Data Federator Sizing & Usage

Hi,
I am looking for a Data Federator wiki & sizing guide..
we have in the process of installing Data Federator 3.0 on a windows platform.
I am not familiar with this component. Please throw some light on how is it exactly used..
What does the Data Federator do ? why is it implmented...Please help me..

Hi
I would recommend to take a look at the user guide:
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexi3SP2/en/xi3_sp2_df_userguide_en.pdf
Regards,
Stratos

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