Useful Tips Vol.1

Hello,

I want to share a couple of tips which will save your time!

Changing Business Objects Repository Database

If you want to change your Repository Database after installation, follow the steps below :

1. Launch Central Configuration Manager (CCM)

2. Stop Server Intelligence Agent (SIA) 

3. Right click on SIA and launch Properties

4. Choose Configuration 

5. From CMS System Database Configurations, click on  Specify and change your database

* Quick tip for Oracle Users:
Change TNS connections on your tnsnames.ora  (don't change TNS name) and your audit and repository database connection will be changed.

1 Solution for Information Design Tool 

If you get error message when you try to retrieve a .unx universe on Information Design Tool, follow the steps below:

1. Launch folder : /Users//.businessobjects/bimodeler_14 

2. Backup bimodeler_14 folder and delete the original

3. Launch Information Design Tool and open a new project.

1 Solution for Universe Design Tool 

If you get this error message when you are trying to logon to Universe Design Tool (UDT) 

[repo_proxy13] SessionFacade::openSessionLogon with user info has failed(Transport error: No response from server, timeout exceeded. 
You should follow the steps below :

1. Be sure that your firewall is off on Business Objects server.

2. Disable antivirus program on Business Objects server.

You won't get the same error message again.

Tomcat TimeZone

If you are using timezone other then GMT, then you should follow the steps below:

1. Launch Tomcat and with right click, go to Properties.

2. Choose Java tab.
3. Type in the code below to Java Options box.

        -Duser.timezone=EET

Your timezone will be your local time.  You won't be having trouble on your scheduled jobs.

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See you on the next post!