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BusinessObjects Metadata Manager
Release Notes
Metadata Manager 11.7.1 September 28, 2007
Windows
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ContentsMetadata Manager Release Notes 5Chapter 1
Overview .....................................................................................................6
Metadata Manager information resources.............................................6
In this document.....................................................................................6
New features in 11.7.1.0..............................................................................7
Advanced search....................................................................................7
BusinessObjects Enterprise user impact and permissions....................7
Custom attributes...................................................................................8
Data lineage for Web Intelligence document in InfoView.......................8
New features in 11.7.0.1..............................................................................8
Performance enhancements..................................................................9
Search string enhancement...................................................................9
Searchable annotations..........................................................................9
UTF8 support for multi-byte metadata....................................................9
Compatibilities and limitations ....................................................................9Compatibility update.............................................................................10
Software requirements....................................................................10
Supported configurations................................................................11
Limitations update................................................................................12
Troubleshooting.........................................................................................14
Error messages....................................................................................14
Warning messages...............................................................................14
Crystal Report message.................................................................14
DeskI document error.....................................................................15
Parsing failure.................................................................................15
Parsing failure for derived table......................................................15
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Unable to parse SQL......................................................................16
Unable to retrieve SQL to parse.....................................................16
Migration considerations............................................................................17
Resolved Issues in version 11.7.1.0..........................................................18
Long mapping expressions .................................................................18
Name on transformation step...............................................................18
Column mappings in tabular view........................................................18
Tabular view in Related To tab.............................................................19
Tables with the same name..................................................................19
Resolved issues in version 11.7.0.1..........................................................19
Performance improvements.................................................................19Searchable annotation fields................................................................19
Database cursors caused resource leaks............................................20
Searches with leading wildcard characters..........................................20
Multiple languages and code pages.....................................................20
Viewing 8-bit names and metadata......................................................20
TINYINT column in MySQL..................................................................21
8-bit characters ....................................................................................21
Microsoft SQL Server tables collected.................................................21
Known Issues............................................................................................22
Documentation updates.............................................................................25
Advanced Search option......................................................................25
Custom Attributes and Advanced Search............................................25
Add Annotations and Export List..........................................................25
Documentation bill of materials.................................................................26
Business Objects information resources...................................................26
Documentation.....................................................................................26
Customer support, consulting, and training..........................................27
Useful addresses at a glance...............................................................28
Copyright information.................................................................................29
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Overview
BusinessObjects Metadata Manager version 11.7.1.0 is a functional release.
This document contains important information about this product release
including installation notes, details regarding the latest resolved issues as
well as known issues with this release, and important information for existing
customers.
Please read this entire document before installing your Business Objects
software.
Metadata Manager information resources
For complete installation procedures, see "Installing BusinessObjects
Metadata Manager" in the Metadata Manager User's Guide.
For complete compatibility and availability details, see the Supported
Platforms documentation on the Business Objects Customer Support web
site: http://support.businessobjects.com/supported_platforms/.
For additional information that might have become available following the
release of this document, visit the following web sites:
Business Objects documentation web site at http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/
BusinessObjects Metadata Manager Developer Community http://dia
mond.businessobjects.com/EIM/MetadataManager
In this document
These release notes contain the following sections:
New features in 11.7.1.0on page 7 New features in 11.7.0.1 on page 8
Compatibilities and limitations on page 9
Troubleshooting on page 14
Migration considerations on page 17
Resolved Issues in version 11.7.1.0on page 18
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Resolved issues in version 11.7.0.1 on page 19
Known Issues on page 22
Documentation updates on page 25
Documentation bill of materials on page 26 Business Objects information resources on page 26
Copyright information on page 29
New features in 11.7.1.0
The following features are new to BusinessObjects Metadata Manager version
11.7.1.0. This list itemizes the new features alphabetically.
Advanced search on page 7
BusinessObjects Enterprise user impact and permissions on page 7 Custom attributes on page 8
Data lineage for Web Intelligence document in InfoView on page 8
Advanced search
This release of Metadata Manager provides you with the capability to add
multiple conditions to narrow your search of metadata objects. Conditions
that you can define include object type, field such as name or customattribute, match by any word, or fuzzy match.
For more information, see "Advanced search" in the Metadata Manager
User's Guide.
BusinessObjects Enterprise user impact andpermissions
This release of Metadata Manager displays information about users and
groups in BusinessObjects Enterprise sources that enables you to:
Determine what users or groups are impacted by changes in a report or
its source data.
