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Feb 11, 2011 at 06:50 PM

Business Objects XI 4.0 Semantic Layer Questions

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Can someone tell me if the new Business Objects XI 4.0 Semantic Layer is an alternative to the use of Universes?

I.E. There will be no need for Crystal Reports 2011 Enterprise, and Xcelcius to use Universes at all to access SAP ERP data as well as SAP BI/BW data?

Is the new direction of SAP not to use Universes to access ERP and BI/BW data at all?

We are a new SAP NETWEAVER ERP installation with BI/BW and are debating on using

1)Business Objects 3.2 with Universes

2)Crystal Reports with custom SQL, Rapidmarts and Data Integrator

3)Business Objects XI 4.0 with this new Semantic Layer and BI Consumer Services.

Any suggestions, pros and cons would be greatly appreaciated.

We are looking to align ourselves with future SAP Business Objects architectures.

Thanks in Advance,

Randy

Edited by: Randy on Feb 11, 2011 7:58 PM