What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

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1 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 BusinessObjects XI 3.1

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3 Contents Chapter 1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI Chapter 2 Supported products 7 Chapter 3 Installation and Deployment 9 Chapter 4 Migration and Upgrade 11 Report Conversion Tool...12 Report Comparison Tool...13 Delta Viewer...13 Data providers...14 Formula language functions...14 Chapter 5 New features in existing products 15 BusinessObjects Enterprise...16 Translation Manager...17 Live Office...18 Web Intelligence...19 What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP Query as a Web Service...22 Voyager...22 Dashboard and Analytics...24 Universe Designer...25 Data Access...27 BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions...27 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 3

4 Contents Extending platform and language support...27 Mass distribution of personalized SAP Crystal and Web Intelligence reports...28 Chapter 6 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI Appendix A Get More Help 33 Index 37 4 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

5 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI 3.1 1

6 1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI 3.1 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: 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 3.1 and directs you to the available product documentation to get you started using the new features. To learn about new features of previous releases, visit our support website at 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 address mailto:documentation@businessobjects.com. 6 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

7 Supported products 2

8 2 Supported products For information on the products and components that are supported with this release, refer to the BusinessObjects Enterprise Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and UNIX. 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 Third-party supported products The Business Objects support website here jects.com/support/default.asp, has been redirected. For an up-to-date list of the supported third-party products, you need to login to the SAP Support Portal and the Service Marketplace. To gain access to the Service Marketplace, follow the steps below: 1. Access 2. Click New Users Register Here, found on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. 3. Complete the form. 4. You will receive the details by after 24 hours and be able to access the site. For further assistance, contact mailto:sapnet@sap.com the SAP Service Marketplace. 8 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

9 Installation and Deployment 3

10 3 Installation and Deployment BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 includes the following installation and deployment improvements. Information about post-install web application deployment is now centralized in a web application deployment guide. For information related to the post-installation deployment of web applications, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Web Application Deployment Guide. Web component deployment to a Microsoft IIS web application server is now handled by the BusinessObjects Enterprise installation program. For more information on installing BusinessObjects Enterprise.NET web components, see Chapter 4 New Installation in the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows. 10 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

11 Migration and Upgrade 4

12 Migration and Upgrade 4 Report Conversion Tool 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 Report Comparison Tool on page 13 Report Conversion Tool on page 12 Data providers on page 14 Delta Viewer on page 13 Formula language functions on page 14 Report Conversion Tool on page 12 Report Conversion Tool Enhancements to the Report Conversion Tool are based on new Web Intelligence features. 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 12 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

13 Migration and Upgrade Report Comparison Tool 4 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. 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 3.1 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. What's New in BusinessObjects XI

14 Migration and Upgrade 4 Data providers 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 The following new functions are available for formulas: MultiCube (renamed ForceMerge) DataProviderType Product ElseIF 14 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

15 New features in existing products 5

16 New features in existing products 5 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 16 Translation Manager on page 17 Live Office on page 18 Dashboard and Analytics on page 24 What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 on page 21 Voyager on page 22 Web Intelligence on page 19 Universe Designer on page 25 Data Access on page 27 BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions on page 27 BusinessObjects Enterprise BusinessObjects Enterprise has undergone a user interface refresh. Both the InfoView application and the Central Management Console (CMC) have new and improved workflows. Web Application Container Server (WACS) The Web Application Container Server is a service that hosts the Central Management Console (CMC) for users that are installing BusinessObjects Enterprise on a Windows environment and don't want to deploy the CMC to a Java application server. WACS requires a minimum effort to install, maintain, and configure, and provides an administrative interface that is consistent with other BusinessObjects Enterprise servers. For more information about WACS, see Chapter 9: Working with the Web Application Container Server in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide. 16 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

