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Brought to you by the SAP Product Support EIM Team, The Enterprise Information Management Bulletin (this page) is a timely and regularly-updated information source providing links to hot issues, new documentation, and upcoming events of interest to users and administrators of SAP Data Quality Management (DQM), SAP Data Services (DS), and SAP Information Steward (IS).
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HotTopics
(updated 2016-2-3)
- For Customers Installing or Upgrading To SAP Data Services 4.2 Support Pack 6 in Windows:
With the release of SAP Data Services 4.1, the EIM Development team introduced a new system variable, %DS_COMMON_DIR%, for Windows installations which is set to C:\ProgramData\Sap BusinessObjects\Data Services by default. This variable is very critical to Data Services operation and logs are collected in this location.
Our latest release, SAP Data Services 4.2 SP 6, has an option to change this system variable to a desired location during installation or upgrade, so that disk space can be managed more efficiently; however setting %DS_COMMON_DIR% to the same location as the product installation directory, %LINK_DIR%, will cause unexpected issues in the product.
It is highly recommended%DS_COMMON_DIR% not be in the same location as %LINK_DIR%. This applies to new installations and upgrades of SAP Data Services 4.2 SP6. If you plan on upgrading your Data Services installation for use with SAP Information Steward, this would apply as well.
For Example:
If %LINK_DIR% or the Product Installation Folder is D:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Data Services, then set %DS_COMMON_DIR% to a separate folder on D Drive such as D:\DSCOMMONDIR, but avoid setting it to D:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Data Services
For further information please consult KB Article 2258787.
- Customer Virtual Coffee Corner for SAP Data Services
- EIM Meet the Expert Sessions (For Enterprise Support and Max Attention Customers)
Latest Release Notes
(updated 2016-2-11)
- 2186615 - SAP DQM for SAP SOL. 4.0 SP07 Release
- 2260475 - Release Notes for DQM SDK 4.2 Support Pack 4 Patch 4 (14.2.4.1019)
- 2260492 - Release Notes for DQM SDK 4.2 Support Pack 5 Patch 3 (14.2.5.1031)
- 2272953 - Release Notes for DQM SDK 4.2 Support Pack 6 Patch 1 (14.2.6.1070)
- 2253266 - Release Notes for SAP Data Services 4.2 Support Pack 4 Patch 4 (14.2.4.1008)
- 2255731 - Release Notes for SAP Data Services 4.2 Support Pack 5 Patch 3 (14.2.5.1023)
- 2271303 - Release Notes for SAP Data Services 4.2 Support Pack 6 Patch 1(14.2.6.1066)
- 2253259 - Release Notes for SAP Information Steward 4.2 Support Pack 4 Patch 4 (14.2.4.973)
- 2255658 - Release Notes for SAP Information Steward 4.2 Support Pack 5 Patch 3 (14.2.5.979)
- 2271304 - Release Notes for SAP Information Steward 4.2 Support Pack 6 Patch 1 (14.2.6.1036)
New Product Features
(updated 2016-1-8)
- Switch Repositories in Data Services Designer - 4.2 SP5
- 2184695 - How to create a debug package in Designer - Data Services 4.2 SP5 P2 and later
- DS 4.2 SP6 New Feature: Viewing (and excluding!) Objects Before Import
- DS 4.2 SP6 New Feature: Where Did I Use that Variable?
Selected New KB Articles and SAP Notes
(updated 2016-2-11)
- 2270438 - [IBM][CLI Driver] SQL30081N A communication error has been detected - Data Services 4.x
- 2269891 - Unable to launch any job from SAP Data Services 4.2 SP6 with SAP SQLAnyWhere repository database
- 2272213 - Incorrect postal code for “SANT JOSEP TALAIA" - SAP Data Services
- 2272897 - Cannot convert data <> into type <DECIMAL>
- 2274577 - Slow access and response of Web service SOAP datastore - SAP Data Services 4.x
- 2269966 - Rules fail with database error: Optional feature not implemented - Information Steward 4.2
Events
(updated 2016-1-19)
What are we planning here in EIM Support? Please check out the following opportunities:
- Customer Virtual Coffee Corner
Accessing Hadoop from Data Services - (Two Available Times)
Session 1 - February 16, 2016 2PM EST/11AM PST
Session 2 - February 17, 2016 9AM EST/2PM GMT
- Meet the Expert Session scheduled for February 18, 2016:
Overview of the SAP Data Services and SAP Information Steward Installation Engine (For Enterprise Support or Max Attention Customers)
- Meet the Expert Session Scheduled for March 24, 2016:
Trusted Authentication for SAP Data Services and SAP Information Steward - Setup Walk-Through (For Enterprise Support or Max Attention Customers)
- Meet the Expert Session Scheduled for April 21, 2016:
Configuring AD/Kerberos Single Sign-On for SAP Data Services and SAP Information Steward (For Enterprise Support or Max Attention Customers)
- Meet the Expert Session Scheduled for May 19, 2016: (Tentative)
Wdeploy Overview for SAP Data Services and SAP Information Steward (For Enterprise Support or Max Attention Customers)
Your Product Ideas Realised!
(updated 2015-06-25)
Enhancements for EIM products suggested via the SAP Idea Place, where you can vote for your favorite enhancement requests, or enter new ones.
- Ability to FTP Flat Files Directly from DS
- Disabling workflows/dataflows
- Ability to switch repositories from within Designer without closing/opening
- Option to disable/enable objects in Data Services Designer
- Information Steward Cleansing Package Builder rule tester
- Collect data element from BOMM repository (MMT_DATA_ELEMENT)
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