User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS PLANNING DOCUMENTATION ROADMAP

[. . . ] BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Copyright © 2007 Business Objects. [. . . ] Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius, Crystal Decisions, Intelligent Question, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis, Web Intelligence, RapidMarts, and BusinessQuery are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Third-party Contributors Business Objects products in this release may contain redistributions of software licensed from third-party contributors. Some of these individual components may also be available under alternative licenses. A partial listing of third-party contributors that have requested or permitted acknowledgments, as well as required notices, can be found at: http://www. businessobjects. com/thirdparty BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Overview Overview This roadmap provides you with starting points for approaching your Business Objects documentation so that you can quickly find out how to install, configure, and use your BusinessObjectsTM Planning solution. Document locations These abbreviations are used in the tables to describe the location of the various documents: Formats CD This document is available on your product CD or product distribution (usually in the \Documents directory). This document is available as Help installed with your product. [. . . ] Some documents may be released in later versions of the software. Installation and configuration of BusinessObjects Planning Task Understand key issues before installation Information Limitations and issues in this release Documentation Release Notes Locations CD, S See the new features New BusinessObjects Planning available with this features introduced with this release release What's New S Understand the issues Contact your BusinessObjects Planning representative for information involved in upgrading on upgrading from version 10. x Understand the · technical requirements · · Configure Microsoft · SQL Server for use with BusinessObjects · Planning (all supported SQL Server versions) Server requirements Client requirements International support SQL Server configuration requirements Restoring the BusinessObjects Planning database S BusinessObjects Planning Technical Requirements SQL Server Setup CD, S Guide for BusinessObjects Planning 4 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Professional Edition documentation Task Configure Oracle Server for use with BusinessObjects Planning (all supported Oracle versions) Install and configure BusinessObjects Planning Information · · Documentation Oracle Server Setup Guide for BusinessObjects Planning Locations CD, S Oracle Server configuration requirements Restoring the BusinessObjects Planning database Architecture overview and server configurations Installation prerequisites Installation procedures for both server and client Configuration of BusinessObjects Planning using the Configuration Manager Web deployment issues Primary Authentication System Security integration options Active Directory integration Other IT-related security administration features · · · · BusinessObjects Planning Installation Guide Planning Configuration Manager Online Help CD, S, H · Configure security · options, integrate with Active Directory · · · BusinessObjects Planning Security Administrator's Guide CD, S Professional Edition documentation This section details the documentation available for the Planning Professional Edition. BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap 5 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Professional Edition documentation Task Perform general system setup and administration Information · · · · · Documentation Location CD, S, H Data structures, dimensions, Planning Professional and other setup areas Edition Security settings and security Administrator's features Guide Database utilities and job scheduler Overview information on system processes Customizing the home page and publishing dashboards Planning Professional Templates, Standard Edition Plan Planning Methodologies and Administrator's Interfaces Guide Planning Professional Edition Online Help Create and use plan · workbooks, and manage the planning · process · · · Create and use reports, define delivery settings, perform production reporting Plan workbook features CD, S, H Global Assumptions Process Control Plan Administration utilities Understanding fixed and variable reports Report creation (manually and using the New Report Wizard) Report delivery and production reporting Drilling reports Defining alerts Planning Professional Edition Online Help · · Planning Professional Edition Report Designer's Guide Planning Professional Edition Online Help CD, S, H · · · 6 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Web access documentation Task Information Documentation Location CD, S, H Use PLN functions in · plan workbooks and reports Reference information for all BusinessObjects Planning PLN PLN functions Functions Reference Guide Planning Professional Edition Online Help Web access documentation This section details the documentation available for the Planning web access options: Enterprise Desktop, Web Checkout, Web Forms, Web Interactive, and Web Reports. Task Perform setup tasks for web access of BusinessObjects Planning Information · · · · · Documentation Planning Web Access Administrator's Guide Location CD, S Overview of web access options Customizing the Enterprise Desktop splash screens Design considerations for plan workbooks and reports Enable plan workbooks for web access Enable reports for web access Access plan · workbooks and reports using the web · · · · Enterprise Desktop features Planning Web Web Checkout features Web Forms features Web Interactive features Web Reports features Online Help H BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap 7 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Additional BusinessObjects Planning documentation Additional BusinessObjects Planning documentation This section details additional documentation available for BusinessObjects Planning. Task Enable and use the BusinessObjects integration features Information · · · · Documentation Location Overview of BusinessObjects BusinessObjects CD, S Planning Guide to integration features Enabling BusinessObjects integration Importing users from BusinessObjects Enterprise Creating universes based on the BusinessObjects Planning database Requirements of Scheduler CLI Commands and parameters Scheduler Command-Line Interface Guide CD, S Integration with BusinessObjects XI Schedule jobs remotely using the Scheduler Command-Line interface tool · · Planning applications documentation This section details the documentation available for certain Planning applications. Application Strategic Planning Information · · · Documentation Location Setup considerations Creating initiatives Managing scenarios CD, S BusinessObjects Strategic Planning Administrator's Guide 8 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Planning applications documentation Application Cash Flow Analyzer Information · · · Documentation BusinessObjects Cash Flow Analyzer Administrator's Guide Location CD, S Setup considerations The Cash Flow Analyzer workbook Processing cash flows Setup considerations The Reimbursement Modeling workbook Editing and saving reimbursement modeling data Reimbursement Modeling · · · BusinessObjects Reimbursement Modeling Administrator's Guide CD, S BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap 9 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap Planning applications documentation 10 BusinessObjects Planning Documentation Roadmap [. . . ]