User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS EDGE 3.0 DOCUMENT ROADMAP

[. . . ] BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Copyright © 2008 Business Objects. Business Objects owns the following U. S. [. . . ] This Document Roadmap is designed to help you differentiate between the information in the BusinessObjects Enterprise guides that applies to BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 and the information that does not apply. Using this document you can quickly find out more information on how to install, configure, and use BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0. This roadmap is divided into the following major categories. · · · Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Using Infoview in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Each category contains a table outlining the major tasks that the administrator and the user performs with BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0. For each task, the table displays at least one specific place in the BusinessObjects Enterprise documentation where you can look for information. 6 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Where can you find each guide? 2 2 Where can you find each guide? All guides referenced in this document are available at the Business Objects Customer Support web site at: http://support. businessobjects. com/documen tation/ 8 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 3 3 Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 The following table provides a list of administrative tasks that can be performed to install BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0. The sections outlined in this table refer to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 Installation Guide for Windows. Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in installing BusisObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 InstallanessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 tion Guide Installation overview System requirements Choosing a database server Using MySQL Using a supported database server Preparing your existing database server Choosing a deployment environment Choosing a web application server Choosing a Web Component Adapter Choosing an install type New installation Silent installation Planning Your Installation 10 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 3 Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in installing BusisObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 InstallanessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 tion Guide Installing Business Objects products on a non-system drive New installation Installing BusinessObjects Edge Se- Client tools installation overview ries 3. 0 on Windows Installing client tools Silent installation Silent install parameters Deploying with Tomcat Configuring the Java environment variable Deploying on Tomcat Setting Tomcat properties Setting up JAR files Deploying the WAR files Verifying the Tomcat deployment BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap 11 3 Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in installing BusisObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 InstallanessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 tion Guide Configuring your BusinessObjects Enterprise installation Familiarizing yourself with administration Setting up users and groups Configuring your Installation Creating folders and publishing objects Controlling users' access to objects Optimizing your system for report viewing Deploying the WAR files 12 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 4 4 Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 The following table provides a list of administrative tasks that can be performed with BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0. The sections outlined in this table refer to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 Administrator's Guide. Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in administering sObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 AdminBusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 istrator's Guide Logging on to the Central Management Console Using the Central Management Console Navigating within the Central Management Console Setting console preferences Logging off of the Central Management Console Using the Central Configuration Manager Accessing the CCM for Windows Setting the Administrator password Making initial security settings Disabling a user account Modifying the default security levels Architecture Overview and diagram Client Tier Understanding Business Objects Enterprise Architecture Application Tier Intelligence Tier Processing Tier Data Tier 14 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 4 Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in administering sObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 AdminBusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 istrator's Guide Viewing and changing the status of servers Managing and configuring servers Logging server activity Advanced server configuration options Authentication and authorization Security Management components Managing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 security Active trust relationship Sessions and session tracking Protection against malicious logon attempts What is account management?Default users and groups Available authentication types Managing accounts Managing LDAP accounts Managing AD accounts Managing NT accounts Managing aliases Controlling user access to objects Controlling user access Controlling access to applications Controlling administrative access BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap 15 4 Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Relevant sections from BusinesTasks involved in administering sObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 AdminBusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 istrator's Guide Working with folders Organizing objects Working with categories Publishing with the Publishing Wizard Publishing objects to BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Publishing with the Central Management Console Saving objects directly to the CMS Adding objects to a category Importing objects to BusinessObjects Using the import wizard Edge Series 3. 0 General object management Report object management Managing objects Program object management Object package management Scheduling objects Scheduling objects Setting the Scheduling options Managing instances 16 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 5 5 Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 The following table provides a list of tasks that the end user can perform with BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0. The sections outlined in this table refer to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 InfoView User's Guide unless otherwise stated. Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 Infoview User's Guide Tasks involved in using Infoview Logging on to InfoView Logging on to InfoView InfoView home page General preferences Setting preferences Crystal Reports preferences Web Intelligence preferences Changing your login password Changing your password Crystal Reports preferences Setting preferences in InfoView Web Intelligence preferences Navigating through folders and categories Viewing objects Working with objects (such as Crystal Organizing objects reports, and Web Intelligence docu- Scheduling objects ments) Viewing object history Adding new objects to InfoView Setting object properties 18 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 5 Tasks involved in using Infoview Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 Infoview User's Guide Creating a dashboard Working with Dashboards in InfoView Editing a dashboard Using Discussions in InfoView Using the Discussion panel Viewing Crystal reports Drilling reports Working with Crystal reports Looking at alerts Printing reports Exporting reports Viewing Web Intelligence documents Creating Web Intelligence documents Also refer to the guides: · · Working with Web Intelligence docu· ments Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence HTML Report Pane Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Pane Building Queries Using Web Intelligence Query ­ HTML. For information on Universes, refer to the: · Designer's Guide · BusinessObjects Universe Builder Guide BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap 19 5 Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Tasks involved in using Infoview Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 0 Infoview User's Guide Publishing with the Publishing Wizard Publishing objects to BusinessObjects Edge Series 3. 0 Publishing with the Central Management Console Saving objects directly to the CMS 20 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Get More Help A A Get More Help Online documentation library Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering all products and their deployment. The online documentation library has the most up-to-date version of the Business Objects product documentation. You can browse the library contents, do full-text searches, read guides on line, and download PDF versions. [. . . ] Find more information on the Business Objects Education web site: http://www. businessobjects. com/services/training 22 BusinessObjects Edge Series Document Roadmap Get More Help A Send us your feedback Do you have a suggestion on how we can improve our documentation?Is there something you particularly like or have found useful? [. . . ]