SAP BusinessObjects BI platform support tool 2.1 Patch 10 Build: 2.1.10.1623 Release Date: July 27 2020 |
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New Features
FEATURE | DESCRIPTION | JIRA ID# |
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We now if retrieve RESTful logon token when logging onto the CMS if RESTful web service is available | BIBITOOL-1662 |
Fixed Issues
ISSUE DESCRIPTION | NEW BEHAVIOR | FOUND IN VERSION | JIRA ID# |
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| Semantic Analysis and other Semantic Layer related tools had issues if there were more than 1000 connections, universes, or dependencies | The tools now function properly even if there are more than 1000 objects | 2.1.9 | BITBITOOL-1734 |
| Implemented fix for CVE-2020-10683: dom4j | Set features for DocumentBuilderFactories to disallow Document Type Definitions (DTD's). | 2.1.9 | BITBITOOL-1768 |
| Removed Published status from Landscape report summary since Predictive Support feature is removed | 2.1.9 | ||
| WebApp version alert do not recognize non-English entries in Patch History | Added all the supported languages in case they show up as localized entry in sqlite manifest | 2.1.9 | BITBITOOL-1771 |
| BI Applications Extraction fails for BISupportTool64.sh | Fixed error "CmdLineMode.processReports() - Unexpected error during data extraction." during BI Applications extraction. | 2.1.9 | BITBITOOL-1770 |
Known Issues and Limitations
ISSUE DESCRIPTION | FOUND IN VERSION | TARGET VERSION FOR FIX | JIRA ID# |
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| Webi Data Masker is not working with newer versions of BI Platform 4.2 >= SP8 | 2.x | 2.1.11 | |
| On some Windows clients, the sapclientplugin cannot be launched from E2E Trace Wizard because binary is not code signed and causes UAC pop up | 2.x | 2.1.5 | |
| Hardware Summary Analysis report not working when BI is running on AIX platform. This is a limitation of the SAP Host Agent. ETA for a fix to the SAP Host Agent is unknown at this point. | 2.x | Unknown | |
E2E Trace Wizard : In some cases, using a domain user from a different domain (not the domain of the user currently logged on to windows) causes the SAP Client Plug-in Administrator logon to fail. (this logon allows the SAP Client Plug-in to start under local administrative access). Workaround 2: Uncheck the option to Use Integrated SAP Client Plug-in and on step 3 manually launch the SAP Client Plug-in from the location: <BIPST_INSTALL_DIR>\BISupport\bin\sapclientplugin | 2.x | ||
If you apply a combined installer patch, the "BOE Web App Build Check" alert is triggered because of a bug in the combined installer. Refer to: 2604826 - Combined Installer for SAP BusinessObjects BI platform does not update inventory.txt and install manifest with the correct build number | BI 4.x | BI 4.2 SP6 | BITBITOOL-1543 |
| SAP Host Agent script files are not working in Linux. See workaround in KBA 2832454 - BI Platform Support Tool fails to gather information from SAP Host Agent on Linux | 2.1.7 | 2.2 | BITBITOOL-1722 |
| For BOE 4.2, WebI Document Masker now requires SP 5 or later. | 2.1.7 | ||
| Schedule Manager window will not open while BI Support Tool schedule job is in Running status | 2.1.9 | BITBITOOL-1762 | |
| Host Agent Validation and Host Agent Reports fail after 2.1.9 upgrade - New Requirement Added, Host Agent version 7.21 Patch 45 and higher | 2.1.9 | none |