Match/Consolidate
Release Notes
Match/Consolidate 8.00c
April 2009
Contact information Find contact information on the Web at http://service.sap.com.
To submit an error or check the knowledge base, see “Contacting Technical Customer
Assurance” on page 7.
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What’s new in this release
New platform support This release provides support for Windows Server 2008, AIX 6.1, and HP-UX
11.31 (PA-RISK) 64-bit.
Discontinuation of the Parallel Option (PVM)
This release discontinues the availability of the Parallel Option (PVM). For more
information on Product/Option End-of-life, please visit https://websmp201.sap-
ag.de/bosap-lifecycle.
DataRight IQ users Because there is not a new version of DataRight IQ, we have made DataRight IQ
7.90c compatible with Match/Consolidate 8.00c and ACE 8.00c. However, if you
are using DataRight IQ 7.90c with Match/Consolidate 8.00c or ACE 8.00c, you
must run a DataRight IQ Edjob script to update your existing jobs with the
zcf10.dir and city10.dir directory files.
Contact Customer Assurance to obtain the update script.
Views Local/Remote users
Match/Consolidate Views 8.00c prompts you to choose Local or Remote only
when the vws_hsts.dat file is present in the pw\csgui folder. By default, Match/
Consolidate installs the vws_hsts.dat.new file in the pw\csgui folder. When
Remote Views is being used, that file is renamed to vws_hsts.dat. Therefore, if
the client machine is not using Remote Views to connect to a UNIX server,
simply rename the vws_hsts.dat so the Local/Remote prompt will not be
displayed.
Vista users In order to run the Match/Consolidate online help, you must download and install
the WinHlp32.exe file from Microsoft. This executable is not installed with the
Match/Consolidate application.
Go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607 for download and installation
instructions.
What’s new in this release
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Installation
Installation Advice To simplify installation, read the following tips before you begin:
For complete installation instructions, see the latest System Administrator’s
Guide.
Give the contents of this software download to your system administrator.
This software should be installed by, or with the approval of, your system
administrator.
Although you can install your applications and directories in any order, it’s
best to install software first and then directories.
Operating system versions
Run Match/Consolidate on one of our supported operating systems. Match/
Consolidate does not run on unsupported operating systems such as Windows 98,
NT, and ME.
Operating System Systems tested Compiler
Windows 2003 Server 32-bit
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows XP Pro SP2 32-bit
Windows XP Pro SP2 64-bit
Windows 2003 Server 32-bit
Vis ual Stud i o
.NET 2003
(MS VC 7.0)
Windows 2003 Server 64-bit
Windows 2008 Server 32-bit
Windows 2008 Server 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Red Hat Linux 4.0 32-bit Red Hat Linux 4.0 32-bit
gcc 3.4.6-9
Red Hat Linux 5.0 32-bit
Red Hat Linux 4.0 64-bit Red Hat Linux 4.0 64-bit
gcc 3.4.6-9
Red Hat Linux 5.0 64-bit
Solaris 8 32-bit Solaris 8 32-bit
Solaris 9 32-bit
Sun Studio 11
(C++5.8)
Solaris 10 32-bit
Solaris 8 64-bit Solaris 8 64-bit
Solaris 9 64-bit
Sun Studio 11
(C++5.8)
Solaris 10 64-bit
Suse Linux 9 32-bit Suse Linux 9 32-bit gcc 3.3.3
Suse Linux 9 64-bit Suse Linux 9 64-bit gcc 3.3.3
Suse Linux 10 32-bit Suse Linux 10 32-bit gcc 4.1.0
Suse Linux 10 64-bit Suse Linux 10 64-bit gcc 4.1.0
HP-UX 11.11 32-bit (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.11 32-bit (PA-RISC)
aCC 3.39
HP-UX 11.23 32-bit (PA-RISC)
HP-UX 11.11 64-bit (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11.11 64-bit (PA-RISC)
aCC 3.39
HP-UX 11.23 64-bit (PA-RISC)
HP-UX 11.31 64-bit (PA-RISC)
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Operating System Systems tested Compiler
HP-UX 11.23 64-bit (Itanium) HP-UX 11.23 64-bit (Itanium)
HP-UX 11.31 64-bit (Itanium)
AIX 5.2 32-bit (RS/6000) AIX 5.2 32-bit (RS/6000)
AIX 5.3 32-bit (RS/6000)
AIX 5.2 64-bit (RS/6000) AIX 5.2 64-bit (RS/6000)
AIX 5.3 64-bit (RS/6000)
AIX 6.1 64 bit (RS/6000)
Install on Windows You need administrative privileges to install Match/Consolidate Views on
aCC 6.06
Vis ual Age 8.0
Vis ual Age 8.0
Windows. However, you do not need administrative privileges to run Match/
Consolidate Views on these Windows operating systems.
When you start the Match/Consolidate installer, the installation program should
start automatically.
Install on UNIX For UNIX installation information, see the System Administrator’s Guide.
Client shortcuts If you have Match/Consolidate installed on one computer, but you run it from
another computer by using client shortcuts, you must refresh your client-side
shortcuts by using the Universal Client installer.
