User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS DATA INTEGRATOR 6.5.0.1 RELEASE NOTES 03-2004

[. . . ] Data Integrator Release Notes Data Integrator Release Notes Version 6. 5. 0. 1 BusinessObjectsTM Data Integrator version 6. 5. 0. 1 is the all-platform release of Data Integrator version 6. 5. For an overview of new features included in version 6. 5. 0. 1, see the Data Integrator Release Summary. For details about using 6. 5 features (released January 30, 2004), see the Data Integrator Technical Manuals. These release notes contain the following sections: · · · · · · · · Compatibility and limitations update Resolved issues Known issues Migration considerations Documentation corrections Product end-of-life Documentation bill of materials Copyright information To review Data Integrator documentation for previous releases (including Release Summaries and Release Notes), visit the documentation page at Business Objects Customer Support Online. [. . . ] For example, the following situations were known to cause problems: · · · The database code page was English, WE8ISO88591 The code page of NCHAR column in the database was UCS2 The submitted SQL had Japanese characters. 23917 This issue is fixed. 23823 If you logged into the Designer after stopping and restarting the Data Integrator Service, prior jobs were not visible in the Log tab. With this fix, previously run jobs are now visible. Data Integrator Release Notes 33 Data Integrator Release Notes Resolved issues 23765 23689 23525 Using a very large script would cause an internal exception in the Designer. The Designer will now show job logs when third-party schedulers are used. When Data Integrator generates an SAP R/3 ABAP program it adds the line: write '* Program Complete * Copyright Business Objects Data Integration, Inc. ' This creates a problem when a client connects to the output printed by an ABAP program. A new configuration parameter, has been added to suppresses the printing of this line to ABAP programs. To set the option, from the Designer select Tools > Options > Job Server > General and enter al_engine for the Section, PrintAbapProgramComplete for the Key and FALSE for the Value. The default is TRUE. 23474 When an expression for a column mapping was larger than 2198 characters, Data Integrator failed with a parsing error. Text data converted to integer data that had more than 10 digits potentially produced incorrect output without an error message. Deleting logs before the current log had finished scrolling to the bottom of the workspace would cause Data Integrator to freeze. Now when you make updates to datastore login dialogs during a repository export procedure, the changes are reflected in subsequent dialogs. For example, if you are exporting datastores to one repository and you notice that a file exists in the target 21965 21884 21690 34 Data Integrator Release Notes Data Integrator Release Notes Resolved issues repository, you can press the Back button and change login information to point to another datastore. The datastore page of the export wizard then updates to tell you if the table exists in the new datastore. The previous behavior did not refresh this information when you changed a datastore login. 21416 The Data Integrator validation functions is_valid_date, is_valid_datetime, is_valid_time were returning warning messages for every invalid date. You can determine if the date is valid from the return value of these functions. When using a vertical Hierarchy_Flattening transform, standalone elements would loose their attributes. Two cases have been fixed: · Parent column is NULL but child column is NOT NULL. Previously Data Integrator would output a row with parent and child attributes set to NULL. With this fix the output row will contain the child attributes obtained from the input row. Previously Data Integrator would output a row with parent and child attributes set to NULL. With this fix the output row will contain the parent attributes obtained from the input row. The child attributes of the output row are still set to NULL. 21252 · 20914 The data that the SYSDATE and SYSTIME functions actually read was not documented. The methods that can be used to format or trim date or time data that is read by these functions was not documented. [. . . ] 2. 0. 1 6. 1 6. 1 Version 6. 5. 0. 1 6. 5. 0. 1 5/2003 6. 1 6. 0 Data Integrator Release Notes 77 Data Integrator Release Notes Copyright information Copyright information COPYRIGHT No part of the computer software or this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Business Objects. If you find any problems with this documentation, please report them to Business Objects in writing at documentation@businessobjects. com. TRADEMARKS The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects and Rapid Marts are registered trademarks of Business Objects S. A. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Access, and other names of Microsoft products referenced herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ]