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CENTRAL MANAGEMENT CONSOLE
CONTENTS
Authentication
Application Security
Applying Security
Managing Objects
Managing Calendars
Scheduling Objects
Managing Events
What is CMC?
Allows users to remotely control the entire Business Objects Enterprise system.
Allows to perform User & Server Management Tasks, publish, organize & set security
Levels for all Objects.
Only users with administrative rights can perform management Tasks.
Group Properties
Group Name
Description
Users
Subgroups
Member of
Rights
Creating User Account
New users can be created in CMC
User Account Properties
Account Name
Full Name
Description
Home Folder
Password Settings
Connection Type
Account Disabled
Assign Alias
Creating User Account in CMC
Adding Users to Groups
Click Users tab.
Click Add Users.
Select Users to add and click the > arrow.
In the Group management area, select Group.
Click ok.
Deleting User or Group Account
New users and groups can be deleted in CMC
When you delete a group,
users or sub-groups that are members of that group are not deleted.
When you delete a user account,
Favorites folder, personal categories and inbox for that user are deleted as well
any owned recurring instances become owned by Administrator
Tip : If you think user may need account in future, disable rather than delete.
Licenses
Types of Licenses:
Named
Processor
Navigation
We can create security for User and Group but the best practice is Create User and join the User
under a Group.
Step1: Log on to Central Management Consol and go to Users and Groups
Step4: Provide Account Name, Description Uncheck User must change password at next login
And click on Create& Close
Step8: Go to User List, select recently created user, right click and select join Group
Step12: Give the Title of the Access level and click on OK button
Step13: Select recently created acess levels and right click and select Include Rights option
Step1
6: Go to Users and groups, Right click on recently created Group or User and select
User security
Step18: Select our Group/User and click on ADD and Assign Security button
Step19: Select our Access Level and click on Apply and OK button
AUTHENTICATION
Types of Authentication:
Business Objects Enterprise (Standard Authentication)
Windows NT
Windows Active Directory Services (ADS)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
SAP
1) BOE Authentication
It is ideal for environments that do not currently have a hierarchy of users and groups in a
Windows NT/2000 or LDAP directory.
2) Windows NT Authentication
By mapping NT accounts to Business Objects Enterprise, users are able to log into
Info View with their NT user name and password, eliminating the need to recreate
user and group accounts in BOE.
NT Authentication is enabled using the Manage Authentication section of CMC.
You can map NT accounts to BOE through Windows, by using the User Manager in
Windows NT or Computer Management in Win2000 or through the CMC.
Update options
Allow user to specify if NT aliases are automatically created for all new users
Options are:
New aliases will be added and new users will be created
No new aliases will be added and new users will not be created
Allow user to specify properties of the new enterprise accounts that are created to
map to NT accounts.
Options are:
New users are created as named users
New users are created as concurrent users
Note: Similar Aliases options are available for WinAD and LDAP authentication.
3) Windows Active Directory Authentication
4) LDAP Authentication
Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a a set of protocols used to access
information stored in directories
LDAP user name and password are used to log into Business Objects Enterprise
Single Sign-on
Enables user to access two or more applications or systems while providing their login
credentials only once
Single sign-on to BOE can be provided by different authentication tools such as WinNT,
WinAD or LDAP with SiteMinder.
Within the context of BOE, the different levels of single sign-on are:
Single sign-on to BOE
Single sign-on to database
End-to-end single sign-on
5) SAP
To do work on SAP systems.
APPLICATION SECURITY
Controls users/groups to access the following Business Objects Enterprise applications:
Central Management Console (CMC)
Crystal Reports Explorer
Designer
Desktop Intelligence
Discussions
Encyclopedia
Info view
Report Conversion Tool
Web Intelligence
Select recently created acess levels and right click and select Include Rights option
SECURITY
Topics covered in this section:
Security Model
Recommendations
Global Level Rights
Folder Level Rights
Object Level Rights
Rights to Universes
Rights to Categories
Security Model
Object Level Access
Advanced Rights
Most granular level of access that can be assigned
Customize actions that an USER can perform on an OBJECT
No Access
View
Schedule
View On Demand
Full Control
Advanced Rights
Advanced Rights
Explicitly Granted
Explicitly Denied
Inherited
Not Specified
Note:
Denied Rights override Granted rights
To grant a right that has been specifically denied at a higher level, you
must deny inheritance in the advanced rights tab
Recommendations
Reduce complexity by
Assigning security at folder level to groups
Avoiding setting rights for specific users on specific report objects
Using predefined Access Levels rather than Advanced rights
Grant the Everyone group No access at the global level, then grant specific rights to the
appropriate groups
Check the users or groups rights to the related Universes or Business Views before
securing the reports and documents for the users or groups
Universes
Two types of Access Rights
Universe Level Security: Which universes a user or group has rights to view or access
Object Level Security: Level of access that users have to specific objects or classes
within an universe
Access Levels
Public
Controlled
Restricted
Confidential
Private
Categories
Types of categories:
Corporate Categories (created by administrator)
Deleting a Category
When you delete a Category, all the subcategories within it are removed entirely from the
system
Unlike folder deletion, the reports and other objects contained within the category are not
deleted
In the servers tab, click Add/Remove Servers & select the servers to be included in the
group.
Click ok.
MANAGING OBJECTS
Types of Objects:
Report Objects: Created using a BO Designer Component (e.g. Crystal
Report, OLAP Intelligence).
Web Intelligence documents: Created using Report panel & HTML Query
panel in Info view.
Select the check boxes associated with the object you want to copy, move, or
create a shortcut for.
Click Copy/Move/Shortcut.
Select the check boxes for the objects that you want to send.
Click Send.
MANAGING CALENDARS
Calendars
Calendar is a customized list of run dates for scheduled jobs.
It simplifies scheduling of complex recurring jobs efficiently.
Any number of calendars can be defined in Business Objects Enterprise.
EXAMPLE:
To run a report object every business day except for countrys statutory holidays, create a
calendar with the holidays marked as non-run days, on which the report object cannot be run.
Creating Calendars
Go to the Calendars management area of the Central Management Console
Click New Calendar
On the Properties tab, type the name and description of the new calendar
Click Ok
SCHEDULING OBJECTS
Scheduling an object runs it automatically at specified times.
Types of Objects which can be scheduled:
Report Objects
Web Intelligence Documents
Desktop Intelligence Documents
Publications
Program Objects
Object Packages
Note: When an object is scheduled, a scheduled instance is
created which contains object and schedule information.
How to schedule an object?
In the Objects management area of the CMC, select an object by clicking its link.
Click the Schedule tab.
Select the recurrence pattern (i.e. once, daily, monthly, weekly, etc.).
Select the Run option and parameters (e.g. on the Nth day of month).
Click Schedule.
To save the new settings as default settings, click Update.
In the Calendar to run for list, choose the calendar that provides the scheduled dates you
want
Navigation:
MANAGING EVENTS
Events provide additional control over scheduling objects.
Working with events consists of two steps:
Creating an Event.
Scheduling an object based on that event.
Types of Events:
File Events
Schedule Events
Custom Events
File Events:
Wait for a particular file to appear before event occurs.
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Creating Folder:
Maximum all options for SAP BO XI R3 and SAP BO 4.0 are same
SAP has integrated DS(Data Services) and BO so we can do some operations like
creating repositories for for SAP DS in BO CMC