SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3 SP04

General Information

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform provides flexible systems management for an enterprise BI standard that allows administrators to confidently deploy and standardize their BI implementations on a proven, scalable, and adaptive service-oriented architecture. You can find BI 4.3 SP04 new capabilities in the What's New in BI 4.3 guide. The documentation for all released versions of BI Platform can be found in the SAP Help Portal.

If you’re using SAP Lumira Server for BI Platform 2.2 or 2.3, please refer to SAP Note 2903302  (Lumira Server 2.X support on SAP BI Platform 4.3).

Installation

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3 SP04 can be installed as a new installation or as an in-place upgrade of an existing SBOP BI 4.2 installation. Please note that as of 4.3, desktop client applications are 64-bits applications.

Before proceeding for the Installation of or Update to BI 4.3 SP04 release, please refer the following Knowledge Base Article: 3414166 - New dependency on Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 SP04 on Windows

Deprecated Products

Products and tools listed below are deprecated in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3:

  • Classic BI Launch pad

In BI 4.3, the classic BI Launchpad is replaced with the Fiorified BI Launch pad.

  • Desktop Intelligence Compatibility Pack
  • Discussion
  • Java Applet Viewer
  • PeopleSoft, JD Edward, Siebel and Oracle EBS authentication (maintenance only). For more information, refer to 2776738 
  • Report Conversion Tool. For more information, refer to 2801797 
  • SAP BusinessObjects BI Widget. For more information, refer to 2837139 
  • SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. For more information, refer to 2824537 
  • SAP Crystal Dashboards and Presentation Design. For more information, refer to 2739919 
  • Upgrade Manager
  • Upgrade Management Tool. For more information, refer to 2776738 

Product Availability Matrix

The Product Availability Matrix (PAM) is the single point of information, which includes end of maintenance dates, upgrade paths, landscapes, related product versions and technical release information, database platforms, Java platforms, operating systems, and so on. Enter "SBOP BI PLATFORM 4.3" into the search text box and click on the Search button to retrieve the information.

Relevant SAP Notes

Below is a list of important SAP Notes to help you get started with SAP BI 4.3 SP04.

  • 3405413 - SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.3 Support Package 04 - What's New
  • 3405390 - SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 SP04 Installation Guides for Windows and Unix
  • 3405425 - SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 SP04 Upgrade Guide
  • 3405443 - SAP BI Suite 4.3 SP04 Support Package Update Guide
  • 3405424 - SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite 4.3 SP04 Release Restrictions
  • 3405394 - SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite 4.3 SP04 Release Notes

Documentation and Guides

The online documentation for SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 SP04 is available on the SAP Help Portal.

Customer Support

If you are having any problem accessing software, get support by creating a case using component: XX-SER-SAPSMP-SWC.

If you are having any technical product related question, get support by creating a case using component: BI-*.

Please refer to SAP Note 67739* for guidelines on setting message priorities.

Additional Resources

There are two main web sites you will use to receive the most value from your software.

SAP Community contains blogs, forums, and articles written by SAP employees, partners, and customers. More specifically, you will find Business Intelligence related content in the BI Community. Reading content is free. Registration is required to create content.