SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.
3
Supported Platforms (PAM)
Initial Publication: June 12, 2021
Last Update: Sept 19th, 2022
Applicability: BI 4.3 RTM - SP02
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Table of Contents
Supported Platforms
1.     Operating System
2.     Language
3.     Browser                                                                             This document is also applicable to Edge BI 4.3 and Crystal
                                                                                           Server 2020.
4.     Java Application Server
5.     Portal Server                                                                       For Edge BI 4.3 and Crystal Server 2020:
6.     IIS (IOMS only)                                                                     •   Only Windows and Linux operating systems are
7.     CMS + Audit Repository                                                                  supported.
8.     Directory Server (LDAP)                                                             For Crystal Server 2020:
9.     Other Technology
                                                                                           •   The following components are not supported with
10.    Virtualization Technology                                                               Crystal Server 2020: Web Intelligence, Analysis, edition
11.    Cloud Infrastructure                                                                    for OLAP, SAP BW integration.
12.    Cloud Storage Platform                                                              This document is not applicable for SAP BusinessObjects
                                                                                           Mobile Clients Supported Platforms (PAM).
13.    Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0)
14.    OLAP Server support by Product                                                      For BI 4.3 Maintenance Strategy document: click here
15.    SAP BW Support by Product (incl. SAP BW/4HANA)
16.    SAP HANA Support by Product (incl. SAP HANA Cloud)
17.    SAP S/4HANA Support by Product
                                                                                                              How to read the tables in this document
18.    Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
19.    Crystal Report 2020 Data Access                                                                           “✓” means supported with BI 4.3        ✓
20.    Data Services and Information Steward                                                                             “-” means not supported        -
Appendix
▪  Minimum Hardware + Operating System Patch Requirements + Supported Locales + Glossary
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Operating System Support
                64-bit BusinessObjects BI Server Products
                                                                                        Minimum                           Latest
                   Provider Name                                           Name                                                                                                   Notes
                                                                                     Supported version             certified version *
                Windows                            Windows Server                           2012 R2                        2022
                                                   Suse x86_64 SLES                            12                        15 SP03
                                                                                                                                               Refer to Page 76 of this document for more information about
                Linux                              Red Hat x86_64 EL                           7.2                          8.6
                                                                                                                                               minimum OS patch requirement.
                                                   Oracle Linux (RHCK)(UEK)                    7.2                          8.5
                Amazon                             Linux                                        2                            2
                                                                                                                                               -   Known performance issues. Refer to SAP Note 2934379.
                Solaris                            Solaris SPARC                              11.4                         11.4                -   Solaris 11.3, EOL October 2020. Refer Oracle Solaris 11.3
                                                                                                                                                   Support.
                AIX                                AIX Power                                7.1 TL1                      7.3 TL0
                64-bit BusinessObjects BI Desktop Client Products
                                                                                         Minimum                          Latest
                   Provider Name                                           Name                                                                                                  Notes
                                                                                      Supported version            certified version *
                                                    Windows Server                          2012 R2                        2022
                Windows
                                                    Windows Client                             8.1                          11
SAP BusinessObjects BI server components only support 64-bit operating systems. Only 64-bit OS are supported: details . This is not a complete list of platform/connectivity services.
Dashboard and Explorer are removed from BI 4.3, for complete details, refer to SAP Note 2801797.
*By backward compatibility, the Operating System coming releases are compatible by reference but will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released.
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Language Support by Products
UI: The user interface for all BI 4.3 products is localized into the languages listed below.
Data: Data stored in Unicode format can be accessed and displayed in all products and is not restricted to the languages below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kazakh (***)(*4)
                                                                                                                                                          T Chinese (*1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hebrew (***)
                                                                                                                                                                           Portuguese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Norwegian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Arabic (***)
                                                                                                         S Chinese
                                                                                    Japanese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hungarian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Romanian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Slovenian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Slovakian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ukrainian
                                                                                                                                                                                        Swedish
                                                                                               Spanish
                                                                                                                                       Russian
                                                                           German
                                                      English
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Finnish
                                                                                                                                                 Korean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (***)(*4)
                                                                French
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Danish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Turkish
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Polish
                                                                                                                     Italian
                                                                                                                               Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Czech
  BusinessObjects Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thai
  Products
   BusinessObjects BI Server
   Products                                          ✓          ✓          ✓        ✓          ✓         ✓           ✓         ✓       ✓         ✓        ✓                ✓            ✓         ✓        ✓        ✓           ✓         ✓      ✓       ✓           ✓           ✓         ✓          ✓            ✓          ✓                  ✓                  ✓
   BusinessObjects BI Desktop
   Products                                          ✓          ✓          ✓        ✓          ✓         ✓           ✓         ✓       ✓         ✓        ✓                ✓            ✓         ✓        ✓        ✓           ✓         ✓      ✓       ✓           ✓           ✓         ✓          ✓            ✓          ✓                  ✓                  ✓
  (***) Arabic, Hebrew, Ukrainian and Kazakh Support
  BI launch pad (*2) (*3)
  BI workspaces (viewing only) (*3)
  Crystal Reports Web Viewer (*3)
  Web Intelligence
         -Web Intelligence Rich Internet Application (Fiori Viewer) (*3)
         -Web Intelligence Rich Client
  Analysis, edition for OLAP (*3)
(*1)   Traditional Chinese is not supported by Platform Search
(*2)   BI platform plug-in components that can be accessed through the BI launch pad are not all supported in Arabic. Supported BI platform plug-in components are listed separately in this table.
(*3)   For those browser-based components that support Arabic, support is limited to Internet Explorer and Firefox.
(*4)   Ukrainian and Kazakh are not supported in Universe design tool.
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Browser Support
                                                                              Minimum                Latest
    Provider Name                              Name                                                                                                       Notes
                                                                           Supported version   certified version
  Apple                            Safari                                      Safari 11          Safari 13
                                                                                                                   The current version of Google Chrome is supported based on testing with earlier
                                                                                                                   versions of Chrome. Although SAP will work to maintain compatibility with Google
  Google                           Chrome                                          -                100.x
                                                                                                                   Chrome, please be aware that issues may be introduced when significant changes to
                                                                                                                   between releases.
                                   Chromium Edge                                   -                 95.x
  Microsoft
                                   Edge HTML                                       -                   -
                                                                                                                   For more information about Firefox Extended Support Releases (ESR):
  Mozilla                          Firefox ESR                                   60.x               102.1
                                                                                                                   http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
Only 64 bit browsers are supported.
Web Intelligence in BI 4.3 is touch ready for Reading mode only.
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Java Application Server Support
•   The platforms on this slide are supported as application servers. For more information, please refer to the Web Application Deployment Guide.
•   Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.
•   Except SAP NetWeaver Java Application Server, all listed application servers are compatible with Oracle JDK8 and IBM Java 8 (minimum JRE version is 1.8.0_301).
•   Any HTTP server supported by the application server vendor can be used with the supported application server.
                                                                              Minimum               Latest         Supported
Provider Name                                         Name                                                                                                         Notes
                                                                           Supported version   certified version     since
                                                                                                                               Certified with SAP JVM 8 also.
                                                                                                                               free open-source third-party web application server. SAP recommends you
                                                                                                                               contact a qualified third-party vendor or consultant for performance tuning,
      Apache                 Tomcat                                               8.x                9.x           4.3 SP00
                                                                                                                               security related issues and load balancer configurations (see SAP KBA
                                                                                                                               2280098).
                                                                                                                               Please check KBA 2112338 for bundled tomcat and JVM version
                                                                                                                               Support for the WebSphere On Demand Router is described in SAP Note
                                                                                  8.5             Liberty 20       4.3 SP00
                                                                                                                               1869511.
         IBM                 WebSphere Application Server
                                                                                                                               Due to securities related changes, mandatory WAS minimum version is
                                                                                9.0.5.6           Liberty 21       4.3 SP02
                                                                                                                               9.0.5.6. Previous version are not compatible with 4.3 SP02
                                                                                 12.2                12.2          4.3 SP00    Central Management Console (CMC) application and AOLAP are not
       Oracle                WebLogic Server                                                                                   supported on Oracle WebLogic 12C and 14 application server (see SAP
                                                                                 14.1                14.1          4.3 SP02    Notes 2900108 and 3060695).
                                                                                  7.1                7.2           4.3 SP00    To use JBOSS with Mobile Server, refer SAP Note 2207211.
