End User Experience◦ Categories◦ InfoView◦ Publishing◦ Scheduling

Report Design◦ Semantic Layer◦ Dynamic prompts and cascading lists of values

Developers◦ BusinessObjects Enterprise development tools ◦ Web Services ◦ BusinessObjects Enterprise SDK

Administrators will use three applications to manage BusinessObjects Enterprise ◦ Central Management Console ◦ Publishing Wizard ◦ Central Configuration Manager

There are two ways to access the CMC: 1. Type the name of the machine you are accessing directly

into your browser,• Go to the following page:

http://webserver:port/BusinessObjects/enterprise11/admin

• On Windows, replace webserver with the name of the web server machine

2. Select BusinessObjects Enterprise Administration Launch pad from the program group on the Windows Start menu. ◦ If you have BusinessObjects Enterprise installed

locally on your machine, in Windows, click Start > Programs > BusinessObjects Enterprise XI>BusinessObjects Enterprise Administration Launch pad. Inside the Launch pad, click "Launch the Central Management Console."

In the Log On page appears, select Enterprise in the Authentication Type list.

Type your User Name and Password. For this example, type Administrator as the User Name. This default Enterprise account does not have a password until you create one

Click Log On. The CMC Home page appears

CMC is a web-based application Main Functions

◦ Perform user management tasks ◦ Adding users and groups ◦ Setting up Authentications◦ Allows you to publish, organize, and set

security levels

Main task is to create, map, change, and organizing user and group information

Administrator is a default BO Enterprise account with NO Password

The Administrator user belongs to the Administrators and Everyone groups

Admin user can perform all tasks in all BusinessObjects Enterprise applications (for example, the Central Management Console, Central Configuration Manager, Publishing Wizard, and InfoView)

The Guest user is a member of the Everyone group This user can view reports that are found within the

Report Samples folder. Generally, the Guest user accesses reports through InfoView

Administrators◦ Users belongs to this group can perform all the task By

default, ◦ The Administrator group contains only the Administrator

user. BusinessObjects NT Users

◦ This group is also added to Windows on the local machine and the user who installed BusinessObjects Enterprise is automatically added to this group

◦ BusinessObjects NT Users can use their NT accounts to log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Everyone◦ Each user is a member of the Everyone group. By

default, the Everyone group allows access to all the reports that are found in the Report Samples folder

Universe Designer Users◦ Users who belong to this group are granted

access to the Universe Designer folder and the Connections folder. They can control who has access right to the Designer application. You must add users to this group as needed. By default, no user belongs to this group.

Enterprise authentication◦ Use the system default Enterprise Authentication if you prefer

to create distinct accounts and groups for use with BusinessObjects Enterprise

Windows NT authentication◦ If you are working in a Windows NT environment, you can use

existing NT user accounts and groups in BusinessObjects

Enterprise LDAP authentication

◦ If you set up an LDAP directory server, you can use existing LDAP user accounts and groups in BusinessObjects Enterprise.

When you map LDAP accounts to BusinessObjects Enterprise Windows AD authentication

◦ If you are working in a Windows 2000 environment, you can use existing AD user accounts and groups in BusinessObjects Enterprise

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC. 2. Click New User. 3. Select the Enterprise authentication type4. Type the account name, full name, email, and

description information5. Specify the password information and settings 6. Select the connection type

◦ Concurrent◦ Named

7. Click on “OK”

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC. 2. Under Account Name, click the link to the user whose

properties you want to change. 3. Click the Member of tab to specify the group or groups the

user should belong to. Note:   All BusinessObjects Enterprise users of the system are part of the Everyone group.

4. Click the Member of button to view the available groups. 5. In the Available groups area, select the group(s) that the

new user should be a member of. Use SHIFT+click or CTRL+click to select multiple groups.

6. Click the > arrow to add the group(s); click the < arrow to remove the group(s).

7. Click OK. The "Member of" tab appears and lists the groups in which the user is a member.

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC.