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View privileges and object rights that a user or group has to a universe
or report.
For more information, see "Viewing relationships of users in and groups" in
the Metadata Manager User's Guide.
Custom attributes
This release of BusinessObjects Metadata Manager provides you with the
ability to add business metadata attributes to any object types. You can add
additional descriptions, hyperlink to external documents, or tag sensitive
data.
For more information, see "Custom Attributes" in the Metadata ManagerUser's Guide.
Data lineage for Web Intelligence document inInfoView
This release of BusinessObjects Metadata Manager enables you to view the
data lineage of universe objects in a Web Intelligence document from
InfoView.
For information about how to enable this lineage view in InfoView, see the
section "Configuring sources for the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata
Integrator" in the Metadata Manager User's Guide.
Note: Usage of this feature requires BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release
2 SP3. Please check the Business Objects website for availability of this
release: http://support.businessobjects.com/downloads/default.asp.
New features in 11.7.0.1
Version 11.7.0.1 of BusinessObjects Metadata Manager provides the following
enhancements. This list itemizes the enhancements alphabetically.
Performance enhancements on page 9
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Search string enhancementon page 9
Searchable annotations on page 9
UTF8 support for multi-byte metadata on page 9
Performance enhancements
The BusinessObjects Enterprise metadata integrator has been enhanced
with various performance improvements.
Search string enhancement
You can now use the wildcard character * at the beginning of a searchstring.
Searchable annotations
The search feature of Metadata Manager Explorer now searches annotations.
Therefore, in version 11.7.0.1 and above, you can find an object by any of
the following:
Annotation Name
Description
UTF8 support for multi-byte metadata
Version 11.7.0.1 and above supports multi-byte metadata.
Compatibilities and limitationsThis section describes compatibility between Metadata Manager and other
applications. It also summarizes limitations associated with this version of
Metadata Manager.
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Compatibility update
For complete compatibility and availability details, see the Business ObjectsSupported Platforms documentation on the Business Objects Customer
Support web site:
http://support.businessobjects.com/supported_platforms/
Software requirements
For the Metadata Manager Web-based Administrator and Explorer, you need
the following prerequisites. For more information, refer to the Supported
Platforms document at
http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/supported_platforms/
Any of the following Windows platforms:
2000 SP4
Server 2003 SP1, 2003 SP2 or 2003 R2
XP SP1 or XP SP2
Apache Tomcat 5.0.27 or 5.0.28
Java 2 Software Development Kit, Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2_13
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP1 or SP2 For the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator:
You need one of the following products:
BusinessObjects version XI with BEXIWIN_CHF_20060518 or later
BusinessObjects version XI Release 2
Install the BusinessObjects Enterprise client or server on the same
computer as Metadata Manager.
To extract metadata and build the dependency relationships between the
following objects and the underlying database tables and columns, the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator must have connectionto the source databases.
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence documents created with the Refresh on Open option
Columns qualified with the universe owner name in the SELECT and
WHERE clauses for universe objects and filters
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If you use the default name of tablename.columnname (instead of
qualifying it with the universe owner name), the Metadata Integrator
will find that column even without a database connection.
To establish the database connection, take one of the following choices:
Run the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator on the
computer where BusinessObjects Enterprise is installed
Define the database connection on the computer where you run the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator.
To extract metadata about Web Intelligence documents, the user who
runs the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator must have
permission to refresh Web Intelligence documents.
Supported configurations
Metadata Manager version 11.7.1 supports the following configurations. For
specific versions numbers, see http://support.businessobjects.com/support
ed_platforms/.
The Metadata Manager Repository is supported on the following
databases:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005, 2005 SP1
MySQL 5.0 Oracle 9.2, 10.2
The BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator extracts metadata
from the following BusinessObjects Enterprise components:
BusinessObjects universe XI or XI Release 2
Crystal Reports XI or XI Release 2
Desktop Intelligence documents version XI Release 2
Web Intelligence documents version XI or XI Release 2
The Data Integrator Metadata Integrator extracts metadata from:
The following versions of Data Integrator: Data Integrator version XI (11.0.2.5 or above)
Data Integrator version XI Release 2 (11.5)
Data Integrator version XI Release 2 Accelerated (11.7)
The following database types for the Data Integrator repository:
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DB2
You must install the DB2 client on the same computer as Metadata
Manager. Please refer to the Data Integrator Release Notes for
DB2 client compatibility information.
