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Configuring WebIntelligence Default Settings
by: Troy Gottfired, Senior BI Consultant, CRCP, BECP
Let’s face it:
most of us do not design reports to be printed on A4 paper.
You would never guess that by the default settings in WebIntelligence.
Many a WebI user spends countless minutes (add that up to hours and even
days in the lifespan of a project) reformatting basic properties of a WebI
document to meet formatting standards.
Many of these settings can be configured by an Enterprise Administrator
in order to save time and help promote the use of the formatting standards.
WebIntelligence, as the
name implies, is a web-based ad-hoc query tool in Business Objects Enterprise.
As such, any modifications to default settings needs to be done in a
central location; namely, the Enterprise server or servers.
Depending on whether a Java Web Application Server (e.g. Tomcat) or the
.NET environment (i.e. IIS) is being used, the appropriate file to configure is
found in a different location.
Please note that the locations given in this article pertain to
Enterprise XIR2 SP2. Other versions
may differ slightly in the location of these files.
For Tomcat, the file to be
edited is:
[Default Installation
Drive]\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat\webapps\businessobjects\enterprise115\desktoplaunch\webiApplet\AppletConfig\defaultConfig.xml
For IIS, the file to be
edited is:
[Default Installation
Drive]\Program
Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Web
Content\Enterprise115\webiApplet\AppletConfig\defaultConfig.xml
Configurable Options:
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Page Size and Orientation
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Cell Formatting, including Table Headers, Footers, Sections, Cross-tabs,
etc… (Font, Borders, Alignment, Skin, Alternate Row Color)
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Graphing Options, including Wall Appearance, Borders, 3D, Palette, XYZ Axis,
XYZ Grid, and XYZ Labels
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Default Skins
Custom Skins are saved in
the following directory, and new keys are added to the appropriate
defaultConfig.xml file:
[Default Installation
Drive]\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Images
WebIntelligence users
should develop a set of standards to be applied for formatting for these
elements and inform their Enterprise Administrator of the modifications they
would like to make. Additionally,
any modification of files provided by Business Objects should occur in a copy of
the original file. Please make sure
to backup any files you will modify, as well as your altered files.
Be aware that Service Packs and upgrades may change these files, so be
sure to test WebIntelligence formatting defaults after any upgrades or Service
Packs are applied.
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