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creating universe for webi

Former Member
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HI

It is possible to generate CRYSTAL report directly from SAP BW,but it is not possible for WEBI,why is it so?

what is the advantage of using webi reports?

Thanks

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Henry_Banks
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Yes, you have direct-drivers packaged into CR - it doesn't use the OLAP universe (BusinessObjects 'semantic layer)

Whilst Crystal is good for broadcasting static 'pixel-perfect' reports, WebI is good for ad-hoc and interactive analysis.

Webi also has the advantage of being able to merge dataproviders using the 'microcube' concept.

Regards,

H

amitrathi239
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Hi,

in BO 3.1 you can not create webi report direct on SAP BW.You have to create first universe as this is the product limitation.But in BI 4.0 you can create directly webi report on the SAP BW query.

For advantages you can search on Google webi vs crystal and can found so many of results.

Thanks,

Amit