17 New features in existing products Translation Manager 5 Multi-Forested Active Directory BusinessObjects Enterprise now enables administrators to support Active Directory (AD) authentication across multiple domains across a company's network. Multi-forest support is now integrated into the process of using the Central Management Console (CMC) to set up AD authentication with either the Kerberos or NTLM authentication protocols. For more information about multi-forested Active Directory, see Chapter 6: Configuring Third-Party Authentication in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide. Internet Protocol 6 (IPv6) support BusinessObjects servers now support IPv6. Servers can be configured through the Central Management Console (CMC) to run as IPv6-only, IPv4-only, or mixed IPv4/IPv6 nodes. Users can use IPv6 IP addresses to log on to the CMS or accessing other back-end servers. Repository Diagnostic Tool The Repository Diagnostic Tool now scans for and repairs inconsistencies that may occur in the metadata of the InfoObjects in your repository, in addition to inconsistencies that may occur between the File Repository Servers and the Central Management Server database. For more information, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository Diagnostic Tool User's Guide. Publishing In XI 3.1, publications containing Web Intelligence documents can be processed using different report bursting methods to satisfy various needs in scalability and data personalization. For more information about Publishing, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Publisher's Guide. Translation Manager In BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1, the Translation Manager user interface is simplified to make it more intuitive to use while maintaining all the functionality. User interface enhancements include: What's New in BusinessObjects XI

18 New features in existing products 5 Live Office Live Office The three most-used views open automatically to simplify the window. Other views can be opened when needed. Information in the Document Properties view is integrated in the Language Management view to reduce the number of views needed. The Language Management view is reorganized to make language selection faster. The percentage of translated content is displayed for each language in the Language Management view. The Filter view is reorganized to simplify filtering on status. The Text Editor view is initialized with the source and previously translated text. Untranslated text in the Translation Editor view displays in blue rather than red. Original content is now displayed in the original content column. The Format Editor is completely re-designed to make it easy to select default formats, and create a customized format by using pre-defined formats. The wizards for importing and exporting XLIFF files are streamlined. The menus and toolbar are clearer and simpler. The enhancements to Translation Manager are documented in the fully-updated Translation Manager Guide available in PDF format and also online in the Translation Manager application. Live Office provides the following new features: Full Live Office functionality for MS Outlook. You can now insert Live Office objects into an Outlook . 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. 18 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

19 New features in existing products Web Intelligence 5 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.NET availability The Web Intelligence HTML viewer is now available on the.net platform. Saving documents as CSV and Excel You can now save Web Intelligence documents locally as CSV (data only) files from the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel and Web Intelligence Rich Client. When you save a document as an Excel file, Web Intelligence now creates a separate worksheet for each 65K rows of data. Refreshing local data providers Data refresh of local data providers (txt, csv or Excel files) is more flexible. Web Intelligence can now refresh a local data provider if the file is in one of three locations: The folder where the local data file was stored when the data provider was created The same folder as the Web Intelligence document The default user document folder (C:\Documents and Settings\%currentUser%\My Documents\My Business Objects Documents\userDocs) What's New in BusinessObjects XI

20 New features in existing products 5 Web Intelligence Document autosave and recovery Web Intelligence now protects your work by automatically saving documents before a server timeout, and at defined intervals while the document is open. Query, prompt and report information in free-standing cells You can quickly add details of queries, prompts and report filters to a Web Intelligence document by using three new pre-defined free-standing cells: The Query Summary cell uses the QuerySummary function to provide information on the queries in the document. The Prompt Summary cell uses the PromptSummary function to provide information on the prompts in the document. The Report Filter Summary cell uses the ReportFilterSummary function to provide information on all the report filters in the document. Simple report filters Simple report filters provide an easy, convenient and highly-visible way of filtering data through a new toolbar. Lists of values in prompts The display of lists of values in prompts is improved. Web Intelligence displays the list of possible prompt responses if it is available, or clearly indicates that the list must be refreshed if it is not. Web Intelligence also displays the last refresh date of the list if possible. Updates to the Web Intelligence formula language The formula language is enhanced with new data comparison capabilities: The Previous function is enhanced to allow you to compare a value with any previous value. The new RelativeValue function allows you to perform complex data-slicing comparisons that are independent of the report layout. There are various other updates to the formula language: Running calculations (for example RunningAverage) are not reset in a new section. Previous does not carry the last value of a row to the beginning of the next row in a crosstab. 20 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

21 New features in existing products What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 5 To respect the ISO 8601 standard and to be consistent with DayNum berofweek, LastDayOfWeek treats Monday as the first day of the week. The Where operator now supports boolean conditions on measures. What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 This section provides a high-level overview of the components, features, and benefits that are provided by the latest release of Crystal Reports. 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. Flash printing Crystal Reports 2008 allows you to print SWF objects in your report without the need to first export the report to PDF. The printing option can print SWF objects that have data binding as well as SWF objects that do not have data binding. Enhanced publishing interface The Crystal Reports 2008 Publishing page now allows you to set parameter values for all recipients from the Personalization page. Other improved usability functions include selecting destinations, PDF merging, and a better shared publishing workflow. Unicode-supported interface Crystal Reports 2008 now has a Unicode-capable interface that allows you to use User Function Libraries (UFLs) for multilingual information processing. For example, in a multilingual report, you can use the UFLs to access and translate the multilingual text. XML and Web Services Database Driver Web services created with SOAP 1.2 are now accessible to Crystal Reports XML and Web Services driver. This includes new architectures such as.net 3.0 (Windows Communication Foundation). What's New in BusinessObjects XI

