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Showing posts with label Business Objects Query Builder. Show all posts

Monday, 28 February 2011

Business Objects Query Builder – Part II


OM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’Webi’ AND SI_NAME LIKE ‘Annual%’ AND SI_RUNNABLE_OBJECT=1
3. To extract  list of Web Intelligence documents that are scheduled in a specified period of time
SELECT SI_NAME FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’Webi’  and SI_RUNNABLE_OBJECT=1 and
SI_NEXTRUNTIME between ‘2010.07.08.09′ and ‘2010.07.08.11′
4. To return all report folders containing a string
SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_NAME LIKE ‘%Service%’ AND SI_KIND=’Folder’
5. To returns all Universe folders containing a string
SELECT * FROM CI_APPOBJECTS WHERE SI_NAME LIKE ‘%Sales%’ AND SI_KIND=’Folder’
6. To see what type of rights you have for your BO software
SELECT SI_NAME from CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS where SI_NAMEDUSER=0 AND SI_KIND=’User’
7. To find all crystal and webi reports – not instances
Select si_id, si_name from ci_infoobjects where (si_kind = ‘CrystalReport’ or si_kind = ‘Webi’) and si_instance = 0 and si_children = 0
  • To find all crystal reports – not instances or shortcuts
select si_id, SI_NAME,   si_owner,  SI_PARENT_FOLDER,  si_children, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_FILES,  SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_LOGON_INFO, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_RECORD_FORMULA from CI_INFOOBJECTS where (si_kind = ‘CrystalReport’) and si_instance = 0 and not si_name like ‘Shortcut to%’
  • To find all the failed instances
select SI_NAME, SI_OWNER, SI_AUTHOR, SI_STATUSINFO from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_OUTCOME>=2 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2011.01.01′
  • To find successful instances
select SI_NAME, SI_OWNER, SI_AUTHOR, SI_STATUSINFO, SI_SCHEDULEINFO from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_OUTCOME<2 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2011.01.01′
  • To find successful instances of a particular report after a specific date
select SI_NAME, SI_OWNER, SI_AUTHOR, SI_STATUSINFO, SI_SCHEDULEINFO from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_OUTCOME<2 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2011.01.01′ and SI_NAME = ‘Test.rpt’
  • To find scheduled instances for a specific time range
select SI_NAME, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_submitter, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2011.01.01.16.00.00′ and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME<’2011.01.02.13.00.00′ order by SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME
  • To find successfully scheduled reports (not instances) scheduled after a certain date
select si_id, SI_NAME, si_owner, SI_PARENT_FOLDER, si_children, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_FILES, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_LOGON_INFO, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_RECORD_FORMULA,  SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_SUBMITTER,  SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_DESTINATION, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_UISTATUS from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_OUTCOME = 1 and si_instance = 0 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2008.11.01′
  • To find recurring instances
select si_id, SI_NAME, si_owner, SI_PARENT_FOLDER, si_children, si_recurring, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_FILES, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_LOGON_INFO, SI_PROCESSINFO.SI_RECORD_FORMULA, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_SUBMITTER, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_DESTINATION, SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_UISTATUS from CI_INFOOBJECTS where not si_name like ‘Shortcut to%’ and si_recurring=1 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_STARTTIME>=’2008.11.01′
  • To find users who have logged in since a specified date or whose userid was created after a specified date, but may not have logged in
select si_name, SI_CREATION_TIME, si_lastlogontime from ci_systemobjects where si_kind = ‘user’ and (si_lastlogontime > ’2008.11.01.04.59.59′ or SI_CREATION_TIME > ’2009.04.01.04.59.59′ )
  • To find reports that have not been scheduled
select SI_NAME, SI_OWNER, SI_AUTHOR, SI_SCHEDULEINFO, SI_PARENT_FOLDER from CI_INFOOBJECTS where (si_kind = ‘CrystalReport’ or si_kind = ‘Webi’) and si_instance = 0 and si_children = 0 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_SCHED_NOW = 0
  • To find users are all logged in to Business Objects at a given Point of time
SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM CI_SystemObjects WHERE si_kind = 'Connection' AND si_parent_folder = 41 AND si_authen_method != 'server-token' ORDER BY si_name
  • To get list of Crystal reports by data connection from BO Enterprise
SELECT SI_NAME FROM CI_APPOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’MetaData.DataConnection’
  • To find universe used by the report
SELECT SI_ID, SI_NAME, SI_WEBI , SI_OWNER
FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS, CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS, CI_APPOBJECTS
Where PARENTS(“SI_NAME=’Webi-Universe’”,”SI_NAME =’Your Universe Name’”)
  • To get all recurring reports from Specific folder
SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE si_parent_folder = ’3711′ and
SI_recurring = 1
  • To get all recurring reports from Specific folder NOT Paused
SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE si_parent_folder = ’3711′ and
SI_recurring = 1 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_SCHEDULE_FLAGS = ’0′
  • To get all recurring reports from Specific Folder, All Recurring PAUSED:
SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE si_parent_folder = ’3711′ and
SI_recurring = 1 and SI_SCHEDULEINFO.SI_SCHEDULE_FLAGS = ’1′
  • To get list of users who is logged in to your Business Objects XI at a given Point of time
SELECT TOP 3000 * FROM CI_SystemObjects WHERE si_kind = 'Connection' AND si_parent_folder = 41 AND si_authen_method != 'server-token'
ORDER BY si_name
  • To get Get All Webi reports from the repository
Select SI_ID, SI_NAME From CI_INFOOBJECTS Where SI_PROGID=’CrystalEnterprise.Webi’ And SI_INSTANCE=0
  • To get Full Client Reports from the repository
SELECT SI_ID, SI_NAME,SI_FILES FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND in( ‘webi’ ,’FullClient’)
  1. To get all reports from the repository

