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SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Installation, Deployment and Administration Guide ■ SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1

2009-06-06

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Contents

Chapter 1

About this guide...................................................................................7

Chapter 2

Overview...............................................................................................9 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer fundamentals for administrators................9 Supported dataproviders..........................................................................10 How SAP BusinessObjects Explorer works with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise..................................................................................................11 The backend servers.................................................................................11 The SAP BusinessObjects Explorer userpopulation................................12

Chapter 3

Deployment Architecture..................................................................15 Supported platforms..................................................................................15 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer deployment scenarios.............................15 Deploying SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for improved Information Spaceexploration.................................................................................................17 Deploying SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for improved indexing.............18 Deploying SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version for SAP NetWeaver BW..........................................................................................19 Implementing a complex distributed deploymentscenario........................20

Chapter 4

Installation..........................................................................................23 Installation pre-requisites...........................................................................23 Installation package contents....................................................................25 Installationprocedures...............................................................................26 Installing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer on Microsoft Windows..............26

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Installing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer on IBM AIX...............................30 Installing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer on Linux SUSE.........................31 Deploying the WAR filesmanually.............................................................33 Post installation configuration ...................................................................36 Configuring SAP BusinessObjects Explorer to work with SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator..........................................................................................37 Standardizing font usage across your deployment....................................40 WebSphere policyconfiguration with Java 2 security...............................44 Verifying your installation...........................................................................44 Logging on.................................................................................................45 Logging on with SAP authentication..........................................................46 Uninstalling SAP...