Distributing Dashboard to Another Business Objects BI4.x Install Platform

[Former Member]

Hello SCN Dashboarders,

I have a dashboard, based on Webi report and Web Services Connections.

How do I deploy or implement or distribute to my end customer(s)

The customer will have the same universe and Webi report. However, it will be customers own environment (Business Objects install environment/server).

I am assuming to deploy the dashboard on Customer site , I will have to do the following:

1. Create new BI Services for each of the blocks in the Webi report

2. Create new Connections in dashboard or each of the Webi report blocks, based on the Bi Services in 1 above

3. Re- Bind all the Output and Input for each connection to the Dashboard (Excel cells) - (If this is the case then it is going to be painful?)

4. Then test it and deploy the dashboard as fit for customer.

And I will have to do this for each customer ??

Any one got any experience on this ?

Sanjay

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Use Promotion Management to migrate all the dashboards and its underlying dependencies like WEBI reports, BIWS/ QAAWS, universes and connections.

Export all the content to a BIAR file, and then import this BIAR file at your customer's end. You may refer the below article that might be helpful:

How to Migrate and Upgrade Dashboards - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki

Refer this thread:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3566786

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Niraj

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Niraj,

Yes, I have read abit about promotion manager but never used it as yet.

But this is help full some thing for me to read about and consider.

Sanjay

[arijit_das]

If you have a central repository of dashboards and you want to deploy the dashboard solution with minimal effort, you can try to simply create a lcmbiar file and deploy it in your client's environment (assuming the client environment has equal or may be higher version than the source). In this case, you have to migrate everything including connections, universe, webi, qaaws, dashboard. You might need to change webi source or modify connection settings to make it work.

If the migration does not suit your case, then you have to go for the approach you currently thinking of.

Are you talking about different client with different BOE environments ? If yes, then you have to repeat the steps for every deployment.

[Former Member]

Thanks Arijit,

helpfull, I will readup on the promotion manager as per Niraj's  answer.

Both answers are helpfull and correct.

I will flag this as helpful.

Thanks

Sanjay