     Red Hat                 JBoss EAP
                                                                                  7.3                7.4           4.3 SP02
                                                                                   -             7.50 SP19         4.3 SP00    SAP JVM 8
        SAP                  NetWeaver Java Application Server
                                                                              7.50 SP22          7.50 SP24         4.3 SP02    SAP JVM 8.1.080
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Portal Server Support
Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.
                                                                              Minimum               Latest         Supported
   Provider Name                                         Name                                                                                                   Notes
                                                                           Supported version   certified version     since
                                                                                                                               Support for the WebSphere On Demand Router is described in SAP Note
                                                                                  8.5                 9            4.3 SP00
                                                                                                                               1869511.
           IBM                  WebSphere Portal
                                                                                                                               Due to securities related changes, mandatory WAS minimum version is
                                                                                9.0.5.6            9.0.5.6         4.3 SP02
                                                                                                                               9.0.5.6. Previous version are not compatible with 4.3 SP02
       Microsoft                SharePoint                                       2013               2016           4.3 SP00    Windows Server only
                                                                               7.4 SP01          7.50 SP19         4.3 SP00    SAP JVM 8
           SAP                  NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
                                                                              7.50 SP22          7.50 SP24         4.3 SP02    SAP JVM 8.1.080
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IIS Support by Operating System (IOMS only)
IIS is supported for Integration option for Microsoft SharePoint (IOMS) only.
                                                       Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server
                                                          2012 R2         2016           2019
 Application Server                   Version
                                           8.5                     ✓        -              -
                IIS
                                           10                       -       ✓              ✓
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CMS + Audit Repository Support [1/2]
                                                  Operating systems supported : Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris
        Provider Name                                              Name       Version                     Database Connector                               Exceptions
                                                                                                   Only 64-bits versions are supported
                                                                               10.5     DB2 Client 10.5
                                           DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows    11.1     DB2 Client 11.1                                  Not supported with Solaris 11.
                                                                               11.5     DB2 Client 11.5
  IBM
                                                                               10.5     DB2 Client 10.5
                                           DB2 Workgroup Edition               11.1     DB2 Client 11.1
                                                                               11.5     DB2 Client 11.5
  MaxDB                                    MaxDB                                7.9
                                                                               2014     SQL Server Native Client 11 or ODBC Driver 13
                                                                               2016     Microsoft ODBC Driver 13
                                           Microsoft SQL Server                                                                          Not supported with Linux and Unix platforms.
  Microsoft                                                                    2017     Microsoft ODBC Driver 13
                                                                               2019     Microsoft ODBC Driver 17
                                           Azure SQL Server                             Microsoft ODBC Driver 13                         Not supported with Linux and Unix platforms.
                                                                                5.7     MySQL C-API                                      Not supported from 8.0.28 version
                                                                                                                                         Not supported with Solaris 11.
                                                                                                                                         Refer to SAP Note 2733936.
  MySQL                                    MySQL AB
                                                                                                                                         MYSQL 8 version is not supported with RHEL 8
                                                                                8.0     MySQL C-API
                                                                                                                                         and SLES 15 Operating Systems.
                                                                                                                                         Refer to SAP Note 3058411
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CMS + Audit Repository Support [2/2]
   Only 64-bit database connector middleware is supported.
   Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.
        Provider Name                                              Name       Version                  Database Connector                               Notes
                                                                                12c         Oracle Net Client 12c
                                                                               12c R2       Oracle Net Client 12c
                                                                                                                                 Oracle Real Application Cluster is supported.
  Oracle                                   Oracle
                                                                                                                                 Oracle Exadata is supported.
                                                                                18c         Oracle Net Client 18c
                                                                                19c         Oracle Net Client 19c
                                           HANA 1.0                            SP12                                              No longer supported by SAP
  SAP
                                           HANA 2.0                        SPS 03 upto 06
                                           Adaptive Server Enterprise           15.7        Sybase Open Client 15.7
  Sybase                                   Adaptive Server Enterprise            16         Sybase Open Client 16
                                           Sybase SQL Anywhere                   17         Sybase SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 17
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Directory Server (LDAP) Support
  Windows Server, Linux, AIX and Solaris are supported.
                                                                                Minimum                      Latest
    Provider Name                                  Name                                                                      Notes
                                                                             Supported version         certified version
  Computer
                                  CA Directory                                       -                       14.0
  Associates
  IBM                             Tivoli Directory Server                           6.4                      6.4
  Microsoft                       Active Directory                                 2019                     2019
  NetIQ                           eDirectory                                     9.0 SP02                    9.1
                                  Internet Directory                               12.2                      12.2
  Oracle
                                  ODSEE                                    11g Release 1 (11.1.1)   11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
  Redhat                          LDAP Server                                      10.4                      10.4
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Other Technology Support
Except for eTrust Siteminder, only Windows operating system are supported.
                                                                              Minimum                Latest
        Provider Name                                              Name                                                                               Notes
                                                                           Supported version   certified version
  Adobe                                    Adobe Reader                           19                  21
  Computer Associates
                                           eTrust Siteminder                    12.52                12.8          All Platforms supported.
  Access Management
                                           Microsoft Active Directory
                                                                               2012 R2              2019
                                           (including LDS support)
                                           .NET Framework                         4.6                4.8
  Microsoft                                                                                                        -   SPs of Microsoft Office that are higher than the minimum listed SPs
                                                                                                                       are supported by reference.
                                                                                                                   -   MS Office 64 bit is supported on Live Office.
                                           Microsoft Office                      2013            Office 365
                                                                                                                   -   No support for integrating with Office 365 cloud offerings as such.
                                                                                                                       Office 365 support is only for the version of Microsoft Office being
                                                                                                                       supported.
  SAP                                      SAP GUI                               7.60                7.70
 Reverse Proxy
 Apache HTTP Server 2.2 and 2.4
 WebSEAL 6 and 7
Not supported for Mobile Server
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Virtualization Technology Support
  Server Virtualization
  Refer to the SAP Note 1492000 for the general statement on virtualization technology support, and related notes for virtualization support on operating
  systems supported in this release.
  Desktop Virtualization
  Refer to the table below:
                                                                                                    Windows         Linux
  Desktop Virtualization
 Citrix                                                  XenApp 7.15 [Windows Server 2016]              ✓             -
 Docker                                                  Docker                                         -            ✓
                                                         Remote Desktop Services                        ✓             -
 Microsoft
                                                         Hyper V                                 SAP Note 1492000     -
                                                         FreeRDP [Suse SLES v12]                        -            ✓
 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)                           Rdesktop [SUSE SLES v12]                       -            ✓
 Connectivity
                                                         Cendio Thinlinc [Windows Server 2016]          ✓             -
                                                         Cendio Thinlinc [Suse SLES v12]                -            ✓
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Cloud Infrastructure Support
SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be deployed on cloud infrastructure for productive and non-productive purposes.
The following cloud infrastructure offerings are certified for deployment:
                                                                           Additional Notes
 Cloud Infrastructure Offering
                                                                           (for supported combinations, client/server components)
 Alibaba Cloud (JuShiTa variant)                                           SAP Note 2314398
 Alibaba Cloud                                                             SAP Note 2688086
 Amazon Web Services (AWS)                                                 SAP Note 1656099
 Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine)                                    SAP Note 2538880
 IBM SoftLayer Cloud                                                       SAP Note 2279688
 Microsoft Azure Cloud                                                     SAP Note 2145537
 Oracle Cloud                                                              SAP KBA 2650732
 SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)                                           Support via HEC Solution Portfolio List (*1)
 (*1) Edge BI products not supported on HEC
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Cloud Storage Platform Support
SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be configured with cloud storage platforms for publication and sharing of corporate documents.
Refer to the table below for supported cloud storage offerings:
                                                                           Additional Notes
  Cloud Storage Platform Offering
                                                                           (for supported combinations, client/server components)
  Google Drive (*1)                                                        Support via SAP BI Platform (*2)
(*1) Google Drive is only supported by SAP BI Platform and Web Intelligence
(*2) To access Google Drive, need to first configure an Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0) in SAP BI Platform
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Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0) Support (*1)
SAP Business Intelligence 4.3 solutions can be configured or deployed on infrastructure supporting OAuth authentications.
The following infrastructure offerings are certified for configuration via Authorization Servers:
                                                                                                                     Authorization (OAuth SSO)          Authentication (OpenID Connect) (*2)
 Authorization Server (OAuth 2.0)                                          Implementation
 Google                                                                    Google Federated Identity                                    ✓                                ✓
 Microsoft                                                                 Azure Active Directory V2                                    ✓                                ✓
 SAP                                                                       Identity Authentication Service                              ✓                                ✓
 Snowflake                                                                 Snowflake OAuth                                              ✓                                -
. (*1) The above mentioned versions are explicitly tested Authorization Servers, out of available OAuth 2.0 protocol supported Authorization Servers.
