Lee - We use explorer off of the following:
- UNV (connects to a BEx query, thus keeping all of the user exit, key figure logic we've already created)
- UNX (connects to BW cube, bypassing BEx query
- UNX > SQL
We're on version 4.0 SP9, but I believe SP6 with 4.0 gets you all of this also.
BW 7.01 SP11
There are pro's and con's to UNV/UNX and to be honest, I evaluate at a case by case basis. However, with new development, I always try to use UNX first.
Hope that helps...
-matt