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On Monday, February 28, 2011 you’ll see a very different SAP BusinessObjects Community. Change to community always takes some time to get used to and it's not something we take lightly. With the upcoming launch of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and the pervasive use of the term "Business Analytics", we decided to take this opportunity to align with how SAP presents BI, EIM, EPM, and GRC (among other) solutions. You'll be hearing a lot about SAP business analytics, if you have not already (for example, the recently launched EcoHub Business Analytic MarketPlace).

  

What to Expect

 

The most obvious change will be the rebranding of the community as the Business Analytics Community (BAC). This means that the top-level tab will change from "Business Analytics" and all references to the community will be updated. In addition to the rebranding, you’ll see the following navigational changes:

 

  • Addition of Crystal Reports for .NET, Crystal Reports for Eclipse, BusinessObjects BI Platform, and SAP BusinessObjects BI for SAP topic area pages.
  • Addition of SDK Library and Code Samples links to the top, second-level navigation
  • Addition of a Business Intelligence topic area page
  • Minor changes to product area names to reflect whether they are “SAP Crystal” or “SAP BusinessObjects”
  • Addition of Enterprise Information Management topic area
  • Removal of the ‘Solutions’ and ‘BI Best Practices’ items from the left navigation, to simplify access (these links will still be available on the Business Intelligence page).

  

So what will this look like, exactly? Here’s a snapshot of the fully expanded left navigation, although all menus will be collapsed initially:

 

Getting Started

Solution Architecture

SAP Crystal Solutions Support

Business Intelligence

    Crystal Reports Design*

    Crystal Reports .NET*

    Crystal Reports for Eclipse*

    Crystal Interactive Analysis

    Dashboard Design (Xcelsius)

    BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

    BusinessObjects Analysis

    BusinessObjects Explorer

    BusinessObjects BI Platform*

    BusinessObjects BI for SAP*

    BusinessObjects BI OnDemand

    SAP StreamWork

Enterprise Information Management

    Enterprise Data Warehousing

      Modeling

      Operations

      Content - BI Content

      In-memory Analytics - BW Accelerator

      Integrated Planning

    Master Data Management

      Embedded MDM

      Enterprise MDM

    Data Integration and Quality Management

      Data Services

      Information Steward

      Postalsoft

    Information Lifecycle Management

    Enterprise Content Management

 * These areas will be shared with SDN, where they currently reside.

 

What NOT to Expect

 

There will be no changes to the following on February 28, 2011:

 

We hope you find that this one-stop access to BI, EIM, EPM, and GRC (among other) information is a better community experience.

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