Info about Crystal & Business objects

Hi,
I am currently working as BI consultant and have executed one project in BI 7.0 version (by Bex). And now I want to update myslef with Crystal reports and BO.
I have explore in BO forum before publishing this queries, pls answer all these quereis.
1) I have training server (BI 7.0) can I down load Crystal reports and integrate with SAP to get hands on experiecne.
2) I have downloaded trail verison (Crystal reports 2008) but not able to install,pls forward any installation guide.
3) How crystal reports is different from BO.
Best Regards,
Venkat.

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    * Transport request..........: T00K913571
    * Author.....................: Clemens Li BDS
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  • Going from Crystal XI to Crystal 2008 (Business Objects Edge).

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  • Crystal Report XI R2 save as to Business Objects Enterprice XI R2

    Hi All,
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  • Crystal Reports to Business Objects

    Hi Gurus,
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    In that case you will have to move some of the more complex calculations to the universe. Therefore it's not uncommon for a very complex report to have one universe but in most case a universe will serve multiple webi reports.
    - Ad-hoc reporting.
    From reading your post I donu2019t think this is very relevant to you but I mention it anyway.
    If users want to use the universe for ad-hoc reporting, always make sure that you give proper business descriptions to the dimension and measure objects.
    Also, it's important that you don't try to stuff everything into one universe as this will confuse the business users. Try to divide the universes into the logical business areas i.e. finance, HR, Purchasing etc.
    - Training / Involve the Business
    Have you considered training a few web intelligence super users that can help converting some webi reports?
    If you involve the Business users at an early stage of the project, the reaction to the change of reporting system will be a lot more positive.
    - Make the reports more intuitive
    Instead of simply re-developing all the reports in exactly the same way as they were developed in Crystal look for ways to enhance the usability.
    Business Objects has many great features that could help with this i.e. input controls, data tracking, profiles, dynamic recipients etc).
    Also, you will find a lot of duplication i.e. multiple version of the same report with different prompts. You should possibly try to consolidate those reports.
    Best regards
    Rim Geurts
    EDIT: Like Fritz mentioned, you probably don't need to migrate all of the reports because you can simply migrate you Crytsal report to te new BO environment
    Edited by: Rim Geurts on Aug 16, 2010 3:08 PM

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