Curious about SAP BusinessObjects support for Microsoft Windows 7? The following SAP BusinessObjects client applications support Microsoft Windows 7:
- SAP Crystal Reports 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and higher (SP3 is currently available)
- SAP Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3) + Fix Pack 3.3 (FP3.3) and higher (FP 3.3 is currently available)
- SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Service Pack 3 (SP3) – desktop applications such as Web Intelligence Rich Client, Live Office, Import Wizard, Universe Designer, etc.
Supported Platform/PAR documents as well as software downloads are available from separate areas of the SAP Support Portal and require an S-ID to access. I got tired of flipping through multiple PAR documents so I decided to write this short post. As you can see from the above list, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2 is not officially supported on Windows 7. Since XI R2 is no longer on patch support, there won’t be any fix packs or service packs to address Windows 7 compatibility on that release. I haven’t attempted to see if the combination works despite lack of support, but you can check out the experience of others on the BusinessObjects Board (BOB).
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is a web application and therefore does not list supported OS versions, only supported browser versions. I’ll address SAP BusinessObjects browser support in an upcoming post.
I’ve currently installed supported versions of Crystal Reports 2008 and Xcelsius 2008 on my Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) laptop (see related post), but primarily use the laptop to run Windows 2003 Server virtual machines running the entire SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise stack. Feel free to post a comment describing your experiences with SAP BusinessObjects and Microsoft Windows 7.
Hey, Can you point me to new features in SAP BO 4.0 which would be coming in 2011
Kuldeep, For starters, SAP Mentor Greg Meyers has an excellent post on the SAP Community Network called “The Road to #BI4“. SAP TechEd attendees got more “scoop” than those of us who attended the ASUG BusinessObjects conference just a few weeks earlier (but I’m not bitter…). SAP BO 4.0 is just coming out of beta and will go into what SAP calls “ramp up” in mid-November 2010. Once in ramp up, folks like me will start using it (and blogging) before GA (general availability) happens in Q1 next year (2011).
Product – SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, is Win 7 32 bit and 64 bit compatible?
Great question – I’ll have to dive into NetWeaver and find out…
Hi,
Please any one suggest me to instal Bo RXI3.1 on XP (virtual machine), i am trying but i am not able to do?, can you please guide me on the same, one more thing is my laptop contains windows 7, i am not able to do instlation of BO on windows 7 also.
Damodar,
Please take a look at the BusinessObjects Board (BOB) to see if you can find help.
Regards,
Dallas
Hi,
I have window 7 home premium ,am able to install the trial verison of BO 4 in my machine?
Rajesh,
Thanks for writing. I do not have experience installing on Windows 7 home version. I recommend that you post your question on an appropriate forum on the BusinessObjects Board (BOB).