Customizing SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.

0 Changing the Default Logo I discovered the secret location by clearing the Display Business Objects logo box in the CMC s InfoView Properties, then checking the radio button for Display custo m logo . By leaving the default value of logo.jpg , I was able to log into InfoView a nd display the properties of the broken image link. The default image still goes in the schema.blue folder like XI R2, but the path is now C:\Program Files\Busi ness Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\InfoViewApp\res\schema.blue. Customizing the InfoView Login Page The procedure for customizing the InfoView Login page is also very similar to XI Release 2, other than the web.xml file now lives at C:\Program Files\Business O bjects\Tomcat55\webapps\InfoViewApp\WEB-INF\web.xml. As before, you ll want to res tart Apache Tomcat to see your changes in effect. Curiously, Business Objects XI 3.0 hides the CMS/cluster name and authentication type out-of-the box (frequent customization requests). For example, the app.name parameter controls some text on the login screen as we ll as the HTML <TITLE> tag throughout the user s session. The <TITLE> tag trick is pretty cool, as the text that you choose will always be what users see when the ir browser window is minimized. So you may want to change the value from InfoVie w to CompanyName InfoView. And the app.name.greeting, which by default is Busine ssObjects, can be modified so users are greeted by Welcome to Our BI Portal inst ead of Welcome to BusinessObjects. UPDATE: It looks like SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 does this a bit diff erently. The app.name.short attribute is used for the greeting and the <TITLE> ta g of the InfoView home page while app.name is used for the <TITLE> tag of all ot her InfoView pages. I can t figure out where app.name.greeting is used. Changing the Default Web Intelligence Paper Size When Business Objects Enterprise is initially installed, the default page size i s European A4, not the American standard Letter. In XI R2, this situation is eas ily corrected by modifying the defaultconfig.xml file. The Java and .NET version s of Web Intelligence each have their own defaultconfig.xml file. NOTE: Existing reports will still have the page size set when the document was s aved; however, this modification will change the default setting for all new doc uments. If you are using the included Tomcat web application server, the defaultconfig.x ml file for XI R2 is located at C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat\webapps \businessobjects\enterprise115\desktoplaunch\webiApplet\AppletConfig\. The defau ltconfig.xml file for SAP Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.0/XI 3.1 is located i n a slightly different location at C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\we bapps\AnalyticalReporting\webiApplet\AppletConfig. Conclusion That s all I have for now. There s no customer requirement to customize the style sh eet, and the client hasn t used their new environment long enough to want any feat ures disabled (discussions, information on demand) by tweaking additional XML fi les. But stay tuned It s nice to know that it s still possible to tailor the InfoView user experience. H owever, the drawback to the current approach is that you re always in danger of a service pack or fix pack overwriting these files. Perhaps a future release will add common customizations as parameters that can be controlled via the InfoView application configuration in the CMC.

UPDATE: A feature of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 is that many of these web.xml parameters have been moved to properties files to avoid the ove rwrite issue when the WAR file for a service pack or fix pack is deployed. I ll wr ite an updated customization post for BI 4.0 once it goes into GA (general avail ability). Do you have a favorite customization for XI 3.0? Please share with the world as a comment to this post.