Akshay.

 

Am I correct?

 

Akshay.

 

Also refresh means which way? For eg, I have an asp linked to an rpt file which I call in my ASP, ASP.net application. When some data is modified in the table wont it reflect in the application when I open the page again or some kind of refresh happens i.e. some to and fro movement from server to client of the data?

 

Pls inform.

 

Akshay.

 

By Refresh, I mean that the report doesn't automatically update when the data changes, only when the page is reloaded or the report is refreshed (there's a "Refresh" button in the viewer or you can refresh the data in code).

 

Web Intelligence (WebI) is another report creation tool that is available only within the BusinessObjects Enterprise software.  It's much easier for average users to use for ad-hoc type reporting.  The main reason that it's easier is that the users don't link directly to the database tables.  Instead, they build reports based on a "Universe" which is a meta-data layer, usually set up by someone in IT, that contains the tables, all of the links between the tables, pre-defined calculations (measures), and the fields (dimensions) from the tables with descriptive text names instead of the field names.  There's a lot of work that goes into building a uninverse, but in our situation it's been worth it to give our users access to the data in a controlled, fairly easy-to-use manner.

 

-Dell

Here in the States, I believe the premium license lists for $1500 per named user.  There's also a per-processor license available, but I'm not sure of the price.  Your best bet would be to contact your local BO sales rep to get pricing as they may be able to work out a better deal for you depending on the number of users you have.

 

-Dell