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BusinessObjects Expert is comprehensive resource center that contains information designed specifically for users or administrators at companies that run SAP BusinessObjects software. This site contains information that is expert-written, expert-validated, and covers technical and functional topics about your BusinessObjects system. This knowledgebase is updated on a continuous basis.

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How to find out if your company already has a premium license

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What to do if you are not registered for your company's license

Please contact the individual in your company who administers the license. That person will be able to provide you with the information. If you are not sure who your administrator is, please contact our customer service department.

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What it means if you can't access an article

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If you get an error message, please contact our customer service department. Replace this link with the link to contact us page on BOBJ in all instances. This is the SPA experts link Please be sure to include the URL link of the error notification you received. We will forward it to our Web team. Once the problem is resolved, we will notify you.

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The role of the administrator

The administrator is in charge of the users who will have premium level access within their company.

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If you have forgotten your password, please visit the login page. Replace this link w/the log in page for BOBJ You may retrieve your password there by entering your email address into the gray box.

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If you have a question about the article you can contact the author of the article. Their contact information is listed at the end of the article. If you need further assistance, please contact our editorial team.

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If you would like to become a BusinessObjects author, please contact our editorial team. The editor will reply and send the author guidelines. The first step is writing a short abstract describing your idea.

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Please provide details regarding the reason you need to cancel. We will then terminate your access and issue a credit or refund based on the unused portion of your subscription.

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BusinessObjects Expert is the property of Wellesley Information Services and is protected by U.S. and international copyright law and conventions. Under the terms of this license, individual named users on the license account are the only people permitted to access our knowledgebase using the login information assigned to them. They may not share their passwords. They may not distribute printed copies of articles for others, nor may they email articles to others without permission from WIS. Please note also that our articles can never be posted to a Web page, intranet, or network drive. Licensees may not use a script, spider, or other tool to automatically download articles from the database. Violation of any of these terms will result in immediate loss of access privileges and may result in legal action against the individual and the individual's company.

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