Introducing the Central Management Console

Security is predominately handled through the Central Management Console (CMC), a web-based application that allows for control of users and repository objects, as well as servers.

NOTE Throughout this chapter, the term object refers to BI content stored in the repository, not to a universe object, as discussed in Chapter 7. A repository object could be a user, a group, a report, a folder, and so on.

To access the CMC, do the following:

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs | SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4 | SAP BusinessObjects BI platform | SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Central Management Console or enter the appropriate URL within a browser: http://BOEServer/8080/BOE/CM, where BOEServer ...

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