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Contents
Chapter 1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI 5
Chapter 2 Supported products 7
Chapter 3 Installation and Deployment 9

BIAR Engine Command Line Tool.............................................................11
Chapter 4 Security model 13
Chapter 5 Migration and Upgrade 15

Import Wizard............................................................................................16
Report Conversion Tool.............................................................................17
Report Comparison Tool............................................................................19
Delta Viewer..............................................................................................19
Data providers...........................................................................................19
Formula language functions......................................................................20
Chapter 6 New features in existing products 21

BusinessObjects Enterprise.......................................................................22
Multi-language support with Translation Manager.....................................25
Live Office..................................................................................................26
Web Intelligence........................................................................................26
What's New in Crystal Reports 2008.........................................................29
Advanced information visualization with Flash, Flex, and Xcelsius.....29
Improved end-user report viewing experience.....................................30
What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 3

Contents
Enhanced report designer productivity.................................................31

New flexible deployment options..........................................................32
Flexible application integration.............................................................33
What's different.....................................................................................33
Query as a Web Service............................................................................34
Voyager......................................................................................................36
Dashboard and Analytics...........................................................................37
Desktop Intelligence..................................................................................39
Universe Designer.....................................................................................39
Universe Builder........................................................................................41
Support for OLAP universes......................................................................41
Data Access...............................................................................................44
BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions ...................................45
Chapter 7 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.0 47
Appendix A Get More Help 51
Index 55
4 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Welcome to
BusinessObjects XI
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1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI is the business intelligence platform that

supports the entire range of performance management, reporting, querying,
and analysis applications. It also provides industry-standard, proven
architecture and platform support for semantic layers, data integration, and
security. BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides full web-based
administration and configuration of the entire system.
BusinessObjects XI 3.0:
• Extends the robust information infrastructure provided by earlier releases

and integrates seamlessly with existing product line
• Supports all deployment models and lets you fine-tune administration
and configuration of the entire system
• Brings together features from across the Business Objects product line
to meet your evolving reporting needs, from using Web Intelligence
anywhere to improving Crystal Reports interactivity and personalization
• Facilitates migration from BusinessObjects Enterprise 5.x and 6.x to
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
• Supports side-by-side deployment of XI Release 2 with XI 3.0, enabling
existing customers to leverage your investments in Business Objects and
Crystal technologies
• Delivers innovation to drive user productivity and self-service reporting
• Delivers more reporting with fewer reports
• Includes a variety of major enhancements spread across our data access
methods, administration capabilities, and report design options
• Simplifies business monitoring with dashboard functionality and improved
user experience
• Delivers the strongest self-service query and analysis solution for SAP
customers
This document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements

available in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 and directs you to the available product
documentation to get you started using the new features.
If for some reason you do not find what you are looking for in the product's
online help or the available PDF documentation, please communicate your
questions and feedback to Business Objects documentation email address
mailto:documentation@businessobjects.com.

Supported products
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2 Supported products
Here is a list of the products that are supported with this release:
Client components
• Web Intelligence Rich Client
• Crystal Reports
• Voyager
• InfoView
• Desktop Intelligence
• Data Source Migration Wizard
• Business Views Manager
• Report Conversion Tool
• Report Comparison Tool
• Import Wizard
• Publishing Wizard
• Query as a Web Service
• Universe Designer
• Translation Manager
• Universe Builder
• Universe Connection Manager
• Dashboard Builder
• Performance Manager
• Set Analyzer
• Integration Kit for SAP
• Integration Kit for Peoplesoft
• Live Office
Developer Components
• BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK
• BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services SDK
For a complete reference to the Developer products' documentation, see the
online version at http://diamond.businessobjects.com/developer/library.
Third-party supported products

For an up-to-date list of the supported third-party products, see
http://www.businessobjects.com/thirdparty.

Installation and Deployment
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3 Installation and Deployment
BIAR Engine Command Line Tool
BusinessObjects XI 3.0 is the first release where:

• New languages can be added to your installation using the stand-alone
Language Pack installer .
For more information and to get started, see Chapter 9 “Language Packs
on Windows” in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Installation and
Configuration Guide.
• InfoView can be deployed with fail-over support for web application
clusters.
• A new stand-alone Client Tools Installer is provided. You can now specify
which client tools and components to install using a dedicated installation
program.
For more information and to get started, see Chapter 10 “Stand-Alone
Client Tools Installation” in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
Installation and Configuration Guide.
• Web applications can now be deployed to supported web application
servers using the BusinessObjects Enterprise Installer. Previous releases
deployed only to Tomcat.
For more information and to get started, see Chapter 6 “Web Applications
Installation” in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Installation and
Configuration Guide.
• The BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 can now be installed on systems
running either XI Release 1 or XI Release 2 using a side-by-side
installation scenario.
For more information and to get started, see Chapter 9 “Preparing to
Install BusinessObjects Enterprise” in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
3.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.
• Scripted installations are now supported. You can now log all your
installation settings in a file used to run silent or scripted installations.
This feature is particularly useful for automating custom installations.
For more information and to get started, see Chapter 7 “Silent Installation
of BusinessObjects Enterprise” in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
Installation and Configuration Guide.
• All product documentation (including error message explanations) is
available in all supported languages in an HTML-based documentation
library. This system enables full-text search and other customizable
features to make it easy to find the information you need. You can also

Installation and Deployment
BIAR Engine Command Line Tool 3
access or download the PDF guides from the same website. The website
is refreshed with up-to-date content as it becomes available between
releases. Go to http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/

The BIAR Engine Command Line Tool helps administrators and delegated
administrators to promote content between Development, Quality Assurance,
and Production BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 environments. The tool
gives you the ability to use scripting to automate the import and export of
objects.
For more information and to get started, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise
Administratior's Guide.

3 Installation and Deployment

Security model
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4 Security model
The security model in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 is closer to that in

BusinessObjects 5.x/6.x, making the migration of security rights much easier.

