Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

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Introducing the BusinessObjects BI Platform Adapter
Prerequisites
The BOBIP Adapter also provides event triggers that allow users to be notified via email (or other alerting mechanism) 
when new content (report or Web Intelligence data) is available. Output can be attached, or for greater security, can 
include a hyperlink to the BOBIP document on the server requiring that users log on before opening the document. The 
BOBIP Adapter is event-based. It launches processes based on defined calendars and schedules and uses asynchronous 
callbacks for monitoring, enabling users to see status changes in real time and to control those processes as they 
execute. This capability reduces production processing time windows, because the BOBIP Adapter does not need to 
wait for a polling interval to pass before reacting to the completion of a BOBIP task.
Prerequisites
For the BusinessObjects BI Platform, you need to configure your firewall to grant the BOBIP Adapter access to ports 6400 
to 6405, 8080, 1948, and 4205. If you override any of these default ports, verify the ports required to communicate with 
BO BI Platform are open.