Pros and Cons between BEx client and Web access

Dear all,
I am quite new to BI 7.0 and have some question about frontend tools.
I am looking for a comparison material describing pros and cons of BEx client application and Web access in BI 7.0.
There are many tools in BEx suite and I am a bit confused about what fuctionality each tool has or what to consider to choose the right tool.
Thanks a lot in advance and appreciate any input.
Regards,
Kazuya

Hello,
Shortly speaking there are 4 tools and you need at least 2 of them:
1. Query Designer: you need it always as this is a tool for defining queries
2. Web Application Designer: you need it if you want create web reports
3. Report Designer: only if you want create formatted reports in web
4. BEx Analyzer: if you want to run queries in Excel (Analyzer is an add-in)
Help on BEx:
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm]
-> BI Suite: Business Explorer
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