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◦ 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
• 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 documents
2. 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 folder
2. Once you've created the new folder, click its Objects
tab.