BW Reporting versus R/3 Reporting

Hey Gurus ,
i know that
r/3 is optimized for day today transactions ie; its a OLTP system, so it would not be as efficient in reporting as BW which is multi dimensional system (OLAP) ..
but why some organizations uses R/3 as well as BW simultaneously ?
also some uses R/3 only ?
is this bcoz some reports can be generated only out of R/3 ?
any ideas ..
thanks in advance
Swapnil

Hi,
In most of the cases the R/3 report are bulit before BW reports and users are using it for a long time and in most of the cases BW reports are verified against these R/3 reports only.
There is some how the feeling that R/3 reports are more reliable.
as it doesn't have the issue of wrong data loads or getting pulled in another system.
I haven't faced any situation where any R/3 report cannot be replicated in BW the only issue in replication will be extra effort compared and simuntaneously manpower spent.
In most of the cases business analyst in the client locations decides which report report in R/3 needs to be replicated in BW depending upon the user requirements and of course budget.
Hope it clears
Thanks

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