Business Objects  

Developer Suite

The functionality of BUSINESSOBJECTS and WEBINTELLIGENCE is exposed through DEVELOPER SUITE as object models and the WebIntelligence JSP Tag Library.

An extract from the BusinessObjects SDK Object Model Diagram

This example also applies to the object model diagrams for the WebIntelligence SDK.

An object model is specific to a particular language. You use that language to access the functionality exposed by the object model.

Use VBA for BusinessObjects SDK
To use the BusinessObjects SDK object models you use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
VBA is a programming language whose development environment is fully integrated into the BUSINESSOBJECTS user interface.

Use ASP or JSP for WebIntelligence SDK
To use the WebIntelligence SDK object models you use Active Server Pages (ASP) or JavaServer Pages (JSP).
ASP and JSP are languages in which you write programs that run on web servers.
You can use ASP and JSP scripts to generate web pages (HTML).

Macros, Add-ins and Scripts

The programs you write using DEVELOPER SUITE are categorized into macros, add-ins and scripts. You write macros and add-ins using BusinessObjects SDK and scripts using WebIntelligence SDK.

Macros and add-ins—what’s the difference?
The difference between a macro and an add-in is their scope. A macro is a program contained within a BUSINESSOBJECTS document (*.rep) and is available only while that document is open.

Essentially, an add-in is a shareable macro. Add-ins are contained within their own files (*.rea) that users can share. Once an add-in is included in a BUSINESSOBJECTS installation, it is available no matter which document the user opens.

Scripts
A script is typically contained in an HTML page and controls the way in which Web pages are constructed. An ASP is made up of a combination of HTML and either VBScript or JScript. A JSP contains HTML and Java.

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