BusinessObjects main revolution since its inception, integration of Crystal, is knocking at your door. Whatever corporate version you are working with, Version Manager is the tool which will make your migration to XI R2 possible. Without any report or universe loss. Without any investment lost.

Version Manager, the best BusinessObjects companion for years, is now ready to support XI Release 2. By the time you read these lines, the Version Manager version 11.5 will hit the market. Let’s take a closer look at this promising release.

BusinessObjects Integration
The high level of integration from previous versions of VM has improved with the XI R2 version. By integrating the Crystal part into its structure, Version Manager remains the BusinessObjects integration leader. Through one tool you keep control over Desktop Intelligence, Universe connections, WebIntelligence documents.

Full Migration Process Control
Migrating from any previous version to 6.x or XI R2 has never been so smoothly controlled. Not only List of values, Linked Universes and Categories are migrated successfully, but you now have a tool to compare document's structure and contents before and after a migration test run in order to be sure that they are identical before effectively do the migration.

Version Control Facilities
Well known for its facilitres of version control of any kind of files, VM know adds more transparency by adding VM ids and version number objects which can be used within you reports/universes. Furthermore linked universes are now fully supported by Version Manager, being the “linker” or the “linked” one (with reserve due to BO’s bug).

Performance
Introducing real multi-threading into Version Manager Processor boosts up the whole process by up to 30 %. Not only the server processes will take benefit from the new multi-threaded multi-tiered architecture, but also the clients one, by improving the migration path from V5 to XI for instance.

Maintenance
For demanding customers it is now possible to migrate the VM repository from one database to another from the setup tool. This increase even more the flexibility of Version Manager by letting you create or recreate your own VM repository. In addition to the tracking objects already mentioned (VMIDs and version objects), this make VM easier to maintain.

New features in short 
  - Desktop Intelligence support 
  - Modification of universe’s connection possible 
  - Linked universes support from V5 to XI 
  - New architecture around VMProcessor 
  - Faster Action Tracker console 
  - Setup enhancement to create/recreate VM repository 
  - BusinessObjects XI Release 2 categories full support 
  - Variables/objects containing VM ids and versions