I am doing some research and i'm interested in what others may think of it: For whom have access to BO XI r4, what are in your opinion the major changes in the new releases?
Is it worth upgrading ?
Does it improve integration with existing SAP BW installations?
Any insight will be very helpful! Thank you
Fabio Prevedelli
To find answer, for your question regarding new features in r4, check these two posts : http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/23631 and http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/23250 on SCN (SAP Community Network). Yes the integration is improved:
SAP Info Cubes using BEx queries: You can build Bex queries just like building a query in a universe.
I have an access to r4 but I use it in a small project so I do not have occasion to use all the new features. For me, the most striking were improvements in UI and tools (Information design tool!), and Dashboard Design.
EDIT: here you will find click-by-click tutorials, so you can get see what is new.