Business Intelligence Platform Configuration

Business Intelligence 4.2

Business Intelligence (BI) 4.2 is an upgrade from Legacy Business Intelligence and Business Intelligence 4.1. Compared to Legacy Business Intelligence, the new BI platform provides an updated user interface, new features, and architectural changes.

If clients migrated to BI 4.2 from Legacy Business Intelligence, these significant improvements were introduced in BI 4.1 and are also available in BI 4.2. For more information about these improvements, see the PeopleFluent RMS Business Intelligence 4.1 Release Notes and the PeopleFluent RMS Business Intelligence 4.2 Release Notes.

Browser and Java Requirements

Depending on the client's operating system, the following table summarizes the browser and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) requirements that are defined by SAP for the new BI platform.

Table: Browser and Java Requirements

Operating System	Browser	Java
Windows 7 SP1	Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Desktop Version)	Oracle JRE 7,8
	Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Releases (ESR) 45.x Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.x (SP05+) Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.x (SP07+)
	Google Chrome 76.0.x and earlier
Windows 8.1	Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Desktop Version)	Oracle JRE 7,8
	Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.x (SP05+) Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.x (SP07+)
	Google Chrome 76.0.x and earlier
Windows 10	Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Desktop Version)	Oracle JRE 7,8
	Microsoft EdgeHTML 14.x (SP04+) Microsoft EdgeHTML 15.x (SP05+) Microsoft EdgeHTML 16.x (SP06+) Microsoft EdgeHTML 17.x (SP07+)
	Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x
	Google Chrome 76.0.x and earlier
Mac OS X 10.9	Safari 7	Oracle JRE 7,8
Mac OS X 10.10	Safari 8	Oracle JRE 7,8
Mac OS X 10.11	Safari 9 (SP03+)	Oracle JRE 7,8
Mac OS Sierra	Safari 10 (SP04+) Safari 11 (SP06+) Safari 12 (SP07+)	Oracle JRE 7,8

The following further applies:

On Windows, only 32-bit browsers are supported.
Internet Explorer 11 with Compatibility View is supported.
As of January 2016, Microsoft announced that only the most current versions of Internet Explorer are technically supported and are expected to receive security updates for any supported operating system. As a result, the desktop version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 is currently the only version of Internet Explorer that is supported on Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, and 10.
Google Chrome version 45 and later cannot launch the Web Intelligence Java Applet.

Additional Information

About System Requirements

Web Browser Support Policy

Mobile Device Requirements

Web Browser Configuration

Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes Integration

SSL and Root Certificates

Firewall and Proxy Server Configuration