BIWarehouse

Common Challenges

BusinessObjects and Desktop Intelligence are powerful tools and represent a significant investment in a companies’ Business Intelligence strategy. However, once the software is deployed within a company you have little or no idea of how it is being used, or if it is being used at all.

You may have a number of licences laying idle that can be redistributed to new users, instead of purchasing additional licences. This is particularly important during the upgrade process.

The number of documents in a Business Objects deployment will grow rapidly once universes are made available to end users. These documents may be stored in the Repository, on file servers or on individual computers.

If the underlying database or universe is modified you must ensure that the changes do not have a detrimental impact on existing documents.

But which documents are affected and where are they stored?

The Solution

The BI Warehouse is a cost effective auditing solution for full client BusinessObjects 5i/6 and Desktop Intelligence XIR2 and 3. It is designed for easy installation and maintenance, with minimum impact on your existing environment and does not require additional dedicated servers.

The BI Warehouse will rapidly capture audit information for existing documents within your deployment, capture users activity and audit universes. The captured data can be analysed using the universes and standard reports that are provided, or you can create your own analysis reports using standard Business Objects reporting tools.

A single BI Warehouse can audit versions 5i, 6, XIR2 and XI R3, multiple repositories and multiple universe domains.