Summary

Business Intelligence systems are both centralized pillars of corporate information and a multitude of access methods to that information. In some cases, a browser displaying a report is sufficient. Other times, the users need to alter or create their own reports, but remain within a browser-based environment. And yet other times, that information needs to be taken on the road and shown at a conference, mailed to a partner, or analyzed in a powerful spreadsheet environment. With the combination of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI as a centralized source and Crystal Reports Explorer and BusinessObjects Live Office as interfaces to this common repository, a corporation can find countless ways to expand the scope of the usefulness of corporate information.