Reporting Organizations Management Server

CR-Admin

Duration 3 Day

This 3 day training course, presented in ten one-to-two hour lessons, explains how to perform the tasks involved in supporting Crystal Reports Server users and groups so they can access Crystal reports and other forms of corporate data through the Crystal Reports Server web portal. The course also introduces the Business Objects Enterprise architecture upon which Crystal Reports Server is based. Please note, this course does not discuss configuring and managing individual servers but it does provide an overview of common server management tasks, web application services, and the management of the Central Management Server.

This course provides a foundation for System Administrators to effectively manage both users and content on the Crystal Reports Server platform.

Who should attend?

The target audience for this course is System Administrators who are new to Crystal Reports Server and will be responsible for maintaining Crystal Reports Server users, groups, and objects in their organization.

What will I learn?

After completing the course, learners will be able to:
Understand the Crystal Reports Server interface
Understand the Business Objects Enterprise architecture upon which Crystal Reports Server is based
Plan content and application security
Create and secure folders, users, and groups
Publish and configure content
Schedule reports and objectsPerform common server management task

Course topics

Understanding Crystal Reports Server
What is Crystal Reports Server ?
Working in Info View
Working in the Central Management Console

Crystal Reports Server Architecture
The Business Objects Enterprise architecture
Crystal Reports Server information process flows

Planning Your Content
The Crystal Reports Server security model
Creating a content plan

Planning Application Security
Securing Crystal Reports Server applications

Creating and Securing Folders, Users and Groups
Creating folders, new users and groups
Mapping third-party accounts to Crystal Reports Server
Applying security

Publishing and Configuring Contentublishing

Scheduling
Scheduling Objects
Scheduling on events
Scheduling with business calendara
Managing instances

Performing Common Server Management Tasks
Server management components
Using the CCM to manage servers
Using the CMC to manage servers

Managing the Web Application Services
The web application services
Configuring the Java Web Application Server and the Java Web Component Adapter • Configuring the .NET Web Application Server and the .NET Web Component Adapter
Configuring the web application services to communicate across a firewall

Managing the Central Management Server and the Repository
The role of the Central Management Server
Migrating CMS data

Prerequisites