Transcript What’s New at Business Objects

Business Objects
Migration Strategy
Paul Carletta
Data Accomplished
Current Releases
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Business Objects XI
Business Objects XI Release 2 (Q4)
Currently Supported Releases
Business Objects Enterprise
 BO 5.x (ending this year)
 BO 6.5 SP 2
Crystal Enterprise
 CE 9 (ending in April 2006)
 CE 10
Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2
BO 5.x and 6.x Users
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More query and reporting power
Support for Business Objects full client
Threaded discussions and custom scheduling
Improved scalability, performance, and reliability
Enhanced Microsoft Office integration
Support for existing reports, universes, and profiles
Consolidate the number of BI tools and technology
you use
Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2
CE 10 Users
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True web-based ad hoc query and analysis
World-class dashboards and scorecards
Data cleansing and integration
Threaded discussions and custom scheduling
Enhanced Microsoft Office integration
Support for existing reports, metadata, and profiles
Consolidate the number of BI tools and technology
you use
Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2
Crystal RAS Users
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Improved viewing performance
Security on reports and folders
Easily manage system users
Viewing large reports easier is with scheduling
Manage objects and system properties in your
repository
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Windows Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
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Additional Operating Systems
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Linux Red Hat Enterprise 3
Solaris 8
Solaris 9
AIX 5.1
AIX 5.2
HP-UX 11i v1
Import Wizard
The migration process uses a number of
utilities to aid in the migration from your
current deployment: the import wizard,
database migration utility, data source
migration utility, and inline upgrade
capabilities.
Import Wizard
This utility allows administrators to move content from a source
system to a destination system. In the case of Business Objects
XI, the supported source systems include Seagate Info 7.5;
Crystal Enterprise 8, 8.5, 9, 10, and Business Objects
Enterprise 6.x.
Administrators can select users, groups, folders, categories,
Crystal reports, Business Objects Web Intelligence documents,
universes, and connections. Universes and connections are
automatically brought over to Business Objects XI depending
on their associated documents.
Questions?