Comparison of Web Intelligence Java Report Panel and HTML Editor

Part 1: Comparing Online Web Intelligence Editors Many of the Business Objects WebI report developers that I have talked to have had trouble at one time or another with the default Java applet for modifying and creating Web Intelligent reports. This Java applet, also known as the Java Report Panel, isn’t necessarily trouble by itself, […]
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Why Does the Java Report Panel / Web Intelligence Applet Take So Long Load

After switching from Business Objects XI 3.1 to BO BI 4.1 I noticed one difference which I did not like at all. The Web Intelligence Java Applet (the default report editor, also formerly known as the Java Report Panel) takes forever to load. Why is this? WebI Java Applet Isn’t Caching When I start using […]
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Counting Holidays between Two Dates

Dear BusinessObjectsTips.com visitors, the following article was written by Rogério Goulart who has kindly offered to share his knowledge with all of us. Thank you very much Rogério! Hi Everyone, I came up with a solution to count the number of holidays between two dates. In conjunction with http://www.dagira.com/2009/10/23/calculating-business-days-between-two-days-via-report-functions/ it’s possible to calculate the amount […]
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Bypassing the Universe – Using Custom SQL

The Downfall of Business Objects? Sometimes the wonderful drag and drop functionality of BusinessObjects can be its downfall as well. When report writers do not have access to Designer or edit access the universes that they must use there exists an opportunity for this downfall. If any object in the world of SAP BusinessObjects follows […]
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What Are the Differences Between Breaks and Sections?

Meridianblues asked us all what the difference was between breaks and sections. I started to answer the question where it was asked, but then I thought the answer might be of value if exposed more broadly in its own article: What are Web Intelligence Sections? In Business Objects XI Web Intelligence sections are easily created […]
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Web Intelligence Hangs, Allocate More Memory to Java

Myth: Business Objects XI Web Intelligence Requires No Software Install Business Objects IX’s Web Intelligence is a light client. You may think that it does not require you to install anything on your PC, but then you would be wrong. Firstly, obviously WebI requires that your PC have a browser. Secondly, Web Intelligence Java Report […]
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Understanding and Suppressing the Report Message “No data to retrieve”

Receiving the dreaded “No data to retrieve in …” or “There is no data corresponding to this query…” pop-up boxes can be confusing and disorienting for many end users. Heck, it even bewilders me sometimes when it pops up unexpectedly. The truth is that there are many occasions when this “error” is quite valid and […]
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Possible Recovery from Business Objects Error WIJ77778 and WIJ20003

Business Objects WebI report development is challenging enough already, session timeouts in BO XI R2 are mostly annoyances to the report developer, often causing the developer to lose work and time (and money of course). I have found a few ways to recover from a couple errors some of the time. These tips have saved […]
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Advanced Web Intelligence Reporting Questions, Randomly Selected

I appreciate the questions that are emailed directly to me; many of them are good ideas for articles that fill a topic gap on the site. Others deserve equal attention, but they don’t exactly require their own article. This article is intended to capture and answer such questions related to Web Intelligence reporting. My report […]
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@Prompt Functions: The Next Step – Optional Prompts

For most of us the @Prompt function syntax can be a bit confusing at first. Sure we catch on quickly, however, we often need to review the business objects @Prompt syntax available online or refer to a previously created @Prompt. After we get comfortable with the @Prompt and the available options such as custom list […]
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In Business Objects how can I get a list of reports using a specific universe?

I have been asked the following related questions a few times in the past months and I thought it would be a good idea to post a public answer to them. First the questions: Is there any way to get a list of reports that are using a specific universe? If I change this universe […]
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Clearing the Browser and Java Cache: Do This First!

There are certain rules, tried and true practices, that you always try first before you call someone. In IT the first one is restarting an application and the second one is rebooting the computer. After those two, the order becomes debatable. Unfortunately, many of us know folks that call us before even trying one and […]
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WebIntelligence Report’s Save As CSV Has a Problem?

Like a good obedient BO disciple I switched from using BO 6.5’s “full client” (now called Desktop Intelligence) to using BOXI’s Web Intelligence tool (also called WebI). To Business Objects’ credit, they have put much of Desktop Intelligence’s functionality in to WebI. But there is one disorienting difference. BOXI Web Intelligence “Save to CSV” Is […]
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What is an Unbound Report and Why Should I Care?

You may have read something on this web site or in one of our guides that mentioned “unbound reports” in a less than favorable light. Hopefully this article explains what we mean by this. What is an unbound report? With the migration to the Business Objects XI platform many things changed. One of these changes […]
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OpenDocument – An Introduction to a Powerful Tool

If you are not yet using the OpenDocument function in your reports you might want learn a bit more about it and see if it could not meet some of your current business requirements, or better yet allow you to amaze your business partners by giving them something they didn’t yet know that they needed! […]
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How Do I Run a Report Against a Specific Job or Report Server? Easy!

There will come a time when for some unforeseeable reason you will want to run a particular report against a particular report server or job server, or both. When that time comes I hope you know how to make it happen or that you can easily find this article. Why Would You Want to Run […]
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Business Objects XI – Changing BO Report / Universe Relationships

Common Ground – Terminology Firstly, let me lay down some terminology in order to make this concept easier to discuss. “Classic BO” refers to any version of Business Objects between 5.X and 6.X. “BOXI” or “BO XI” refers to the Business Objects XI Release 1, 2, or 3 (R1/R2/R3), the injection of BO to the […]
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Use Web Intelligence (WebI) Java Report Panel Structure View

Many new BO WebI users, especially former “full-client” users, complain about how slow and inefficient it is to develop reports on WebI. Most of the time when I hear these complaints I come to discover that the complainer is missing some basic knowledge about WebI report editor. First the Basics of BO WebI Client Server […]
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Extended @Prompt Syntax: Default Value, Purge Values

During my report development efforts the other day I knew that I needed a business objects universe-level prompt, but I also knew that it was mandatory to “purge” the prompt values. Like a good little Business Objects developer I always purge all of the data from my reports and reports’ prompts before I publish them […]
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