Does your organization have large number of end users having any of SAP BusinessObjects BI suite of client packages in their personal systems? Wondering how to simplify IT tickets to modify, repair or remove these package(s) or patch(es)...
Do you manage multiple BI platform landscapes spanned on multiple nodes each running different BI System in a clustered environment and looking to modify or repair BI platform packages and its add-ons remotely?


Windows
"setup.exe -w response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To write response file
"setup.exe -r response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To read response file and modify / repair / un-install silently.
In case if Patch present in the system, Then to un-install patch we need to use the below commands:
"setup.exe -w response.ini -i bipclientpatch" ==> To write response file
"setup.exe -r response.ini -i bipclientpatch" ==> To read response file and un-install silently.
Unix
"./setup.sh -w response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To write response file
"./setup.sh -r response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To read response file and modify / repair / un-install silently.
or
"./modifyOrRemoveProducts.sh -w response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To write response file
"./modifyOrRemoveProducts.sh -r response.ini -i bipclient" ==> To read response file and modify / repair / un-install silently.
In case if Patch present in the system, Then to un-install patch we need to use the below commands:
"./setup.sh -w response.ini -i bipclientpatch" ==> To write response file
"./setup.sh -r response.ini -i bipclientpatch" ==> To read response file and un-install silently.
"./modifyOrRemoveProducts.sh -w response.ini -i bipclientpatch" ==> To write response file
"./modifyOrRemoveProducts.sh -r response.ini -i bipclientpatch“ ==> To read response file and un-install silently.
NOTE: Using "bipclientpatch" keyword and so on, will always un-install the latest patch installed in the system.

Initiating the process for creation of response file for modifying the BI platform Client Tools package, bipclient as product key name

Select Modify option in Application Maintenance installer screen

Select Information Design Tool and Translation Management Tool from the Select Features Installer screen

response File created as for the selections made for Modifying BI platform Client Tools package - part 1

response File created as for the selections made for Modifying BI platform Client Tools package - part 2

Perform the Modify Installation using the response file created above to Modify the BI platform Client Tools to add Information Design Tool and Translation Management Tool in silent mode.

Information Design Tool and Translation Management Tool got added to the system successfully

Creating the response file to modify BI platform package, bipserver as product key name

Selecting Workflow Assistant and Promotion Management Wizard features from Select Features Installer screen