. (*2) OpenID Connect Authentication is only supported through the Enterprise Authentication.
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OLAP Server Support by product
This section is applicable to BI tools such as SAP BusinessObjects Analysis edition for OLAP, Web Intelligence(*3), Crystal Reports for Enterprise(*3) and Semantic
Layer; except Crystal Reports 2020 (covered in Crystal Reports 2020 Data Access slide)
                                            Provider Name                                  Version                        Connectivity                                  Notes
                                                                                2008 / 2012                        XMLA                           No longer supported by Microsoft.
  Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
                                                                                2014 / 2016 / 2017                 XMLA
  Oracle Essbase                                                                v11                                JAPI
  Oracle OLAP (*1)                                                              V11.1.0.7 +                        XMLA
  SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation                                   v10.1                              XMLA
                                                                                v7.5 SP5                           XMLA                           No longer supported by SAP.
  SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for Microsoft platform
                                                                                v10.1                              XMLA
  SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for NetWeaver (*1)             v10.1                              BICS
  SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management                         v10                                XMLA
  SAP BW                                                                        See SAP BW slide                   BICS
  SAP HANA                                                                      See SAP HANA slide                 BICS / XMLA (*2)
                                                                                v16                                XMLA
  Teradata OLAP (*1)
                                                                                v17                                XMLA
(*1) Not supported on Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Semantic Layer            (*3) Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports for Enterprise could consume Universes on supported
(*2) SAP HANA via XMLA connectivity is only supported by Web Intelligence and Semantic Layer         OLAP sources, and could also consume directly OLAP connections on SAP BW / SAP HANA
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SAP BW Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)
Please refer to SAP Note 1869560, for details on the level of support for BEx query elements, and typical BEx query functionality for all BI client tools.
                               Product                                                  Connectivity                               BW 7.50 and later (*2)
   Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                            BICS                                                ✓
   Web Intelligence                                                        (Direct to BW and via a dimensional UNX)                              ✓
   Live Office                                                                                                                                   ✓
                                                                                          OLAP UNV
   Web Intelligence                                                                                                                              ✓
   Crystal Reports Enterprise                                                                                                                    ✓
                                                                                    Multi source universe
   Live Office                                                                                                                                   ✓
                                                                                         (Relational)
   Web Intelligence                                                                                                                              ✓
   Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office (*4)                                                                                                   ✓
                                                                                     BICS (Direct to BW)
   Analysis, edition for OLAP                                                                                                                    ✓
   Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                    Direct to Data (D2D)                                        -
   Crystal Reports 2020                                                             Direct BW Connection                                         ✓
   BEx Web Applications (*3)                                                         (Integrated with BI 4)                                      ✓
 Useful links : SAP Note 1648480 about SAP NetWeaver 7 Maintenance.
(*1) The most recent version tested and certified is BW 7.5 SPS22.                                                    (*3) Please consult SAP notes 1476156 and 1541365.
(*2) By backward compatibility, BW 7.5 coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be           (*4) Use Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 2.8 SP3 version or higher with BI 4.3. Refer to the Analysis,
planned for certification as soon as they will be released.                                                           edition for MSFT Office PAM for details.
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SAP BW/4HANA Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)
                                                                                                                       BW/4HANA 1.0 and later        BW/4HANA 2.0 and later
                                                                                         Connectivity                   Last certified SP20 (*2)        Last certified SP09 (*2)
                        Product
  Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                              BICS                                 ✓                               ✓
  Web Intelligence                                                         (Direct to Bex and via a dimensional UNX)               ✓                               ✓
  Crystal Reports 2020                                                                Direct to BW query                           ✓                               ✓
  Live Office                                                         unv or relational unx and via Web Intelligence               ✓                               ✓
  Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office                                             BICS (Direct to BW)                           ✓                               ✓
  Analysis, edition for OLAP                                                         BICS (Direct to BEx)                          ✓                               ✓
Note: Multisource relational universes are not supported on SAP BW/4HANA.
(*1) Latest BW/4HANA version is supported with all BI 4.3 versions.
(*2) By backward compatibility, BW/4HANA coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released.
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SAP HANA Support per product - Overview (*1)
Please refer to SAP Note 2631562, for details on the level of support for HANA features, and typical HANA view functionality for all BI client tools (*3).
                                     Product                                            Connectivity                                 HANA 2.0 and later (*2)
 Web Intelligence                                                          Direct access and Relational UNX universe                                ✓
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                                                                                     ✓
                                                                                   Relational UNX universe
 Live Office (*5)                                                                                                                                   ✓
 Crystal Reports 2020                                                                 Direct Connection                                             ✓
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                         Direct to Data                                              ✓
                                                                                          INA / HTTP
 Web Intelligence                                                                                                                                   ✓
                                                                             (Direct Access and Dimensional UNX)
 Analysis Edition for OLAP                                                               INA / HTTP                                                 ✓
 Analysis Edition for Microsoft Office (*4)(*6) (*7)                                     INA / HTTP                                                 ✓
(*1) The most recent version tested and certified in HANA 2.0 SPS05.                                           (*4) Please refer to the Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office PAM for details.
(*2) By backward compatibility, HANA 2.0 coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but          (*5) Range prompts not supported for relational UNX created on HANA.
will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released.                                            (*6) Use Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 2.8 SP3 version or higher with BI 4.3.
(*3) SAP HANA 1.0 is no longer supported by SAP.                                                               (*7) With Hana 2. HANA 2 the SAP HANA plugin EPM-MDS is required.
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SAP HANA Cloud Support per product - Overview
                                                                                                        SAP HANA Cloud 1.0
                                                                                 Connectivity
                         Product
  Crystal Reports 2020                                                         Direct Connection                          ✓
  Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                               JDBC / ODBC (*1)                           ✓
  Web Intelligence                                                         (Relational UNX Universes)                     ✓
                                                                               JDBC / ODBC (*1)
  Web Intelligence                                                                                                        ✓
                                                                                (UNV universes)
Note: HANA Calculation views via JDBC/OBDC are not supported in relational universes on SAP HANA Cloud.
Only HANA tables available on SAP HANA Cloud are supported in relational universes via JDBC/ODBC connections.
(*1) To connect to SAP HANA Cloud via JDBC/ODBC, make sure to use SAP HANA Client version 2.4.167 (or 2.4.67 for the JDBC driver) or later. See SAP HANA Cloud slide.
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SAP S/4HANA Minimum version per product - Overview (*1)
                                                                                                                  S/4HANA    S/4HANA              S/4HANA                 S/4HANA      S/4HANA
                                                                                                                    1709       1805                 1809                    1909         2020
                                                                                                                                                Last certified       Last certified   Last certified
                        Product                                                 Connectivity                                                      SPS2 (*2)            SPS4 (*2)        SP02 (*2)
  Crystal Reports for Enterprise                                                      BICS                          ✓            ✓                     ✓                    ✓              ✓
  Web Intelligence                                                 (Direct to BEx and via a dimensional UNX)        ✓            ✓                     ✓                    ✓              ✓
  Analysis, edition for OLAP                                                 BICS (Direct to BEx)                   ✓            ✓                     ✓                    ✓               -
  Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office                                     BICS (Direct to BW)                    ✓            ✓                     ✓                    ✓              ✓
  Live Office                                                    unv or relational unx and via Web Intelligence     ✓            ✓                     ✓                    ✓              ✓
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(*1) Latest S/4HANA version is supported with all BI 4.3 versions
(*2) By backward compatibility, S/4HANA coming releases are compatible by reference with SAP BI, but will be planned for certification as soon as they will be released
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Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
  • Amazon                                 Athena (NEW), Aurora (NEW), EMR (UPGRADE), Redshift
                                                                                                                          This section is applicable to Semantic Layer clients such
  • Cloudera                               CDH, CDP (NEW)
                                                                                                                          as Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports Enterprise and
  • Denodo                                 Denodo (UPGRADE)                                                               Lumira
  • Generic                                Java Beans, JDBC, ODBC, OLEDB, OData, Web Services, Text and XML files
                                                                                                                          By default, all Semantic Layer data sources are supported
  • Google                                 BigQuery                                                                       in UNX universes. Refer to Semantic Layer Data Source
  • Greenplum                              Greenplum                                                                      support by product for more details.