  2. Select SI_ID, SI_NAME From CI_INFOOBJECTS Where SI_PROGID=’CrystalEnterprise.Report’ And SI_INSTANCE=0

  3. To get all universes from the repository

  4. Select SI_ID, SI_NAME, SI_WEBI, SI_KIND From CI_APPOBJECTS where SI_KIND =’Universe’

  5. To get all Users from the repository

  6. SELECT SI_ID, SI_NAME FROM CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS WHERE SI_PROGID=’CrystalEnterprise.USER’

  7. To get all groups from the repository

  8. Select * from CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS Where SI_KIND=’UserGroup’

  9. To get all folders from the repository

  10. Select SI_ID, SI_NAME From CI_INFOOBJECTS Where SI_PROGID=’CrystalEnterprise.Folder’

  11. To get all categories from the repository

  12. SI_ID, SI_NAME From CI_INFOOBJECTS Where SI_KIND=’Category’

  13. To get all personal categories from the repository

  14. Select SI_ID, SI_NAME From CI_INFOOBJECTS Where SI_KIND=’PersonalCategory’
Hope all these could be useful to you when it comes in to handy. In the forthcoming post, I will discuss on Business Objects file repository servers in detail.
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Monday, 24 January 2011

Xcelsius Dashboards – Integration with SQL Server Reporting Services


Pre – requisite
  • Xcelsius Reporting Services (XRS) gateway needs to be installed on a web server where IIS, .NET framework and SQL Server are installed and configured.
  • SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) reports need to be deployed in the SQL server, so that it can be accessible in the dashboard.
Xcelsius Connector to be used
Reporting Services Button can be used to get data from the SQL Server report which is deployed in the SQL server.   The deployed report can be accessed through the below URL
http://servername/xrs/xrs.asmx/GetReports”
Here the servername is the SQL Server Name.
Building the Dashboard
  • Create a report using the SQL Server reporting services and deploy it to the server.
  • While creating the dashboard, use the Reporting Services Button to connect to the SSRS data source as below:
  • In the URL box, enter the path where the reports are deployed.   On clicking the submit button, the reports in the server are listed.
  • Select the target report and do the necessary data mapping in the underlying excel.
  • If the report contains prompts, they would be listed in the report parameters that can be used by users at run time to pass values.
  • Load the data into the dashboard based on the any one of the options available given below as per the requirement:
  • Refresh on Load: Loads the data to the dashboard as soon as it is opened.
  • Refresh on Interval: Loads the dashboard in periodic intervals.
  • Trigger Behavior: Loads the dashboard based on an action in the dashboard.
  • Generate the flash file (.swf) from the dashboard and deploy it portal for users to view the dashboard.
Hope you will be able to leverage your SQL Server environment effectively for integrating with Xcelsius dashboards.  Please get back to me for any queries.  Have an enjoyable 2011!  Happy year ahead friends!

