SAP BusinessObjects BI (also known as BO or BOBJ) is a suite of front-end applications that allow business users to view, sort and analyze business intelligence data. The includes the following key applications: Crystal Reports -- Enables users to design and generate reports Xcelsius/Dashboards -- Allows users to create interactive dashboards that contain charts and graphs for visualizing data Web Intelligence -- Provides a self-service environment for creating ad hoc queries and analysis of data both online and offline Explorer -- Allows users to search through BI data sources using an iTunes-like interface. Users do not have to create queries to search the data and results are shown with a chart that indicates the best information match.