  • Hewlett Packard                        Vertica (UPGRADE)                                                              Windows and Unix platforms are supported for all
  • Hortonworks                            HDP                                                                            Semantic Layer data sources. For ODBC connections on
                                                                                                                          Unix, UnixODBC or DataDirect OBDC can be required.
  • IBM                                    DB2 for i, DB2 for LUW, DB2 for zOS, DB2 Warehouse, Informix, Netezza
  • MapR                                   MEP (UPGRADE)                                                                     Refer to Deprecated Semantic Layer Data Sources for
  • Microsoft                              Azure, MS Access and Excel, MS Parallel Data Warehouse, MS SQL Server, Text Files data sources deprecated or removed in this BI release.
  • MongoDB                                MongoDB                                                                        Refer to the Semantic Layer Data Source Support Policy
  • Oracle                                 MySQL, Oracle Database and Exadata, Oracle e-Business Suite                    for support conditions on vendor databases by SAP.
  • PostgreSQL                             PostgreSQL (UPGRADE)
  • PrestoDB                               PrestoDB (NEW)
  • Progress                               OpenEdge
  • Salesforce.com                         OpenAccess for Salesforce, Salesforce.com,
  • SAP                                    BI Platform CMS DB, Data Warehouse Cloud, ERP, HANA, HANA Cloud, HANA Vora, MaxDB, Vora
                                                                                                                                            (NEW)        New DB in current BI 4.3 version
  • SAP Sybase                             Adaptive Server Entreprise, IQ, SQL Anywhere
                                                                                                                                            (UPGRADE)    Upgraded DB in current BI 4.3 version
  • Snowflake                              Snowflake
  • Teradata                               Teradata (UPGRADE)                                                                                       See Glossary for additional information
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Semantic Layer Data Source Support by product [1/2]
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
                                                                     Universe Type         Crystal Reports for Enterprise
 Data Source Family (*1)                                                                                                                                             Notes
                                                     UNV                   SSU       MSU    Direct to Data (D2D)    (*2, *3)
  Amazon                                                                                                                         Only AWS Redshift is supported in UNX MSU.
                                                         -                 ✓          -                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 Only AWS Redshift and Hive in EMR are supported in CR4E D2D
  Cloudera                                               -                 ✓          -                  ✓                       Only Hive on Cloudera is supported in CR4E D2D
  Denodo                                                 -                 ✓          -                  -
  Generic                                                                                                                        Only Generic OData 2.0 is supported in UNX MSU.
                                                        ✓                  ✓          -                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 Java Beans and Web Services are not supported in CR4E D2D
  Google                                                 -                 ✓          -                  -
  Greenplum                                             ✓                  ✓          ✓                  ✓
  Hewlett Packard                                       ✓                  ✓          ✓                  -
  Hortonworks                                            -                 ✓          -                  ✓                       Only Hive in HDP is supported in CR4E D2D
  IBM                                                                                                                            DB2 for z/OS, Informix and Netezza Performance Server are not
                                                        ✓                  ✓          ✓                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 supported in UNX MSU and CR4E D2D
  MapR                                                   -                 ✓          -                  ✓                       Only Hive is supported in CR4E D2D.
  Microsoft                                                                                                                      MS Parallel Data Warehouse and Azure databases are not
                                                        ✓                  ✓          ✓                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 supported in both UNX MSU and CR4E D2D
  MongoDB                                                -                 ✓          -                  ✓
  Oracle                                                                                                                         MySQL, Oracle Database and Exadata are supported in CR4E
                                                        ✓                  ✓          ✓                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 D2D
  PostgreSQL                                            ✓                  ✓          ✓                  ✓
   (*1) In this table, a data source family is defined as supported if the majority of its databases is supported by the product. otherwise see additional notes if available.
   (*2) Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E) Direct to Data (D2D) covers both reports created via ‘Connection by Vendor’ in CR4E Designer, and reports based on BI platform relational connections. If a DB vendor
   or version is not available in CR4E Designer ‘Connection by Vendor’ list, use BI platform relational connection instead.
   (*3) Refer to the Universe (SSU & MSU) columns if your CR4E report is built on a Universe (UNX).
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Semantic Layer Data Source Support by product [2/2]
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
                                                                    Universe Type         Crystal Reports Enterprise
 Data Source Family (*1)                                                                                                                                             Notes
                                                     UNV                   SSU      MSU   Direct to Data (D2D) (*2, *3)
  PrestoDB                                               -                 ✓         -                  -
  Progress                                              ✓                  ✓         ✓                  ✓
  Salesforce.com                                         -                 ✓         ✓                  ✓                        OpenAccess are not supported in CR4E D2D
  SAP                                                                                                                            Only SAP HANA and MaxDB are supported in UNX MSU.
                                                        ✓                  ✓         ✓                  ✓
                                                                                                                                 Vora and HANA Vora are not supported in CR4E D2D
  SAP Sybase                                            ✓                  ✓         ✓                  ✓
  Snowflake                                              -                 ✓         -                  ✓
  Teradata                                              ✓                  ✓         ✓                  ✓
   (*1) In this table, a data source family is defined as supported if the majority of its databases is supported by the product. otherwise see additional notes if available.
   (*2) Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E) Direct to Data (D2D) covers both reports created via ‘Connection by Vendor’ in CR4E Designer, and reports based on BI platform relational connections. If a DB vendor
   or version is not available in CR4E Designer ‘Connection by Vendor’ list, use BI platform relational connection instead.
   (*3) Refer to the Universe (SSU & MSU) columns if your CR4E report is built on a Universe (UNX).
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Amazon Athena
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
        Provider Name /                              Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version        Supported since                     Notes
            Version                                     Type
  Athena                                         JDBC                      Athena JDBC42 Driver 2.0   4.3 SP02              Athena Engine Version Reference
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Amazon Aurora
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version             Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
  MySQL in Amazon                                                          MySQL 8.0 JDBC Driver (mysql-                         Aurora MySQL Serverless 5.7 engine updates
                                                JDBC                                                       4.3 SP02
  Aurora                                                                   connector-java-8.0.12)                                Certification with TLS 1.2+.
  PostgreSQL in Amazon                                                     PostgreSQL 12.00 JDBC Driver
                                                JDBC                                                       4.3 SP02              Aurora PostgreSQL engine update
  Aurora                                                                   (postgresql-42.2.11.jar)
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Amazon EMR
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                               Middleware version            Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC42 / ODBC
  Hive in Amazon EMR 5                          JDBC / ODBC                                             4.3 SP00               Amazon EMR 5.x release versions
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC42 / ODBC
  Hive in Amazon EMR 6                          JDBC / ODBC                                             4.3 SP02               Amazon EMR 6.x release versions
                                                                           Driver 2.06
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Amazon Redshift
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version             Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                      Type
                                                                           SAP OEM Redshift JDBC4 Driver
                                                JDBC                                                       4.3 SP00
                                                                           1.02
  Amazon Redshift                                                                                                                Redshift Release Notes
                                                                           SAP OEM Redshift ODBC Driver
                                                ODBC                                                       4.3 SP00
                                                                           1.04
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Cloudera
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                              Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version         Supported since                       Notes
           Version                                    Type
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
  Hive in CDH 6                                 JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                                                                             CDH 6 Release Notes
                                                                           SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /
  Impala in CDH 6                               JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
  Hive in CDP 7                                 JDBC                                                   4.3 SP02
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                                                                             CDP Release Notes
                                                                           SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /
  Impala in CDP 7                               JDBC                                                   4.3 SP02
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
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Denodo
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version               Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
  Denodo 7                                      JDBC                       JDBC Driver for Denodo Platform 7.0    4.3 SP00            Denodo Platform 7.0 Documentation
                                                                           JDBC /ODBC Driver for Denodo
                                                                           Platform 8.0 (denodo-vdp-jdbcdriver-
  Denodo 8                                      JDBC / OBDC                                                       4.3 SP02            Denodo Platform 8.0 Documentation
                                                                           8.0-update-20210715 / denodo-vdp-
                                                                           odbcdriver-8.0-update-20210715)
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Generic (*1)
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                 Middleware version          Supported since                               Notes
           Version                                     Type
  Generic Java Beans                            JavaBean                   N/A                           4.3 SP00                   No SQL. Only exposed as stored procedures.
