Installing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP02

[wmarcy]

Hi everyone,

Like many of you, I watched the SMP waiting for the new version of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 SP02. And it is finally available ... and in time !

As a reminder, SAP BusinessObjects Maintenance schedule is available with the quick link:

http://service.sap.com/bosap-maintenance-schedule (PDF)

It's Christmas before time !

What makes it so special Service Pack? It includes improvements in performance and especially adds new features as expected by many customers such as the grouping value in Web Intelligence (available in Desktop Intelligence but not anymore in Web Intelligence until now), use and re-use prompt values with predefined cells and mainly Excel datasource for Web Intelligence document over the Web !

Step by step installation/upgrade

Before installing this service pack, you can take a look at these blog posts very useful to know the best practices for updating your SAP BusinessObjects platform and mistakes to avoid.

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite 4.1 SP02 Released by patrickperrier

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/11/22/sap-businessobjects-business-intelligence-s...

Doing a full install for updating from BI4.0 to BI4.1? Think again... by matthew.shaw

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/11/05/doing-a-full-install-for-updating-from-bi40...

Time to upgrade from SAP BI 4.1 SP01 to SP02 : 1h15

Launch the update (3 Go) as a local administrator

Check that all prerequisites are "success". Sometimes an error occured with "Pending reboot" os you'll to restart the server or find in registry key the term "Pending Reboot" and modify it only if it's necessary (Emergency case).

Read and accept license contract as usual.

Connect to the CMS with your administrator password.

Launch the update and wait.

Then, SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 SP02 is installed.

And finally it's done !

Connect to the BI Launch Pad or CMC to see the version updated (in Help menu) of your BI Platform to SP02. Enjoy new features !

More blog posts are coming about new capabilities included in this new SP02 about http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-web-intelligence, http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform and http://scn.sap.com/community/semantic-layer.

TEASER : Just for teasing, see the new datasource for a Web Intelligence document based on the Web application

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