Run Edjob for Views, Job-File, and RAPID
From the client Windows workstation, browse to the server pw\CLIENT
directory and run setup.exe. This will refresh the client workstation's DLLs.
If you have just purchased Match/Consolidate and you are installing it for the first
time, you do not need to run Edjob.
After you install this version of Match/Consolidate, but before you run it, you
must update your existing Match/Consolidate jobs (as applicable) with the Edjob
utility (edjob.exe or edjobGUI.exe). The Edjob utility is located in \pw\adm\
(Windows) or /postware/adm/ (Unix). For details about running Edjob, see the
Edjob User’s Guide.
For this release, Edjob updates your existing jobs to the zcf10.dir and city10.dir.
Installation
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Match/Consolidate documentation
You can access product documentation in different places:
On your computer. User’s Guides and other manuals for each product that
you have installed are available in the Documentation folder. Choose Start >
Programs > Business Objects Applications > Documentation.
Choose from Match/Consolidate specific documentation or cross-product
documentation. Cross-product documentation includes the Quick Reference
Guides and other general documentation for installing and operating our
products.
On the SAP Corporate Portal. Go to the SAP help portal to access all the
latest product documentation.
Cross-product documents
1. Go to http://help.sap.com
.
2. Select the SAP BusinessObjects tab at the top of the page.
3. Click the All Products link at left.
4. Select Data Quality from the All Products drop list.
5. Select Match/Consolidate from the All Releases drop list.
In addition, Match Consolidate Views comes with a built-in help file that
provides descriptions of options and steps to perform Match/Consolidate
processes. To access the Match/Consolidate Views help file, open Match/
Consolidate Views and choose Help > Help Topics.
You have access to many more documents that are common to our job file/library
products:
System Administrator’s Guide
Views Quick Start Guide
Database Prep
Quick Reference for Views and Job-File Products
Quick Reference for Library Products
RAPID User’s Guide
Edjob User’s Guide
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Contacting Technical Customer Assurance
You can contact Technical Customer Assurance and report an error regarding
your SAP BusinessObjects product. You do so through SAP's Service Market
Place (SMP).
1. Go to SAP Service Market Place (http://service.sap.com).
2. Click SAP Support Portal.
3. Enter your S-User ID and password, and then click OK.
4. When prompted for a digital certificate, click OK.
5. Enter your S-User ID and password again, and then click OK. Optional:
Setting up your Single Sign-on allows the site to remember your login and
not prompt for it so frequently. To do this, click my Profile at the top of the
page. Then click Maintain my Single Sign-on Certificate on the left of the
page and follow the instructions.
6. Report an error. In the SAP Support Portal, click Help & Support tab.
7. Click Report a Product Error. The Report a Product Error - Customer
Messages window appears.
8. Using the SAP Message Wizard, you can log your message in four steps.
Steps Instructions
Step 1: Choose System Select the SAP BusinessObjects system that your issue relates
to.
Step 2: Prepare Solution Search
Step 3: Find Solution Search to see whether your issue has been addressed already.
Step 4: Enter Message If you don't find your issue already addressed, enter your
Create a description of your issue that you can search on.
message to create a new error report.
9. In the System Search box, click the drop down arrow next to your installation
and select your system.
10. Click Search.
11. Click the "BOB" link next to your system. Before you create a new customer
message, it is required that you search for Notes (Knowledge Base articles)
for your issue. If your issue has already been addressed, you should not need
to create another message for Customer Assurance.
12. Prepare your solution search. In the Search Term area, type your question,
and then click Continue.
13. Read through the search results to see whether any of them addresses your
issue.
14. If you do not see any Notes pertaining to your question, click Create
Message.
15. In the Classification box, choose the component that you want to create a
message for. You do so by clicking the icon next to the Component window
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to see a drop down list. (By choosing the correct component, you ensure that
your message is logged for the appropriate Customer Assurance team.)
16. To see a more detailed list, click the arrow next to BOJ-EIM. The names of
your products are listed next to each component.
Code Product(s)
BOJ-EIM-COR ACE, DataRight IQ, Match/Consolidate, IACE, FirstPrep
BOJ-EIM-COM DeskTop Mailer, Business Edition, Presort, PrintForm, Label
Studio
BOJ-EIM-DEP DQXI, Data Insight, eDQ Infa, SAP Siebel, PSFT, Oracle,
Rapid Library
BOJ-EIM-DF Data Federator
BOJ-EIM-DI Data Integrator, Text Analysis, Data Services
BOJ-EIM-DS Data Services, Fazi/Fuzzy
BOJ-EIM-MD Metadata Manager, Composer
BOJ-EIM-RMA RapidMarts, BOW
17. In the Problem Details area, required fields are flagged with a red asterisk. In
the Short Text box, enter a brief description of the question or issue.
18. In the Long Text box, enter further detail about what you are seeing or
questioning.
19. If needed, attach files to your incident report (be sure to zip your files).
20. When you are finished, you can either send the message or save it.
21. If you save the message, the message is not sent to Customer Assurance.
Instead, it remains in the Draft section of your "my Inbox", from where you
can send it later.
22. To send your incident report, click Send Message. You can see the messages
you have sent by clicking My Inbox and viewing your sent items.
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