BOE310

SAP BusinessObjects Business

Intelligence Platform:
Administration and Security

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COURSE OUTLINE
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Course Version: 17
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vii Course Overview

1 Unit 1: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

1 Lesson: Identifying the Components of the SAP BusinessObjects

Business Intelligence BI Platform

3 Unit 2: Content and Objects in the SAP BusinessObjects Business

Intelligence (BI) Platform

3 Lesson: Viewing Objects in the BI Platform

3 Lesson: Organizing Objects in the BI Platform
3 Lesson: Managing BI Content Life Cycle
3 Lesson: Working with BI Workspaces

5 Unit 3: User and Group Security in the SAP BusinessObjects Business

Intelligence (BI) Platform

5 Lesson: Setting Up Users and Groups

5 Lesson: Administering Rights

7 Unit 4: Application Security in the SAP BusinessObjects Business

Intelligence (BI) Platform

7 Lesson: Customizing and Securing the Fiori BI Launchpad

7 Lesson: Securing the Web Intelligence Application
7 Lesson: Delegating Control

9 Unit 5: Content Distribution Using Scheduling

9 Lesson: Scheduling Objects

9 Lesson: Managing Calendars
9 Lesson: Managing Report Usage

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TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for the following audiences:

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 UNIT 1 SAP BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence (BI) Platform

Lesson 1: Identifying the Components of the SAP BusinessObjects

Business Intelligence BI Platform
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Define Business Intelligence

● Describe how SAP BusinessObjects platform fits into the Business Intelligence solutions

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 UNIT 2 Content and Objects in the SAP
BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence (BI) Platform

Lesson 1: Viewing Objects in the BI Platform

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● View objects in BI launch pad

● Identify various ways to search content
● Navigate CMC

Lesson 2: Organizing Objects in the BI Platform

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Manage objects
● Create folders
● Create and assign categories

Lesson 3: Managing BI Content Life Cycle

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Process Life Cycle Management (LCM)

● Manage the life cycle using the LCM
● Create new jobs

Lesson 4: Working with BI Workspaces

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Understand the BI workspace

● Create BI Workspaces
● Organize BI workspaces

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 UNIT 3 User and Group Security in the
SAP BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence (BI) Platform

Lesson 1: Setting Up Users and Groups

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Set up users
● Set up groups

Lesson 2: Administering Rights

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Administer rights in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

● Understand rights issues
● Understand security queries

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 UNIT 4 Application Security in the SAP
BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence (BI) Platform

Lesson 1: Customizing and Securing the Fiori BI Launchpad

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Customize the Fiori BI launchpad

● Control access to BI launchpad application features

Lesson 2: Securing the Web Intelligence Application

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Configure application security

Lesson 3: Delegating Control

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● delegate control

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 UNIT 5 Content Distribution Using
Scheduling

Lesson 1: Scheduling Objects

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Configure recurrence patterns

● Configure destinations for scheduled objects
● Output formats
● Schedule an object for a user or group

Lesson 2: Managing Calendars

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Manage calendars

Lesson 3: Managing Report Usage

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● View a summary of system activity with BI Cockpit

● Manage instances using Central Management Console (CMC) Instance Manager
● Manage instances using Fiorified BI Launchpad "instance" tile
● Set limits on instances
● Manage reports with events options

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