Software Inventory Tool User's Guide
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
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Contents
Overview 5Chapter 1
What does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool do?....................6
How does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool work?..................6
Installation and use 7Chapter 2
Installation....................................................................................................8
Using the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool...................................8
To launch the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool.......................8
Timeline and System View.....................................................................8
The Search pane ...................................................................................9
The Software Inventory log file...............................................................9
Get More Help 11Appendix A
Index 15
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Overview
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Overview
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What does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool do?
The BusinessObjects Enterprise Software Inventory Tool is a Java-based
maintenance tool available to administrators of BusinessObjects Enterprise.
The tool creates and maintains an inventory of all changes made to Business
Objects software via Business Objects installation programs and allows users
to view these changes.
What does the BusinessObjects Software
Inventory Tool do?
The Business Objects Software Inventory Tool collects and displays
information on your BusinessObjects installations.
The tool monitors BusinessObjects Enterprise after it is installed and logs
updates such as critical hot fixes and service packs. The logged information
is presented chronologically using various formats and views. The inventory
list can then be searched for specific files, features, and patches.
How does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool work?
When a Business Objects installation program runs, information on what is
being installed is added to the manifest.xml file, including:
• Records of all Business Objects installations including the original product,
service packs, and patches.
• Records of all the fixes installed on the system.
• Records of the files associated with each Business Objects installation
such as WAR files and DLLs.
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Installation
Installation
The BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool is automatically included with
your BusinessObjects XI Enterprise installation. It is available for all Windows
platforms supported by BusinessObjects XI.
The Software Inventory Tool is installed by default to the following directory
C:\Program Files\Business Objects.
Using the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool
The BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool displays three separate panes
of information:
• Timeline
• System View
• Search
To launch the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool
1. Click Start > Programs > BusinessObjects XI x.x > BusinessObjects
Enterprise > Software Inventory Tool.
Timeline and System View
The timeline lists all install and uninstall events recorded in the system. Select
any point along the timeline to display the details of the system at that time
in the “System View” pane below.
The following table summarizes the details displayed in the System View
area.
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Products
Features
Installation and use
Using the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool
ShowsColumn
All the BusinessObjects products installed at the selected
point in the timeline, with version numbers. Selecting any of
the products in this column will show the installed features of
that product (language packs, plugins, and so on.) in the
Features column, files in the Files column, and associated
Adapt numbers in the Adapts column.
All distinct features installed with the currently selected product
(such as language packs, plugins). Selecting a feature will
show all assoicated files in the Files column, and associated
Adapt numbers in the Adapts column.
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Files
Adapts
The Search pane
The Search pane of the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool allows
you to refine the information displayed in System View. It has the following
components:
• “The search field”: Use this field to enter search parameters.
• “Search History”: Lists all previously-entered search parameters for this
session. This information is lost when you close the tool window.
• “Search results”: Shows all files that meet the current search parameters,
and their locations.
Shows all installed files associated with the currently selected
product or feature.
Shows any Adapt numbers associated with the currently selected product or feature. Adapt is a program that is used internally by Business Objects to track feature development
and other technical issues.
The Software Inventory log file
The tool creates a log file for recording each time the tool is launched.
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Using the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool
The log.txt file is saved in the default installation folder with the mani
fest.xml file: C:\Program Files\Business
Objects\common\4.0\java\lib
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Index
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Software Inventory Tool
functionality 6
installation 8
log file 9
Software Inventory Tool (continued)
overview 6
search 9
system view 8
timeline 8
user interface 8
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