BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Managing the Central Management Console

You can change the following Central Management Console settings:

• Query size threshold

  By default, when you go to the Objects, Folders, Groups, or Users management areas of the CMC, a list of objects in that management area is displayed. Because BusinessObjects Enterprise loads each of the objects in the list, if you have numerous objects this can heavily tax your system resources. You can adjust this list using the Query size threshold setting.

  You can modify the number of objects displayed by setting the Query size threshold in the Business Objects Applications management area of the CMC. By default the Query size threshold value is 500. This means that BusinessObjects Enterprise prompts users to use the search function of the CMC if the return size exceeds 500 objects. Modify this value to specify the maximum number of objects that displayed on the initial pages of the Objects, Folders, Groups, and Users management areas of the CMC and when displaying search results in these management areas.

• CMC Access URL

  Specifying this URL allows other applications, such as Crystal Reports, to get this URL from the CMS in order to call pages in the CMC. Crystal Reports, for example, needs this information to allow object previewing and certain administration tasks performed from Crystal Reports.

To manage settings for the Central Management Console

1. Go to the BusinessObjects Enterprise Applications management area of the CMC.
2. Click the BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Console link.

The Properties page appears.

 

3. In the Prompt for search if the return size exceeds field, type the maximum number of objects you want to be returned in searches and on the initial pages of the Objects, Folders, Groups, and Users management areas.
4. In the CMC Access URL field, type the URL for the CMC.

Specifying the URL here allows Crystal Reports to get this URL from the CMS in order to call pages in the CMC. It needs to call these pages in order to support the previewing of reports and to enable administration tasks to be performed from Crystal Reports.

5. Click Update.

Note:    To modify the number of objects displayed on a page (rather than the total number of objects displayed), see Setting console preferences.