1.                  How many new canned & adhoc BO reports has to develop?

2.                  What is the complexity level of each report?

3.                  Number of BO users? How many peak time concurrent users?

4.                  Is new Business Objects has setup? If yes, which version of BO and WebI? No, Then the BO & WebI current version?

5.                  Which Web Server is used for hosting WebI?

6.                  What is hardware infrastructure for WebI, BO Repository?

7.                  How many numbers of domains exist and size of each domain?

8.                  How many numbers of Business Units will be using this new system to run the BO reports?

9.                  How many data sources, details will be feeding data to reporting database instance?

10.              Is universes (meta-data) already exists? Yes. How many universes? No, How many we need to design?

11.              Does the BO Reports run on OLTP or OLAP system?

12.              How many approximate number of conditional, measured and derived objects used in each universe?

13.              Are BO SDK and WI SDK needs to be used for customization?

14.              In which database the BO repository is located?

15.              Are hierarchies defined in Universe or Report level?

16.              What type of complexity used in BO reports?

17.              Are there any calculated objects, which is dependent on report level objects?

18.          Is there requirement on report scheduling?

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