SAP EP cannot render BOE iViews with IE10/IE11

[Former Member]

SCN,

We're rolling out IE11 enterprise-wide in the coming months.  Unfortunately, EP does not fully support modern browsers and cannot render BOE iViews.  Other than launching them in a new window, has anyone figured out a clever fix?

If not a fix to render them in the Portal content area, has anyone been able to launch a Portal subset with a modern framework and some navigation?  Launching dozens of BOE dashboards in new windows sounds like a usability nightmare...

Thanks,

Sawyer

[Former Member]

Hi,

The following blog covers such cases when the portal is running iViews standalone

as the BI iViews in this case:

Best regards,

Etay

[saar_dagan]

Hi,

There a new note specifically for such issues:

2012705 - BI iView's are not render correctly when using Internet Explorer 10 and above

BR,

Saar

[Former Member]

Hi Nimisha,

Sorry for very late reply. It is still the same.

Can anybody tell me the advantage of using Business object list iview template over generic iview?

Is that mandatory to use BO list template. Because in case I am using generic iview it is resolving my issue.

Kindly reply.

Regards,

Aditi

[former_member193577]

Hi Aditi,

It is not mandatory, if the generic iView works for you that is just fine.

You can access BOE reports with openDocuent - http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir3/en/xi3-1_url_reporting_opendocument_en.pdf

Best Regards,

Tal

[former_member187646]

Hi Aditi,

Try using Standards Mode Ajax Framework Page.NW 7.4 does render BOE iview using the SAP BusinessObjects Document List iView Template .Only thing we need to look out is the Framework page and desktop needed to be assigned to the user for them to view BOE iviews properly.Create a custom Z_framework page and desktop of the standards Mode AFP and do the needful.Let me know if it works out.

Regards,

Nimisha Girijan

[Former Member]

Hi Nimisha,

Thank you for your reply.

One question regarding the same, as you mentioned "desktop needed to be assigned to user". Does that mean in case we assign it to group it will not work?

I will check the framework page/ desktop changes suggested and will revert.

Regards,

Aditi

[former_member187646]

Hey Aditi,

You can assign it to a user or a group of users as required by the scenario.But yes the desktop needs to be assigned elsewise changes wont reflect.

Regards,

Nimisha

[Former Member]

Hello sawyer,

We are also facing issue with BOE iview in IE11 that top level navigation bar is missing. Are you facing a similar kind of issue?

Regards,

Aditi

[prashant_ashtekar07]

Hi Aditi ,

The problem is caused by compatibility mode. To disable in IE11, go to Tools > Compatibility view settings > uncheck Display intranet sites in Compatibility view.

Regards ,

Prashant Ashtekar

[Former Member]

Hi Prashant,

Thank you for your reply.

we already tried the compatibility mode settings but it is not working for us.

Regards,

Aditi

[Former Member]

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[porselvan_muthavudaiyan]

Hello Sawyer,

We have the same issue and the only possible solution seems to be opening in a new window.

Can you please let me know if you were able to resolve this issue?

Regards,

Porselvan

[pramod_gopisetty1]

Hi Sawyer,

We didn't had any issues, please follow the below steps for intgeration:

Steps:

  1. Get the com.sap.businessobjects.iviews.par and com.sap.businessobjects.iviews.templates.epa files from below BOBJ BI server location:

       [BI4_INSTALL_PATH]/SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0/warfiles/portlet/iviews

2. Import EPA file to Portal, Wait till import gets completed successfully (avg. 1 minute) and then restart portal.

3. Prepare EAR file from EPA file. 

  Follow instructions in SAP Note “1672422 - It's not possible to create an iView using the Business Objects Document List Template iview and the    Enterprise Portal 7.3” to correct com.sap.businessobjects.iviews.par file and then migrate to EAR file.

4.    Deploy the EAR file to portal using NWDS.

5. Create System Object using new system template: SAP BusinessObjects System Template

Update properties as mentioned below:

System Name:                          SAP_BOBJ

System Alias:                            SAP_BOBJ

Property Category: SAP Business Objects

Web Application Server URL:     http://hostname:port/BOE

Property Category: User Management

Authentication Ticket Type:        SAP Logon Ticket

Logon Method:                         SAPLOGONTICKET

Property Category: Connector

Maintain the properties – Group, Logical System name, Message Server, SAP Client, SAP System ID, Server Port, and System Type

6. Make sure SSO is configured between Portal and SAP System mentioned in connector properties of System Object in last step.

Connection test shall work fine for SAP_BOBJ system which we created in earlier step.

7. Create iView using SAP_BusinessObjects_Document_List template for BI launch pad.

8.Update the Business Objects properties of iView as below

BI Launch Pad:BI

System:alias

Thanks

Pramod

[Former Member]

Hi Sawyer,

Check if you can render dashboards as url iviews.

Regards,

Abhi

[former_member193577]

Hi Sawyer,

Please review the following blog that may have insights for you-

Also see the new Standards Mode AFP :

which you can use to view standard mode and html5 iViews (such as BOE standards mode).

Best regards,

Tal