We are looking for a Senior SAP BusinessObjects Expert with deep platform knowledge to diagnose and resolve critical refresh and publication failures in a BO 4.3 environment.
This mission is ideal for a consultant who wants to engage in high‑level, high‑impact, short-term interventions, followed by occasional expert support throughout the year.
You will join a client struggling with intermittent WebI refresh errors and unstable overnight publications, currently on BO 4.3 SP4 Patch 7, with an upcoming upgrade to SP5.
Your role: quickly understand, stabilise, optimise, and guide their next steps.
Location : Luxembourg (On-site & Remote Hybrid).
Contract : Short-term expert mission (3-5 days) + on-call specialised consulting.
Start date : ASAP
Responsibilities
Phase 1 - diagnostic & root cause analysis:
Analyse Web Intelligence refresh failures and "generic/system error" messages.
Investigate instability in scheduled and overnight publications.
Review logs, traces, APS/WebI server configuration, JVM sizing, timeouts, and resource allocation.
Reproduce issues, isolate causes, and validate hypotheses.
Phase 2 - stabilisation of the BO platform:
Optimise WebI processing servers and APS distribution.
Implement corrective configuration changes to improve stability and refresh reliability.
Support scheduling, publication workflows, and fail‑safe retries.
Document all fixes and changes applied.
Phase 3 - advisory & strategic recommendations:
Provide a clear path to migrate safely from SP4 to SP5.
Advise on future architecture, clustering, performance tuning, and robustness improvements.
Evaluate the UNV-based semantic layer (4 universes, multiple versions each).
Recommend a mid-term strategy for UNV ⇒ UNX migration (not required immediately).
(Optional) Advise on BO & Power BI coexistence / integration patterns.
Support & collaboration:
Work closely with a small internal team (2 full-time report developers).
Transfer knowledge and provide actionable guidance for long-term autonomy.
Be available for occasional call‑on consulting during the year.
Technical must-haves
10+ years SAP BusinessObjects experience, with deep understanding of:
BO Platform Administration
Web Intelligence processing engine
APS configuration & optimisation
Scheduling & Publication framework
Windows-based BO deployments
Proven ability to troubleshoot WebI refresh failures and inconsistent publication executions.
Experience fixing SP4 instabilities and preparing/validating upgrades to SP5.
Strong diagnostic abilities: logs, end-to-end traces, error patterns, JVM behaviour.
Environment experience:
BO 4.3 (SP4/SP5 experience strongly preferred)
Windows Server environment
Universes in UNV format (experience with UNV technical debt)
Multi-version universe maintenance
Soft skills:
Highly autonomous and structured
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
Ability to explain complex concepts clearly
Comfortable leading a diagnostic mission with limited initial information
Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Language: English mandatory
Nice to have:
Experience with Power BI integration in SAP BO environments
Experience planning or executing UNV ⇒ UNX migrations
Ability to audit SQL performance behind Web Intelligence queries
Knowledge of cloud or hybrid BO architectures
Experience with BI 2025 preparation strategies