BusinessObjects Planning XI

Release 2 Technical
Requirements

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BusinessObjects Planning XI Release 2 Technical Requirements

Introduction

Introduction
This document lists supported platforms and configurations for
BusinessObjects Planning XI Release 2.
Business Objects recommends use of the latest service packs for operating
systems and supporting software. Please contact BusinessObjects Planning
Support if you have a question regarding use of a specific service pack.
This document may be intermittently updated with the latest information after
the original release of BusinessObjects Planning XI. The most current version
of this document can be found at www.businessobjects.com/support.

Languages

English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish (see note)

Note: Swedish support is limited to the software user interface, the Planning

Web Online Help, and the Distributed Workbooks Online Help.

Other locales

Business Objects has validated the English version of Web Checkout and
Distributed Workbooks for use in native Windows XP and MS Office 2003
configurations of the following languages:

Arabic
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)
Greek
Hebrew
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian/Cyrillic
Turkish

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Desktop client requirements (Planning Professional Edition)

Business Objects partners and customers have found that the English
versions of the Professional Edition and Distributed Workbooks work in most
other international environments in Europe and Latin America. Please contact
your BusinessObjects Planning representative so that we may help plan your
international roll-out.

Desktop client requirements (Planning

Professional Edition)
Supported operating systems for Planning
Professional Edition

Windows XP SP2
Windows 2000 SP4

Minimum hardware requirements for Planning

Professional Edition
The following table details the minimum hardware requirements for power
users of the Professional Edition. Note that end users can use machines
with lower RAM and CPU requirements.
Component

Requirement

CPU

Pentium 2.0 GHz

RAM

512 MB

Video

SVGA (1024 x 768)

Network bandwidth

10 Mbps

Disk space

350 MB

Note: The disk space requirements for Professional Edition users include

space required for .NET.

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Server requirements (Planning Enterprise Services)

Software requirements for Planning Professional

Edition
Excel

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2

Microsoft Excel XP SP3
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3

Other software

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

MDAC 2.6x
MSI 3.1
For Oracle installations only: Oracle client (must match the version of
your Oracle databasesee Supported databases on page 9)

Note: The required MDAC, .NET and MSI components are installed as part

of the Professional Edition client installation if those components are not

already present.

Server requirements (Planning Enterprise

Services)
BusinessObjects Planning requires the installation of an application services
component on at least one server. If the web access options are being used,
web services are also required.
For more details on supported server configurations, see the BusinessObjects
Planning Installation Guide.

Supported operating systems for Planning Enterprise

Services

Windows 2003 Server (recommended) SP1

Windows 2000 Server SP4

Both Standard and Enterprise editions are supported.

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Server requirements (Planning Enterprise Services)

BusinessObjects Planning cannot be installed on a server that is a Windows

domain controller.

Minimum hardware requirements for Planning

Enterprise Services
In many environments, both the web and application services can be installed
on a single server. The shared directories (User Directory and Planning
Deployment Directory) can also be hosted on that server or deployed on a
SAN file server with a gigabit connection to the application/web server.
Component

Requirement

CPU

Dual processors 2 GHz (four processors

recommended for large enterprise deployments)

RAM

2 GB of memory (4 GB recommended for large

enterprise deployments)

Disk subsystem

1GB for Planning code and file system storage,

available either on the shared server or on a SAN
server within the environment

Clustered web and application servers

Multiple servers can be clustered to provide greater performance on both

the web and application services tier. For each tier, it is recommended that
the clustered servers have similar specifications.
For environments that expect heavy scheduled task loads, the top priority
should be increasing the number of servers of the application server tier.
For environments that expect a large number of web users, Business Objects
recommends clustered web servers that manage load-balancing using
Microsoft Application Center. At least two clustered application servers are
also recommended to support a large web user community.

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Web access requirements

Software requirements for Planning Enterprise

Services
Planning application services and Planning web services can be installed
together on a single server or separately on multiple servers. The following
additional software is required:
Requirements for Planning application services

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2 (recommended) or Microsoft Excel XP SP3

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Oracle client (for Oracle installations only)
The Oracle client must match the version of your Oracle databasesee
supported databases.

Note: The application server requires access to an SMTP-compliant mail

server for automated email operations.

Requirements for Planning web services

Microsoft IIS 6.0 (recommended) or Microsoft IIS 5.0

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Web access requirements

Supported browsers for Planning web access

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

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Web access requirements

Minimum hardware requirements for Planning web

access
Component

Requirement

CPU

Pentium 233 MHz

RAM

128 MB

Video

SVGA (800 x 600) or greater

Network bandwidth

128 Kbps

Hard disk space

100 MB

Additional software requirements for Planning web

access
Additional software requirements for Web Checkout

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP1

Microsoft Excel XP SP3
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3

Additional software requirements for Web Interactive

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4

Business Objects recommends and ships JRE 1.4.2_05. If Java Runtime

Environment is not already present on the client machine, it will be installed
automatically when Web Interactive is launched. See the BusinessObjects
Planning Installation Guide for options.

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Database requirements

Additional software requirements for Web Reports

Additional software is required to view web reports in PDF or XLS format.
No additional software is required for HTML format.
Adobe Reader (PDF)

Web reports published in PDF format can be viewed with Adobe Reader 4.0
and higher.
Excel (XLS)

Web reports published in XLS format can be viewed with Microsoft Excel
2000 and higher.

Database requirements
Supported databases
BusinessObjects Planning requires a Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle
database. The following versions are supported:
Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2000 SP4 (version 8.00.194 or higher)

Both Standard and Enterprise Editions are supported. For SQL Server 2000,
the Enterprise Edition is required for servers with 4 GB of RAM.
Oracle

Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1)

Oracle 9i (Standard Edition Release 2 or 9i Enterprise Edition, 9.2.0.4)

The corresponding Windows Oracle client must be installed on the Planning

application server and all Professional Edition desktop client machines. For
Oracle 10g, the Instant Client is not supported; the full client must be installed.

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Other supported software

System guidelines for the Planning database server

The following table details guidelines for the database server, based on the
size of the database or whether the server is dedicated or shared.
Component

Small Database (< 5 GB of data) Large Database (> 5 GB of data)

or Dedicated Server
or Shared Server

CPU

Dual processors 2 GHz

Quad processors 2 GHz

RAM

2 GB

2-4 GB or greater

Disk utilization

20-50 GB

50-100 GB

Operating system

Microsoft 2003 Server

Microsoft 2000 Server
UNIX support for Oracle databases (with corresponding Windows
client installed on client machines)

Other supported software

Terminal Server or Citrix requirements
Terminal Server or Citrix can be used as a deployment method for the
Planning Professional Edition desktop client.
The server should be running in Application Mode under Windows Server
2000 or 2003.
The server must meet the software requirements as detailed for the
Planning Professional Edition desktop client. Excel XP or 2003 are
recommended.

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Other supported software

Supported software for dashboard creation and

viewing
Dashboard creation

Crystal Xcelsius 4.5

A Crystal Xcelsius patch is also included on the BusinessObjects Planning

product distribution. This patch must be installed to support the dashboarding
features.
Dashboard viewing

Adobe Flash Player 7

Adobe Flash Player 9

Other tools
Security integration

Microsoft Active Directory 2000 and 2003 are supported for Active Directory
integration. Microsoft domains are supported for Desktop integration.
BusinessObjects integration

BusinessObjects XI release 2 (or later)

SiteMinder integration

CA SiteMinder 6.0 SP3

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Other supported software

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