Defining Global Parameters for BusinessObjects

To define global parameters for BusinessObjects:

1.    From the toolbar, select System Admin > Configure and Verify Interfaces.
The Configure and Verify Interface (APP014) screen displays.

2.    In the Business Objects Enterprise section, click Setup Global Parameters.
The Interface Parameter Maintenance (APP014B) screen displays with BusinessObjects automatically selected as the interface.

3.    Make sure the following parameters are defined.

Parameter

Description

CLIENTADMINPASSWORD

The password of the system administrator.

CLIENTADMINUSER

The user login for the system administrator, also known as the Proxy User.

CLIENTENVFOLDER

The Business Objects root folder name for all BusinessObjects content.

EXPORTOPTION

Possible options: PersonifyExport or BOExport. When the license releases immediately, the preferred option is PersonifyExport.

IMAGEPATH

The Path to folder where the logos of the org and org unit are located. This path is used by reports such as ORD660 and INV620 to print the organization or organization unit logos in the report header. Within this folder, there needs to be a folder for each organization and then a sub folder for each organization unit. The logo is a .bmp file with the naming convention of OrgUnitId.bmp.

INFOVIEW

The URL for InfoView.

ODBCDATABASE

The ODBC database name.

ODBCPASSWORD

The ODBC database password.

ODBCSERVER

The ODBC SQL server.

ODBCUSERID

The ODBC User ID.

OPENDOCUMENTURL

The URL for Opendocument.jsp page. This URL is used by Personify to run Online/Crystal reports through Personify interface.

RELEASEPROXYSESSIONURL

The URL is used to release the license used by the proxy user to launch reports. You must verify that the external IP address and port are entered correctly.

RELEASEUSERSESSIONURL

The URL is used to release the license used to launch Data Analyzer. You must verify that the external BO server name and port are entered correctly.

SERVER

The server name.

SERVERIPADDRESS

The external IP address of the Business Objects server. This IP address is used when launching an online report.

TRSAPPLICATIONPATH

The network path for TRS bath processes.

TRSOUTPUTPATH

The output folder in which TRS will generate the output and logs.

UNIVERSECONNECTION

The name of the universe connection used by the universes.

UNIVERSEFOLDER

The name of the universe folder where you stored the universes.

VIEWDOCUMENTURL

The URL used for report viewing.

VIEWER

"LOG" is used to debug any reporting issues, such as BOE connectivity info, what methods are being called, etc. All of the logs are created in the services folder of Application server and suffixed with .tmp. However, currently only "HTML" is supported.

WEBI

The URL for display_Webidoc_data_provider.jsp page. This page is used by the Personify application to communicate with Business Objects to extract the SQL query syntax from Webi documents.

4.    Click Save.