Migration and Upgrade
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5 Migration and Upgrade
Import Wizard
Refer to BusinessObjects 5.x and 6.x to XI 3.0 Migration Guide for information
on migration from BusinessObjects 5 and 6 releases to BusinessObjects XI
3.0.
Related Topics
• Security model on page 13
• Report Comparison Tool on page 19
• Report Conversion Tool on page 17
• Data providers on page 19
• Delta Viewer on page 19
• Formula language functions on page 20
• Import Wizard on page 16
• Report Conversion Tool on page 17
Import Wizard
The Import Wizard introduces significant new features with this release.
BCA Publisher
With the BusinessObjects XI 3.0 Import Wizard , you can import BCA
Publisher objects from 5.x/6.x, including:
• Mail publications
• Web publications
• BusinessObjects internal users and groups (that are defined in Supervisor)
• BCAP external users and groups (that are defined in Recipient Manager)
• Profiles
• Pending publication jobs
Filter Inbox and personal documents

There are now more options for importing only the desired documents from
5.x/6.x Inboxes and personal folders. The filtering options include:
• Import unread Inbox documents from repository
• Import read Inbox documents from a file system location
• Import Inbox and personal documents filtered by date

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Updating objects
When migrating, you can choose to update objects by name or by CUID.
Delegated Administration
Delegated administrators, which have less than full administrative rights, can
now use the Import Wizard to log on to XI 3.0 source and destination
environments and import only those users and objects that they have access
to.
Server configuration settings

With the Import Wizard, you can back up server configuration settings to a
BIAR file, restore the settings from the BIAR file, and also re-point nodes
from one XI 3.0 deployment to another XI 3.0 deployment.
Import LDAP/AD users

With the XI 3.0 Import Wizard, you can import LDAP/AD users as well as
their personal and Inbox documents.
Note: LDAP/AD must be configured first in the Central Management Console

(CMC).
Miscellaneous
Other enhancements include:
• folder sizing warning
• log file enhancement
For more information and to get started, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise
XI 3.0 Import Wizard Online Help
To access the online help, navigate to the help directory on your local install.
For example, C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects
Enterprise 12.0\Help\en.
Report Conversion Tool

Enhancements to the Report Conversion Tool are based on new Web
Intelligence features.

Report Conversion Tool
Standalone mode
You can now run the Report Conversion Tool in authenticated mode by
connecting to a CMS, or in standalone mode. In standalone mode, users
can convert their own documents in their local file system without having to
publish them in the CMS. Documents that converted to Web Intelligence
may be viewed in the new Web Intelligence Rich Client.
The following limitations exist in standalone mode:

• Converting documents based on Free-hand SQL or Stored Procedures
• Performing an audit on report conversion actions
• Comparing .REP-to-.WID reports
Personal data providers

In addition to Business Objects universes, the Report Conversion Tool now
converts Desktop Intelligence reports that were created using the following
personal data providers:
• Microsoft Excel documents
• ASCII files (formats ASC, PRN, CSV and TXT)
• free-hand SQL and stored procedures
Embedded pictures are converted

Image files embedded in the report are converted.
New formula language functions are converted

New functions in formula language are converted:
• MultiCube (renamed ForceMerge in the Web Intelligence report)
• DataProviderType
• Product
• ElseIf
Report comparison functionality

The Report Conversion Tool lets you compare Desktop Intelligence .REP
files with their corresponding .WID files immediately after conversion.

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Getting started with new features
To get started with new features in the Report Conversion Tool:
• Consult the online help installed with the product.
• Consult the BusinessObjects XI 3.0 Report Conversion Tool Guide.
Report Comparison Tool

The Report Comparison Tool is a new Java application for comparing .REP
files to other .REP files.
Note: The .REP to .WID comparison functionality has been integrated in the
Report Conversion Tool.
Delta Viewer
The Delta Viewer is a new tool for viewing the results of report conversions.
It is used for both Desktop Intelligence report (.REP-to-.REP) comparisons
in the Report Comparison Tool and Desktop Intelligence reports to Web
Intelligence report (.REP-to-.WID) comparisons in the Report Conversion
Tool.
For more information and to get started, see Report Comparison tool Guide.
Data providers
The following new data providers are supported in this release:
• Personal data providers, such as local Excel and ASCII files (.TXT, .CSV)
• Stored procedure provider (through a universe)
Embedded pictures are now converted:
• By default, a BMP picture is converted to a BMP file
• By default, a TIFF picture is converted to a GIF file
• A Windows OLE CF object is converted to a GIF file
• OLECF objects are also converted as pictures

Formula language functions
Formula language functions

The following new functions are available for formulas:
• MultiCube (renamed ForceMerge)
• DataProviderType
• Product
• ElseIF

New features in existing
products
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6 New features in existing products
BusinessObjects Enterprise
Click any of the product names to go to the page that describes the new
features for that product and find out how to get started using the new
features.
Related Topics
• BusinessObjects Enterprise on page 22
• Multi-language support with Translation Manager on page 25
• Live Office on page 26
• Dashboard and Analytics on page 37
• What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 on page 29
• Voyager on page 36
• Web Intelligence on page 26
• Desktop Intelligence on page 39
• Universe Designer on page 39
• Universe Builder on page 41
• Support for OLAP universes on page 41
• Data Access on page 44
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions on page 45
BusinessObjects Enterprise has undergone a user interface refresh. Both
the InfoView application and the Central Management Console (CMC) have
new and improved workflows.
Publishing
BusinessObjects Enterprise now supports publications that contain Crystal
reports or Web Intelligence documents, as well as publications that contain
multiple dynamic content documents. BusinessObjects Enterprise also
features the following improvements to the Publishing feature:
• Enhanced processing capabilities.
• The ability to publish to multiple formats and destinations.
• PDF merging capabilities for Crystal reports.
• The ability to publish separate report tabs in Desktop Intelligence and
Web Intelligence documents.
• Support for customized publication extensions.
• Improved profile and personalization functionality.

