This weekend Business Objects will be upgraded from version 3.1 to 4.1 for report creation and run/refresh of reports. The Development Office is the first department on campus to migrate to the new environment.

We are moving to the newest version of Business Objects because the currently installed V3.1 has reached the end of its life-cycle and will no longer be supported after 2015. V4.1 offers many new enhancements that will make reporting easier and offer more robust functionality.

On Sunday, September 20 at 12:00 PM, the current Business Objects will no longer be available to create reports. The current Business Objects will be available only to run/refresh reports in V3.1. All scheduled reports will continue to run as expected. OIT will begin the migration to the V4.1 environment, and it is expected to be completed the evening of Sunday, September 20.

Effective Monday, September 21 at 8:00 AM, the new Business Objects V4.1 environment will be available and ready for your use to create reports and run/refresh reports. All references to Business Objects in Advance, ur.nd.edu, and inside.nd.edu will be updated with the new V4.1 link.

During the week of September 21, we will be hosting a number of post-launch training sessions to demonstrate how to run/refresh reports and allow for additional questions. Please watch the UR professional development calendars for specific dates and times.

Business Objects V3.1 will be available in read-only mode to run/refresh reports until training sessions are completed by 9/30/2015.

If you have questions about this upgrade, please contact Elizabeth Hasse at ehasse@nd.edu or ext 1-9607.

Should you have any issues after the upgrade, please contact our department IT support staff, or the OIT Help Desk at 574-631-8111, oithelp@nd.eduor chat online at https://help.nd.edu.

Carleen Quinlan