Webi is the shorthand name for Web Intelligence, a reporting tool within the SAP BusinessObjects suite.
Questions tagged [webi]
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Download Webi report from Excel
With newly released Webi there's no way to manipulate reports with VBA like it was in DESKI era.
I'd like to know if there's a way for me to click a button with parameters in Excel sheet and get a report from the server?
I've been thinking of using…

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How to read union and combined Webi reports with Java BO SDK?
I need to read Webi reports metadata information which has tables and columns. I can able to read few Webi reports metadata info, but for combined and union Webi reports I am not able to read any metadata data information, I am getting query null…

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How to count value with changing margin in WEBI?
Hi Guys,
it sounds easy but it doesn't... Customer got several invoices in specific periods (months).
We want to calculate the final amount (total+margin). The problem is that margin is changing during the periods.
I want to get 7142,76 in one…

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Report shows date instead of datetime on Webi export?
I am using Web Intelligence for reporting however, the SQL script i use runs fine within Oracle where it displays the date and time of a column.
But when i run this report through web intelligence and then export, it only displays the date.
I am…

ConfusedJJ
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Accurately calculating business hours between two time stamps in Web Intelligence
I am trying to calculate the number of working / business hours between two timestamps at the report level in Web Intelligence.
So far, I have been able to calculate the total number of hours between the two dates, the total # of business days…

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Export original value to Excel keeping format only in Webi
I am creating a report in Business Objects Web Intelligence, and there is a requirement to format a number in millions. For example, $4,879,987.23 would be formatted as $4.9M.
I tried both a custom number format and a conditional format, and I can…

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How does one handle exceptions in date casting in SAP's HANA?
QUESTION SUMMARY:
What is the proper way within HANA SQL or HANA Studio in a view (Calculation, attribute or Analytic) to handle invalid data when attempting to cast to a date so a user can filter the data?
In SAP's table KONM the field KSTBM is a…

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Webi Rich Client Null pointer exception error
I'm trying to create a new Webi document based on a duplicate old one that we have been migrated from BOXI 3.1. I make my changes (filters, expressions) without any problem. When I save it (in different folders) and try to reopen it, I get the…

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Concatenate multiple rows data in single cell in a WEBI report
Need advice for a webi report in BO 4.1 Sorry about the alignment.
I have a report as follow:
Country
Agent
Customer
Products
UK
Mo
Sara
Bag
UK
Adam
Jill
Bag
UK
Tim
Kim
Shoes
UK
Tim
Kim
Bag
US
John
Sam
Belt
US
John
Sam
Bag
The…

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Exporting Webi to Excel throws java.lang.NoClassFoundException :com.crystaldecisions.celib.trace.h
I have to export the Webi report in the excel format and show it to the user .Environment present is BOXI R3 .
ReportQuery:
Select * from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_NAME ='xxxx' and si_kind ='Webi' and SI_PARENTID=xxxx
IInfoObjects webiDocs =…

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Connecting SAP BO to Snowflake to import data
I have a requirement to import data to Snowflake from SAP BO (WEBI) system.
I know the other way round can be done that is getting Snowflake data to SAP BO. But how do I connect the SAP BO system to Snowflake to get data into Snowflake.
Thank You!

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Rows aggregation by string concatenation?
I am working on a SAP Webi 4 report where I have a table that looks like
student
discipline
exam session
josé
geo
june session
josé
geo
september session
josé
math
june session
from which I would like to obtain another table that…

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WEBi Date Variable
I have a column with various dates and I need to only show data 3 days from current date - I've been able to show the date from 3 days ago but not able to link it to the column date. Any ideas how I can get around this.

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How to create a variable based on two opposing Booleans - business objects web intelligence
I have a cross table in business objects web intelligence which has customer IDs in the rows, items in the columns and quantity in the body. I am trying to create a variable (dimension?) that will flag whether a customer has bought one particular…

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SAP Universe design tool - how to create a dimension with fixed value in each class of a universe
I have several class in my universe containing objects (dimensions, measures) pointing on fields of a database table.
For instance the objects of the class "Grant" pointing on the table "Grant_T" and the objects of the class "Procurement" pointing…

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