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• Support for publication recipients that exist outside of the BusinessObjects
Enterprise system.
• Delivery rules that can be used to conditionalize the processing and
distribution of publications for recipients.
For more information about Publishing, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise
Publisher's Guide.
Access levels
This release of BusinessObjects Enterprise lets you create and maintain
access levels that are customized for your deployment and security needs.
Access levels are groups of rights that users frequently need. They allow
administrators to set common security levels quickly and uniformly rather
than requiring that individual rights be set one by one.
For more information about working with access levels, see Chapter 17:
Setting Rights in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
Server Intelligence
Server Intelligence is the underlying server management architecture that
simplifies the administration and deployment of BusinessObjects Enterprise
servers and services. Instead of manually administering servers via the
Central Configuration Manager (CCM), you now handle most server
administration through the Central Management Console (CMC), which has
a new easier-to-use interface.
Server Intelligence allows you to use the CMC for all daily maintenance
tasks, such as adding and configuring new servers, or starting and stopping
existing servers. And it also allows you to automate certain server processes,
such as restarting or shutting down servers that stop unexpectedly. If the
CMS database connection is lost, the CMS now automatically attempts to
reconnect.
Server Intelligence also manages server configuration information, storing

it in the CMS so you can easily restore default server settings or create
duplicate 'clone' servers with the same settings. Server configuration settings
can be backed up in a BIAR file and easily restored. You can use these new
features to create configuration templates that allow you to ensure that
servers of a particular type are configured consistently.
The new Adaptive Processing Servers and Adaptive Job Servers host multiple
services, allowing for more flexible deployment and fine-tuned configuration.

Server Intelligence enhancements also simplify the configuration of complex

BusinessObjects Enterprise deployments with a firewalled environment.
All of these features make it easier to fine-tune your system's performance

and fault tolerance.
For more information about Server Intelligence, see Chapter 6: Managing

and Configuring Servers in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's
Guide.
Federation
Federation is an important cross-site replication tool for working with
BusinessObjects Enterprise in a global environment. Content can be created
and managed on one BusinessObjects Enterprise deployment and replicated
on a recurring schedule to other BusinessObjects Enterprise deployments.
Federation helps to keep separate BusinessObjects Enterprise content in
sync with each other. Users can reduce network traffic by using Federation.
They only need to create content in a single place, can manage it all in one
place, and increase their performance for end users as they don't need to
traverse the WAN to access reports.
For more information about Federation, see Chapter 7: Working with

Federation in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
Repository Diagnostic Tool

The Repository Diagnostic Tool is designed to help customers determine if
there are any inconsistencies between the File Repository Server (FRS) and
their Central Management System (CMS) databases. To determine
synchronization between the two databases, it is used after the user
completes a hot back up.
For more information about the Repository Diagnostic Tool, see the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository Diagnostic Tool User's Guide.
Software Inventory Tool

The BusinessObjects Enterprise Software Inventory Tool is a Java-based
maintenance tool available to administrators. It creates and maintains an
inventory of all changes made to Business Objects software via Business
Objects installers and allows users to view these changes.

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For more information about the Software Inventory Tool, see the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Software Inventory Tool User's Guide.
Auditing
BusinessObjects Enterprise now supports auditing for clients. For example,
a user can audit events that occur on Desktop Intelligence and Web
Intelligence clients, including refresh and schedule operations. Auditing
events include detailed information, such as SQL queries and parameters.
The Auditing Universe was extended, and new auditing reports were added.
For improved security auditing, the IP address and machine name are now
audited.
Multi-language support with Translation

Manager
Translation Manager is a standalone Windows-only application that creates
the multilingual universes and Web Intelligence reports. You can use the
tool to perform translations in-house or via a third-party vendor using the
Import/Export XLIFF capabilities. Translations of report prompts and universe
metadata such as classes measures and prompts are saved inside the same
universe file or report. The locale management enables the user to decide
in which language they want to view the report or universe.
Translation Manager introduces these main benefits:

• Single universe file includes multiple languages
• Eases IT management across multiple regions
• Preserves data integrity across regions with everyone on the same
universe
• Improves user experience in all regions
• Report designers to work in their native language
• Report consumers view reports in the right language
• Recognizes the metadata parts of the document and the appropriate
translations for the selected languages.
• Displays the universe or Web Intelligence document structure to provide
context for the translator.

Live Office
For more information and to get started, see Translation Manager online
help and the Translation Manager User's Guide.
Live Office
Live Office provides the following new features:
• Full Live Office functionality for MS Outlook. You can now insert Live
Office objects into an Outlook email.
• Live Office users can now copy and paste objects across MS Office
applications. Once an object is inserted into one MS Office application,
it can be reused through a simple copy and paste operation.
• Live Office supports MS Office 2007 and includes a special LiveOffice
ribbon menu
• Enhancements in Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Universe
Designer have been integrated into Live Office. The integrated
enhancements include support for optional parameters and prompts,
interactive parameters, universe ranking, universe sampling, SAP Key
Date.
Note: None of these are new Live Office features but enhancements that
have been integrated into Live Office.
For more information, refer to the product documentation and online help:
• Live Office Installation Guide - includes updates that apply to all
BusinessObjects Enterprise client applications
• Live Office User Guide - includes updated workflows, procedures and a
new 'Common tasks' section
Web Intelligence
Accessing Web Intelligence through InfoView
The new InfoView Web Intelligence options make selection of the appropriate
Web Intelligence XI 3.0 document creation, viewing and editing tool easier
by emphasizing the way in which you interact with Web Intelligence rather

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than the tool you use. Based on your selections, InfoView selects the
appropriate tool for your document creation, viewing and editing needs.
For more information, see the Accessing Web Intelligence from InfoView
chapter in the Building Reports Using the Java Report Panel or Performing
On-Report Analysis With Web Intelligence guide
Web Intelligence Rich Client

