BEx or Business Object

Since the union of BO and SAP, BEx will stay as the suite tool for buildind BI Apps??
or Business Object will replace all BEx suite?.
Nowadays . Certification courses are incluiding BEx in the syllabus and nothind abour BO, is this course un-upgraded?
Best Regards
Joseph

Anyone interested in how the BOBJ acquisition plays out really needs to review teh roadmap document and one of the SAP or ASUG presentations. It is a complex and fluid situation.
While the roadmap appears to show many BOBJ products "replacing" existing SAP BI tools, you need to be careful. Things like WebI, Xcelsius, Voyager/Pioneer are "premium" offerings - what that means is you will need to buy them - they will not simply be delivered to you as part of your existing BW base licensing.
There is even confusion about Crystal. I was just at an event at SAP Americas HQ in Newtown Square. A consultant making a presentation to the ASUG chapter reported that they had just met with SAP execs with one of their clients and was explicitly told that Crystal would also have to be licensed, however an SAP employee siad that you would receive a restricted license for Crystal as part of your BW base license, but it would only be usable to report on BW data. If you wanted to use it to report on R3 or other data sources, you would have to purchase additional licenses. So I don't know who's right in this case.
Your BEx tools don't go away in 2010 - they are supported for several years beyond, at least 2014, or perhaps it was 2016, however they will not be enhanced beyond 7.1. BEx Query Designer remains regardless. You would still use the Query Designer, with quereis becoming the basis for BOBJ Universes.
Visual Composer also remains and will be enhanced.
It is important to understand what will be coming, and I don't think SAP has done a very good job of explaining how the BOBJ products must be purchased. They need to provide more, better, and consistent info regarding products, costs, etc. I suspect they will be flexible on some of the licensing and if you have good negotiating skills and /or are a referenceable client, you may be able to do better.
Everyone should press their SAP Reps to clarify the Roadmap document and costs.

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