SAP BO Reporting and analysis applications
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence offers a number of different tools for reporting and analysis. Those are:
Crystal Reports - for advanced, pixel-perfect static reporting, provides a wide variety of scheduling and delivery options and integrates easily with .NET and Java applications.
Web Intelligence - powerful analysis tool which offers interactive reporting and analysis for information consumers. With Web Intelligence users can query the organization's databases using everyday
business vocabulary without having to understand the technical way the information is stored.
Web Intelligence is accessed through the BusinessObjects portal InfoView via an internet browser which allows users to share documents with other users.
Web Intelligence can also be used offline as Web Intelligence Rich Client, a standalone Microsoft
Windows application that lets continue to work with Web Intelligence documents offline (no InfoView connection available) and Web Intelligence is deployed without installing BusinessObjects Enterprise servers or an application server.
Desktop Intelligence - analysis and reporting tool which enables offline reporting and works in a client-server architecture. It has been replaced by Webintelligence and Webintelligence Rich Client
Voyager - OLAP analysis tool. Voyager is an application designed for business analysts which analyze data stored in OLAP data sources. It provides many sophisticated data analysis methods along with advanced charting features such as bubble, radar and scattered charts.
Crystal Xcelsius - interactive graphical visualization reporting tool which uses Flash technology to create rich dashboards, interactive reports and what-if analysis. It is a presentation tool that bases its source data on excel spreadsheets and visualizes the data as interactive presentations with interactive charts and what-if scenarios.