2. Under Account Name, click the link to the user whose properties you want to change.

3. Make the required changes, as necessary, in the available fields. In addition to all of the options that were available when you initially created the account, you now can disable the account by selecting the "Account is disabled" check box.

4. Click Update.

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC.

2. Select the check box associated with the user you want to delete.

3. Click Delete. The delete confirmation dialog box appears.

4. Click OK. The user account is deleted.

Password Setting Minimum Recommended Maximum

Must contain at least N characters

0 characters 64 characters

Must change password every N days

1 day 100 days

Cannot reuse the N most recent passwords

1 password 100 passwords

Must wait N minutes to change password

0 minutes 100 minutes

Disable account after N failed attempts to log on

1 failed 100 failed

Reset failed logon count after N minutes

1 minute 100 minutes

Re-enable account after N minutes

0 minutes 100 minutes

Go to the Authentication management area of the CMC.

Click the Enterprise tab.

• Click Update.

1. In the Groups management area of the CMC, click the link for the group.

2. Click the Users tab. 3. Click Add Users. 4. Select the users to add to the group; then click the >

arrow. 5. Click OK. 6. The Users tab appears. It lists all of the users who

belong to this group.

1. You can add an existing group as a subgroup to another group. A subgroup inherits the rights of the parent group.

2. In the Groups management area of the CMC, click the link for the group.

3. Click the Subgroups tab. 4. Click Add/Remove Subgroups. 5. Select the groups that should be members of this new

group; then click the > arrow. 6. Click OK

1. The group that becomes a member is referred to as a subgroup

2. In the Groups management area of the CMC, click the link for the group.

3. Click the Member of tab. 4. Click the Member of button. 5. Select the parent groups that this new group will be a

member of; then click the > arrow. Any rights associated with the parent group will be inherited by the new group you have created.

6. Click OK.

1. In the Groups management area of the CMC, click the link for the group.

2. Under the Group Name column, click the link to the group whose configuration you want to change.

3. Make the necessary changes in one of the four tabs: 1. Properties 2. Users 3. Subgroups 4. Member of

4. Depending on which tab you have selected, click OK or Update after you have made your changes.

1. Go to the Groups management area of the CMC. 2. Select the check box associated with the group you

want to delete. 3. Click Delete. The delete confirmation dialog box

appears.4. Click OK

1. Go to the Users management area of the CMC. 2. In the Account Name column, click Guest. 3. On the Properties tab, select the Account is disabled

check box. 4. Click Update. 5. If you are prompted for confirmation, click OK

1. Folders are objects used to organize documents2. You can use folders to separate content into logical

groups 3. As you can set security at the folder level, you can

use folders as a tool for controlling access to information

1. In the Central Management Console (CMC),2. Go to the Folders management area of the CMC. 3. Click New Folder. 4. On the Properties tab, type the name, description,

and keywords of the new folder. This example creates a new Marketing folder

Click folder is added to the system, and its Properties tab is refreshed OK. The new

1. Go to the Folders management area of the CMC. The initial level of folders is displayed

2. In the Title column, click the link to the folder where you want to add a subfolder.

3. Click the Subfolders tab 4. Click New Folder. 5. On the Properties tab, type the name and description

of the new folder. 6. Click OK

1. Go to the Folders management area of the CMC. 2. Select the check box associated with the folder you

want to delete. If the folder you want to delete is not at the top level, locate its parent folder. Then make your selection on the parent folder's Subfolders tab.

3. Tip: Select multiple check boxes to delete several folders from their parent folder.

4. Click Delete, and click OK to confirm

1. To add a report to a new folder2. Once you've created the new folder, click its Objects

tab.

Click New Object. The New Object page appears

Click OK. The report is published to BusinessObjects Enterprise

1. Categories are objects used to organize documents 2. You can associate documents with multiple

categories, and you can create subcategories within categories

3. BusinessObjects Enterprise provides two types of categories1. Corporate :2. Personal:

1. In the Central Management Console (CMC)2. Go to the Categories management area to create new

categories and to add subcategories to the existing hierarchy of category objects.

