Differences between SAP Business Objects reporting tool for XIR2-R3-4.0 versions.

This document lists the differences between SAP Business Objects reporting tool for XIR1-R3-4.0 versions. Differences between BOXI R2 and R3 Differences from Reporting perspective:BO XI R2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

BOXIR3 Column hiding- If there is dependency of drilling, we can add the column to report but can hide it in display. Input controls (filters can be changed dynamically) .wid can be saved on local machine (w/o accessing CMS)using WebI Rich Client (Faster execution of report) can use personal Data Providers link personal/external Data Providers Data tracking (from previous refresh) Optional prompts Document linking (links to other WebI,Webs or any other resource accessible using WebI report ) Query HTML (Editable SQL,change Uni on which a Query is based, save n close the query.) Desk-I Send to Users In XIR 2, users could send Desk-I to other users only via the Info View portal. Now Desk-I users can send Desk-I documents (.rep files) to other BO users using the Desk-I Application, for review prior to publishing the report to a larger audience. The documents need not be present on the CMS.

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Publishing enhancements When publishing Desk-I documents, users can now publish multiple documents to multiple recipients, and in multiple output formats. What is the difference b/w BOXI R3 and BOXIR4? Differences in B0O3.1 and BO4.0

B0 XI 3.1 1. create one connection at a time in the universe 1. .UNX. 2. .UNX.

BO 4.0 Create multi source universe with new extn Create multi source universe with new extn

2. create one connection at a time in the universe 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

migration can be done by Import Wizard or LCM 3. desktop intelligence Graphs Not available 7. Data Federator Column Hiding SAP BO 4.0 new feature:New Version Web intelligence Advance Analysis Web addition Dashboard Design 8. 4. 5. 6.

no import wizard no desktop intelligence More graphs options Direct connection between SAP BW BEx query to Webi by BICS connection Data Federator is replaced by Multi source universe Show Hide column direct option in the Webi

Previous Version Sap web intelligence SAP voyager SAP Xcelsius SAP Dashboard Builder SAP Info view Crystal Reports

BI Workspace (Content Linking function has been change. Its GUI is more graphical.) BI Launch Pad (can open multiple reports at the same time like tabs and facet searching) Information Design Tool-- multiple databases on one connection and Universe extension changes: - .UNV to .UNX. Upgrade Management Tool (for up-gradation of 3.1 data into 4.0) Monitoring:-To monitor all server performance and KPI based view Crystal Reports:- included in package and GUI has been changed.

Connectivity in BO4.0 with BW :BO 4.0 using BICS connectivity which connects to SAP other products Like BW 4 times faster than any other BI tool.