What's new in SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 - Platform, Web Intelligence IDT

Changes to the BI Platform
• BI Administrator’s Cockpit – a dashboard view of BI environment
• Recycle Bin – recover reports from the Central Management Console
• User Notification – schedule a message to users without tying it to a report
• Upgrade Manager updates – select reports to upgrade based on date
• Changes to the installation process – split installation for less downtime
Additions to Web Intelligence
• Direct connections to SAP HANA – no need to use a universe to connect to HANA
• Parallel Queries – run queries in parallel to save time
• Null Values – allow users to select NULL from a combo box instead of have to write a complex filter
• Big Numbers – increased precision
• Geo Maps for the browser and rich client – works like Lumira, no tricks involved
• Comments – leave and view comments
• Shared Elements – save parts of a document into the launch pad to use in other documents
Additions to the Information Design Tool
• Linked Universes – connect universes that share a connection
• BEx Universes – generate universes from a BEx query

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