Installing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP02
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 Patrick Perrier
Doing a full install for updating from BI4.0 to BI4.1? Think again… by Matthew Shaw
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
Share your comments about this !
Hi,
Can we upgrade directly to 4.1 SP2 from 4.0 SP6? or do we need an intermediate upgrade step?
Thanks
Dick
Yes. Please check Forward fit plan, see if any fixes are missing in 4.1 SP2
Hi Dick,
Have a look at this article: http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/11/22/sap-businessobjects-business-intelligence-suite-41-sp02-released
Thanks
Hi Richard, were you able to update directly to 4.1 SP2 from 4.0 SP6? I am trying to make sense of the Forward Fit plan however getting little confused.
Yes, we upgraded to 4.1 SP2 and then put on patch 1.
We upgraded in parallel... 2 CMS servers, then the other 4 (processing and web)
I am not sure what patches you need included but it looks like it covers most of SP06
Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you Wiliam Marcy... A helpful document. Really a Christmas Gift...
Regards,
Venkat
Hello Marcy, Do we need to uninstall the old SP?
No, It's not necessary.
Nice use of Bitstrips here 😉
Hi Marcy,
can you please share step by step installation on AIX box.
Thanks
Hi,
Sorry but I don't have this kind of landscape to share the tutorial. You can refer to the Installation Guide available in help.sap.com to read all steps required.
Regards,