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SP2 for Windows – Supported
Platforms
Applies to:
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2 for Windows.
Summary
This document contains information specific to platforms and configurations for the BusinessObjects
Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2 release. For the latest information on updates to this document, please visit Business
Objects Articles.
NOTE: Anything that is highlighted using red font indicates that it is an update, addition or correction made after the
original release of this document.
Table of Contents
Products .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Desktop ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
Server .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Languages .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................................................ 5
Desktop ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
Server .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Minimum Screen Resolution ............................................................................................................................... 6
Minimum Hardware Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 6
Supported Application Servers ........................................................................................................................... 6
JDK Version Support Policy ............................................................................................................................ 7
Specific Patches Required for Oracle Application Server ............................................................................... 7
HTTP Servers ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Supported Portal Servers ................................................................................................................................... 7
Supported Browsers ........................................................................................................................................... 8
SVG and Flash support for Dashboard and Analytics .................................................................................... 8
Data Source Middleware Support ....................................................................................................................... 9
ODBC DSN Support ........................................................................................................................................... 9
CMS (Repository) & Audit Data Sources ............................................................................................................ 9
Dashboard and Analytics Repository Data Sources ........................................................................................ 10
Supported Data Sources for Set Architect, Set Analyzer and Set Analysis ..................................................... 11
Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Dashboard and Analytics Data Sources ........................................... 12
Source and Data Model Versions for Universe Builder .................................................................................... 16
Crystal Reports Reporting Data Sources ......................................................................................................... 17
Crystal Reports Reporting Data Sources Supported for Scheduling Only ....................................................... 22
Scheduled and on demand reporting ............................................................................................................ 23
Generic ODBC, OLEDB and JDBC: Limitation ............................................................................................. 23
OLAP Data Sources for Voyager ...................................................................................................................... 23
Support for SAP Application Servers ................................................................................................................ 23
Other Tools ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
Reverse Proxy Servers ................................................................................................................................. 24
LDAP Directory ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Active Directory ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Access Management..................................................................................................................................... 24
Office ............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Admin Platform .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Product/Language Support on Citrix ............................................................................................................. 25
Reader........................................................................................................................................................... 25
.NET Framework ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Copyright........................................................................................................................................................... 26
Products
Desktop
BusinessObjects™ BI Widgets XI
BusinessObjects™ Desktop Intelligence XI
BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence Rich Client XI
BusinessObjects™ Enterprise XI (Win32 clients)
BusinessObjects™ Live Office XI (2)
BusinessObjects™ Set Architect XI
BusinessObjects™ Set Analyzer XI
Crystal Reports® Designer 2008
Integration Option for Microsoft SharePoint Software (3)
Universe Builder BusinessObjects™ Data Integrator plug-in
Universe Builder CWM OLAP plug-in
Universe Builder CWM Relational plug-in
Universe Builder DB2 Cube Views plug-in
Universe Builder DB2 Data Warehouse Center plug-in
Universe Builder Oracle Data Warehouse plug-in
Universe Builder Oracle OLAP plug-in
Query as a Web Service (client tool) (1) (2)
Server
BusinessObjects™ Enterprise XI
BusinessObjects™ Performance Manager XI
BusinessObjects™ Predictive Analysis XI
BusinessObjects™ Process Analysis XI
BusinessObjects™ Set Analysis XI (server components)
BusinessObjects™ Voyager XI
BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence XI
Crystal Reports® 2008 (server components)
Dashboard Builder
Encyclopedia
(1) Process Tracker is installed separately. Note that BusinessObjects Enterprise Premium XI 3.1 includes
Process Tracker.
Languages
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (1)
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
Swedish
Russian
Thai
(1) BusinessObjects Set Architect and Set Analyzer is supported in English only.
Server
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (1) (2)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (1) (2)
Windows Server 2008 (1) (2)
Note: The 32-bit compiled binaries of BusinessObjects Enterprise software is supported on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of
the Windows operating system (running on either x86 or x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel).
(1) Please see release notes on the minimum version supported for Dashboard and Analytics.
(2) Not supported for Web Services.
(3) Not supported for Dashboard Builder
HTTP Servers
Any supported by Application Server vendor.
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 2.0) 2003 (32-bit editions only) (1) (2)
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007 (32-bit editions only) (1) (2)
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0) 2007 (32-bit editions only) (1) (2)
Oracle Portal Server 10g R3 (10.1.4) (JSR 168)
WebLogic Portal Server 9.2.x (JSR168)
WebLogic Portal Server 10.0.x (JSR168)
WebSphere Portal 6.0 (JSR 168)
WebSphere Portal 6.1 (JSR 286)
(1) Portal Integration Kit for SharePoint supports 32-bit SharePoint running on either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows
Servers provided SharePoint itself supports the operating system.
(2) Danish, Thai & Norwegian languages are not supported
Supported Browsers
Supported Data Sources for Set Architect, Set Analyzer and Set Analysis
OLAP (1)
(1) OLAP connectivity is NOT supported by Desktop Intelligence. Dashboard and Analytics supports OLAP
data sources for Query on Universe on Windows.