  Generic JDBC                                  JDBC                       N/A                           4.3 SP00                   Java JDBC API Reference
                                                                           BusinessObjects ODATA 2
  Generic OData 2.0                             ODATA                                                    4.3 SP00                   OData Version 2.0 Reference
                                                                           connector
  Generic ODBC 3                                ODBC                       N/A                           4.3 SP00                   ODBC API Reference
  Generic OLEDB                                 OLE DB                     N/A                           4.3 SP00                   OLE DB API Reference
                                                                           BusinessObjects Text File
  Text Files                                    BO OC                                                    4.3 SP00
                                                                           connector
  Web Services (WSDL                                                       BusinessObjects Web Service
                                                BO OC                                                    4.3 SP00
  1.1)                                                                     connector
                                                                           BusinessObjects XML File
  XML Files                                     BO OC                                                    4.3 SP00
                                                                           connector
(*1) Generic: Standard connectivity or middleware tested by SAP on a reference source: MS SQL for ODBC and OLE DB or MySQL for JDBC. For customer drivers based on Generic, see the Data
Source Support Policy statement
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Google
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version             Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                                           Google BigQuery 1.82 (google-
  BigQuery                                      BO OC                                                      4.3 SP00              Google BigQuery Release Notes
                                                                           cloud-bigquery-1.82.jar)
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Greenplum
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                 Middleware version              Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                     Type
  Greenplum 5                                   JDBC / ODBC                DataDirect 7.1 – GreenPlum 7.10   4.3 SP00              Greenplum 5 Release Notes
                                                                           DataDirect 7.1 JDBC Driver for
                                                JDBC                                                         4.3 SP00
                                                                           Greenplum - 5.1.4
  Greenplum 6                                                                                                                      Greenplum 6 Release Notes
                                                                           DataDirect 7.1 Greenplum Wire
                                                ODBC                                                         4.3 SP00
                                                                           Protocol - 07.16
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Hewlett Packard
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version           Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                                           HP Vertica 8 JDBC / ODBC
  HP Vertica 8                                  JDBC / ODBC                                              4.3 SP00              HP Vertica 8 Release Notes
                                                                           Driver
                                                                           HP Vertica 9.2 JDBC / ODBC
  HP Vertica 9                                  JDBC / ODBC                                              4.3 SP00              HP Vertica 9 Release Notes
                                                                           Driver
                                                                           HP Vertica 10.0 JDBC / ODBC
  HP Vertica 10                                 JDBC / ODBC                                              4.3 SP02              HP Vertica 10 Release Notes
                                                                           Driver
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Hortonworks
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version         Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                      Type
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
  Hive in HDP 3                                 JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                                                                             Hortonworks HDP 3 Release Notes
                                                                           SAP OEM Spark JDBC42 /
  Spark in HDP 3                                JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
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IBM - DB2 for i
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version             Supported since                      Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                DB2 CAE                    DB2 Connect v10.5               4.3 SP00
  DB2 for i v7
                                                ODBC                       DB2 iSeries Access ODBC 13.00   4.3 SP00              Only on Windows.
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IBM - DB2 for LUW
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version        Supported since                      Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                DB2 Client                 DB2 Client 10.05 FP5       4.3 SP00
                                                                                                                            Release Notes for DB2 Version 10 for Linux,
  DB2 for LUW 10
                                                                                                                            UNIX, and Windows
                                                JDBC                       JDBC Driver Version 4.19   4.3 SP00
                                                DB2 Client                 DB2 Client 11.05           4.3 SP01
                                                                                                                            Release Notes for Db2 Version 11 for Linux,
  DB2 for LUW 11
                                                                                                                            Unix and Windows
                                                JDBC                       JDBC Driver Version 4.26   4.3 SP01
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IBM - DB2 for zOS
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version        Supported since                  Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                DB2 Client                 DB2 Client 11.01           4.3 SP00
  DB2 for z/OS 12                                                                                                           IBM release note
                                                JDBC                       JDBC Driver Version 4.22   4.3 SP00
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IBM - DB2 Warehouse
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                 Middleware version            Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                DB2 Client                 DB2LUWClient 11.5               4.3 SP00
  DB2 Warehouse 3                                                                                                                IBM DB2 Warehouse 3 Release Notes
                                                JDBC                       db2driver-for-JDBC-sqlj-v11.5   4.3 SP00
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IBM - Informix Dynamic Server
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                 Middleware version                Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
  Informix Dynamic                                                         IBM Informix JDBC driver / Client
                                                JDBC / ODBC                                                    4.3 SP00              IBM Informix 12 Release Notes
  Server 12                                                                SDK 3.7
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IBM - Netezza
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version        Supported since                     Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                JDBC                       Netezza JDBC Driver 11.0   4.3 SP01
  Netezza Performance
                                                                                                                            IBM Netezza 11 Release Notes
  Server
                                                                           Netezza ODBC Driver 7.2
                                                ODBC                                                  4.3 SP01
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MapR
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version         Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
  Hive in MEP 6                                 JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00              MEP 6 Hive Release Notes
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /
  Impala in MEP 6                               JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00              MEP 6 Impala Release Notes
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive ODBC Driver
  Spark in MEP 6                                JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP00              MEP 6 Spark Release Notes
                                                                           2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Hive JDBC4 / ODBC
  Hive in MEP 7                                 JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP02              MEP 7 Hive Release Notes
                                                                           Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Impala JDBC42 /
  Impala in MEP 7                               JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP02              MEP 7 Impala Release Notes
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
                                                                           SAP OEM Spark JDBC42 /
  Spark in MEP 7                                JDBC / ODBC                                            4.3 SP02              MEP 7 Spark Release Notes
                                                                           ODBC Driver 2.06
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Microsoft - Azure
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                 Middleware version             Supported since                      Notes
           Version                                     Type
                                                                           Microsoft JDBC Driver 8.4 for
                                                JDBC                       SQL Server (mssql-JDBC-          4.3 SP01
                                                                           8.4.1.jre8.jar)
  Azure SQL Database                                                                                                              What is Azure SQL Database
                                                ODBC                       SQL Server Native Client 17.05   4.3 SP01
                                                                           Microsoft JDBC Driver 6.0 for
  Azure Synapse
                                                JDBC                       SQL Server                       4.3 SP00              Azure Synapse Analytics releases
  Analytics
                                                                           (sqlJDBC_6.0.8112.200)
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Microsoft - Access and Excel
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version        Supported since   Notes
           Version                                     Type
  MS Access / Excel
                                                ODBC                       Office Access ODBC 15.00   4.3 SP00
  2013
  MS Access / Excel
                                                ODBC                       Office Access ODBC 16.00   4.3 SP00
  2016
  MS Access / Excel
                                                ODBC                       Office Access ODBC 16.00   4.3 SP00
  2019
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Microsoft - MS Parallel Data Warehouse
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                Middleware version               Supported since   Notes
           Version                                     Type
  MS Parallel Data
                                                JDBC                       SQL Server 2016 driver for JDBC   4.3 SP00
  Warehouse
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Microsoft - SQL Server
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                    Middleware version               Supported since                    Notes
           Version                                      Type
                                                                           SQL Server driver for JDBC
                                                JDBC                                                                4.3 SP00
                                                                           (sqlJDBC4.jar)
  SQL Server 2014 /                                                        SQL Server Native Client 11.0 / Data
                                                ODBC                                                                4.3 SP00           SQL Server 2014 Release Notes
  2016                                                                     direct 7.0.1 for unix only
                                                                           OLE DB Driver 18.3 for SQL Server
                                                OLEDB                                                               4.3 SP00
                                                                           (only supported for SQL Server 2014)
                                                                           MS JDBC Driver 6.4 for SQL Server
                                                JDBC                                                                4.3 SP00
                                                                           (mssql-jdbc-6.4.0.jre8.jar)
                                                                           SQL Server Native Client 17.05 / Data
  SQL Server 2017                               ODBC                                                                4.3 SP00           SQL Server 2016 Release Notes
                                                                           direct 7.0.1 for unix only
                                                OLEDB                      OLE DB Driver 18.3 for SQL Server        4.3 SP00
                                                                           JDBC Driver 8.4 for SQL Server (mssql-
                                                JDBC                                                                4.3 SP01
                                                                           JDBC-8.4.1.jre8.jar)
                                                                           SQL Server Native Client 17.05 / Data
  SQL Server 2019                               ODBC                                                                4.3 SP01           SQL Server 2019 Release Notes
                                                                           Direct 8.00 for unix only
                                                OLEDB                      OLE DB Driver 18.4 for SQL Server        4.3 SP01
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Microsoft - Text Files
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
       Provider Name /                               Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version    Supported since                      Notes
           Version                                     Type
  MS Text Files                                 ODBC                       MS Text ODBC Driver          4.3 SP00           Only on Windows.