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
The Data Federator Metadata Integrator extracts metadata from Data
Federator XI R2 Accelerated (version 11.7).
Metadata Manager XI R2 Integrator for Data Federator XI R2 and
documentation are available for download on the following web site:
BusinessObjects Metadata Manager Developer Community http://dia
mond.businessobjects.com/EIM/MetadataManager.
The Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM) Metadata Integrator extracts
metadata from a file that is compliant with CWM version 1.0.
The Relational Database Metadata Integrator extracts metadata from the
following databases:
DB2 8.1, 8.2 and 9.1 with IBM DB2 JDBC Universal Driver Architecture
3.3.54
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005, or 2005 SP1 with JDBC SQL
Server 2005
MySQL 5.0 with Connector/J 5.0.4
Oracle 9.2, 10.2 with JDBC 10.2.0.1.0
Teradata V2R5.1, V2R6, V2R6.1 with Teradata JDBC 3.03
Metadata Manager can display custom reports that are compliant with
Crystal Reports version 10.
Limitations update
The following limitations apply to Metadata Manager version 11.7.1:
Metadata Manager Web-based Administrator and Explorer are supported
on Windows 32-bit only.
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Metadata Manager does not display impact or lineage for the following
Data Integrator objects:
COBOL copybooks
DTDs
EXCEL workbooks
Hierarchies
XML schemas
The Data Integrator Metadata Integrator does not extract metadata from
memory datastores.
The BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator will terminate any
open Universe Designer and Desktop Intelligence Designer sessions
before it starts the extraction. Ensure that no users are using the Designerbefore you run the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator on
the same computer.
Multiple installations of Metadata Manager cannot use the same Metadata
Manager Repository. For example, you cannot use the same Metadata
Manager to extract metadata from both BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2. You must install a separate
Metadata Manager for each version of BusinessObjects Enterprise, one
on each computer.
The SQL parser in Metadata Manager has limited parsing capabilities to
extract column names and table names to build the relationships. This
limitation might occur in situations such as the following:
If you do not qualify column names in a derived table with the table
name, the Metadata Integrator cannot associate the column to the
correct table and displays the following warning message:
Parsing failure for derived Table .
Note: Qualify the column name with the table name: table_name.col
umn_name or add the tables used by the derived tables to the
universe. The Metadata Integrator treats the universe tables as a
system catalog to find the table and column references.
If a Metadata Integrator fails to parse the SQL for a view, it cannot
build the source-target relationship between the view and the table or
tables upon which the view is based.
Unable to parse SQL:
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Note: The Metadata Integrators collect the SQL statement and the
Metadata Manager Explorer displays it. Analyze the SQL statement
in the Metadata Manager Explorer and establish a user-defined
relationship for these tables and columns.
Metadata Manager does not export the SQL statement for a view to the
CWM XML file.
Troubleshooting
The following sections tell you how to interpret the warning and error
messages that you might see in the database log and file log for each
Metadata Integrator run.
Error messages
Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data movement
Cause: Due to an SQL Server limitation with multiple clients, this error might
occur when you run multiple Metadata Integrators in parallel against the SQL
Server database that you use for your Metadata Manager Repository. This
error might occur when you are running on SQL Server versions prior toSP4.
Action: To resolve this problem, install SQL Server SP4. For details, see:
http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=895187
Warning messages
Crystal Report message
Crystal Report [reportname]. Unable to find class foruniverse object [objectname]. Universe class cannot be
uniquely identified for object [objectname]. Dataassociation cannot be established directly through the
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object. Reference will be established directly to thecolumn.
Cause: The BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator cannot uniquely
identify a universe object that is used to create a Crystal Report when theobject has the same name as another object in a different universe class.
Therefore, the Integrator cannot establish the correct relationship between
the universe object and the report. However, the Integrator can establish a
relationship between the source table or column and the report because the
SQL parser can find the source column used by the universe object.
Action: Name the objects uniquely across the classes in a universe.
DeskI document error
DeskI document [reportname]. Universe [ ] not found.
Cause: Data providers in the Desktop Intelligence document refer to an
invalid or non-existent universe.
Action: Open the Desktop Intelligence document and edit the data provider
to specify a valid universe.
Parsing failure
Parsing failure. Unable to find columns for SQL withselect *.
