Microsoft KB Archive/943885

= A hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2213) is available for ProClarity Professional 6.3 =

Article ID: 943885

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3

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INTRODUCTION
A hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2212) is available for Microsoft ProClarity Professional 6.3. This hotfix rollup package fixes some issues in ProClarity Professional 6.3. Additionally, this hotfix rollup package adds some features to ProClarity Professional 6.3.



Important notes about this hotfix rollup package

 * We recommend that you back up the existing components in ProClarity Professional 6.3 before you apply this hotfix rollup package.
 * You cannot remove this hotfix rollup package unless you also remove ProClarity Professional 6.3. To remove this hotfix rollup package, you must remove the ProClarity Professional 6.3 application.

Features that this hotfix rollup package adds
This hotfix rollup package adds the following features.

Note These features are also included in build 6.3.2212.
 * In the Setup Panel user interface, you can select a screen resolution value other than 96 dots per inch (dpi).
 * A new naming convention allows for files in the Shared Items folder to have very large names.
 * You can export large data sets to Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

Issues that this hotfix rollup package fixes
This hotfix rollup package fixes the following issues:
 * When you try to open a saved briefing book page, the password credential for HTTPS connection may be unavailable.
 * After you apply the hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2210) for ProClarity Professional 6.3, the custom properties for the shared items disappear.
 * The UpdateSlicer method does not work.

This hotfix rollup package also fixes the following issues:
 * After you create a new library, long library names in the Publish Book dialog box are incorrectly truncated. In this situation, an ellipsis (...) appears at the end of the truncated names.
 * ProClarity Desktop Professional incorrectly displays &quot;Drill to Detail&quot; data if calculated members are present in the view.
 * In the Retrieve Book dialog box, long book names are incorrectly truncated. In this situation, an ellipsis (...) appears at the end of the truncated names.
 * Named sets in the background are lost when you analyze data in the decomposition tree from a perspective view or from a performance map view.
 * Current cell focus is lost when you write data to a cube. The focus moves to cell 0,0.
 * You receive an access error message when you try to use the PrintView method or the PrintBook method in a COM add-in.
 * Some dialog boxes are displayed incorrectly when the screen resolution setting is not 96 dpi.
 * The Perspective Show Only feature displays incorrect decimal placement in Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) queries.
 * If you paste lots of query text in the MDX Editor, the query text may be truncated.

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question. To apply this hotfix on a computer that is running ProClarity Professional 6.3, extract the PRO63Hotfix2212.zip file that is included in this hotfix. Then, run the PRO63Hotfix2212.exe file.

To distribute the hotfix from ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3, follow these steps:
 * 1) On a computer that is running ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3, extract the PRO63Hotfix2212.zip file that is included in this hotfix.
 * 2) Start the Analytics Server Administration Tool.
 * 3) In the console tree, expand Administration Tool, expand the node that corresponds to the server, right-click Components, and then click New Component.
 * 4) In the Component information file box, specify the PRO63Hotfix2212.xml file that is in the folder in which you extracted the PRO63Hotfix2212.zip file in step 1, and then click OK.

Note To enable users to download Desktop Professional 6.3 from Analytics Server, you must configure security options correctly. For more information, see the ProClarity Analytics Server Administrator's Guide.

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must be running ProClarity Professional 6.3. This hotfix can update ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3 or ProClarity Web Professional 6.3.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix replaces the hotfixes that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

942165 A hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2212) is available for ProClarity Professional 6.3

939752 A hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2211) is available for ProClarity Professional 6.3

938369 A hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2210) is available for ProClarity Professional 6.3

937062 A hotfix rollup package is available for ProClarity Professional 6.3

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

