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Version: 2.2.0
Publication: 02/2015
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Contents
Rapid Automation Business Objects Agent v2
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Getting the Latest Information
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V2.2.0
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Supported Versions
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Important Agent Setup: Putting Required .jar Files in Place
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Tested Business Objects Version
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What's New from v2.0.0: Multiple Values in Business Objects Multi-Value Prompts
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Rapid Automation Business Objects Agent v1
V1.5.0
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Supported Versions
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Known Issue: Starting the Agent Using Business Objects 12.5
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Change in Behavior: Desktop Intelligence Reports Are No Longer Supported in SAP BI
BusinessObjects 4.0
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Change in Behavior: Using Object Variables Instead of PUT_ATT Commands for Rapid
Automation Field Replacements in Operations Manager v8.00 and Automation Engine v9 4
Bug Fixes
V1.40
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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Bug Fixes
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V1.30
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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V1.20
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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V1.11
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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V1.10
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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V1.00
Supported Versions
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Business Objects Release Notes 1
Rapid Automation Business Objects
Agent v2
Getting the Latest Information
Documentation, release notes, and other information is often updated after software is released.
The table below shows where to find the most recent information for Automic software releases.
To find the most recent:
Go to:
Patch descriptions, known bugs, and workarounds
Automic Download Center
HTML5 documentation and .pdf files for documentation and
release notes
Automic Hosted
Documentation
V2.2.0
Supported Versions
This version of the Business Objects agent is supported only for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
(SAP BO SDK 12.+).
Version 3 of the Business Objects agent supports SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0
(SAP BO SDK 14.+) and 4.1 (SAP BO SDK 14.+).
This version of the agent requires one of the following:
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Automation Engine v11.1
Automation Engine v10 Service Pack 1
Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 7 Hot Fix 4
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 14
Important Agent Setup: Putting Required .jar Files in
Place
The Business Objects agent requires you to put certain .jar files in place when you:
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Install the Business Objects agent
Upgrade the Business Objects agent
Upgrade the RA agent core
You get them from the Business Objects .zip file and your SAP BO installation. Instructions are
included in the installation topic in the Business Objects agent documentation.
Tested Business Objects Version
This agent was tested on SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP6.
2 Rapid Automation Business Objects Agent v2
What's New from v2.0.0: Multiple Values in Business
Objects Multi-Value Prompts
You can now allow multiple values in Business Objects multi-value prompts by clicking the
Multiple Semi-Colon Separated Values box.
When this box is checked, you can enter multiple semi-colon separated values directory into multivalue prompts or by using variables for Automation Engine and Operations Manager or substitution
variables for Applications Manager.
The Multiple Semi-Colon Separated Values box is unchecked by default to allow you to use
semi-colons in prompts for other reasons.
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Rapid Automation Business Objects
Agent v1
This document includes the release notes for all v1 releases of Rapid Automation Business Objects
agent. The release notes for the most recent v1 release are displayed first.
V1.5.0
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent is supported for:
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BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 (SAP BO SDK 12.+)
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 (SAP BO SDK 14.+)
According to the SAP Service Marketplace: Please note that as of version 4.0, SAP
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI was renamed to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Platform or SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.
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Automation Engine v10.
Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 HotFix 3.
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5.
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7.
To open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install
an OS agent.
Known Issue: Starting the Agent Using Business
Objects 12.5
If you are running Business Objects 12.5, there is a known issue starting the agent. Please contact
Automic Support for a Special Patch.
Change in Behavior: Desktop Intelligence Reports Are
No Longer Supported in SAP BI BusinessObjects 4.0
Desktop Intelligence Reports are no longer supported in SAP BI BusinessObjects 4.0. For more
information and a possible patch, contact SAP.
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Change in Behavior: Using Object Variables Instead of
PUT_ATT Commands for Rapid Automation Field
Replacements in Operations Manager v8.00 and
Automation Engine v9
Attributes of Rapid Automation jobs may change when new versions of the Rapid Automation
agents are released. When this happens, :PUT_ATT commands defined in earlier versions of the
agents will no longer work. Therefore, in Rapid Automation jobs, we recommend that you always
use object variables for field replacements, not :PUT_ATT commands.
To change a job from using a PUT_ATT command to an object variable, do the following:
1. Remove the PUT_ATT command from the job’s Process or Pre-Process tab.
2. Add a variable to the Variables & Prompts tab of job.
3. In the field where you wish to replace a value, enter the object variable in the format
&<Variable> where <variable> represents the variable name you entered on the Variables
& Prompts tab.
