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 engineAPS configuration & optimisationScheduling & Publication frameworkWindows-based BO deploymentsProven 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 environmentUniverses in UNV format (experience with UNV technical debt)Multi-version universe maintenanceSoft Skills
Highly autonomous and structuredStrong analytical and problem-solving mindsetAbility to explain complex concepts clearlyComfortable leading a diagnostic mission with limited initial informationExcellent communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholdersLanguage : English mandatoryNice to Have
Experience with Power BI integration in SAP BO environmentsExperience planning or executing UNV → UNX migrationsAbility to audit SQL performance behind Web Intelligence queriesKnowledge of cloud or hybrid BO architecturesExperience with BI 2025 preparation strategies