3. Go to the Categories management area of the CMC. 4. Click New Category. 5. On the Properties tab, type the name and description

of the new category. 6. Click Update. 7. The new category is added to the system, and its

Properties tab is refreshed. You can now use the Documents, Subcategories, and Rights tabs to add objects and to change settings for this category

1. Go to the Categories management area of the CMC. 2. Select the check box associated with the category you

want to delete. If the category you want to delete is not at the top level, locate its parent category. Then make your selection on the parent category's Subcategories tab.

3. Tip: Select multiple check boxes to delete several categories from their parent category.

4. Click Delete, and click OK to confirm

5. NOTE: When you delete a category, all subcategories within it are remove entirely from the system. Unlike folder deletion,the reports and other objects contained within the category are not deleted from the system.

1. BOE is a multi tier system i.e every component has a task to perform

2. There are totally Five Tiers 1.The client tier2.The application tier3.The intelligence tier4.The processing tier5.and the data tier

3. The "servers" run as services on Windows machines. On UNIX, the servers run as daemons

1. This tier is made up of the applications that enable people to administer, publish, and view reports and other objects.

2. The client tier includes:1.InfoView 2.Central Management Console (CMC) 3.Central Configuration Manager (CCM) 4.Publishing Wizard 5.Import Wizard

1. It maintains all of the security information, sends requests to the appropriate servers, manages audit information, and stores report instances.

1. The CMS is responsible for maintaining a database of information about your BusinessObjects Enterprise system

2. The data stored by the CMS includes information about users and groups, security levels, BusinessObjects Enterprise content, and servers

3. Main Tasks1.Maintaining security 2.Managing objects 3.Managing servers 4.Managing auditing

1. The application tier hosts the server-side components that process requests from the client tier

2. The application tier includes:1.Application tier components 2.Web development platforms 3.Web application environments

1. The Cache Server is responsible for handling all report viewing requests.

2. The Cache Server checks whether or not it can fulfill the request with a cached report page

3. If the Cache Server cannot fulfill the request with a cached report page, it passes the request along to the Page Server

4. Page Server runs the report and returns the results to the Cache Server.

5. If you are running multiple Page Servers for a single Cache Server, the Cache Server automatically balances the processing load across Page Servers

1. There is an Input and an Output File Repository Server in every BusinessObjects Enterprise

2. The Input File Repository Server manages all of the report objects and program objects that have been published to the system

3. The Output File Repository Server manages all of the report instances generated by the Report Job Server or the Web Intelligence Report Server

4. The File Repository Servers are responsible 1. Listing files on the server2. Querying for size of the file3. Adding files to repository and Removing files from

the Repository5. NOTE: 6. The Input and Output File Repository Servers cannot

share the same directories

1. The Event Server manages file-based events 2. The Event Server monitors the directory that you

specified. 3. Triggers your file based events4. Event Server notifies the CMS that the file-based event

has occurred. The CMS then starts any jobs that are dependent upon your file-based event.

1. The processing tier accesses the data and generates the reports.

2. It is the only tier that interacts directly with the databases that contain the report data

1. The Report Job Server processes scheduled reports, as requested by the CMS, and generates report instances

2. To generate a report instance, the Report Job Server obtains the report object from the Input File Repository Server and communicates with the database to retrieve the current data. Once it has generated the report instance, it stores the instance on the Output File Repository Server

3. Note: Instances are versions of a report object that contain saved data

1. Program objects allow you to write, publish, and schedule custom applications, including scripts, Java programs or .NET programs

2. The Program Job Server processes scheduled program objects, as requested by the CMS

3. To run a program, the Program Job Server first retrieves the files from storage on the Input File Repository Server, and then runs the program. By definition, program objects are custom applications. Therefore the outcome of running a program will be dependent upon the particular program object that is run.

