SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 Review

►     BI Launch Pad(previously known as InfoView), which acts as the end-user por­tal

►     Web Intelligence, a query and reporting tool

►     Analysis, Edition forOLAP, which is the OLAP analysis tool integrated into BI Launch Pad

►     BI Workspaces, whichis used to create dashboards in BI Launch Pad and is con­sidered to be thesuccessor to XI 3.x Dashboard Builder

►     The BI 4.1 administrative tools Central Management Console (CMC), Central Configuration Manager (CCM), and Upgrade Management Tool

          From the client installer,you can access the following:

►     Web Intelligence,which is the Desktop mode of Web Intelligence

►     Widgets, which areapplications that can permanently showyour favorites reports on your desktop

►     Queiy as Web ServiceDesigner, which is the tool used to create queries based on Web Services

►     The new metadata design tool Information Design Tool, which creates universes that take advantage of New Semantic Layer capabilities

►     The historicalmetadata design tool Universe Design Tool, which creates universes similar tothe XI 3.x ones

►     The Data FederatorAdministration Tool, which is used to manage Data Federa- tor services

►     The TranslationManagement Tool, which translates any resource object in dif­ferent locales

►     The Report ConversionTool, which converts Desktop Intelligence documents into Web Intelligencedocuments; note that BI 4.1 no longer contains Desktop Intelligence