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Bug Fixes
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S#183018: Fixed a problem where entering a value in the 'Run As' field to run a report as a
different user caused an error.
S#188142: Fixed a problem where updated prompt values did not save.
S#192068: Fixed a problem where the Edit button was grayed out for editable prompts.
S#192210: Fixed a problem where all Crystal Reports prompts were showing as required
even when they are not required.
S#192211: Fixed a problem where prompts with html descriptions showed the html tags.
S#192466: Fixed a problem where reports with a '/' in the report name caused an error when
selected.
S#193612: Fixed a problem where job fails with reports that contain a '/' in the name.
S#194656: Fixed a problem where uncaught exceptions were sometimes returned when
opening job definitions.
S#197644: Fixed a problem where the run control parameters were not transferred to the
Business Objects server from an Automation Engine job.
S#204245: Fixed a problem where job could be saved with the prompts missing when a
timeout occurred.
S#204251: Fixed a problem where date parse errors occurred when a DATETIME parameter
had only a DATE value.
S#204267: Fixed a problem where error messages were returned when trying to edit a Static
Multiple Discrete DateTime prompt.
S#204546: Fixed a problem where the exception 'attempting to invoke method
'getPluginProcessingInterface' failed:
com.businessobjects.sdk.plugin.desktop.webi.IWebi.g is returned when trying to execute a
Webi report.
S#204714: Fixed a problem that occurred when Default job values were entered in CMC, and
Automation Engine values entered were not passed. When you ran the job in the Automation
Engine, the Parameter field was blank in the job report. This problem was caused by SAP
Bug T.E. 5000428457.
S#205887: Fixed a problem where the following occurs when getting prompts: AxisFault:
Read timed out.
S#206080: Fixed a problem where a job could be saved with missing prompts when a
timeout occurred.
S#206306: Fixed a problem where you would receive errors and be unable to create
Business Objects jobs that contained reports with DATETIME prompts when using Java
1.7.
V1.40
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3.1)
and SAP BI BusinessObjects 4.0. It may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been
tested against them. It is not supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine
v9 with the latest hot fixes, Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications
Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To open registered output files from the Applications Manager client,
you also need to install an OS agent.
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What’s New
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S #171203: Enhancement to allow the user to specify the name of the attached report.
S #173706: Enhancement: Added a System field to the agent panel.
Bug Fixes
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S#173068: Fixed a problem where Deski reports with no prompts got an error during creation.
S#173118: Fixed a problem in Automation Engine v9 where an editB exception occurred
when editing an existing job.
S#173270: Fixed a problem that occurred when Business Objects used German as the
installation language and the agent got an error when running the command getTopFolder to
get the root folder.
S#173687: Fixed a problem in Automation Engine v9 where a variable could not be entered
for a prompt value.
S#173882: Fixed a problem in Automation Engine v9 where a range prompt with only a start
value returned ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Automation Engine v9.
S#174059: Fixed a problem where you could get an axis2 socket timeout after 30 seconds
when getting prompts for some reports.
S#175641: Fixed a problem where passwords for the Business Objects FTP connection
objects were stored in plain text in the database.
V1.30
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3.1). It
may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been tested against them. It is not
supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine v9 with the latest hot fixes,
Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To
open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install an OS
agent.
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Added the Allow Email Attachments checkbox to the agent panel, and the Attach Report
checkbox for jobs.
V1.20
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3.1). It
may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been tested against them. It is not
supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine v9 with the latest hot fixes,
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Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To
open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install an OS
agent.
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Added the FTP connection objects and FTP as an output destination.
V1.11
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3.1). It
may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been tested against them. It is not
supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine v9 with the latest hot fixes,
Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To
open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install an OS
agent.
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Added the Connection Timeout field to the agent panel.
V1.10
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3). It
may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been tested against them. It is not
supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine v9 with the latest hot fixes,
Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To
open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install an OS
agent.
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Support for Web Intelligence reports was added.
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V1.00
Supported Versions
The Business Objects agent was developed and tested against version 12.1.0 and 12.3.0 (XI 3). It
may work with other versions of 12 (XI 3), but it has not been tested against them. It is not
supported for versions prior to 12 (XI 3). It requires Automation Engine v9 with the latest hot fixes,
Operations Manager v8.00 with the latest hot fixes or Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 6. To
open registered output files from the Applications Manager client, you also need to install an OS
agent.