WebI direct connectivity to BEx query (or) via OLAP Universe in BOBJ 4.0

Hi Experts,
In SAP BOBJ 4.0,
could you contrast the differnces between creating Interactive Analysis (WebI) reports on BEx direct connectivity
vs
Interactive Analysis reports on OLAP based UNX universe.
Thanks,
AK

Hi Anil,
did you get required information? We now must approve the same issue and would appreciate any input.
The only document we found is related to BO Clients:
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-22479
Regards
Stan

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[1369523 - Crystal Reports and SAP BW -- 'Database Connector Error: BAPI Error #:0' |http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333333363339333533323333%7D.do]
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[OLAP Universes - how to samples and recommendations |https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/display/globalregions/OLAPUniverses-howtosamplesand+recommendations]
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