BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
Software Inventory Tool User's Guide
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
windows
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Contents
BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool 5Chapter 1
Introduction..................................................................................................6
What does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool do?....................6
Installation....................................................................................................6
How does the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool work?..................6
To launch the Software Inventory Tool...................................................7
Using the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool...................................7
The Feature tab......................................................................................7
The Adapt tab.........................................................................................7
The Search tab ......................................................................................8
The Software Inventory log file...............................................................8
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Introduction
Introduction
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 installers 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 fixes and service packs. The logged information is presented
chronologically and the inventory list can then be searched for specific files,
features, and patches.
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.
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 the following
information:
• Records of all Business Objects installations including the original product,
service packs, and fixes.
• Records of the files associated with each Business Objects installation
such as .war and .dll files.
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To launch the Software Inventory Tool
• Click Start > Programs > BusinessObjects XI 3.1 > BusinessObjects
Enterprise > Software Inventory Tool
The Software Inventory Tool interface appears.
Using the BusinessObjects Software
Inventory Tool
The BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool displays three separate tabs:
• Feature
• System View
• Search
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The Feature tab
The feature tab displays the Business Objects products that are or were
installed on your system at the currently selected point the the timeline at
the top of the display. Under each product heading are the features of that
product. Highlighting any of the features listed for a product will display a list
of the files that are associated with that feature, including a description of
the file and its version number.
The Adapt tab
The Adapt tab allows you to view the adapt numbers associated with a
Business Objects product or patch. Adapt is a system used internally by
BusinessObjects to track feature development and technical issues. If you
are looking for specific information on a requested feature or fix, this can
help you locate it.
Selecting a point on the timeline at the top of the screen, or selecting an
event from the drop-down below the timeline will display all the products
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installed at the selected time. Listed below the products will be the Adapt
numbers associated with the features and fixes for that product. Selecting
one of the Adapt numbers will display the files associated with that Adapt.
The Search tab
The Search pane of the BusinessObjects Software Inventory Tool allows
you to refine the information displayed in System View. It is divided into
three parts:
• "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 match the current search parameters,
and their locations.
The Software Inventory log file
The tool creates a log file for recording each time the tool is launched.
The log.txt file is saved in the default installation folder together with the
inventory.xml file: C:\Program Files\Business
Objects\common\4.0\java\lib
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inventory.xml 6
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Software Inventory Tool
Adapt tab 7
functionality 6
installation files 6
introduction 6
Software Inventory Tool (continued)
inventory.xml 6, 8
log.txt 6, 8
search 8
SoftwareInventory.bat 6
SoftwareInventory.jar 6
user interface 7
viewing format
ADAPT number 7
file 7
install/patch name 7
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