Cause: The BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator cannot collect
the metadata for a universe derived table if the SQL used in the derived table
is of the form SELECT * FROM TABLE.
Action: Always use the fully-qualified column names in the projection list of
the SELECT clause.
Parsing failure for derived table
Parsing failure for derived Table . Unableto find table associated with column
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Cause: The SQL parser in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata
Integrator requires column names in a derived table to be qualified by the
table name: table_name.column_name. If you do not qualify the column
name, the Metadata Integrator cannot associate the column to the correct
table.
Action: Fully qualify the column reference or add the tables used by the
derived tables to the universe. The Metadata Integrator treats the universe
tables as a system catalog to find the table and column references.
Unable to parse SQL
Unable to parse SQL ...
Cause: The SQL parser in Metadata Manager has limited parsing capabilities
to extract column names and table names to build the relationships. For
example, if a Metadata Integrator fails to parse the SQL for a view, it cannot
build the source-target relationship between the view and the table or tables
upon which the view is based.
However, the Metadata Integrators collect the SQL statement and the
Metadata Manager Explorer displays it.
Action: Analyze the SQL statement in the Metadata Manager Explorer and
establish a user-defined relationship for these tables and columns.
Unable to retrieve SQL to parse
Unable to retrieve SQL to parse.
The cause of this warning message can be one of the following:
Cause: You do not have sufficient privilege to extract metadata about Web
Intelligence documents.
Action: Take one of the following actions:
Have your administrator change your security profile to give you
permission to refresh Web Intelligence documents.
Run the Metadata Integrator with a different user id that has permission
to refresh Web Intelligence documents.
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Cause: If a database connection is not configured for Trusted Authentication
in BusinessObjects Enterprise, you must supply the user id and password
at runtime. If you try to collect metadata for a report that uses a non-Trusted
connection to the database, the report collection fails.
Action: Configure both your BusinessObjects Enterprise server and client
to enable Trusted Authentication. For details, see the BusinessObjects
Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
Cause: The extract for Web Intelligence documents fails if you create your
Web Intelligence documents with the Refresh on Open option and the
computer on which you run the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata
Integrator does not have connection to the source database on which the
reports are defined.
Action: Take one of the following actions: Run the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Manager on the computer
where BusinessObjects Enterprise is installed
Define the database connection on the computer where you run the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Manager.
Migration considerations
The following table indicates whether or not you must upgrade your Metadata
Manager repository when you migrate from one version to another version
of Metadata Manager .
Repository upgrade
required?Migration scenario
YesMigrate from version 11.5 to 11.7 of Metadata Manager
NoMigrate from version 11.7.0.0 to 11.7.0.1 of Metadata
Manager
YesMigrate from 11.7.0.0 or 11.7.0.1 to 11.7.1 of Metadata
Manager
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Resolved Issues in version 11.7.1.0
This section lists resolved issues in version 11.7.1.0 in descending order by
Business Objects tracking number.
Long mapping expressions
Problem number: ADAPT00847701
The metadata integrator for Data Integrator did not handle mapping
expressions that are longer than 1000 characters.
This issue has been fixed.
Name on transformation step
Problem number: ADAPT00792153
Impact and lineage tabs showed the technical names of the transformation
step instead of the business names. Also the label of the transformation step
did not change according to the integrator source.
This issue has been fixed.
Column mappings in tabular view
Problem number: ADAPT00790872
Metadata Manager only displayed the column mapping for each individual
column in a table on the lineage tab for that column. You could not view all
of the column mappings for a target table at the same time.
This problem has been fixed. Metadata Manager now provides a Column
Mappings option to display mappings for all columns on the Lineage tab of
a target table.
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Tabular view in Related To tab
Problem number: ADAPT00790869
The Related To tab did not have a tabular view similar to the Impact and
Lineage tabs.
This issue has been fixed. The Tabular View option is now available in the
Related To tab.
Tables with the same name
Problem number: ADAPT00741564
For databases without schema or owner names (such as Red Brick), when
you viewed a data flow that contains a source and target table with the same
name, Metadata Manager showed only the source table even though the
tables belong to different datastores.
This issue has been fixed.
Resolved issues in version 11.7.0.1This section lists resolved issues in version 11.7.0.1 in descending order by
Business Objects tracking number.
Performance improvements
Problem number: ADAPT00761823
The BusinessObjects Enterprise metadata integrator has been enhanced
with various performance improvements.