Monday, 17 January 2011

Business Objects Query Builder


Accessing Query Builder

To access the Query Builder, point your web browser to your BusinessObjects server.  Query Builder can be found at the following URL:  http://[server]:[port]/AdminTools/.


Log on as an Administrator to get full access to all the repository objects.  From here you can start writing your query.  There are three Info objects tables that you can query:
  • CI_INFOOBJECTS
    Contains objects that are often used to build the user desktop, such as favorites folders and reports.
  • CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS
    Contains objects that are often used to build the admin desktop and internal system objects, such as servers, connections, users, and user groups.
  • CI_APPOBJECTS
    Contains objects that represent BusinessObjects Enterprise Solutions. For example, the InfoView and Desktop Intelligence objects are stored in this table.
Following columns are the frequently used from the above repository tables

Column Description
SI_ID Identifies each InfoObject instance uniquely in the database. But, this is not a primary key. If the instance is deleted, the value may later be reassigned to a new instance.
SI_NAME Name of the InfoObject instance.
SI_KIND Identifies each row by a particular InfoObject extended class type.
SI_KIND for CI_INFOOBJECTS includes Webi, Pdf, Excel, Folder, FullClient, FavoritesFolder, Inbox, PersonalCategory, Shortcut, MyInfoView
SI_KIND for CI_APPOBJECTS includes Universe, Universe Folder, MetaData.DataConnection,ReportConvTool, WebIntelligence, Discussions, InfoView, CMC, busobjReporter, Designer, AdHoc
SI_KIND for CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS includes User, UserGroup,Connection,secWinAD, secLDAP, secWindowsNT
SI_OWNERID User ID of the owner
SI_OWNER User name of the owner
SI_CHILDREN Number of children for the Infoobject
SI_CUID CUIDs are Cluster Unique Identifiers that uniquely identify an InfoObject, within a given cluster and also identify replicas or copies of an object across multiple CMS clusters. Because CUIDs are moderately lengthy strings they are less efficient to use and slower to query for.
SI_UNIVERSE Universes used by the document, there might be multiple universes used in one document; you may see a list of universes’ SI_ID attached to the property.
SI_PARENTID Identifies the InfoObject instance that operates in a parent relationship to the current InfoObject. Typically, a report that is configured to be scheduled is a parent, and each report that is copied and stored when scheduled will view the source report as its parent.
SI_INSTANCE Identifies whether the item that is stored in the database row is an InfoObject that was created through scheduling (such as a nightly report) and is therefore an ‘instance‘.


Relationship between InfoObjects
CMS InfoObjects are organized into hierarchies based on the relationship between them. The hierarchy could be based on folder based or user group.
From above diagram, the InfoObjects relate to each other not only by folder hierarchy, they may have other relationships. For example, the SI_OWNERID is the property to identify the ownership from the user to the document.

Sample Queries

SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS
Returns the details for all the ‘InfoObjects’ (documents, folders, and other content) in your repository; you can filter this list using a WHERE clause.

SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’CrystalReport’
Returns all ‘Crystal Reports’.

SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’Webi’
Returns all ‘Web Intelligence documents’.

SELECT * FROM CI_APPOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’Universe’
Returns all ‘Universes’ in the BOE Repository.

SELECT * FROM CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=’User’
Returns all Users in the BOE Repository.

Improving Query Performance in Query Builder


1. For improved performance use the below Indexed properties in query’s WHERE clause wherever required.

SI_CUID
SI_GUID
SI_HIDDEN_OBJECT
SI_ID
SI_INSTANCE_OBJECT
SI_KIND
SI_NAME
SI_NAMEDUSER
SI_NEXTRUNTIME
SI_OWNERID
SI_PARENTID
SI_PLUGIN_OBJECT
SI_RECURRING
SI_RUID
SI_RUNNABLE_OBJECT
SI_SCHEDULE_STATUS
SI_UPDATE_TS
SI_INSTANCE


2. Order of the above properties in WHERE clause also improves the Query performance as the Query Builder processes queries from top to bottom and left to right. So the selection criteria should be ordered from the most restrictive to the least restrictive.

For example, SI_NAME = ‘Test Report’ should be placed before SI_KIND = ‘WebI’ in the query.

I will discuss on few more queries in the next blog that will be followed by the File Repository Server details.

Happy blogging!  Have a good year ahead!