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

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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	BOXIR3
NA	Column hiding-  If there is dependency of drilling, we can add the column to report but can hide it in display.
NA	Input controls  (filters can be changed dynamically)
NA	.wid can be saved on local machine (w/o accessing CMS)using WebI Rich Client (Faster execution of report) can use personal Data Providers
NA	link personal/external Data Providers
NA	Data tracking (from previous refresh)
NA	Optional prompts
NA	Document linking  (links to other WebI,Webs or any other resource accessible using WebI report )
NA	Query HTML (Editable SQL,change Uni on which  a Query is based, save n close the query.)
NA	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.
NA	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	BO 4.0
1.       create one connection at a time in the universe	Create multi source universe with new extn .UNX.
2.       create one connection at a time in the universe	Create multi source universe with new extn .UNX.
3.       migration can be done by Import Wizard or LCM	no import wizard
4.       desktop intelligence	no desktop intelligence
5.       Graphs	More graphs options
6.       Not available	Direct connection between SAP BW BEx query to Webi by BICS connection
7.       Data Federator	Data Federator is replaced by Multi source universe
8.       Column Hiding	Show Hide column direct option in the  Webi

SAP BO 4.0 new feature:-

Previous Version	New Version
Sap web intelligence	Web intelligence
SAP voyager	Advance Analysis Web addition
SAP Xcelsius	Dashboard Design
SAP Dashboard Builder	BI Workspace (Content Linking function has been change. Its GUI is more graphical.)
SAP Info view	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	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.