I installed the MS BI Portal and can access the main startup screen. If I
try to do a New > Folder, though, I don't get a prompt for a folder name;
instead part of the "BI Portal" header gets shows on the screen where I'd
expect to enter a file name. Without folders, I guess you can't do
anything, right? I'm assuming that I have some permissions set incorrectly,
but which ones? Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks.

Jon Pearce

"Jon Pearce" <jon (AT) remove_this (DOT) pearcefamily.org> wrote in
news:uKKCUuMqDHA.3844 (AT) tk2msftngp13 (DOT) phx.gbl:

I had similar problems, until realising that we had SQLXML 3.0 SP2
installed; BIP really seems to want SQLXML 3.0 SP1.

My own personal gripe is that he installer assumes that you're
installing on a case-insensitive server, and the SQL is coded such
that it will break if installed on a case-sensitive server. The time
I spent unpacking the msi, making the SQL case-sensitive consistent,
and packaging up a new msi surely exceeded the time spent in being
case-consistent with names in the first place... :-)

Cheers,
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Yup, that did it. I uninstalled SP2; then reinstalled using SP1. Also had
to use SOAP 3.0; otherwise you get permission errors that send you on a wild
goose chase trying to track down security issues.

What a great tool when it's working, though.

Jon


"Koan G" <koangee (AT) deadspam (DOT) com> wrote