Wendy Ogletree MAIS Shared Services Knowledge Support BusinessObjects XI R2 Upgrade Update, Key Dates, and Reminders Financial Unit Liaison Meeting, Wednesday, April 18, 2007
2Presentation short title goes here BusinessObjects XI R2 Implementation Monday, April 30: Implementation Date Access via Wolverine Access (University Business > Reporting > U-M Data Warehouse (BusinessObjects) Log in via Weblogin page with uniqname, UMICH (Kerberos) password, and MToken tokencode. BusinessObjects v.5.1 remains available through summer.
3Presentation short title goes here Key Dates April 9 – mid-May: Access Freeze New users will be given access to XI R2 only beginning in mid- May. No new user access for v April 23: new M1-DW form available Now: Users Submit Reports to MAIS for Conversion Users should review their reports and confer with others in their unit to determine which reports to submit. Report conversion information and instructions are available on: April 27: MAIS notifies each user about which license they have: Info View or WebI September 17: BusinessObjects v.5.1 is retired.
4Presentation short title goes here Training and Support Resources Interchanges: 8 sessions from April 24 – May 17 ( MAIS LINC eLearning (not required) DDE001: InfoView–Running Predefined Reports DDE002: WebI–Modifying Predefined Reports MAIS LINC Documents XI R2 InfoView & WebI resources (search on “XI R2 resources”) v.5.1 documents will remain in MAIS LINC through September Instructor-Led Course DD001: BusinessObjects WebI Ad Hoc Reports (prereqs: DDE001 and DDE002)
5Presentation short title goes here Training and Support Resources Cont. MAIS Web, BusinessObjects Upgrade section ( Includes information about XI R2 features, workstation requirements, report conversion, interchanges, copies of userhttp:// s, etc. MAIS Help Desk ( or
6Presentation short title goes here Unit Liaison Reminders Identify unit resource for InfoView users who may need help with Excel after users export report data to Excel (sorting, formatting, etc.) Review Unit Readiness Checklist to ensure unit and users are prepared Communicate with relevant audiences in your unit (e.g., via , during staff meetings, etc.) Attend an Interchange