Answer:
Difference BW and BI are:
1) Administrator Workbench is renamed as Data Warehousing Workbench.
2) There are additional modeling options available at left hand side panel in transaction RSA1 as shown below. The additions are 'DataSources' and 'Open Hub Destination'.
3) The functions of the InfoPackage tree are fully covered by process chains.
4) Process Chains are used instead of Event Collector.
5) The 'Remodelling' transaction help you add Key Figures and Characteristics in a Infocube while handling historical data effectively.
6) Infocubes can be included in Infosets.
7) Transformation is used instead of update and transfer rules.
8) ODS objects have been renamed as DataStore Objects.
9) You can access objects till InfoPackage directly from InfoCube as shown below.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted: April 21, 2010 3:13 am by Bansi00915 pts.
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Keep in mind BW and BI are marketing terms and the terms have changed again….BI is again BW (BW 7 specificallY) and BI refers to the reporting/analytics layer that contains the BO product line
you can visit SAP site for this purpose: http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/bw.epx
SAP BW Learning Guide from techtarget: searchsap.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid21_gci1077480,00.html
SAP Business Information Warehouse – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_BW
Keep in mind BW and BI are marketing terms and the terms have changed again….BI is again BW (BW 7 specificallY) and BI refers to the reporting/analytics layer that contains the BO product line