22 New features in existing products 5 Query as a Web Service Also, the Crystal Reports XML Web Services driver recognizes a Web Service that returns an ADO.NET DataSet. Viewer Accessibility The Webform (DHTML) viewer is now accessible. The enhanced cross-tab objects can now be navigated by a screen reader. Query as a Web Service Voyager 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. Improved WSDL management, with removal of background user Query as a Web Service folders and Central Management Console page Query as a Web Service Designer usability enhancements : menus replace buttons on the QaaWS Designer main panel Query as a Web Service Designer supports the following authentication modes: AD, AD SSO, LDAP and SAP In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, BusinessObjects Voyager contains new features and enhancements that are focused on improving productivity and depth of analysis. These features and enhancements include new data visualizations, updated OLAP server support, and new interoperability with Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence. Data visualizations Voyager brings four new data visualizations to users: Box plot charts Scatter charts Bubble charts Radar charts 22 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

23 New features in existing products Voyager 5 Box plot charts offer a way to view the lowest, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and highest values for series of data. Scatter charts can be used to highlight correlations in data, with bubble charts adding the additional opportunity to visualize a third variable on top of the two usually associated with a scatter chart. Radar charts can be used to easily compare performance of items for several measures. Additionally, the toolbar and menus have been enhanced to enable easy selection of the increasingly diverse types of visualization. Exception Highlighting enhancements Exception highlighting identifies anomalies in your data, and Voyager exception highlighting now includes several automatic color choice options so that users no longer need to manually specify colors for each highlighting range. In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, Voyager provides single-click interaction to enable a selection of new exception highlighting models. These include shades of red, shades of green, and hot and cold, to highlight degrees of diversion from a target value, along with the more traditional good or bad and traffic light exception highlight models. Also, the chosen color schemes can be easily reversed with the click of a single button. Interoperability with Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports To enable analysis to extend beyond the numeric world of OLAP data into the textual world of relational data, Voyager introduces the ability to pass contextual information to Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports. This capability allows interesting information found during a Voyager analysis session to be augmented with information from other data sources and distributed to a wider audience. Favorite groups For increased productivity, Voyager users can create and save their own favorite groups of members from all dimensions, for easy access at a later time. These favorite groups are always available whenever a user starts a new analysis. What's New in BusinessObjects XI

24 New features in existing products 5 Dashboard and Analytics Display cube update time It is important that users can trust the data they are using. In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, Voyager displays the date and time when the data cube was last updated, for those providers that enable this information. Users can then see at all times how current their data is. Printing enhancements There is now greater flexibility when performing "Data" printing, with the added ability to change the font size, specify the number of columns, repeat headings across pages, and indent members according to their positions in the hierarchy. Undo and Redo In BusinessObjects XI 3.1, Voyager introduces the ability to undo and redo previous actions. This provides additional confidence because users can quickly revert back to earlier states or layouts. Support for Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 Voyager now supports the next major release of Microsoft's OLAP server. IPv6 network support Voyager now supports networks that use the new IPv6 standard. Platform updates Voyager now supports the latest Microsoft operating systems: Vista for the Voyager client, and Windows 2008 for the MDAS Server. Support for Linux Redhat 5 is added. Versions 8 and 9 of Adobe Acrobat are now supported. Voyager also extends its support to the Apple Macintosh and the Safari version 3 web browser. Dashboard and Analytics The following enhancements are available in Dashboard Builder: 24 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

