Difference between BO and XI





BO uses classic BO Architecture whereas XI uses Crystal Classic
Architecture.

BO uses 57 tables for BO repo and 8 tables for auditor whereas XI uses 8
tables for CMS and 6 tables for auditor.

BO has different security domains whereas XI does not have different
security domains.

In BO, all objects are stored in repository whereas in XI Objects are
physically stored in Input FRS and instances are stored in output FRS.

In BO after installation, we have configure and create BO mainkey whereas
in XI it is pre-installed.

In BO classic, key is an xml file and it has to be placed in relevant
location whereas in XI a key code is used.

In BO if you want to save a report to repository you have to publish the
report whereas in XI you can save by clicking "Save as" and select "Enterprise
"

In BO, BCA and supervision are entirely separate but in XI they are merged
into CMC

In XI there is no separate auditor instead there is an auditor database
where we can create tables based on that

BO has it's own reporting tools whereas XI uses crystal reports as its
reporting tool

BO is user centric – means rights are assigned to user where as XI is
object centric – means rights are assigned on objects level not user level


BO – all reports are stored in categories, in XI infoview there are folder
and categories but all main storage is in folders