QBXcell for XIR 3.1 and BI4
QBXcell – Query and extract data from the System Database
Analyse users,
documents, connections, servers, scheduling, security, which documents use
which universes etc.
Background
Originally the BusinessObjects repository held all the deployment information for your BOE system. As the repository was a standard relational database the information could be queried via a universe or directly from SQL. Since BusinessObjects XI the repository has been replaced by the “system database”, this maintains its data in binary format and is no longer directly accessible by SQL. Fortunately, the SAP BusinessObjects software comes with Query Builder, a web based tool for query the system database. Query Builder is ideal for viewing the property/sub property structure of objects and viewing a limited set of data. However, the format of the returned data makes the analysis of larger queries difficult, if not impossible. Query Builder also lacks the ability to export the data returned to a useful format for further analysis.
What is QBXcell?
QBXcell is a powerful tool designed to simplify the querying and extraction of data from the BusinessObjects system database to standard relational database, CSV or XML formats. QBXcell can be used either interactively or as a scheduled BOE job.
Above – example simple query returns data in a tabular format prior to exporting.
QBXcell automatically exports a query into a main table with a series of sub-tables based on the objects sub properties (Property Bags).
QBXcell Features
- Extracts data from the BOE system database using free format queries
- Stores the data in an Access/SQL Server or Oracle database, XML or CSV file
- Creates/amends the database structure automatically
- Automatically expand property bags into sub tables for database extract
- Extracts can be scheduled using BOE standard scheduling tool
- Can use Select, query, path, CUID and search syntax.
- Extracts schedule, processing, Limits and security information (roles and rights).
- Automatically lists available properties by SI_KIND to aid SQL development
- Subsequent database runs can delete, truncate or append to existing tables to build a CMS history
- Can extract information from multiple clusters into the same database tables for comparison.
- Sample queries provided
- Versions for BOE XIR3 and BI4
Client Testimonies
1. Clever and useful product
We found this product a very clever and useful tool. It allows BusinessObjects administrators to interrogate and report on information that this held in the CMS database. Unlike the packaged SAP product, Query Builder, this tool outputs and displays the returned information in flat useable records instead of data buckets as does Query Builder. Furthermore, QBXcell allows the queried data to be easily outputted to a CSV file or to a database, on which further more complex reporting can be applied. QBXcell comes with a number of example SQL queries that report the following types of information…
- User information
- Groups and Sub-groups information
- Connections information
- Universe information
- Document information
- Server and Server Groups information
- Calendars
- Categories
- Explorer Workspaces
- Folders
- Program Objects
- Publications information
- File Repository Info
- Roles
- Shortcuts
- etc
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