Searchable annotation fields
Problem number: ADAPT00748392
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Metadata Manager did not search annotation fields.
This issue is fixed. Annotation fields are now included in the search.
Database cursors caused resource leaks
Problem number: ADAPT00739784
The Metadata Manager Web application had resource leaks caused by
database cursors.
This issue is fixed. Metadata Manager now properly closes database cursors
to avoid resource leaks.
Searches with leading wildcard characters
Problem number: ADAPT00731622
Searches with leading wildcard characters gave an invalid search condition
error.
This problem is fixed. In version 11.7.0.1, the search feature has been
enhanced to allow wildcard characters anywhere in the search string.
Multiple languages and code pages
Problem number: ADAPT00726382
In version 11.7.0.1, support for multiple languages and code pages has been
enhanced. You can now collect metadata from any code page or language
(including Hebrew), and you can display multiple languages simultaneously
in Metadata Manager.
Viewing 8-bit names and metadata
Problem number: ADAPT00717796
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To view and work with 8-bit names and metadata, you were required to
modify the URIEncoding parameter in the server.xml file of the Tomcat Web
Server.
This issue is fixed. In version 11.7.0.1, support for multiple languages andcode pages has been enhanced, and you no longer need to modify this
parameter.
TINYINT column in MySQL
Problem number: ADAPT00706173
The Relational Database metadata integrator for MySQL collected a TINYINT
column and stored it as data type BIT.
This problem has been fixed. The Relational Database metadata integrator
now correctly stores a TINYINT column with the correct data type in the
Metadata Manager repository.
8-bit characters
Problem number: ADAPT00648532
For case-insensitive databases, certain 8-bit characters did not displayproperly in the Metadata Manager Explorer. Upper case of certain 8-bit
characters were not valid 8-bit characters anymore.
This problem has been fixed. Version 11.7.0.1 provides UTF8 support.
Microsoft SQL Server tables collected
Problem number: ADAPT00618822
The Relational Database metadata integrator for Microsoft SQL Server
collected database system tables and procedures. It should only collect user
tables and procedures.
This problem has been fixed.
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Known Issues
This section lists known issues in descending order by Business Objectstracking number.
Metadata integrators
Problem number: ADAPT00857901
If you installed a metadata integrator that is not packaged with Metadata
Manager, upgrading Metadata Manager removes the metadata collected by
that metadata integrator.
User impact for existing objects
Problem number: ADAPT00854128
If you run an incremental extract (Full Extract = False) on a BusinessObjects
Enterprise repository after you upgrade to 11.7.1, the metadata integrator
does not collect User and Group lineage information for existing objects.
Incremental extract only extracts and stores information for new or modified
objects. Because the old objects were not modified, the metadata integrator
does not collect the new user impact information for them.
Workaround: Run the BusinessObjects Enterprise metadata integrator in full
extract mode (Full Extract = True) to obtain user impact information on
existing objects.
Test connection for Data Integrator for DB2 repository
Problem number: ADAPT00789662
If you click the Test Connection option for the Data Integrator Metadata
Integrator for a DB2 repository, an error message appears. Even though this
error meesage appears, the integrator will run successfully.
Tabular view on Impact and Lineage tabs
Problem number: ADAPT00717800
In the tabular view on the Impact tab and Lineage tab of the Metadata
Manager Explorer, the column titles Steps from Source and Steps from
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Target do not accurately describe the contents. Both column titles should
be something like Steps from Selected Object.
Administrator and Explorer sessions
Problem number: ADAPT00663921
Launching the Metadata Manager Administrator and Metadata Manager
Explorer from Start > Programs > BusinessObjects Metadata Manager causes
both applications to share the same session. Therefore, if you logout of one
application, you also logout of the other application.
To avoid this problem, please launch a new browser window and type the
URL for the required application.
Desk Intelligence documents
Problem number: ADAPT00643919
BusinessObjects Desk Intelligence documents based on 8-bit universe names
give the following error:
Unable to establish Universe Object relationship
This error is because 8-bit universe names return with incorrect encoding
by the Desktop SDK.
Unqualified column in Web Intelligence document
Problem number: 35677 - ADAPT00618460
If the SQL query for a Web Intelligence document includes a column name
that is not fully qualified, the BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator
cannot find the table associated with it. For these columns, the Metadata
Integrator logs display messages such as the following:
WebI document [documentname]. SQL parsing error. Unable to findtable associated with column [columnname]
Because the column might be referenced multiple times in the SQL query,multiple messages for the same column might appear.
busobj.exe process for Desktop Intelligence documents
Problem number: 35646 - ADAPT00618424
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Under certain circumstances, the busobj.exe process for Desktop Intelligence
documents might hang.