25 New features in existing products Universe Designer 5 A Print button has been added to the dashboards, so that you can print one or more tabs and sub tabs in a dashboard. While editing dashboards in the Template Layout mode, you can chose Scale height to have the dashboard analytics adjust to the height of the browser window when it is enlarged or reduced in size. The Navigation List user interface has been improved. The content linking feature in Dashboard Builder allows a dynamic data exchange between Xcelsius models and reports. You set up dynamic communication between Xcelsius and Web Intelligence and Crystal report analytics placed on a Dashboard Builder tab or sub tab. At run time, a source Xcelsius analytic sends information to target Xcelsius and Web Intelligence and Crystal report analytics. Targets use the information sent by the source analytic as parameter values, input to prompts in the case of reports, or as a model variable in the case of an Xcelsius model. The following enhancements are available in Performance Manager: You can now view the Goal and Pareto analytics using Macromedia Flash. Universe Designer Here are the enhancements provided for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1: Pairs of values can be used in function The Universe function can now be used with pairs of input values such as: '4':' France ', 2 : US. You can type a LOV as a list of pairs of input values and for the default values for function. For more information, see the Universe Designer online help and refer to Chapter 9 of the Universe Designer User's Guide. The Universe ID can be used in function The Universe function now supports the universe ID as an input variable ('UNVID'). For more information about this feature, refer to Chapter 9 of the Universe Designer User's Guide Tables with input columns can be used in the universe Universe Designer can now insert Data Federator generated tables that contain input columns into the universe. The Web Intelligence or Query as What's New in BusinessObjects XI

26 New features in existing products 5 Universe Designer a Web Service user will be required to choose values or enter values in order for the input columns to be calculated. The data for the input columns can be the following: Values hard-coded when you create the universe Values provided by the end user (after a prompt), or selected from a list Values provided via a join with another table For more information about this feature, refer to Chapter 3 of the Universe Designer User's Guide. SQL statements can be prefixed with the Begin_SQL function The new SQL parameter Begin_SQL can be configured to insert SQL orders that will be executed before BusinessObjects-generated SQL statements. This ensures that the orders are executed before all generated SQL statements. This function works with any database that supports passing parameters before the SELECT statement. The following are some examples of use: Teradata: monitor and manage DB usage based on query origin details provided within the executed SQL Oracle: turn on read only transaction Netezza: trigger optimization options For more information about this feature, refer to Chapter 9 of the Universe Designer User's Guide. OLAP Universe enhancements for Universe Designer SDK The universe Designer SDK has the following enhancements: It is possible to connect to the following OLAP data sources: SAP BW, Essbase, and MSAS The new AddEx method in the Universes class allows you to create an OLAP universe with the Universe Designer SDK The new RefreshStructureOlap method in the Universe class allows you to refresh an OLAP universe created with the Universe Designer SDK For more information about this feature, refer to the Universe Designer API Reference Guide. 26 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

27 New features in existing products Data Access 5 Data Access The Data Access component provides new connectivities as part of this release. For more information about it, refer to the Products Availability Report on the Supported Platforms page at BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions This section gives a high-level overview of the key new features provided in BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions. BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions delivers the strongest business intelligence solution for SAP customers, with new capabilities aimed at adding value to SAP products while lowering the total cost of ownership and providing an SAP-familiar user experience, especially for end-user self-service in ad-hoc query, reporting, and analysis. Extending platform and language support BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions provides additional platform support for SAP integration. Support for HP Itanium platform BusinessObjects Enterprise server components used for SAP integration can now be installed and used on 64-bit HP-UX IA platforms. Administrators and users can now configure and use native 64-bit components of SAP integration on 64-bit HP-UX Itanium. HPUX includes: Server side workflows for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Voyager. First release to include OLAP BAPI support (Webi workflows). Support for 32-bit Windows Vista SP1 SAP integration is now available for Business Objects client components running on 32-bit Windows Vista SP1. What's New in BusinessObjects XI

28 New features in existing products 5 BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions Support for 64-bit Windows Vista SP1 SAP integration is now available for Business Objects client components running on 64-bit Windows Vista SP1. Additional language support BusinessObjects XI provides enhanced language support for SAP integration. SAP integration is now available in the following languages: Russian Polish Danish Norwegian Thai Finish Support for multilingual data access and display for all BusinessObjects Enterprise client and server components is available in these languages. Note: SAP server side tools will not be translated into Thai. Mass distribution of personalized SAP Crystal and Web Intelligence reports Report publishing capabilities in BusinessObjects XI provide the ability to broadcast personalized SAP Crystal and Web Intelligence reports to a large user population based on SAP user role definitions. With these new capabilities there is no need to replicate SAP data access authorization settings in BusinessObjects Enterprise. For more information about Publications, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Publishing Guide, which can be accessed from our customer support site: jects.com/documentation/default.asp 28 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

