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The BusinessObjects Unified Web Services SDK allows you to accomplish most of what you can with the .NET SDK. What it doesn’t do is allow you to create and modify reports as you can with the RAS. As you would expect, both object models are structurally similar, but they are certainly not syntactical mirror images of one another. Still, knowledge of one certainly expedites the learning path for the other. This SDK is a new developer feature that was only released with BusinessObjects XI Release 2. The intention is to allow developers to implement a service-oriented architecture for their BO XI deployments that will allow applications throughout the enterprise to consume reporting services. In this chapter, we’ll look at how to connect to the InfoStore; the new “path” format of the query language; how to extract, view, and add reports; and how to manage servers and security.

BusinessObjects XI is a multifaceted product that has become entrenched in the marketplace over the years. During this time, a plethora of third-party tools that enhance BO XI’s functionality have evolved in a thriving third-party market. In this chapter, we’ll examine some of these products. This is not intended to be a series of product reviews; I will not compare one product to another nor will I offer pricing information or my own personal opinion on their individual merits. Personally, I have never used most of the tools described here. The goal of this chapter is to make you aware of the existence of these tools and to examine their features to see whether they may be of some help to you in your BusinessObjects XI deployments.