Easier, faster, cheaper and safer migrations
to BusinessObjects XI R2

Everyone knows that migrations from BusinessObjects 5 or 6 to XI R2 is a difficult one. While about 40-50% of customers have already migrated, there are plenty of examples that show careful planning is important to keep costs and schedules in check.

One area that is not easily addressed is SECURITY. In this era of Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel and increasing concerns about confidentiality and privacy, it is key to make sure that your data is well protected and is not put at risk because of a migration project like XI R2. If users have less rights than before, they will call and you will know. But what if they have more than they did before? Will they call then?

360view reduces your risks and puts you in COMPLETE CONTROL of the security aspects of your migration. See below why BusinessObjects itself recommends 360view.

Benefit #1: Easier

360 view includes a collection of Universes and Reports exposing every aspect of the security map clearly, making it easier to take action with solid knowledge. The reports can be deployed so the results are visible even to end-user leads themselves. They can consult the reports and work with IT to rethink their security maps. The administration of your current BO environment is also much easier, creating the opportunity for consolidation and cleaning up before the migration occurs. Even if a migration is not planned until 2008, the benefits of easier administration are clear.

Benefit #2: Faster

To migrate, you MUST map the currently deployed security. The steps involved, without 360view, look like this: in the supervisor module, you must document all security commands, universe access/restrictions, documents access/restrictions and all domain access/restrictions -- FOR ALL USERS! If there are any inconsistencies between groups, you have to figure out the EFFECTIVE security. Then, because the security is different in XI R2, this user-centric map must be inversed to an object-centric view.

This amounts to about 50 clicks per user, not mentioning where this needs to be written/documented. For one of our clients where they had 6500 users, this amounted to 27,000 user-group combinations and more than 10,000,000 rights to manipulate. This does not even fit in MS Excel!

Benefit #3: Cheaper

Faster means cheaper. How long would it take (and how many errors would one generate) to document 10M rights? Furthermore, by having a complete map, a cleanup can be made to reduce 10M rights by, on average, 70-80%. One can not achieve this level of optimization without making sure everything in the current map is considered. This has positive impacts on tests, manual labor and risks in your migration project.

Benefit #4: Safer

Security matrices generated by 360view are 100% accurate. Much less support is required post-migration by reducing errors. No risk that some users will have more rights than they had before (unless planned). It may even be possible to compare with a Security Viewer CSV export for verification/audit.

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360view™ is a powerful tool for a more agile BusinessObjects migration to XI R2. Contact us today for a live demonstration or sign up for an upcoming webinar.

360view Release 2 Data Sheet