BusinessObjects Edge Series
Document Roadmap
BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Contents
Overview 5Chapter 1
Where can you find each guide? 7Chapter 2
Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0 9Chapter 3
Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0 13Chapter 4
Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0 17Chapter 5
Get More Help 21Appendix A
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Contents
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Overview
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Overview
BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0 is based on BusinessObjects Enterprise
technology. Therefore, you can refer the BusinessObjects Enterprise guides
for more information about using BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0. 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.
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Where can you find each guide?
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Where can you find each guide?
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All guides referenced in this document are available at the Business Objects
Customer Support web site at: http://support.businessobjects.com/documen
tation/
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Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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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.
Tasks involved in installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Planning Your Installation
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Installation 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
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Silent installation
Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Tasks involved in installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0 on Windows
Deploying on Tomcat
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Installation Guide
Installing Business Objects products
on a non-system drive
New installation
Client tools installation overview
Installing client tools
Silent installation
Silent install parameters
Deploying with Tomcat
Configuring the Java environment
variable
Setting Tomcat properties
Setting up JAR files
Deploying the WAR files
Verifying the Tomcat deployment
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Installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Tasks involved in installing BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Configuring your Installation
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Installation Guide
Configuring your BusinessObjects
Enterprise installation
Familiarizing yourself with administration
Setting up users and groups
Creating folders and publishing objects
Controlling users' access to objects
Optimizing your system for report
viewing
Deploying the WAR files
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Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
4
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.
Tasks involved in administering
BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Using the Central Management
Console
Using the Central Configuration
Manager
Making initial security settings
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Administrator's Guide
Logging on to the Central Management Console
Navigating within the Central Management Console
Setting console preferences
Logging off of the Central Management Console
Accessing the CCM for Windows
Setting the Administrator password
Disabling a user account
Modifying the default security levels
Understanding Business Objects
Enterprise Architecture
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Architecture Overview and diagram
Client Tier
Application Tier
Intelligence Tier
Processing Tier
Data Tier
Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Tasks involved in administering
BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Managing and configuring servers
Managing BusinessObjects Edge
Series 3.0 security
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Administrator's Guide
Viewing and changing the status of
servers
Logging server activity
Advanced server configuration options
Authentication and authorization
Security Management components
Active trust relationship
Sessions and session tracking
Protection against malicious logon
attempts
What is account management?
Managing accounts
Controlling user access
Default users and groups
Available authentication types
Managing LDAP accounts
Managing AD accounts
Managing NT accounts
Managing aliases
Controlling user access to objects
Controlling access to applications
Controlling administrative access
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Administering BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Tasks involved in administering
BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Organizing objects
Publishing objects to BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Importing objects to BusinessObjects
Edge Series 3.0
Managing objects
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Administrator's Guide
Working with folders
Working with categories
Publishing with the Publishing Wizard
Publishing with the Central Management Console
Saving objects directly to the CMS
Adding objects to a category
Using the import wizard
General object management
Report object management
Program object management
Scheduling objects
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Object package management
Scheduling objects
Setting the Scheduling options
Managing instances
Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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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.
Tasks involved in using Infoview
Logging on to InfoView
Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Infoview
User's Guide
Logging on to InfoView
InfoView home page
General preferences
Setting preferences
Setting preferences in InfoView
Working with objects (such as Crystal
reports, and Web Intelligence documents)
Crystal Reports preferences
Web Intelligence preferences
Changing your passwordChanging your login password
Crystal Reports preferences
Web Intelligence preferences
Navigating through folders and categories
Viewing objects
Organizing objects
Scheduling objects
Viewing object history
Adding new objects to InfoView
Setting object properties
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Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
Tasks involved in using Infoview
Working with Dashboards in InfoView
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Relevant sections from BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 Infoview
User's Guide
Creating a dashboard
Editing a dashboard
Using Discussions in InfoView
Working with Crystal reports
Working with Web Intelligence documents
Using the Discussion panel
Viewing Crystal reports
Drilling reports
Looking at alerts
Printing reports
Exporting reports
Viewing Web Intelligence documents
Creating Web Intelligence documents
Also refer to the guides:
•
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
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Using InfoView in BusinessObjects Edge Series 3.0
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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
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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. The library is updated regularly with new content as it becomes
available.
http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/product_guides/
Additional developer resources
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com
Online customer support
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Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range
of technical information including knowledgebase articles, downloads, and
support forums.
http://www.businessobjects.com/support/
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