Enter Administrator Password
### Maintenance operation to perform
maintenancemode=modify
### Remote CMS administrator name
remotecmsadminname=Administrator
### Remote CMS administrator password
remotecmsadminpassword=Password1
### Remote CMS name
remotecmsname=BIDemo
### Remote CMS port
remotecmsport=6400
### Language Packs Selected to Install
selectedlanguagepacks=ar;en;fr;de;he
### Available features
### ------------------
### root
### WebTier
### JavaWebApps1
### MobileServices
### MobileServers
### MobileAddon
### IntegratedTomcat
### Servers
### PlatformServers
### CMS
### FRS
### PlatformServers.IntegratedDB.SQLAnywhere
### PlatformServers.EventServer
### PlatformServers.WebAppContainerService
### AdaptiveProcessingServer
### AdaptiveJobServer
### Platform.Action.Framework.backend
### Subversion
### ConnectionServices
### ConnectionProcService
### DataFederatorServices
### DataFederatorQueryService
### AdvancedAnalysisServices
### MultidimensionalAnalysisServices
### BExWebApplicationsService
### CrystalReportsServers
### CrystalReportsProcServices
### CrystalReportSchedulingServices
### CrystalReport2011ProcServices
### CrystalReport2011SchedulingServices
### WebIServers
### WebIProcServer
### WebISchedulingServices
### XcelsiusServers
### IntegrationServers
### BWPublisherServer
### AdministratorTools
### Automation.Framework
### PromotionManagementWizard
### MultitenancyManager
### DeveloperTools
### BOE64bitNETSDK
### SL_SDK
### SL_SDK_java
### SL_SDKSamples
### WebI_REST_samples
### SPL_Warehouse
### DataAccess
### DataAccess.DataFederator
### DataAccess.HPVertica
### DataAccess.MySQL
### DataAccess.GenericJDBC
### DataAccess.GenericOLEDB
### DataAccess.OptionalDataDirectODBC.DataDirect7.1
### DataAccess.MaxDB
### DataAccess.SAPHANA
### DataAccess.Snowflake
### DataAccess.Denodo
### DataAccess.Salesforce
### DataAccess.Netezza
### DataAccess.Microsoft_AnalyticalServices
### DataAccess.MicrosoftExchange
### DataAccess.MicrosoftOutlook
### DataAccess.Microsoft_SQLServer
### DataAccess.Microsoft_Access
### DataAccess.Greenplum
### DataAccess.PostgreSQL
### DataAccess.Progress
### DataAccess.IBMDB2
### DataAccess.Informix
### DataAccess.Oracle
### DataAccess.Sybase
### DataAccess.Teradata
### DataAccess.SAPBW
### DataAccess.SAPBW64
### DataAccess.SAPERP
### DataAccess.XMLWebServices
### DataAccess.OData
### DataAccess.SAP
### DataAccess.PersonalFiles
### DataAccess.JavaBean
### DataAccess.OpenConnectivity
### DataAccess.BigQuery
### DataAccess.HadoopHive
### DataAccess.Amazon
### DataAccess.Spark
### DataAccess.Hortonworks
### DataAccess.Essbase
### DataAccess.Peoplesoft
### DataAccess.JDEdwards
### DataAccess.Siebel
### DataAccess.OracleEBS
### DataAccess.Universe
### DataAccess.MyCube
### DataAccess.XML
### DataAccess.ADO.NET
### DataAccess.COMData
### DataAccess.DataSet
### DataAccess.SymantecACT
### DataAccess.BDE
### DataAccess.CDO
### DataAccess.FieldDefinitions
### DataAccess.FileSystem
### DataAccess.NTEventLog
### DataAccess.WebActivityLog
### DataAccess.Btrieve
### DataAccess.dBase.DataDirect7.1
### DataAccess.UWSC
### DataAccess.CMSDBDriver
### Samples
features=JavaWebApps1,MobileServers,MobileAddon,MobileServices,IntegratedTomcat,WebTier,CMS,FRS,PlatformServers.IntegratedDB.SQLAnywhere,PlatformServers.EventServer,PlatformServers.WebAppContainerService,AdaptiveProcessingServer,AdaptiveJobServer,Platform.Action.Framework.backend,Subversion,ConnectionProcService,ConnectionServices,DataFederatorQueryService,DataFederatorServices,MultidimensionalAnalysisServices,BExWebApplicationsService,AdvancedAnalysisServices,CrystalReportsProcServices,CrystalReportSchedulingServices,CrystalReport2011ProcServices,CrystalReport2011SchedulingServices,CrystalReportsServers,WebIProcServer,WebISchedulingServices,WebIServers,XcelsiusServers,BWPublisherServer,IntegrationServers,Automation.Framework,PromotionManagementWizard,MultitenancyManager,AdministratorTools,BOE64bitNETSDK,SL_SDK_java,SL_SDKSamples,SL_SDK,WebI_REST_samples,SPL_Warehouse,DeveloperTools,DataAccess.DataFederator,DataAccess.HPVertica,DataAccess.MySQL,DataAccess.GenericJDBC,DataAccess.GenericOLEDB,DataAccess.OptionalDataDirectODBC.DataDirect7.1,DataAccess.SAPHANA,DataAccess.Salesforce,DataAccess.Netezza,DataAccess.Microsoft_AnalyticalServices,DataAccess.MicrosoftExchange,DataAccess.MicrosoftOutlook,DataAccess.Microsoft_SQLServer,DataAccess.Microsoft_Access,DataAccess.Greenplum,DataAccess.PostgreSQL,DataAccess.Progress,DataAccess.IBMDB2,DataAccess.Informix,DataAccess.Oracle,DataAccess.Sybase,DataAccess.Teradata,DataAccess.SAPBW,DataAccess.SAPBW64,DataAccess.SAPERP,DataAccess.XMLWebServices,DataAccess.OData,DataAccess.SAP,DataAccess.PersonalFiles,DataAccess.JavaBean,DataAccess.OpenConnectivity,DataAccess.HadoopHive,DataAccess.Amazon,DataAccess.Spark,DataAccess.Hortonworks,DataAccess.Essbase,DataAccess.Peoplesoft,DataAccess.JDEdwards,DataAccess.Siebel,DataAccess.OracleEBS,DataAccess.Universe,DataAccess.MyCube,DataAccess.XML,DataAccess.ADO.NET,DataAccess.COMData,DataAccess.DataSet,DataAccess.SymantecACT,DataAccess.BDE,DataAccess.CDO,DataAccess.FieldDefinitions,DataAccess.FileSystem,DataAccess.NTEventLog,DataAccess.WebActivityLog,DataAccess.Btrieve,DataAccess.dBase.DataDirect7.1,DataAccess.UWSC,Samples

Perform the Modify Installation using the response file created above to Modify the BI platform to add Workflow Assistant and Promotion Management Wizard in silent mode.

Workflow Assistant Successfully added to the system

Promotion Management Wizard Successfully added to the system.
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