(2) Connectivity not supported for Dashboard and Analytics.
(3) Connectivity not supported for Performance Manager. Other Dashboard and Analytics products are
supported.
(4) Connectivity not supported for Predictive Analysis.
(5) Connectivity not supported for Desktop Intelligence.
(6) Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) is supported.
(7) Supported through Generic ODBC layer.
Remark: When the Database & Middleware are not applicable (N/A), the source is an XML file compliant with
the metadata format.
(1) Oracle database server requires Patch 4504204
(2) The following Oracle patches are required on the server OLAP 10.2.0.2.O:
Patch 4722589: Description SQL VIEW JOINING TWO ACTIVE CATALOG TABLE FUNCTION VIEWS NOT
WORKING
Patch 4429146: Description INCORRECT LIMIT GENERATED ON TABLE FUNCTION WHEN LABEL
CLAUSE USED IN LIMITMAP
Failure to properly install the Oracle patches will cause Universe Builder to fail. In addition, Oracle Cubes
created in earlier versions must be migrated thru analytical Workspace Manager for cubes to be functional.
OLAP
Hyperion Essbase API
Hyperion Essbase Server 7.1.x Yes
7.1.x
Hyperion System 9 Hyperion Essbase client
9.0
Hyperion Essbase client
9.2
Hyperion Essbase client
9.3
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2000 Analysis Services Yes
2000 SP4 8.0 OLE DB Provider SP4
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 Analysis Services Yes
2005 SP1 9.0 OLE DB Provider SP1
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 Analysis Services Yes
2005 SP2 9.0 OLE DB Provider SP2
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
2008 Analysis Services Yes
2008
10.0 OLE DB Provider
RDBMS
Generic JDBC Data Sources Java 1.5 Yes
Generic ODBC Data Sources ODBC Yes
Generic OLEDB Data Sources OLEDB Yes
PostgreSQL ODBC 8.2 Yes
GreenPlum Database 3.2
PostgreSQL JDBC 8.2 Yes
HP Neoview 2.3.1 HP Neoview ODBC 2.3.1 Yes
HP Neoview ODBC Driver
HP Neoview 2.4 Yes
2.3.1
IBM DB2/UDB for iSeries 5.3 DB2 Client 8.2 Yes
IBM iSeries Access
Yes
(ODBC) 5.3
(1) IBM DB2 v9.1 requires a minimum of Windows 2003 SP1 to be the Operating System for Windows
deployments.
(2) DAO technology cannot be used to access the Microsoft Office 2007 file formats: Microsoft Access 2007
.accdb, Microsoft Excel 2007 .xlsx (XML) and .xlsb (Binary). These file formats are supported via ODBC and
OLEDB.
(3) DataDirect drivers for Crystal Reports are available from Business Objects. See the Crystal Reports Start
Page for download details.
RDBMS
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.0 IDS Client 10.0
Technology
ACT 6 ACT 6
Borland Database Engine 5.1 BDE 5.1
Crystal Reports
Microsoft Exchange 5.5
Outlook/Exchange driver
File System N/A Yes
Lotus Notes 6 ODBC Lotus Notes 6 Yes
Lotus Notes 7 ODBC Lotus Notes 7 Yes
Microsoft IIS Log N/A
Microsoft Outlook 2000 Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Microsoft Office 2007
NT Event Log N/A
ODBC Pervasive 2000 Yes
Pervasive SQL 2000
Pervasive SQL Client 2000
Pervasive SQL 8 ODBC Pervasive 8 Yes
Pervasive SQL 10 ODBC Pervasive 10 Yes
OLDEDB Pervasive 10 Yes
JDBC Pervasive 10 Yes
Pervasive SQL Client 10 Yes
Crystal Reports
Salesforce.com Yes
Salesforce.com driver
Text DataDirect ODBC 5.3 Yes
Web Log N/A
Xbase N/A
Note: BusinessObjects Voyager now has added connectivity support to the BusinessObjects Profitability application on
Windows only. Refer to release notes for more details.
Other Tools
Reverse Proxy Servers
Apache HTTP Server 2.2
WebSEAL 6.0 (from IBM Tivoli Access Manager)
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006
LDAP Directory
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.2
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2
Lotus Domino Directory 6.0.2
Lotus Domino Directory 6.5.3
Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode 2003 (ADAM)
Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode 2003 (ADAM) SP1
Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode 2008 (ADAM)
Novell eDirectory 8.7.3
Novell eDirectory 8.8
Oracle Internet Directory 10gR3 (10.1.3)
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise 6.0
Active Directory
Microsoft Active Directory 2000
Microsoft Active Directory 2003
Microsoft Active Directory 2008 (including LDS support)
Access Management
eTrust (Netegrity) Siteminder 6.0
Office
Microsoft Office 2007 SP1
Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
Microsoft Office XP SP3
Microsoft Office XP SP2
Admin Platform
Citrix Presentation Server 4
Reader
Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
Acrobat Reader 9.0
.NET Framework
.NET 1.1
.NET 2.0
.NET 3.0
.NET 3.5
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