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:
o BO Platform Administration
o Web Intelligence processing engine
o APS configuration & optimisation
o Scheduling & Publication framework
o 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