Want to Dsiplay a Report version in LCMBIAR file. Is there a way?

[jai_shukla]

Hi

We are delivering BO report to our customers through lcmbiar file. Some times what
happens is the import/update of lcmbiar file is not successful at customer end.
So we are not able to identify if the customer is having correct version or
not.

Is there a way we could stick a version string in the lcmbiar file per report basis
say in BusinessObjects.xml and identify the Version in the report in WebI. I
want to set the version in the report say lcmbiar(which is basically a ZIP)
file at build time and make sure that thi sis reflected after importing in BO
Server.

Any solutions?

Thanks

.jai

[yoavyahav2]

SAP BI4 lacks a proper version control and rollback control (only in promotion job level)

What you can do is make sure that:

1. Each new version of a report must be reflected in the promotion job name (BO_Reports_V12…)
2. Reflect the version number inside the report as well (cell, tab name for example )
3. Document the exact changes you made (make a "release notes document ) and build in a way you can compare and track the changes (yes for Excel file )

   4.From your master report folder copy aside the reports per version – you will get lots of sub folders named after each version – that way you can       

     compare two different versions and have a backup which can be more flexible when you require to bring back a specific report from a specific        

     version (this is just an archive )

    5.Archive the LCM BIAR files as well

[former_member420411]

Hello,

You can check it from Report propertis with latest date and time, after import LCM BIAR file to destination system.

or

you can set the report properties with version number and then create the LCM biar file and export to destination system, there you can see the latest version of report.

or,

After transport you can see the status of LCMBIAR file , it successfully completed or not.

Regards,

Piyush

[jai_shukla]

The problem is in customer environment you do not have very good access to BO Server. So your options are limited.

We tried changing the BusinessObjects.xml <Description> tag at the build time but this does not come up in the Reports Properties after importing.

Not sure what is wrong?  Is there a documentation on BusinessObjects.xml?

[former_member185603]

Couple of ways you can achieve this. While creating the job , you enter description or Keywords

or Update the description of the report when you make the change.