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MongoDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                  Middleware version            Supported since                    Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         SAP OEM MongoDB JDBC Driver 1.03   4.3 SP01
  MongoDB 4                                                                                                                       MongoDB 4.0 Release Notes
                                              ODBC                         SAP OEM MongoDB ODBC Driver 2.03   4.3 SP01
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Oracle - MySQL
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version                       Supported since             Notes
          Version                                    Type
  MySQL 5                                     JDBC / ODBC                  MySQL JDBC / ODBC 5.3.4               4.3 SP00                     MySQL 5.x Release Notes
                                                                           mysql-connector-java-8.0.12 / MySQL
  MySQL 8                                     JDBC / ODBC                                                        4.3 SP00                     MySQL 8.0 Release Notes
                                                                           ODBC 8.0.12
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Oracle - Oracle Database and Exadata
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                    Middleware version            Supported since                     Notes
          Version                                    Type
  Oracle / Oracle                             JDBC / ODBC(*)                                                                        Oracle Database 12c Release Notes
                                                                           Oracle JDBC/ODBC/OCI Version 12c R2   4.3 SP00
  Exadata 12c                                 / OCI                                                                                 Exadata System Software Releases Notes
  Oracle / Oracle                             JDBC / ODBC(*)                                                                        Oracle Database 18c Release Notes
                                                                           Oracle JDBC/ODBC/OCI Version 18.3     4.3 SP00
  Exadata 18c                                 / OCI                                                                                 Exadata System Software Releases Notes
                                              JDBC                         Oracle JDBC Version 19.3              4.3 SP00
  Oracle / Oracle                                                                                                                   Oracle Database 19c Release Notes
                                              ODBC(*)                      Oracle ODBC version 19.11             4.3 SP02
  Exadata 19c                                                                                                                       Exadata System Software Releases Notes
                                              OCI                          Oracle OCI 19.0                       4.3 SP00
(*) ODBC connections are not supported for Oracle Exadata.
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Oracle E-Business Suite
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name / Version                                     Middleware Type                   Middleware version                                        Notes
                                                                                    See supported Oracle Database slide for compatibility
  Oracle EBS                                                 OCI                                                                            Support by compatibility
                                                                                    with Oracle EBS
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PostgreSQL
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version             Supported since                     Notes
          Version                                    Type
  PostgreSQL 10                               JDBC / ODBC                  PostgreSQL JDBC/ODBC 10              4.3 SP00            PostgreSQL 10 Release Notes
                                                                                                                4.3 SP00
                                              JDBC                         PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-42.2.5
  PostgreSQL 11                                                                                                                     PostgreSQL 11 Release Notes
                                                                           PostgreSQL 11.00 ODBC (psqlODBC      4.3 SP00
                                              ODBC
                                                                           11.0.0)
                                                                           PostgreSQL 12.00 JDBC Driver         4.3 SP01
                                              JDBC
                                                                           (postgresql-42.2.11.jar)
  PostgreSQL 12                                                                                                                     PostgreSQL 12 Release Notes
                                                                           PostgreSQL 12.01 ODBC Driver         4.3 SP01
                                              ODBC
                                                                           (psqlODBC_12_01_0000)
                                              JDBC                         PostgreSQL JDBC postgresql-42.2.19   4.3 SP02
  PostgreSQL 13                                                                                                                     PostgreSQL 13 Release Notes
                                                                                                                4.3 SP02
                                              ODBC                         PostgreSQL 13.00 ODBC
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PrestoDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                    Middleware version                   Supported since                   Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                                                           Presto JDBC Driver (presto-jdbc-350.jar
  PrestoDB                                    JDBC                         from io.prestosql foundation / presto-    4.3 SP02              PrestoDB Release Notes
                                                                           jdbc 0.263.jar)
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Progress OpenEdge
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version       Supported since                   Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         OpenEdge JDBC Driver 5.1     4.3 SP01
  OpenEdge 12                                                                                                                 OpenEdge 12.0 Release Notes
                                              ODBC                         OpenEdge ODBC Driver 7.1     4.3 SP01
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Salesforce.com
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version                  Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
  OpenAcces for                                                            Data direct Open Access/DataDirect 7.1
                                              ODBC                                                                  4.3 SP00
  Salesforce                                                               Salesforce
                                              JDBC                         SAP OEM SF JDBC4 Driver 2.00             4.3 SP00
  Salesforce.com
                                              ODBC                         SAP OEM SF ODBC Driver 2.02              4.3 SP01
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SAP - BI Platform CMS System Database
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version            Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
  BI Platform CMS
                                              BO OC                        BI Platform CMS DB connector   4.3 SP00
  System Database
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SAP - Data Warehouse Cloud
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version             Supported since                    Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                                                                                                                    To run with Data Warehouse Cloud,
  SAP Data Warehouse                                                                                                                make sure to use version 2.4.167
                                              JDBC / ODBC                  HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP5   4.3 SP01
  Cloud                                                                                                                             (2.4.67 for the JDBC driver) or later of
                                                                                                                                    the SAP HANA client interfaces.
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SAP - ERP
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                  Middleware version     Supported since                       Notes
          Version                                    Type
  MySAP ERP 2004                              JCO                          SAP JCO 3.0.17              4.3 SP00
  SAP ERP 6                                   JCO                          SAP JCO 3.0.17              4.3 SP00
                                                                                                       4.3 SP00            Should support: R/3 Enterprise, R/3 4.0, R/3
  SAP ERP R/3                                 JCO                          SAP JCO 3.0.17
                                                                                                                           4.6, MySAP ERP 2004.
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SAP - HANA
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version            Supported since                    Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                                                                                                                   SAP HANA Database 2.0 Release Notes
  SAP HANA                                    JDBC/ODBC                    HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP5   4.3 SP00              On Solaris and AIX Unix platforms, use
                                                                                                                                   HANA ODBC Driver 2.0 SP03
                                                                                                                                   (02.03.0123) because of a product issue.
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SAP - HANA Cloud
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version             Supported since                    Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                                                                                                                    To run with HANA Cloud, make sure to
                                                                                                                                    use SAP HANA Client version 2.4.167
  SAP HANA Cloud                              JDBC / ODBC                  HANA JDBC / ODBC Driver 2.0 SP5   4.3 SP01
                                                                                                                                    (or 2.4.67 for the JDBC driver) or later
                                                                                                                                    of the SAP HANA client interfaces.
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SAP - HANA Vora
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                  Middleware version         Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                                                           SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC / ODBC
  SAP HANA Vora                               JDBC / ODBC                                                  4.3 SP00
                                                                           Driver
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SAP - MaxDB
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                  Middleware version          Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
  SAP MaxDB                                   JDBC / ODBC                  MaxDB JDBC / ODBC 7.9.08.23   4.3 SP00
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SAP - Vora
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                  Middleware version          Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
  Vora 1                                      JDBC                         SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC Driver   4.3 SP00
  Vora 2                                      JDBC                         SAP OEM HANA Vora JDBC Driver   4.3 SP00
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SAP Sybase - Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version    Supported since                        Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         Sybase JDBC 7.07             4.3 SP00
  Adaptive Server                                                                                                          SAP ASE 15 Release Notes
  Enterprise 15                                                                                                            No stored procedures support in universes.
                                              Sybase Open
                                                                           Sybase Open Client 15.7      4.3 SP00
                                              Client
                                              JDBC                         Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar       4.3 SP00
  Adaptive Server                                                                                                          SAP ASE 16 Release Notes
  Enterprise 16                                                                                                            No stored procedures support in universes.
                                              Sybase Open
                                                                           Sybase Open Client 16        4.3 SP00
                                              Client
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SAP Sybase - IQ
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version      Supported since                     Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         Sybase JDBC jconn4.jar         4.3 SP00
  IQ 16                                                                                                                      SAP IQ 16 Release Notes
                                              ODBC                         Sybase ODBC for Sybase IQ 16   4.3 SP00
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SAP Sybase - SQL Anywhere
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version      Supported since   Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar        4.3 SP00
  SQL Anywhere 16
                                              ODBC                         SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 16   4.3 SP00
                                              JDBC                         Sybase JDBC Jconn4.jar        4.3 SP00
  SQL Anywhere 17
                                              ODBC                         SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 17   4.3 SP00
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Snowflake
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version      Supported since                     Notes
          Version                                    Type
                                              JDBC                         Snowflake JDBC version 3.13   4.3 SP00
  Snowflake                                                                                                                  Snowflake Release Notes
                                              ODBC                         Snowflake ODBC version 2.22   4.3 SP00
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Teradata Corporation
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Provider Name /                             Middleware
                                                                                   Middleware version          Supported since                        Notes
          Version                                    Type
  Teradata 15                                 JDBC / ODBC                  Teradata JDBC / ODBC Driver 15.10   4.3 SP00          Teradata 15 Release Notes
  Teradata 16                                 JDBC / ODBC                  Teradata JDBC / ODBC Driver 16.20   4.3 SP00          Teradata 16 Release Notes
                                              JDBC                         Teradata JDBC Driver 17.10          4.3 SP02
                                                                                                                                 Teradata 17 Release Notes
  Teradata 17                                                                                                                    Support for Teradata Vantage / Teradata Database
                                                                                                                                 17.10 (including 17.05) Versions.
