BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Publishing with the Central Management Console

If you have administrative rights to BusinessObjects Enterprise, you can publish objects over the Web from within the Central Management Console (CMC). Use the CMC to publish single objects or to perform administrative tasks remotely.

To publish an object with the CMC

1. Go to the Objects management area of the CMC.
2. Click New Object.

The New Object page appears.

 

3. On the left side of the page, select the type of object that you want to publish.
4. Specify the properties of the object:

Note:    The properties that appear vary according to the type of object that you chose to publish.

• File name

  Type the full path to the object, or click Browse to perform a search.

• Title

  Type the name of the object.

• Description

  Type a description for the object.

• Generate thumbnail for the report

  If you are publishing a Crystal report, select this option if you want users to see a thumbnail preview of the report in BusinessObjects Enterprise.

  Note:    To be able to display thumbnails for a report, open the report in Crystal Reports and, on the File menu, click Summary Info. Select the Save preview picture option, and click OK. Preview the first page of the report and save your changes.

• Use Object Repository when refreshing report

  Select this option if you want to refresh the repository fields of a Crystal report against the repository every time the report runs.

• Program type

  Select Executable, Java, or Script.

  Note:    Select Java for Java programs, Script for JScript and VBScript programs, and Executable for all other program objects.

• URL

  Type the URL of the page to which you want a hyperlink object to link.

5. If you want to assign the object to a category, select the category from the list.
6. Ensure that the correct folder name appears in the Destination field.

Tip:    To expand a folder, select the folder, and click Show Subfolders.

7. Click OK.

When the object is published to BusinessObjects Enterprise, the CMC displays the Properties screen. If necessary, you can modify properties such as title, description, database logon information, scheduling information, user rights, and so on for the object.