Differences between Discoverer and BO

Hi there, Thanks for all your helping and sharing ideas and thoughts.
Can anyone knows basic differences between ORacle discvoerer and BO, Crystal Reports, Hyperion, Microsoft SSRS,why we use and which one is best (advantages and features etc) that would be greatly appreciated.
That way they will compare and to provide end user documentation.
Thanks in advance
pat

Hi,
there is no such document. I can assure you of that.
Btw - as of BI4.0 - BusinessObjects charting is significantly improved, and much more powerful than Excel.
VCOM charting engine is now common accross the entire suite (all tools leverage it) , and you might recognise it from Explorer
if you check out page 169 onwards from this guide: http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4_ia_en.pdf it lists:
Bar charts
Box plot charts
Column charts
Surface charts
Tree map charts
Pie charts
Heat map charts
Point charts
Radar charts
Tag cloud charts
Regards,
Henry

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