                                              ODBC                         Teradata ODBC Driver 17.10          4.3 SP02
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Deprecated Semantic Layer data sources [1/2] (1*)
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Vendor                  Database Name / Version                             Middleware Type       Deprecated since                Replaced by                       Notes
  GreenPlum                 GreenPlum 4                                    JDBC/ODBC                    4.3 SP02               GreenPlum 5                     End of maintenance by vendor
                            Informix Dynamic Server 11                     JDBC/ODBC                    4.3 SP02               Informix Dynamic Server 12      End of maintenance by vendor
  IBM
                            Puredata (Netezza) Server 7                    JDBC/ODBC                    4.3 SP02               Netezza Performance Server 11
  Ingres                    Ingres 9 / 10                                  JDBC/ODBC                    4.3 SP02               no replacement
                            Excel / Access 2010                            ODBC                         4.3 SP02               Excel / Access 2012             End of maintenance by vendor
  Microsoft
                            SQL Server 2012                                JDBC/ODBC/OLEDB/DataDirect   4.3 SP02               SQL Server 2014                 End of maintenance by vendor
  Oracle                    Oracle / Oracle Exadata 11                     JDBC/ODBC/OCI                4.3 SP02               Oracle / Oracle Exadata 12      End of maintenance by vendor
  Progress                  OpenEdge 10 / 11                               JDBC/ODBC                    4.3 SP02               OpenEdge 12
(*1) Deprecated: Used to be supported in the past but not anymore; excepted if mentioned as renamed, or replaced by another version
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Deprecated Semantic Layer data sources [2/2] (1*)
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
      Vendor                  Database Name / Version                             Middleware Type    Deprecated since                  Replaced by              Notes
  SAS                       SAS 9                                          JDBC                     4.3 SP02                   no replacement
  SAP                       HANA 1.0                                       JDBC/ODBC/OLAP           4.3 SP02                   HANA 2.0              End of maintenance by vendor
  IBM                       DB2 for z/OS 11                                DB2 Client/JDBC          4.3 SP03                   DB2 for z/OS 12       End of maintenance by vendor
(*1) Deprecated: Used to be supported in the past but not anymore; excepted if mentioned as renamed, or replaced by another version
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Semantic Layer Data Source Support Policy
Relational Semantic Layer Data Sources
 Support by certification
 By default, Semantic Layer data sources are tested and certified internally by SAP for given database and middleware versions set as
 reference versions.
 In issue cases, SAP provides support that is conditioned on the ability to reproduce the incident on the certification reference versions.
 Support by reference or by compatibility
 Some data sources, tagged as compatible, are not tested by SAP, but are supported by reference with a compatibility statement between
 middleware and database server publicly provided by the vendor.
 In issue cases, SAP provides support if and only if the incident is also reproducible on database and middleware versions certified by SAP.
 otherwise, support will be provided by the vendor.
 Limited Support for Generic Standard connectivity
 Developers can implement custom Semantic Layer data sources based on Generic standard connectivity such as JDBC, ODBC, OLEDB or
 JavaBeans.
 In issue cases, SAP provides support that is conditioned on the ability to reproduce the incident on the reference source: MS SQL for ODBC
 and OLE DB or MySQL for JDBC.
 On the other hand, SAP does not provide support for the universe creation or the SQL generation on the top of these custom connections
 based on Generic standard connectivity.
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Crystal Reports 2020 Data Access
  Suggested way to view find needed information: select Operating system + filter on Sources for your choice of data access.
                           Crystal Reports 2020 - Data Sources
                         • Please consult the file CR 2020 Data Access
                         • Notes:
                           • Crystal Reports is offered as a 64-bit native binary. It requires 64-bit data source middleware connectivity on all operating systems.
                           • Crystal Reports uses the 64-bit ODBC registry on all versions of Windows. To administer 64-bit ODBC DSNs on 64-bit versions of Windows, run
                              the 64-bit ODBC Administrator, located here: %windir%\System32\odbcad32.exe
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Data Services, Information Steward, Lumira and Analysis for Office
Please refer to SAP Note 1740516 for information regarding the compatibility of Data Services and Information Steward.
For Add on Support on BI Platform, please refer to respective PAM.
Lumira:
Please refer to Lumira PAM.
Note: a mandatory upgrade to Lumira 2.4 is needed for Lumira support on BI 4.3.
Refer to SAP Note 2903302 for additional information.
Analysis For Office:
Please refer to Analysis for Office PAM.
Note: Analysis for Office 2.8 SP3 and greater is compatible with BI 4.3.
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Appendix
Minimum HW and OS Patch Requirements - Windows
Minimum Screen Resolution
Screen resolution of [1024] x [768] is recommended
Minimum Server Hardware Requirements
For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum (at least 8GB of free memory is required to launch Promotion Management Wizard)
For Deployment & Sizing:
Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
•For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
•If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI services.
Minimum Client Hardware Requirements
Dual Core CPU
2 GB RAM
Required Disk Space Requirements
SAP BusinessObjects BI (client installer):
           BI4.3 Patch Update : 8 GB
           BI4.3 Full Installation: 10.5 GB
SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):
           BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
           BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB
Minimum OS Patch Requirements:
It is strongly recommended that systems are used with the latest Updates and all the required components are present.
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Minimum HW Requirements - Linux
 Minimum Server Hardware Requirements
 For Evaluation Purposes:
 CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
 For single user , 16 GB RAM minimum (at least 8GB of free memory is required to launch Promotion Management Wizard)
 For Deployment & Sizing:
 Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
 •For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
 https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
 •If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI
 services.
 Note: Compiled binaries of SAP BusinessObjects BI software is supported on versions of the Linux operating system running on CPUs made by AMD or
 Intel.
 Required Disk Space Requirements
 SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):
       BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
       BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB
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Minimum OS Patch Requirements - Linux
 Minimum Patch Level for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
 Glibc, glibc-32bit
 No additional components required outside the SLES 12 RTM install.
 For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link
 Minimum Patch Level for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
 Glibc, glibc-32bit
 No additional components required outside the SLES 15 RTM install.
 For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link
 Required components for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x and based Red Hat Linux OS (eg Amazon Linux, Oracle linux etc )
 For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link
 Required components for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x and based Red Hat Linux OS (eg Amazon Linux, Oracle linux etc )
 libnsl-2.28-42.el8.i686
 libxcrypt-4.1.1-4.el8.i686
 glibc-2.5-18 (RedHat advisory RHBA-2007:0619-3)
 For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link
 Required components for Promotion Management Wizard
 Gtk2+ (example: yum install gtk2 libXtst xorg-x11-fonts-Type1)
 Default internet browser installed (for embedded help only)
 All OS versions: Higher patches beyond the specified minimum patch level may be used.
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Supported Locales - Linux
 Language                                                                  UNIX Locale
  Arabic                                                                   ar_SA.utf8
  Czech                                                                    cs_CZ.utf8
  Danish                                                                   da_DK.utf8
  Dutch                                                                    nl_NL.utf8
  English                                                                  en_US.utf8
  Finnish                                                                  fi_FI.utf8
  French                                                                   fr_FR.utf8
  German                                                                   de_DE.utf8
  Hebrew                                                                   he_IL.utf-8
  Hungarian                                                                hu_HU.utf8
  Italian                                                                  it_IT.utf8
  Japanese                                                                 ja_JP.utf8
  Kazakh                                                                   kk_KZ.utf8
  Korean                                                                   ko_KR.utf8
  Norwegian                                                                no_NO.utf8
  Polish                                                                   pl_PL.utf8
  Portuguese                                                               pt_BR.utf8
  Romanian                                                                 ro_RO.utf8
  Russian                                                                  ru_RU.utf8
  Slovakian                                                                sk_SK.utf8
  Slovenian                                                                Sl_SI.utf8
  Spanish                                                                  es_ES.utf8
  Swedish                                                                  sv_SE.utf8
  Simplified Chinese                                                       zh_CN.utf8
                                                                           zh_TW.utf8
  Traditional Chinese
                                                                           zh_HK.utf8
  Thai                                                                     th_TH.utf8
  Turkish                                                                  tr_TR.utf8
  Ukranian                                                                 uk_UA.utf8
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Minimum HW Requirements - AIX
Minimum Hardware Requirements
For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum
For Deployment & Sizing:
Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
•For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
•If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI
services.
