Converting BEx reports to Webi reports

Hello experts,
On my project client want to convert bunch of BEx reports into Webi reports what is the best way?
I heard about super query that means do we need to create a consolidated query for bunch of reports in BEx then convert into universe? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks in advance
Thanks,
Ram

Hi Ram,
I would not recommend the so called super query route. Rather use or create bex queries for a specific reporting requirement. It may be so that a single bex query and universe could fulfill a few reporting needs. Try to keep the number of key figures low. I stand corrected but having many key figures amounts to plenty of processing due to the unit of measures having to be processed.
We had a similar project and in the end we created almost a bex query per 2 - 3 reports and it worked well.
Hope this helps
Jacques

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