The Web Intelligence Rich Client is a standalone version of the Web
Intelligence Java Report Panel which allows you to work with Web Intelligence
documents without accessing a CMS. You can also connect to a CMS and
use the Web Intelligence Rich Client as an online alternative to the Java
Report Panel.
In addition to the Java Report Panel features, the Web Intelligence Rich
Client allows you to create reports based on personal data providers such
as text or Excel files.
You can find information about Web Intelligence Rich Client in the Web
Intelligence Rich Client User's Guide.
Multilingual support
From the same report, you may decide in which available language you want
to view the report's metadata and prompts. You can add translations to the
universe on which the report is created or translate the report itself using the
Translation Manager. Once the document is translated, it is published and
available to users in their preferred viewing language.
Note: The data that appears in the report is dependent on the database
source and cannot be translated with the Translation Manager.
Smart measures
Web Intelligence XI 3.0 universes contain smart measures, which provide
an alternative to classic Web Intelligence universe measures by delegating
calculation of the measure values to the database. Smart measures allow
Web Intelligence to display calculations not directly supported by the Web
Intelligence universe, to work with non- or semi-aggregative measures, and
to leverage the calculation capabilities of any database accessible through
a Web Intelligence universe.

Web Intelligence
You can find information about smart measures in the Calculating values
with smart measures chapter in the Using Functions, Formulas and
Calculations in Web Intelligence guide.
Optional prompts
Web Intelligence XI 3.0 optional prompts allow you to ignore a prompt by
not specifying a value. When you do not specify a value, the prompt does
not apply a filter on the data.
Formula language
The Web Intelligence XI 3.0 formula language contains several new functions,
including the ForceMerge function, which allows Web Intelligence to account
for merged dimensions when calculating measures. ForceMerge is the Web
Intelligence equivalent of the Business Objects/Desktop Intelligence Multi
cube function.
You can find information on Web Intelligence functions in the Using Functions,
Formulas and Calculations in Web Intelligence guide or by selecting
context-sensitive help from within the Formula Editor.
Data tracking
Data tracking places your current report data in context by highlighting
changed data and displaying the previous value of a dimension or measure
along with its current value. Web Intelligence XI 3.0 highlights changed data
according to parameters you set. You control the formatting of the changed
data, the types of changed data highlighted and the amount of data change
that triggers data highlighting.
You can find information on data tracking in the Tracking Changes in data
chapter in the Tracking changes in data chapter in the Building Reports Using
the Java Report Panel guide.
Document linking
Using Web Intelligence XI 3.0, you can now create links to other Web
Intelligence documents, to web sites, or to any resource accessible from a
Web Intelligence report using a simple user interface. You can also pass
data to the linked resource from within the Web Intelligence report.

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You can find more information on document linking in the Linking to other
documents chapter in the Performing On-Report Analysis With Web
Intelligence guide.
Usability enhancements
Web Intelligence XI 3.0 contains numerous usability enhancements, including:
quick display mode (a new display mode designed to improve performance
when reports contain large amounts of data), layering, toolbar modifications,
alignment, embedded images and new filter workflows.
Query - HTML enhancements

Web Intelligence Query - HTML contains numerous enhancements bringing
its feature set closer to the feature set available in the Java Report Panel.
These enhancements include editable SQL, the ability to change the universe
on which a query is based, and the ability to save and close a query.
What's New in Crystal Reports 2008

New Crystal Reports 2008 provides advanced functionality to help reduce
report proliferation and maintenance, increase visualization flexibility, and
save time with high-productivity design features.
This section is an overview of the new features in Crystal Reports 2008.
Note: All the topics in this document are detailed in the Crystal Reports
Online Help. Search the help using the index or the Search tab for detailed
information on how to use the new functionality.
Advanced information visualization with Flash, Flex,

and Xcelsius
Note: Flash features are available for viewing only in the .NET Winform and
Java DHTML viewers.
Adobe Flash integration

A wide variety of flexible data presentation options are available through
Flash. Flash (SWF) files can now be integrated into your report, and report

data can be shared with the SWF via Flashvars. This feature enables the
creation of compelling, interactive, and information-rich reports. The SWF
files can be embedded in the report or linked via a website.
Xcelsius integration
Deliver professional-looking reports with powerful decision-making support.
Import Xcelsius-generated SWF files into your reports and benefit from
improved design-time integration and stunning visualizations. Enhance your
reports with what-if analysis models that enable users to make important
decisions dynamically, without leaving the report file.
Adobe Flex integration

Integrate your reports with operational workflows by embedding Adobe Flex
(SWF) applications into your reports. Using Adobe Flex Builder, you can
create any business-user UI that accesses report data and also integrates
with external web services. Data in your report can be passed to the Flex
application via Flashvars, making it easy to create flexible UI even when you
don't have web-services access to your data. The Flex applications can do
tasks like database write-back and can invoke operational workflows directly
within Crystal Reports.
Improved end-user report viewing experience
Interactive report viewing

Get more information out of your report. New on-report sorting, filtering, and
report reformatting with the .NET Winform, Java DHTML and .NET Webform
viewers let users explore information interactively without re-querying the
database. New optional parameters enable complex, user-driven filtering
scenarios. Users can answer more business questions with fewer, more
flexible, reports thereby significantly reducing Developer and IT support.
Parameter Panel
The report designer and the .NET Winform, Java DHTML, and .NET Webform
viewers now have a Parameter Panel that allows parameter values to be set
without refreshing data. The report consumer can easily see the parameters

used for a report on the panel, change them, and have the new values applied
directly to the saved data.
Flexible pagination
New pagination features allow report designers to customize page size and
easily control page breaking after N records/groups. A single report can
combine portrait- and landscape-oriented pages, and the white space at the
end of groups can be removed by compressing the page footers. These
features improve the online report-consumption experience by making reports
easier to read.
Enhanced report designer productivity
Powerful cross-tabs
Insert summary, variance, and any other custom calculation into a cross-tab
row or column. Custom calculations makes cross-tabs more powerful than
before and can be used in reports that benefit from a table
structure—especially financial reports. The cross-tab table structure makes
reports much faster to build and maintain. This feature also provides powerful
benefits to cross-tab-based charts, because custom formulas in the cross-tab
can be visualized directly in the charts.
Built-in barcode support

Generate barcodes with only a few clicks of the mouse by using the new
"Turn To Barcode" function in the context menu. Easily convert fields to
Code39 barcodes without coding and extra steps. Additional barcode fonts
are available from third-party barcode vendors.
Enhanced designer features

Improved report designer productivity is provided with new features such as
global formula search, duplicate formula, duplicate running total,
auto-complete field names, and Find in Field Explorer.

