BEx Roadmap

Hi,
Ive been looking for a Roadmap for BEx but cant seem to find one. Is there an offical SAP document anywhere on the future of the Business Explorer (BEx tools) toolset? I think Query Designer has some sort of future and I now the other Bex Tools arent being developed only supported - to 2016? But I'd like to see a formal document on the issue. Thanks.

Hi Joel,
In the overview tab of this topic you will find the related info:
SAP Business Explorer (SAP BEx)
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Yasemin...

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Hi,
WEBI don't replace BEX reports, is for different audience, in fact BEX is for OLAP reports and analysis.
You can find some answer in this page
[FAQ: The Future of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence in the Light of the NetWeaver BI & Business Objects Roadmap|FAQ - The Future of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence in the Light of the NetWeaver BI&Business Objects Roadmap [original link is broken]|FAQ]
spercific for What is the future of the BEx Query Designer? you can read here
[FAQ - The Future of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence in the Light of the NetWeaver BI&Business Objects Roadmap [original link is broken]#section11] and here [FAQ - The Future of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence in the Light of the NetWeaver BI&Business Objects Roadmap [original link is broken]#section3]
The idea is to use the rigth tool for the rigth job.
You can find more information here [http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/edw], [http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/index.epx], [http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/newsevents/index.epx], [http://www.sap.com/community/flash/BusinessIntelligenceAGuideforMidsizeCompanies.pdf]
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http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1304413,00.html?track=NL+137&ad=627381&asrc=EM&NLN=&3232701=&uid=837250
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