Business Objects 4.0 architecture & SAP BO BI 4.

1 architecture

1.

Client Tier (Desktop Products)

A.

Client Tiers are classified into two types, such as Business Intelligence
Clients and Administration Clients.
BI 4.0 Client
Business Intelligence Clients:Analysis, edition for MS Office ( Excel and PPT plugin)
Analysis, edition for OLAP (web client)
BI launch Pad (web client)
BI workspaces (web client)
Business View Manager
Crystal Reports 2011
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
WebIntelligence Rich Client
Crystal Reports Viewer 2011
Dashboards
Explorer (web client)
Information Design Tool
Live office (MS Office plugin)
Web Service Query Tool
Universe Design Tool
Web Intelligence (web client)
Widgets
Administration Clients
Central Configuration Manager(CCM)
Central Management Console (web Client)

Data Federation Administration Tool

Lifecycle Management Console (Web Client)(LCM)
Report Conversion Tool (RCT)
Repository Diagnostic Tool
Translation Management Tool
Upgrade Management Tool(UMT)
Wdeploy
2.

Web Tier (Previously Application Layer in BO XI)

Web Server
Web Application Server
Web Application Container Server
Web Applications
Web Services

3.

Management Tier (Previously Intelligence Layer in BO XI)

BI 4.0 Server
CMS (Central Management Server) and other server
Event Server
Explorer Master Server
SIA (Server Intelligence Agent)

4.

Storage Tier (New Layer introduced in BO 4.0)

Crystal Reports Cache Server
Dashboard Design Cache Server
Input File Repository Server
Output File Repository Server

5.

Processing Tier
Adaptive Job Server
Adaptive Processing Server

Connection Server
Connection Server 32
Crystal Reports 2011 Processing Server
Crystal Reports 2011 Report Application Server
Crystal Reports Processing Server
Dashboard Analytics Server
Dashboard Design Processing Server
Dashboard Server
Explorer Exploration Server
Explorer Indexing Server
Explorer Search Server
Web Intelligence Processing Server
6.

Data Tier
CMS System Database
Auditing Data Store
Lifecycle Management Database
Monitoring Database
Universes (UNV)
Universes (UNX)
Business Views
Flat Files
Relational Databases
OLAP Data Sources
SAP Business Explorer Queries