29 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.1 6

30 6 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.1 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 the online support website contains the most complete and up-to-date information as it is updated regularly with new information and examples. Here is the list of guides that are available for download on the public product documentation website in all supported languages: sobjects.com/documentation/. Overview documentation What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Business Objects XI 3.1 Release Notes Error Messages Explained Error Messages Guide now available online: jects.com Installation and Administration BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Administrator's Guide BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Repository Diagnostic Tool User's Guide BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Software Inventory Tool User's Guide Performance Management Administrator's Guide BusinessObjects Voyager Administrator's Guide BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3.1 Installation Guide Installing Crystal Reports 2008 Dashboard Analytics Setup Administration Guide Migration and Upgrade Business Objects 5/6 to XI 3.1 Migration Guide BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Import Wizard User's Guide BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Report Conversion Tool User's Guide BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Report Publishing Wizard User's Guide Data Source Migration Wizard Guide Using the Report Comparison Tool Universal Translation Manager User's Guide 30 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

31 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI Solutions for SAP and other Partner Deployments What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1 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 BusinessObjects XI Integration for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Installation and User Guide Business Objects Live Office XI 3.1 User's Guide Query and Analysis BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Infoview User's Guide Crystal Reports 2008 User's Guide Using Business Views 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 3.1 Desktop Intelligence Access and Analysis Guide Query as a Web Service User's Guide Semantic layer components Data Access Guide Universe Designer Guide Universe Builder Guide Performance Management Components BusinessObjects Set Analysis User Guide Performance Manager User's Guide Dashboard Builder User's Guide Predictive Analysis User's Guide What's New in BusinessObjects XI

32 6 Documentation available with BusinessObjects XI 3.1 BusinessObjects Process Analysis User Guide Let us know what you think Business Objects documentation applies the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard to our content. The DITA standard is a document creation and management specification maintained by OASIS, an organization for the advancement of open standards for the information society. Business Objects is grateful for any feedback on the overall presentation, structure and accessibility of the information, whether in online help accessed from the software itself, the online HTML documentation library, or PDFs. Please send your feedback to mailto:documentation@businessobjects.com and specify XI 3.1 Review in the subject and let us know the title of the document or online help system you reviewed. 32 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

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34 A Get More Help Online documentation library Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering all products and their deployment. The online documentation library has the most up-to-date version of the Business Objects product documentation. You can browse the library contents, do full-text searches, read guides on line, and download PDF versions. The library is updated regularly with new content as it becomes available. To access the online documentation library, visit and click Business Objects at the top of the page. Additional developer resources Online customer support The Business Objects Customer Support web site contains information about Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range of technical information including knowledgebase articles, downloads, and support forums. Looking for the best deployment solution for your company? Business Objects consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis stage to the delivery of your deployment project. Expertise is available in relational and multidimensional databases, in connectivities, database design tools, customized embedding technology, and more. For more information, contact your local sales office, or contact us at: Looking for training options? From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning style. Find more information on the Business Objects Education web site: 34 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

35 Get More Help A Send us your feedback Do you have a suggestion on how we can improve our documentation? Is there something you particularly like or have found useful? Drop us a line, and we will do our best to ensure that your suggestion is included in the next release of our documentation: mailto:documentation@businessobjects.com Note: If your issue concerns a Business Objects product and not the documentation, please contact our Customer Support experts. For information about Customer Support visit: Business Objects product information For information about the full range of Business Objects products, visit: What's New in BusinessObjects XI

36 A Get More Help 36 What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

37 Index A analytics Macromedia Flash 24 Navigation List 24 B BOE new features 16 BusinessObjects Enterprise new features 16 C content linking in dashboards 24 Crystal Reports 2008 what's new 21 D dashboards content linking 24 editing in template layout 24 printing 24 Designer new features 25 E Enterprise new features 16 L Live Office new features 18 M metadata multi-lingual 17 multi-lingual universes 17 O OLAP reporting new features 22 Outlook Live Office support 18 Q Query as a Web Service new features 22 T Translation Manager 17 U Universe Designer new features 25 universes multi-lingual 17 What's New in BusinessObjects XI

38 Index V Voyager new features 22 W Web Intelligence autosaving and recovering documents 19 Web Intelligence (continued) new free-standing cells 19 PromptSummary function 19 QuerySummary function 19 ReportFilterSummary function 19 saving documents as CSV 19 simple report filter 19 Web Service queries What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1