Hyperlinking Wizard
The new Hyperlinking Wizard saves report designers valuable time by letting
them automatically create the Crystal Reports formula to call a
BusinessObjects Enterprise OpenDocument hyperlink.
Note: This feature is available only with a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
3.0 server environment.
New flexible deployment options
Save reports directly to crystalreports.com

Expand your deployment options with on-demand reporting capabilities when
you open and save reports directly to crystalreports.com. This new integration
allows you to manage and share your reports securely with no dependency
on IT.
Improved XML exporting

Render reports in almost any industry-standard format. New XML export
allows for faster and easier integration with your industry-specific business
processes, without custom coding. The XSLT transformations are embedded
into the report file and will be triggered by the report viewers when exporting
to XML. XML exports can now be invoked from within the report viewers.
This feature provides a powerful, flexible hook for transforming Crystal
Reports data and integrating it into other applications.
Advanced report publishing

Also known as report bursting, this new advanced-publishing feature is a
platform for the mass distribution of personalized content. Multiple reports
can be created based on different data sources, combined into one desired
file format (for example, PDF), loaded with personalized content, and then
sent to a dynamic list of recipients—all in one action. The content can be
archived, printed, or emailed in separate actions, or simultaneously. This
feature makes scheduling much faster and easier, and provides the ability
to conduct cost effective one-on-one marketing campaigns and other
personalized high-volume reporting.

Note: This feature is available only with a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
3.0 server environment.
Flexible application integration
Integrated salesforce.com driver

Now you can build reports that refresh against live salesforce.com data. The
included salesforce.com driver is optimized for reporting off salesforce.com
to easily access complete customer data and turn it into actionable business
information. Reports that use the salesforce.com driver can refresh their data
also when deployed to crystalreports.com.
Enhanced Web Services data driver

Integration with various web services can be difficult and complex due to a
wide variety of implementation types. The new data driver offers additional
web access to Web Services by providing support for RPC encoding of SOAP
messages, SSL-secured Web Servers, as well as working compatibility with
the WS-Security standard. It adapts to custom logon requirements such as
email address or user/password.
.NET report-modification SDK now included

The Report Application Server SDK is now available to users of the CR.NET
API without running a RAS server. Report modification such as
changing/adding/removing database providers, adding/removing/creating
report objects, parameters, formulas, and sections can be achieved by
accessing the RAS SDK through the CR .NET SDK.
What's different
In an effort to improve the Crystal Reports design experience, certain

components of Crystal Reports 2008 have been changed. This section
outlines some of the important changes.

Query as a Web Service
Report samples and sample database

To reduce download time, report samples and the Xtreme sample database
are now accessed through separate downloads on the Start Page of Crystal
Reports 2008.
.NET Developer SDK documentation, Merge Modules, and MSI files

.NET Developer documentation, merge modules, and MSI files are now
accessed through separate downloads on the Start Page of Crystal Reports
2008.
Report Developer Component (RDC)

The RDC is unsupported in Crystal Reports 2008. Developers wishing to
use Crystal Reports in a COM application should use Crystal Reports XI
Release 2. The ActiveX viewer remains a fully supported component of
Crystal Reports 2008.
Advanced DHTML viewers

The Advanced DHTML viewers have been removed from Crystal Reports
2008 because the improvements to the DHTML viewers make these additional
viewers unnecessary.
Java Reporting Component (JRC) availability and Java SDK documentation

Java developers now receive the JRC and Java SDK documentation through
the free Crystal Reports for Eclipse download. This product will be updated
on a separate schedule from Crystal Reports. Visit the start page in Crystal
Reports 2008 for more information on updates to Crystal Reports for Eclipse.
Query as a Web Service

Business Intelligence (BI) content is usually bound to a specific user interface
of BI tools. Query as a Web Service changes lets BI content be delivered as
a query to any user interface that can process Web Services. This release
provides updates and new features to enable greater functionality when
designing and viewing the query.

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Sort query results
Control the order of the fetched rows by setting the sort order when you
design your query.
Enable ranking
Define a rank when you design a query. You can rank a group rows in a
subset based on a measure value, and fetch rows that belong to the highest
or lowest valued subsets (depending on how you define the ranking).
Note: Ranking is only available on universes created off databases that

support ranking. These are: Oracle, DB2, Teradata or Redbrick. For all others,
the Ranking button on the Query Panel is de-activated (grayed-out).
Consume index-aware prompts

Value indexes, in enumerated lists of values, are now published with the
Query as a Web Service and can be consumed.
Use delegated search

Delegated search improves query response time and is transparent for the
user. Rather than filtering a list of values locally, a restricted list of values is
sent directly to the database. It delegates the search function to the database
via an SQL statement.
Delegate search is also supported when you design a Query as a Web

Service and define prompts.
Set optional prompts

Optional prompts are set by the Universe Designer or during the Query as
a Webservice design. The user has the option to enter a value in the prompt
or not before running the Query.
The value that is entered serves as a query filter. If no value is submitted in

the optional prompt, the query is not filtered (the corresponding SQL
statement is updated to ignore this filter).
The corresponding Query as a Web Service WSDL definition file records

this optional prompt information, so this behavior is supported for Web Service
consumption.

