† RIP ESD
It was announced a while back that the Business Objects Electronic Software Delivery was going to be closed down and it appears that it has, because I can still log in but cannot do anything else apart from that.
Rest in peace trusty ESD. I know we had our troubles at times, but being with you sure beats the heck out of being with the SAP MarketPlace. Oh well, I guess everything takes getting used to.
Missing parameter in db2iseries.prm file
In BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 I ran into what seems like a bug. I am talking specifically about using Designer in combination with an AS/400. After having migrated content from a 6.5 environment I had problems with viewing column or table values of newly added tables. After some investigation it seemed to happen only to libraries, tables and columns with characters like @ and #. Read more
Crystal Reports Service Packs and their corresponding versions
In addition to a post I wrote a while back I discovered something similar for Crystal Reports on the SAP network. It provides a list of Crystal Reports version numbers and their corresponding service packs, which will enable you to find out if you’re on the latest and greatest Service Pack for your (and mine) favourite reporting tool. This list only applies to versions XI, XI R2, and 2008 (via).
XI R2 Service Packs and their corresponding versions
There are several ways to find out what version/Service Pack an XI R2 installation is on, the easiest one being to have a look at this list. It looks pretty complete and seems to be kept up to date, which is quite handy.