BusinessObjects Planning
Extended Version 5.4 (5.3
SP) Release Notes
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BusinessObjects Planning Extended Version 5.4 (5.3 SP) Release Notes
About these release notes
These release notes provide an overview of enhancements and defect fixes
contained in the BusinessObjects Planning Extended 5.4 (5.3 SP) release.
BusinessObjects Planning Extended 5.4 represents a continued evolution
of the 5.x generation of products. Users currently on previous generations
(3.x or 4.x) should look to upgrade to take advantage of the focus on
performance and stability.
The BusinessObjects Planning Extended release notes contain:
• A LIST OF WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION
This section outlines new or updated features in this version of the
software. Each correction/addition has been given an internal ID (Visual
Intercept ID).
• A LIST OF THE CORRECTIONS MADE TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION
This section outlines the corrections made in this version of the software.
Each correction has been given an internal ID (Visual Intercept ID).
About these release notes
You should consult the following documents before you install or update this
version of BusinessObjects Planning Extended. They are available in the
Documentation folder of the installation CD.
The French version of BusinessObjects Planning Extended 5.4 is being
released simultaneously.
LanguageDescriptionDocument
Release Notes
rections made
Architecture Guide
software requirements
Updating BusinessObjects Planning Extended
Administrator's Guide
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product from a previous version
istration
EnglishList of improvement requests and cor-
EnglishTechnical architecture and hardware
EnglishHow to install and configure the productInstallation Guide
EnglishHow to upgrade to this version of the
EnglishInformation about the product's admin-
BusinessObjects Planning Extended Version 5.4 (5.3 SP) Release Notes
What's new in this release
You can install the online help using the installation package and access it
via the product.
Please read the entire document before installing your Business Objects
software. After the release of this document, any further issues you need to
know about will be added to these release notes in the online version
available at:
http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/
Please be sure to consult the release notes online as well as this document
to make sure you have the most up-to-date information.
What's new in this release
SCENARIOCOPY FUNCTION ENHANCED
ScenarioCopyEx - this parameter, described in the online help as taking the
values CopyEverything and PreserveVariances, also accepts the values
DataOnly and AnnotationsOnly.
ScenarioCopySelectedPeriods - this parameter, described in the online
help as accepting the values CopyEverything and PreserveVariances,
also accepts the values DataOnly and AnnotationsOnly.
Note: The values DataOnly and AnnotationsOnly are not always available.
For instance, they would make no sense for mixed copy operations.
SCRIPT SCHEDULING USER INTERFACE ENHANCED
When Schedule is selected from the right-click pop-up menu on a script, or
when Reschedule is selected from the right-click pop-up menu on a
scheduled script in Administrator, there is now a Test button on the "Explicit"
page. When enabled, clicking this button displays the new "Visualized
Schedule" dialog with the values from the "Explicit" page populated into the
Time rule field.
Note: The Test button will be grayed out unless the Explicitly define job
schedule checkbox is checked.
A new menu item, Show Schedule, is now available on the right-click pop-up
menu for scheduled scripts in Administrator. When Show Schedule is
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What's new in this release
selected, the new "Visualized Schedule" dialog is displayed with the values
from the script populated into the Time rule field.
VISUALIZED SCHEDULE DIALOG
With schedule values propagated or manually entered into the Time rule
field, click Start to compile the values. The values compiled are displayed
in the Compiled read-only field. Also, all the schedule times for the next year
are displayed in the lower half of the dialog.
The Time rule field is editable. You can repeatedly change values and click
Start until you find the desired schedule for your script. The "Visualized
Schedule" dialog is a calculation dialog only—the time rules for your job are
not updated automatically.
Once you've determined the desired time rules for the job, select the contents
of the Time rule field and copy it to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C. Close
the "Visualized Schedule" dialog and paste the values into the Schedule
field on the "Explicit" page of the "Schedule" dialog or the "Reschedule"
dialog.
SCRIPT DEBUGGER
A Script Debugging tab is now available in the script editor. By default, this
tab is not initially visible. To enable (show) it, select Debug > Show Debug
Window. A checkmark is displayed beside the menu item indicating the
Debug (Read-Only) tab is enabled.
Note: Show Debug Window will be disabled if the tabs contain libraries
only or if the script or any linked library is protected with an implicit password
and the current user does not have rights to see the source code.
The Debug (Read-Only) tab displays an exact copy of the script, including
the Globals section, the main script and all linked libraries in the order they
are displayed in the tab list of the script editor window.
Within the Debug (Read-Only) tab, you can set or remove breakpoints. At
any line, you can also select Go To Source Code from the pop-up menu
(right-click) which will switch the focus to the corresponding tab and jump to
the appropriate line.
During debugging you can step into or over the current line or watch variables
using the corresponding menu items, toolbar icons or hotkeys.
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Corrections
DATA EXPORT ENHANCED TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 3 DECIMALS
By configuring a specific setting in the Planning.INI file, all data export
operations from that site will export values consistent with the number of
decimal places specified in the INI setting (up to 9). If no INI setting is
specified, the default of 3 decimal places will be used. This applies when
using the script function ScenarioExporttoAsciiEX or when selecting
Export to File from the right-click menu on a scenario.
To change the default number of decimal places during export, set the
following in the CalcEngine section of the Planning.INI file:
NumberOfDecimalPlaceForDataExportToAscii=XX
XX represents the number of decimal places for data export.
Corrections
The following corrections have been made in BusinessObjects Planning
Extended version 5.4:
DescriptionIssue Num-
ber
Annotations made prior to 3.5 are not visible in 3.5 or later.23637
25033
30201
31176
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Scenario is not checked-in when using event driven check-in
script for a report.
Cannot update rate values in Administrator with French regional
settings.
Java memory issue.31010
Using Search by ID or by Name does not work properly.31031
Add more debug message to diagnose data loss and performance issues.
Installer (thick client, app server) always creates a user DSN.31193
Problems with converting INEA version 3.0 Ad Hoc reports.31224
OPQuery fails on all but two reports.31240
Loading YTD data to daily scenarios does not work.31249
Unable to install Login Server.31254
ber
BusinessObjects Planning Extended Version 5.4 (5.3 SP) Release Notes
Corrections
DescriptionIssue Num-
31255
31274
31319
31322
31338
31385
Access violation when drilling down Interest Line by percent
(%).
Import of DAILY RYVs always sets the first days in the Fiscal
Year.
Workback in rollup unit with cross scenario and time-based are
incorrect.
InterModelScenarioCopy function copies onto post_lid=1 and
creates duplicate row.
Update from Finance does not work when executed via GUI in
a Citrix environment.
ScenarioData hash table refactoring.31342
Reporting period parser access needs to be synchronized.31343
Miscellaneous Fixes.31344
AVs when handling QRs.31345
Print to PDF is not printing bold formatting in row headers.
Note:
If bold formatting is still not printing (on Analyst) after installing 5.4, the following registry key on the Application
Servers should be set to Arial:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
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Corrections
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