1 errors solutions

HTTP Status 500 - BI Launchpad URL after moving BI 4 server under Windows Domain

After moving the server under Win Domain both cmc and bi launchpad url erased the following error: Environment  SAP BI 4.0 SP 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception java.lang.NullPointerException         com.businessobjects.servletbridge.customconfig.Config. (Config.java:37)         com.businessobjects.servletbridge.customconfig.ConfigReader.getConfig(ConfigReader.java:274)         com.businessobjects.pinger.TimeoutManagerFilter.getSessionState(TimeoutManagerFilter.java:201)         com.businessobjects.pinger.TimeoutManagerFilter.doFilter(TimeoutManagerFilter.java:82) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.35 logs. The problem was caused by the user wich started SIA wich was Windows Domain user that was administrator of the machine, we hav

SAP BI 4 - Scheduling reports error - source file error. [Invalid argument]: [CrystalEnterprise.DiskUnmanaged]

 Scheduling reports error -  source file error. [Invalid argument]: [CrystalEnterprise.DiskUnmanaged]  Environment SAP BI 4 SP8  The BI 4 server is not in windows domain  but SIA service is runned by a domain user As suggested in other B.O. forum we perfomed the following steps: in CMC,  the Job Server  must use a NETWORK SERVICE user that has all the permissions to read/write, that run's as a service, log on as service account etc. ( admin user) ; user has full read/write access to the folders.  we are following  the UNC naming conventions while specifying the folder name including the sub-directories. So when we scheduled reports in order to create acrobat files on a network folder such as \\ServerName\Path  directories. the scheduled istance Fails  and raises the error source file error. [Invalid argument]: [CrystalEnterprise.DiskUnmanaged]  Solution: In our case we decide to move the server in the Windows Domain and this solved the p

Query Builder:queries for extract reports refreshed after o before a specific date

Query Builder:queries for extract reports refreshed after o before a specific date which could be useful to extract Webi reports in a specific folder with their name , owner, cuid, update date that have been refreshed since a date select si_name, SI_NAME, SI_OWNER,  SI_CUID, SI_PARENT_FOLDER_CUID, SI_UPDATE_TS FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_KIND='WEBI' and  SI_NAME NOT like '%Nuovo documento Web Intelligence%' and SI_INSTANCE='false' and SI_UPDATE_TS > '2013.01.01.00.00.00' and SI_PARENT_FOLDER = 851970 order by SI_UPDATE_TS asc Removing   SI_KIND='WEBI' you can extract also other document kind select si_name, SI_NAME, SI_OWNER,  SI_CUID, SI_PARENT_FOLDER_CUID, SI_UPDATE_TS FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS where  and SI_INSTANCE='false' and SI_UPDATE_TS > '2013.01.01.00.00.00' and SI_PARENT_FOLDER = 851970 order by SI_UPDATE_TS asc You can also exclude Administrator as owner  select si_

ERR_WIS_30271 - Maximum binary output size limit reached

Maximum binary output size limit reached (ERR_WIS_30271) Environment SAP BI 4 SP 8 While exporting a huge  Web Intelligence report in Excel format BO raised the error: Max Binary file size limit exceeded. The document is too large to be processed by the server. Error WIS 30271  Cause This error message appears because BusinessObjects Enterprise allows documents to be saved with the limit specified for Web Intelligence Report server settings in the Central Management Console(CMC). To resolve the error follow the below steps: - Login to Central Management Console (CMC) using BusinessObjects Enterprise "Administrator". - Navigate to "Home >> Servers". - Click on "WebIntelligenceProcessingServer" to open its properties. Increase: Maximum Character Stream Size (MB) which specifies the maximum character stream size sent to the Web Intelligence client. Default value is 5. The valid range is 1 to 65535 MB. Bin

CMC BI 4.0 -Visual Difference

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Visual Difference SAP BusinessObjects  Business Intelligence 4.0  - Version 4.0 SP2 Fixpack 5 Features - Visual Difference framework allows easy identification of changes - Comparison plug ins and viewers for each BI content type. (Eventually…) - LCMBIAR viewer answers: “How is this version of the BI application different from a previous version?” - Future service packs will provide comparison viewers for universes and other content types - For example, will answer: “What is different between these two versions of a universe? Can I easily merge changes?” - Impact Analysis - Understanding which objects in a universe have changed allows tester to focus only on reports which use changed objects. See Also Visual Difference Overview

Lifecycle management console features: Overrides - Visual Difference Overview

Lifecycle management console features SAP BusinessObjects  Business Intelligence 4.0  - Version 4.0 SP2 Fixpack 5 Lifecycle management console is now included in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence servers install package. New Visual Difference capabilities allow easy identification of changes. Scriptable promotions supported via a command line interface. • Central Management Console– Visual Difference, Promotion and Version Mgmt. Lifecycle management is now in CMC: New Objects supported Categories based promotion is now supported. Server group promotion is supported however the servers are not promoted. LCM is now localized. • Job is copied • Job is migrated Update Source system of job when Overrides no longer job specific  Supports new improved BI platform Audit infrastructure There are 2 new features specifically for integrated deployments with BW: • SAP Authentication is now supported. • Integration with the SAP standar