New Branding in SAP BusinessOBjects BI 4.0
In an effort to bring clarity around the BI solutions from SAP and use names that reflect the capabilities of our solutions, we have made several solution and feature name changes as part of the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 release. These new names will make it easier to identify our solutions and to understand our solution offerings and capabilities. Please see the changes outlined below, and review more detailed information resources as required or contact your Account Manager if you have any questions.
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Former Name |
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SAP® BusinessObjects™ Enterprise |
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence platform |
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SAP® BusinessObjects™ Xcelsius Enterprise > Xcelsius Enterprise Interactive Viewing |
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Dashboards > SAP® BusinessObjects™ Dashboards Interactive Viewing |
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SAP® BusinessObjects™ Advanced Analysis, Web Edition SAP® BusinessObjects™ Advanced Analysis, Office Edition |
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for OLAP SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office |
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SAP® BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence |
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence |
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Crystal Reports |
SAP® Crystal Reports |
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You will see the new names used starting in January 2011.
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just sayin 😉
This would not be first time, and I expect not the last, that SAP has caused some confusion amongst customers by creating new product names.
What currently happens is this particular blog will be read by few and be forgotten, where as the old names still continue to be used everywhere on SAP site as well.
I am not sure if this change is possible .... but we are getting into more and more complexities going forward otherwise.
Regards
Raj
>> I'm hoping that the community will begin using the new names over time
If there would be more blogs like yours changing product names the community would be able to adapt and work with it fast!
I reccommend Dan Kearnans very helpful article about the BI<->BW branding:
http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Article/Whats-in-a-Name--The-Changing-Landscape-of-Business-Intelligence-at-SAP/4853
@SAP: Don't be ashamed when doing a rebranding and publish it more offensive. Everyone in IT knows that naming conventions need a change after years.
But most of the rebrandings go along with keeping a low profile on it. That causes confusion and keeps the old names alive for years.
I'm still fighting with the term BI in the service.sap.com/PAM.
It's not even possible to follow the evolution of the product 'BW' there.
Best regards
Christian
>> I'm hoping that the community will begin using the new names over time
If there would be more blogs like yours the community would be able to adapt and work with it fast!
I recommend Dan Kearnans very helpful article about the BI<->BW branding:
http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Article/Whats-in-a-Name--The-Changing-Landscape-of-Business-Intelligence-at-SAP/4853
@SAP: Don't be ashamed when doing a rebranding and publish it more offensive. Everyone in IT knows that naming conventions need a change after years.
But most of the rebrandings go along with keeping a low profile on it. That causes confusion and keeps the old names alive for years.
I'm still fighting with the term BI in the service.sap.com/PAM.
It's not even possible to follow the evolution of the product 'BW' there.
Best regards
Christian
Thank you a lot!
I was reading a FAQ document menioned in this post. It says that -
SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise needs a Crystal 2011 license code to activate it.
Does this mean that we need to enter one extra keycode for default install and one for this "Crystal for Enterprice" or this one will include default products for "BO Enterprice 4.0" and "Crystal for Enterprice".
I am only talking about the Enterprice install and not 2011, even though we need 2011 license code.
Second Question -
Earlier I was thinking that a seperate media is required but as per the document it appears that the same BO 4.o will have all the products but need a license to activate it as not products will be installed by default.
I hope this is correct statement?
Please clarify.
Regards,
SC
CRE has its own separate installer. It is not installed with the BI Platform installer. During the install of CRE you will need to enter a CR 2011 keycode.
I'm not sure what the second question is asking.
Henry
I hope this helps. I am sure Henry will be happy to follow up with you if needed so please feel free to reach out to him directly. henry.kam@sap.com
Best,
Mario
The second question becomes invalid after your reply.
I just wanted to confirm that it is done with seperate media, which it is as per Henry. I will reach out to Henry at apropriate times because media and guides are not out yet for general public about CRE and other BO 4.0 products.
Thank you.
SC