Business Objects Migration Strategy

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Business Objects Migration Strategy

• Paul Carletta
• Data Accomplished

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Current Releases

• Business Objects XI
• Business Objects XI Release 2 (Q4)

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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

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Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2BO 5.x and
6.x Users

• 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

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Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2CE 10 Users

• 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

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Advantages of Migrating To BO XI R2Crystal RAS
Users

• 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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BO XI PAR

• Windows Operating Systems
• 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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BO XI PAR

• Additional Operating Systems
• Linux Red Hat Enterprise 3
• Solaris 8
• Solaris 9
• AIX 5.1
• AIX 5.2
• HP-UX 11i v1

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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.

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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.

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Questions?