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I NFORMATI ON

QUERY AS A WEB SERVICE








DELIVER SECURE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN ANY
APPLICATION, IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, TO ANY USER
Query as a Web Service from Business Objects is a new wizard-based application that
enables organizations to quickly deliver trusted business intelligence (BI) information in any
application, in any environment. With Query as a Web Service, you dont need programming
knowledge to build queries. Instead, you use a simple four-step wizard to create queries based
on Business Objects universesand then publish the results as BI web services ready for
consumption. Any web service-enabled application can consume secure BI information simply
by invoking the published web service.
Query as a Web Service provides the following key benefits:
Reduce the cost of delivering BI by taking advantage of existing investments in data
and metadata (universe) and by exposing query results via web services
Expand BI usage and reach business users who need BI without having to deploy
additional BI tools
Deli ver secure BI from the BusinessObjects Enterprise platform to any application that
consumes web services, including BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise dashboards
Use its quick-to-deploy wizard-based publishing process to make trusted information
available to thousands of users
PERVASIVE BI INSIGHT IN THE HANDS OF EVERYONE
BI content often is bound to the user interface of specific tools. Query as a Web Service
changes this model by allowing organizations to present simple-to-use BI to any user. Users
quickly create universe queries and publish them as web services. Using the resulting web
services, IT staff and developers can easily integrate BI into existing applications and bring it
closer to where decisions are made.
Query as a Web Service also makes BI personal by only retrieving the information needed by
users and presenting the latest information available in their business applications. For
example, using role-based BI, your sales executives access support call information specific to
their assigned districtsgiving them an accurate snapshot of their individual district displayed
along with other performance metrics.
TRUSTED INFORMATION FROM THE BI PLATFORM
Query as a Web Service allows organizations to capitalize on BusinessObjects Enterprise as
their trusted source for BI information. Using a simple drag-and-drop interface, users can
create queries based on the universethe powerful semantic layer of BusinessObjects
Enterpriseand bring together BI from different data sources. The result is consistent BI data
from the same trusted semantic layer that supports your companys query, reporting, and
analysis system.
By using trusted information from the BI platform, organizations can be confident that the BI
information thousand of users access is timely, consistent, and accurate. Finally, embedding
BI from BusinessObjects Enterprise also has the advantage to secure data delivery using its
security model.
EFFICIENT BI DELIVERY
Query as a Web Service is also a very efficient way of delivering information to business users.
Using lightweight web services, BI content can be embedded in service-oriented architecture
(SOA) projects where metadata and services are defined once and then reused everywhere. It
also leverages existing Business Objects BI platform capabilities such as security, scalability,
and high availability.
Based on World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications, such as SOAP, WSDL, and
XML, Query as a Web Service includes two components:
A client component, where users create and publish Query as a Web Service. You can
install the client component on several machines that access and share the same Query
as a Web Service catalog stored on the server.
A server component that stores the Query as a Web Service catalog and hosts the
published web services.

With Query as a Web Service, users can access powerful calculation
capabilities.
SUMMARY
Query as a Web Service represents an opportunity to expand BI usage across your
organization without having to deploy another BI application or tool. Its an excellent tool for
delivering trusted information from BusinessObjects Enterprise to any application capable of
consuming web services, including Xcelsius Enterprise. Leveraging existing data and
metadata (universe) and embracing SOA standards, Query as a Web Service delivers secure
BI in any application, in any environment, to any user.




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