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Release Notes

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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

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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.


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

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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

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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)

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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


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.


Column mappings in tabular view


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


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


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.


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


The BusinessObjects Enterprise metadata integrator has been enhanced

with various performance improvements.

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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


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


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


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.

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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


In the tabular view on the Impact tab and Lineage tab of the Metadata

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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


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


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.

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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


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


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


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


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

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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

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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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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License); you may

not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a

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