Voyager
For more information on using Query as a Web Service, open the online help
file called qaaws.chm under Query as a Web Service Installation directory.
For example, C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects
Enterprise 12.0\Query As A Web Service\Help.
Full documentation updates will be available for the final release of the
product. The current version of the Query as a Web Service Guide
corresponds to the previous release.
Voyager
In this release, Voyager provides new functionality as detailed below:
Additional platform support

Support is provided for these platforms:
• Windows Vista
• AIX
• SuSE Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Enhanced analysis capabilities

Voyager provides new or improved analysis capabilities:
• Multiple member selection in the crosstab.
• Remove conditions from within the Member Settings dialog box.
• Global exception highlighting.
• Copy a component and its query.
• Stacked bar charts and percent stacked bar charts.
Refer to the BusinessObjects Voyager User's Guide for information about
these capabilities.
Usability enhancements
Improvements have been made to several areas of Voyager's functionality:
• Right-click Member Selector options.
• Move component position.
• Maximize / minimize a component in the workspace.
• Selection dialog in the measures selection.

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• Added workspace name to the InfoView title bar.
• Improved visualization of hierarchical levels.
• Automatic saving of the workspace.
• Search caption and name in the Member Selector.
• Refined the user experience of visual totals.
• Improved rendering of chart selections.
Refer to the BusinessObjects Voyager User's Guide for information about
these enhancements.
Dashboard and Analytics

Dashboard Builder functionality from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2
Dashboard Manager is now fully integrated within My Dashboard and
Corporate Dashboards. Dashboard Manager is now called Dashboard Builder.
Repackaged Dashboard and Analytics

The following entities have been renamed:
Old reference New reference
Performance Management repository Performance Manager repository
Performance Management Setup Dashboard and Analytics Setup
Performance Management Dashboard and Analytics
Performance Management servers Dashboard and Analytics servers
Repackaged Dashboard Builder features

• The following Dashboard Builder components are now available in
Performance Manager:
• Metrics
• Metric Trees
• Rules
• The sample analytics in the Dashboard and Analytics products have been
placed under a new tab called Analytic Catalog in Dashboard Builder.

Dashboard and Analytics
To get started with dashboards, see the Dashboard Builder documentation.
Guides to help you get started

For BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0, you can use the following guides to
learn about Dashboard Builder and Performance Manager:
• Getting Started Creating Dashboards
• Getting Started with Performance Manager
These guides are available on the Business Objects documentation website.
Dashboard features in BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0

The following dashboard features are available in BusinessObjects Enterprise
XI 3.0:
• Asynchronous save and load of dashboard content using AJAX/JSON
methodology
• In the improved dashboard edit interface, you can:
• Easily access analytics using the Analytic Toolbox.
• Copy tabs and subtabs from other dashboards by dragging and
dropping them from the Analytic Toolbox into existing dashboard tab
area.
• Drag and drop analytics into the Navigation List analytic.
• In the dashboard edit mode, add and organize tabs and subtabs.
• Edit an analytic in a dashboard without needing to reload the entire
dashboard.
• Access the Dashboard Builder online help.
• In addition to the existing Freeform layout, the following dashboard
layouts are available with BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0:
• Template
In the Template layout, you can use different, pre-set layouts in
which you can drag and drop dashboard elements.
• Docking
In the Docking layout, you can construct a column-structured
dashboard.

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You can switch easily from one layout to another, without a loss of the
analytics in the dashboard.
• Advanced JavaScript tracing utility for improved troubleshooting

• New and improved dashboard styles
Desktop Intelligence
New features in Desktop Intelligence are detailed below.
Send to Users
In Business Objects XI Release 2, users could send Desktop Intelligence to
other users only via the InfoView portal.
Now Desktop Intelligence users can send Desktop Intelligence documents

(.rep files) to other Business Objects users using the Desktop Intelligence
Application. The documents need not be present on the CMS. This can be
used to send documents to users for review prior to publishing the report to
a larger audience.
Auditing
Administrators can audit activity performed by users on Desktop Intelligence
(.rep) documents via the InfoView portal and Desktop Intelligence in 2-tier
and 3-tier mode.
Publishing enhancements
When publishing Desktop Intelligence documents, users can now publish
multiple documents instead of only one, select multiple recipients, and select
multiple output formats.
Universe Designer
Here are the enhancements provided for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0:

Universe Designer
Multilingual Universes
Thanks to the Universal Translation Manager, you can now create universes
for multilingual users. Designers create universes in their native language
and then once translations are available, users in other countries or locales,
may view the same universe in their preferred viewing language. Translations
of the universe metadata are stored within the universe file and made
available for reporting in Web Intelligence.
For more information and to get started using the Universal Translation
Manager with universes, see the Universal Translation Manager online help
and Universal Translation Manager User's Guide.
Note: This mulit-lingual enhancement applies only to the universe metadata

and not to the data itself. Depending on the way your database is setup, you
may not have the ability to match the metadata language with the data
language.
Stored procedure universe

A stored procedure is a procedure stored on the database server. Usually
written in SQL, the stored procedure benefits from the power and proximity
of the database from which it is managed. Stored procedures save processor
time by allowing the loading of database calls into the database server itself.
In Designer, you can create a universe based on one or more existing stored
procedures. In the new universe wizard, you can select the stored procedure
that you want to use and you enter data for any input parameters that the
procedure requires. Stored procedure universes are used with Web
Intelligence. When you run the Web Intelligence report, the report displays
data returned by the stored procedure.
Nested derived table

A nested derived table is a derived table based on an existing derived table.
You create a nested derived table by selecting a derived table that already
exists in the universe.
For more information about these two features, refer to Chapter 3, Creating
a Schema with tables and joins in the Designer's Guide.
Universe Connection Manager

The Universe Connection Manager is a new wizard that simplifies the way
you manage the connections between your Business Objects universes and