Required Disk Space Requirements
SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):
               BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
               BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB
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Minimum OS Patch Requirements - AIX
Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.1
Required AIX 7.1 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 5
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1
Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.2
Required AIX 7.2 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 3
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1
Minimum Patch Level for AIX 7.3
Required AIX 7.3 operating system install plus:
Technology Level 0
IBM C++ Runtime Environment Components for AIX => xlC.aix61.rte:13.1.3.1
All OS versions: Higher patches beyond the specified minimum patch level may be used, but
they may not be officially tested by SAP.
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Supported Locales - AIX
 Language                                                                  UNIX Locale
 Arabic                                                                    AR_SA.UTF-8
 Czech                                                                     CS_CZ.UTF-8
 Danish                                                                    DA_DK.UTF-8
 Dutch                                                                     NL_NL.UTF-8
 English                                                                   EN_US.UTF-8
 Finnish                                                                   FI_FI.UTF-8
 French                                                                    FR_FR.UTF-8
 German                                                                    DE_DE.UTF-8
 Hebrew                                                                    he_IL.utf-8
 Hungarian                                                                 HU_HU.UTF-8
 Italian                                                                   IT_IT.UTF-8
 Japanese                                                                  JA_JP.UTF-8
 Korean                                                                    KO_KR.UTF-8
 Kazakh                                                                    KK_KZ.UTF-8
 Norwegian                                                                 NO_NO.UTF-8
 Polish                                                                    PL_PL.UTF-8
 Portuguese                                                                PT_BR.UTF-8
 Romanian                                                                  RO_RO.UTF-8
 Russian                                                                   RU_RU.UTF-8
 Slovakian                                                                 SK_SK.UTF-8
 Slovenian                                                                 SL_SI.UTF-8
 Spanish                                                                   ES_ES.UTF-8
 Swedish                                                                   SV_SE.UTF-8
 Simplified Chinese                                                        ZH_CN.UTF-8
                                                                           ZH_TW.UTF-8
  Traditional Chinese
                                                                           ZH_HK.UTF-8
  Thai                                                                     TH_TH.UTF-8
  Turkish                                                                  TR_TR.UTF-8
  Ukrainian                                                                UK_UA.UTF-8
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Minimum HW and Patch Requirements - Solaris
Minimum Server Hardware Requirements
For Evaluation Purposes:
CPU performance of at least 8000 SAPS
16 GB RAM minimum
For Deployment & Sizing:
Please refer to the BI4 Sizing Guide, or check out the SAP BI Platform sizing & Deployment wiki or your SAP representative.
•For more information on SAPS, see the SAP Sizing portal: http://service.sap.com/sizing and also the SAP benchmarked vendor hardware list:
https://www.sap.com/about/benchmark.html
•If deploying to virtualized hardware, it is strongly recommended that the memory and CPU(s) be reserved for each virtual machine that is running the BI services.
Minimum Patch Level for Solaris 11
Required Solaris 11 operating system install (Solaris 11.3 or 11.4)
Please refer to the BI Platform install guide for the list of required packages for Solaris 11
Required Disk Space Requirements
SAP BusinessObjects BI (server installer):
       BI4.3 Patch Update : 13.5 GB
       BI4.3 Full Installation : 37 GB
For a list of minimum patch requirements, refer to the following link
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Supported Locales - Solaris
  Language                                                                 UNIX Locale
  Arabic                                                                   ar_SA.UTF-8
  Czech                                                                    cs_CZ.UTF-8
  Danish                                                                   da_DK.UTF-8
  Dutch                                                                    nl_NL.UTF-8
  English                                                                  en_US.UTF-8
  Finnish                                                                  fi_FI.UTF-8
  French                                                                   fr_FR.UTF-8
  German                                                                   de_DE.UTF-8
  Hebrew                                                                   he_IL.utf-8
  Hungarian                                                                hu_HU.UTF-8
  Italian                                                                  it_IT.UTF-8
  Japanese                                                                 ja_JP.UTF-8
  Korean                                                                   ko_KR.UTF-8@dict
  Kazakh                                                                   kk_KZ.UTF-8
  Norwegian                                                                nb_NO.UTF-8
  Polish                                                                   pl_PL.UTF-8
  Portuguese                                                               pt_BR.UTF-8
  Romanian                                                                 ro_RO.UTF-8
  Russian                                                                  ru_RU.UTF-8
  Slovakian                                                                sk_SK.UTF-8
  Slovenian                                                                sl_SI.UTF-8
  Spanish                                                                  es_ES.UTF-8
  Swedish                                                                  sv_SE.UTF-8
  Simplified Chinese                                                       zh_CN.UTF-8@pinyin
                                                                           zh_CN.UTF-8@radical
  Traditional Chinese
                                                                           zh_CN.UTF-8@stroke
  Thai                                                                     zh_TW.UTF-8@pinyin
  Turkish                                                                  tr_TR.UTF-8
  Ukranian                                                                 uk_UA.UTF-8
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Glossary [1/2]
         Term                  Definition
  AWS                         Amazon Web Services.
  BI                          Business Intelligence.
  BICS                        Business Intelligence Consumer Services. BICS connectivity is a way for BI tools to connect to Business Explorer (BEx) queries on the SAP NetWeaver BW server.
  CA Directory                LDAP Server Implementation for Computer Associates.
  CR4E                        Crystal Reports for Enterprise.
  D2D                         Direct to Data: it corresponds to a data source type in CR4E (mainly Connection by Vendor).
  EhP                         Enhancement Package: an optional package that allows customers to take advantage of ongoing business innovation while keeping the core systems stable.
  EOL                         End Of Life. Another term is End Of Maintenance.
  FP                          Feature Package: Package that delivers nondisruptive innovation for generally available product versions, also bundling software corrections and legal changes.
  FPS                         Feature Package Stack. FPS is similar to an SPS, but it includes non-disruptive and non-mandatory features.
  GA                          General Availability date: point in time when a product a becomes generally available to all customers.
  IDT                         Information Design Tool: application to define and manage UNX universes.
                              Knowledge Base Article. SAP Notes and SAP Knowledge Base Articles are support documents to help users to find answers to questions arising from their daily
  KBA
                              work with SAP software products.
  LDAP                        Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
                              Lightweight Directory Services for Active Directory. It is a LDAP directory service that provides support for directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies
  LDS
                              and domain-related restrictions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
  MSU                         Multi Source Universe: UNX modeling data federated from Multiple Source.
  ODSEE                       Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
  OEM                         Original Equipment Manufacturer.
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Glossary [2/2]
         Term                  Definition
  OLAP UNV                    Universe based on an OLAP source defined with Universe Design Tool.
  OS                          Operating System.
                              SAP software that has a version number, is delivered at a particular point in time and has defined maintenance phases. The terms “release” and “product version”
  Release
                              are often used as synonyms.
  RHCK                        Red Hat Compatible Kernel for Oracle Linux.
  RHEL                        Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  RTC                         Release To Customer: date that marks the initial availability of software product for productive use during the controlled delivery phase.
  SCN                         SAP Community Network.
  SLES                        SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
  SP                          Support Package is a bundle of software corrections available as a support package for a Java support package.
                              Support Package Stack is a set of support packages and patches for the respective software product version that shall be used in the given combination. Support
  SPS                         package stacks should be seen as an entity in themselves; customers must heed the minimum requirements and dependencies between individual components and
                              apply the support packages and patches specified in the support package stack together.
  SSU                         Single Source Universe: UNX modeling data from a Single Source.
  TLS                         Transport Layer Security. It encrypts data sent over the Internet to ensure a better protection.
  UEK                         Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux.
  UDT                         Universe Design Tool: application to define and manage UNV universes.
  UI                          User Interface.
  UNV                         Relational Universe defined with Universe Design Tool (UDT). It can be converted to UNX file in Information Design Tool.
  UNX                         Relational Universe defined with Information Design Tool (IDT).
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