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Web Report Options

These options control the CA Business Intelligence reporting integration with the BusinessObjects server:

bo_server_auth

Specify which type of authentication you want to use for reporting. You can specify the following types of authentication:

• secEnterprise. (Default) Specify Enterprise Authentication as your authentication type if you prefer to create distinct accounts and groups in BusinessObjects for use with CA Business Intelligence, or if a user hierarchy has not been set up on an LDAP server or a Windows AD server.

  Note: If you choose the secEnterprise option, you need to add your CA SDM report users to the BusinessObjects Central Management Console (CMC). The CMC allows you to control users' access to InfoView and other BusinessObjects applications. In the CMC, you must enter the same user names and passwords configured in CA SDM. See the Implementation Guide for more information.

• secLDAP. Specify LDAP Authentication as your authentication type if you have already set up an LDAP directory server and want to use your LDAP user accounts and groups in BusinessObjects for use with CA Business Intelligence.

  When you map LDAP accounts to BusinessObjects, users can access CA Business Intelligence with their LDAP user name and password. This eliminates the need to recreate individual user and group accounts within BusinessObjects.

• secWinAD. Specify Windows AD Authentication as your authentication type if you are working in a Windows 2000 environment and want to use your existing AD user accounts and groups in BusinessObjects for use with CA Business Intelligence.
• secExternal. Specify External Authentication as your authentication type if you integrate the BusinessObjects authentication solution with a third-party authentication solution (for example, using JCIFS with Tomcat). This authentication type requires setting up Trusted Authentication in BuisnessObjects to allow users to log on without providing their passwords.

  Note: For details, see the Implementation Guide. During the Trusted Authentication configuration, you must set the user name retrieval method to REMOTE_USER in the BusinessObjects web.xml file.

Note: For information about alternative security options, see the CA Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.

bo_server_cms

Specify the name of the Central Management Server (CMS) that is responsible for maintaining a database of information about your BusinessObjects that you use with CA Business Intelligence.

For the bo_hostname, use the hostname of the machine where CA Business Intelligence is installed. The default bo_cms_port is 6400. For detailed information on advanced server configuration options, see the CA Business Intelligence Installation Guide.

bo_server_location

Specify bo_hostname by using the hostname of the machine where CA Business Intelligence is installed. CA SDM uses this URL to put together report URLs for requesting reports from the BusinessObjects server. The CMS location is specified by hostname and port.

Important! The default bo_application_server_port is 8080 (for example, this can be the Tomcat port). If you install CA SDM and CA Business Intelligence on the same server, you must specify a different port. Use the port specified when starting BusinessObjects Enterprise Java InfoView. For example, http://hostname:8180/businessobjects/enterprise115/desktoplaunch/InfoView/logon/logon.do displays that 8180 is the value to use for bo_tomcat_port.

Important! Installing or uninstalling an option requires you to restart the CA SDM servers. For advanced availability configuration, not all options require you to restart all the servers. Ensure that you read the Server Restart List before restarting any server.