4. Unlike report instances, which can be viewed in their completed format, program instances exist as records in the object history

1. It processes scheduling requests it receives from the CMS for Web Intelligence documents

2. It forwards these requests to the Web Intelligence Report Server, which will generate the instance of the Web Intelligence document

1. This Server is used to create, edit, view, and analyze Web Intelligence documents

2. It processes scheduled Web Intelligence documents and generates new instances of the document, which it stores on the Output File Repository Server.

1. The Report Application Server (RAS) processes reports that users view with the Advanced DHTML viewer.

2. It provides the ad hoc reporting capabilities that allow users to create and modify reports over the Web

1. The Destination Job Server sends objects and instances to destinations inside the BusinessObjects Enterprise system, for example, a user's inbox, or outside the system, for example, by sending a file to an email address

2. It does not run the actual report or program objects. It only handles objects and instances that already exist in the Input or Output File Repository Servers

1. It processes scheduled list-of-value objects 2. These are objects that contain the values of

specific fields in a Business View 3. The List of Values Job Server behaves similarly to

the Report Job Server

1. The Page Server is primarily responsible for responding to page requests by processing reports and generating Encapsulated Page Format (EPF) pages.

2. The EPF pages contain formatting information that defines the layout of the report

1. The data tier is made up of the databases that contain the data used in the reports

1. To View and Modify server settings1.CCM: Central Configuration Management 2.CMC: Central Management Console

2. CCM:1.It is program that allows you to view and to modify

server settings while Business Objects servers are offline

2.You use the CCM to stop servers, to modify performance settings

3.change the default server port numbers 3. CMC:

1.Web based Admin Tool for Viewing and Modifying BO Server Settings

2.You can Access Server Metrics3.Create Server Groups ( like for each Country)

1. The CMC allows you to view server metrics over the Web

2. Metrics Include General Information about the server like Product version, Current System Activity Etc

3. To view server metrics1.Go to the Servers management area of the CMC. 2.Click the link to the server whose metrics you

want to view. 3.Click the Metrics tab

1. Input and Output File Repository Servers1.Indicates the maximum idle time2.Displays the number of active files3.Active client connections4.lists the total available hard disk space

5.Also number of bytes sent and received.

1. Cache Server Displays1.The maximum number of processing threads2.The maximum cache size3.The minutes between refreshes from the database

1. The Metrics tab of the Event Server contains statistics on the files that the server is monitoring. This tab includes a table showing the file name and the last time the event occurred

1. Contains information on how the server is running 1.It lists the maximum number of simultaneous report

jobs2.The location of temporary files 3.The maximum number of database records shown

when previewing or refreshing a report

1. Shows the number of reports that are open and the number of reports that have been opened.

2. It also shows the number of open connections, along with the number of open connections that have been created.

1. The Metrics tabs of theses servers lists the current number of jobs that are being processed, the total number of requests received, the total number of failed job creations, the processing mode, and the location of its temporary files.

1. The Metrics tab of the CMS lists only the general information about the machine it is running on. The Properties tab, however, shows a list of users who have active sessions on the system.

1. Server groups are a powerful way of customizing BusinessObjects Enterprise to optimize your system for users in different locations, or for objects of different types.

2. Easy to manager all the servers on your system3. Powerful way of customizing BusinessObjects

Enterprise to optimize your system for users in different locations, or for objects of different types

1. Go to the Server Groups management area of the CMC.

2. Click New Server Group. The New Server Group Properties tab appears.

3. In the Server Group Name field, type a name for the new group of servers.

4. Use the Description field to include additional information about the group.

5. Click OK. 6. On the Servers tab, click Add/Remove Servers 7. Select the servers that you want to add to this

group; then click the > arrow. 8. Click OK.

1. Auditing allows you to monitor and record key facts about your BusinessObjects Enterprise system.

2. Auditing also allows you to better administer individual user accounts and reports by giving you more insight into what actions users are taking and which reports they are accessing

1. The Central Management Server (CMS) acts as the system auditor, while each BusinessObjects Enterprise server that controls actions is an auditee

2. To Audit First determine which server controls the action.

3. You must then enable auditing of that action in the Servers management area of the Central Management Console