To continue metadata collection for the remaining documents, end the
busobj.exe process from the Windows Task Manager.
To collect metadata for the specific document that caused the hang, modify
the document and run the Metadata Integrator in incremental extract mode.
Universe filters used in Crystal Reports
Problem number: 35645 - ADAPT00618423
The BusinessObjects Enterprise Metadata Integrator does not collect universe
filters used in a query for Crystal Reports. However through the SQL parser,
the Integrator can establish a relationship between the table or column (used
by the filter) and the report.
Oracle database for Metadata Manager Repository
Problem number: 35642 - ADAPT00618419
Metadata Manager Explorer might take a long time to browse and search a
Metadata Manager Repository that is an Oracle database type.
Run UPDATE STATISTICS on your Oracle database to improve performance.
Duplicate column information
Problem number: 35589 - ADAPT00618358
Metadata Manager might show duplicate column information in lineage
analysis for a Web Intelligence document that is based on a universe-derived
table.
Connection to Metadata Manager Repository
Problem number: ADAPT00617581
Metadata Manager loses connection to the Metadata Manager Repository
when the following situations occur:
Restarting the Metadata Manager Repository database server
Disconnecting and reconnecting the Metadata Manager web server to
the network
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To recover from this error, restart the web server on which the Metadata
Manager web application is running.
Documentation updatesPlease note the following updates to the Metadata Manager 11.7.1 Users
Guide. These changes will be incorporated into a future release of the guide.
Advanced Search option
In section "Advanced search" of the BusinessObjects Metadata Manager
Users Guide, the Field option should be Attribute.
Custom Attributes and Advanced Search
Sections "Custom attributes" and "Advanced search" of the BusinessObjects
Metadata Manager Users Guide describe the Version 11.7.1.0 options
Custom Attributes and Advanced Search. The illustrations in these sections
show the new options on the Metadata Manager Explorer. The Metadata
Manager Explorer illustrations in the rest of the Users Guide will be updated
in a future release.
Add Annotations and Export List
Sections "Adding annotations for user notes" and "Exporting relational objects"
of the BusinessObjects Metadata Manager Users Guide describe the Version
11.7.0.0 options Add Annotations and Export List. The illustrations in these
sections show the new options on the Metadata Manager Explorer. The
Metadata Manager Explorer illustrations in the rest of the Users Guide will
be updated in a future release.
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Documentation on the web
The full electronic documentation set is available to customers on the web
from the Customer Support web site at: http://support.businessob
jects.com/documentation/.
Documentation on the product CD
Look in the Doc directory of your product CD or installation directory for
guides in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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 nextrelease of our documentation: [email protected].
Customer support, consulting, and training
A global network of Business Objects technology experts provides customer
support, education, and consulting to ensure maximum business intelligence
benefit to your business.
Customer support centers
Business Objects offers customer support plans to best suit the size and
requirements of your deployment. We operate customer support centers in
the following countries:
USA
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Japan
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
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of technical information including Knowledge Base articles, downloads, and
support forums.
http://support.businessobjects.com/
Consultation
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, connectivities, database design
tools, customized embedding technology, and more.
For more information, contact your local sales office, or contact us at:
http://www.businessobjects.com/services/consulting
Training
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:
http://www.businessobjects.com/services/training
Useful addresses at a glance
ContentAddress
Information about the full
range of Business Objects
products.
Business Objects product information
http://www.businessobjects.com
Business Objects product
documentation, including
the Business Objects
Product Document Map.
Product documentation
http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation
Send us feedback or
questions about documen-
tation.
Business Objects Documentation mailbox
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Business Objects develop-er community web site
BusinessObjects Metadata Manager Developer
Community
http://diamond.businessobjects.com/EIM/Metadata
Manager
Information on Customer
Support programs, as well
as links to technical arti-
cles, downloads, and on-
line forums.
Online Customer Support
http://support.businessobjects.com
Information on how Busi-
ness Objects can helpmaximize your business
intelligence investment.
Business Objects Consulting Serviceshttp://www.businessobjects.com/services/consulting
Information on Business
Objects training options
and modules.
Business Objects Education Services
http://www.businessobjects.com/services/training
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