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data sources. Use the Universe Connection Manager to create new
connections, and to modify your existing connections. You can also use the
Universe Connection Manager to check the integrity of available universes.
For example, you can use the Universe Connection Manager to check the
structure and joins of a universe to verify that it returns the data that you
expect.
Light Mode Designer

Light Mode Designer allows the administration and deployment of universes
without requiring a repository. Light mode is simplier than enterprise mode.
Metadata Exchange supports DB2 Cube Views 8.2

Designer now supports the creation and update of universes from DB2 Cube
Views version 8.2 . You can also export a universe to DB2 Cube Views
version 8.2 format. DB2 Cube Views 8.2 is listed in the create, update, and
export lists available in the Metadata Exchange wizard.
Universe Builder
DB2 Cube Views 8.2 support
Universe Builder now supports the creation and update of universes from
DB2 Cube Views version 8.2 .
You can also export a universe to DB2 Cube Views version 8.2 format.
DB2 Cube Views 8.2 is listed in the create, update, and export lists available
in the Metadata Exchange wizard.
For information on creating universes from metadata sources, see the

Universe Builder Guide.
Support for OLAP universes

Universe Designer supports OLAP data sources and provides expanded
functionality detailed below.

Support for OLAP universes
OLAP universe automated update

In Universe Designer, the new OLAP universe update wizard allows you to
update universes automatically with changes made in the OLAP data source.
The wizard compares the universe with the updated data source and detects
new, modified, and deleted objects. The wizard gives you the option to
preserve objects you have added or modified manually after generating the
universe. You can also direct the wizard to delete obsolete objects from the
updated universe, or hide them in a separate class.
OLAP universe customization

After creating an OLAP universe, you customize the universe by inserting
and modifying dimensions, measures, details, pre-defined conditions, and
calculated measures. You can use the Designer functions @Prompt, @Select
and @Variable in object and measure definition.
Check Integrity
The Check Integrity option validates the definition of dimensions, measures,
details, and pre-defined conditions in the OLAP universe. The option checks
both generated objects and objects added manually. Check Integrity parses
XML and MDX syntax, and validates objects referenced in the functions
@Prompt, @Select, @Variable, and @Where.
Support for MSAS 2005

You can create connections to Microsoft Analysis Services 2005 to generate
OLAP universes. These connections support Single Sign-On.
Improved support for SAP BW universes

In this release, OLAP universes additionally support these SAP BW features:
• Mandatory and optional variables through the support of optional prompts.
• Default values for variables.
• Units and currency for key figures.
• SAP BW metadata organization.
• Key date variables
• Date data format

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For an overview of all the new features and benefits provided by
BusinessObjects XI 3.0 for SAP solutions, see What's New in
BusinessObjects XI 3.0 for SAP Solutions.
Improvements in Web Intelligence for OLAP universes

These enhancements in Web Intelligence improve the querying of OLAP
universes:
• Ability to search on multiple columns in a List of Values.
• Abitlity to delegate a search to the database to limit the values loaded
into the List of Values.
• Optional loading of the List of Values for optional prompts.
• Key dates to allow time-dependent querying.
• Smart measures to delegate the calculation of measures to the database.
Calculated measures
You can create calculated measures in OLAP universes based on SAP BW
and MSAS data sources. Calculated measures in OLAP universes restrict
queries in the same way definitions on the measure object do in non-OLAP
universes. For calculated measures, you define the restriction using MDX
functions embedded in XML tags rather than using SQL.
Pre-defined conditions
You can create pre-defined conditions in all OLAP universes. They are similar
to pre-defined conditions in non-OLAP universes except that you define the
WHERE clause using XML tags rather than SQL.
Optional prompts
In OLAP universes, you can define a prompt as optional. SAP BW optional
variables are generated in the universe as filters with optional prompts.
Default values for prompts

Default values can be defined for optional and mandatory prompts in any
type of universe.

Data Access
Index Awareness
All OLAP universe objects are generated with Index Awareness. If there are
duplicate values in a hierarchy for an object, Index Awareness eliminates
inconsistency in the List of Values. For example, say that Paris occurs twice
in the hierarchy, once under the parent France and once under the parent
Texas. If the user selects Paris under France, only rows for Paris, France
are returned.
Mandatory filters
Mandatory filters are hidden in the universe. They are triggered when a user
selects the associated object in the Query Panel in Web Intelligence.
Examples of the use of a mandatory filter are:
• Verify the Login entered by a user with a Login stored in a table.
• Limit the use of a universe to the hours between 9 am and 6 pm.
• Limit the query to sales information for a particular period entered by the
user.
All SAP BW variables are generated as mandatory filters in the universe.
For more information on these enhancements to OLAP universe support,

refer to Chapter 6: Working with OLAP universes of the Designer's Guide.
Data Access
The Data Access component provides new functionality detailed below.
Data access through the JDBC layer

Data access connections are available through the JDBC layer. In order to
use JDBC connections, you need to obtain the .jar file or files, from the
database vendor, and install them on the machine running the Business
Objects application.
To get started with using a JDBC data access driver:

• Refer to the vendor’s documentation for information on installing and
configuring the data access .jar files.
• Refer to Chapter 2, Creating a connection in the Data Access Guide for
information on how to configure the Business Objects application’s .sbo
files so that you can create JDBC data access connections.

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Open driver connectivity
The Data Access component includes a Driver Development Kit (DDK). Use
the DDK to develop in Java, custom data access drivers for data sources
where no drivers are available. You can then use these data sources with
your Business Objects applications.
To get started with developing a data access driver for a data source for
which there is no existing driver, refer to the Data Access Developer's Guide.
JavaBean data access drivers

You can create JavaBean data access drivers. A JavaBean data access
driver defines procedures that can retrieve data from any source. In your
Business Objects applications, these procedures are exposed as stored
procedures. That is, you can use a JavaBean driver to create a stored
procedure universe based on a JavaBean source.
To get started with developing a JavaBean driver, refer to the Data Access
Developer's Guide.
BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP

Solutions
The BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions offers improved
integration with SAP's Knowledge Management - Repository Framework
Interface so that not only all popular Business Objects workflows are enabled
in SAP Portal, but also key capabilities of SAP Portal can transparently apply
to objects in the BusinessObjects Enterprise repository. You can now, for
example, seamlessly log on to BusinessObjects InfoView or browse
BusinessObjects Enterprise.
To get started using the BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions ,

refer to the BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions Installation
Guide.
For an overview of all the new features and benefits provided by

BusinessObjects XI 3.0 for SAP solutions, see What's New in
BusinessObjects XI 3.0 for SAP Solutions .

BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions

Documentation available
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All products have integrated online help accessible either through the Help
menu, the Help button, or by pressing F1 from within the application. In
addition there are over 50 guides available on our online support website in
HTML or Adobe PDF format. The online support website contains the most
complete and up-to-date information as it is updated regularly with new
information and best practices.
Here is the complete list of guides that will be published on the public product
documentation website in all supported languages as soon as they become
available: http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/.
Overview documentation
• What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0
• Business Objects XI 3.0 Release Notes
• Error Messages Explained with more than 250 newly documented errors
• Error Messages Guide now available online: http://errorguide.businessob
jects.com
Installation and Administration

• BusinessObjects XI 3.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
• BusinessObjects XI 3.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Server Administration Guide
• Deploying BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application using wdeploy
• Performance Management Administrator's Guide
• Business Views Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Voyager Administrator's Guide
• BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3.0 Installation Guide
• Installing Crystal Reports 2008
• Dashboard Analytics Setup Administration Guide

• Business Objects 5/6 to XI 3.0 Migration Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Import Wizard User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Report Conversion Tool User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Report Publishing Wizard User's Guide

Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.0
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• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Repository Diagnostic Tool User's
Guide
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Software Inventory Tool User's Guide
• Data Source Migration Wizard Guide
• Using the Report Comparison Tool
• Universal Translation Manager User's Guide
Solutions for SAP and other Partner Deployments

• What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 for SAP Solutions
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions Installation Guide
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions User Guide
• Using SAP BW in Universe Designer
• BusinessObjects XI Integration for PeopleSoft Solutions Installation Guide
• Business Objects Live Office XI 3.0 User's Guide
Query and Analysis applications

• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Infoview User's Guide
• Crystal Reports 2008 User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Voyager User's Guide
• Web Intelligence Rich Client User's Guide
• Using Functions, Formulas and Calculations in Web Intelligence
• Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence HTML Report Panel
• Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel
• Performing On-Report Analysis with Web Intelligence
• Building Queries with Web Intelligence Query - HTML
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Desktop Intelligence Access and
Analysis Guide
• Query as a Web Service User's Guide
Semantic layer components

• Data Access Guide
• Universe Designer's Guide including significant enhancements to the
chapter on creating universes from OLAP data sources
• Universe Builder Guide

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Performance Management Components

• BusinessObjects Set Analysis User Guide
• Performance Manager User's Guide
• Dashboard Builder User's Guide
• Predictive Analysis User's Guide
• BusinessObjects Process Analysis User Guide
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this release -- from unstructured multi-source documentation to structured
XML content and by applying the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
(DITA). The DITA standard is a document creation and management
specification maintained by OASIS, an organization for the advancement of
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Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering all products and
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version of the Business Objects product documentation. You can browse
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A F
Analytics formula language
new features 37 Web Intelligence 26
B L
BOE Live Office
new features 22 new features 26
BusinessObjects
see Desktop Intelligence 39
M
new features 22 metadata
multi-lingual 25
C multi-lingual
universes 25
Crystal Reports 2008
what's new 29
O
D OLAP reporting
new features 36
Dashboards Outlook
new features 37 Live Office support 26
DB2 Cube Views
Universe Builder 41
Designer
Q
new features 39 Query as a Web Service
Desktop Intelligence new features 34
new features 39
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E
report prompts
Enterprise multi-lingual 25
new features 22

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T V
Translation Manager Voyager
new product 25 new features 36
U W
Universe Builder Web Intelligence
new features 41 accessing with InfoView 26
Universe Designer functions 26
new features 39 multi-lingual support 26
universes Rich Client 26
multi-lingual 25 smart measures 26
Web Service
queries 34

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What's New in BusinessObjects XI

Chapter 2 Supported products 7

Chapter 3 Installation and Deployment 9

Chapter 4 Security model 13

Chapter 5 Migration and Upgrade 15

Chapter 6 New features in existing products 21

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 3

Enhanced report designer productivity.................................................31

Chapter 7 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.0 47

Appendix A Get More Help 51

4 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI is the business intelligence platform that

• Extends the robust information infrastructure provided by earlier releases

This document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements

6 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Third-party supported products

8 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

BusinessObjects XI 3.0 is the first release where:

10 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

BIAR Engine Command Line Tool

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 11

12 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

The security model in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 is closer to that in

14 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Filter Inbox and personal documents

16 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Server configuration settings

Import LDAP/AD users

Note: LDAP/AD must be configured first in the Central Management Console

Report Conversion Tool

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 17

The following limitations exist in standalone mode:

Personal data providers

Embedded pictures are converted

New formula language functions are converted

Report comparison functionality

18 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Report Comparison Tool

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 19

Formula language functions

20 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

22 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Server Intelligence also manages server configuration information, storing

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 23

Server Intelligence enhancements also simplify the configuration of complex

All of these features make it easier to fine-tune your system's performance

For more information about Server Intelligence, see Chapter 6: Managing

For more information about Federation, see Chapter 7: Working with

Repository Diagnostic Tool

Software Inventory Tool

24 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Multi-language support with Translation

Translation Manager introduces these main benefits:

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 25

26 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Web Intelligence Rich Client

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0 27

28 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0

Query - HTML enhancements

What's New in Crystal Reports 2008

This section is an overview of the new features in Crystal Reports 2008.

Advanced information visualization with Flash, Flex,