Viewing Objects in BI Launch Pad and in Central Management Console (CMC)

Home tab:

Use the Home tab to access Folders, Categories, Documents, BI Inbox, Instances, and Recycle Bin.

Favorites tab:

Use the Favorites tab to see objects marked as favorite. You can mark the content objects as favorites for easy accessibility. When you mark an object as favorite, it is displayed in Favorites tab flagged with a dedicated icon (black star icon).

Recent Documents tab:

• Use the Recent Documents tab to see recently viewed documents by the user.
• The More icon allows you to perform various operations based on single or multiple selection on viewed documents.

Recently Run tab:

• Use the Recently Run tab to view the recent document instances created for the scheduled content objects.
• The Recently Run page displays total count of the available document instances. You have both the tile and list view to manage the instances.
• The More icon allows you to perform various operations based on single or multiple selection of the document instances.

Applications tab:

• Use the Applications tab to access web applications in the BI Launch Pad.
• In the BI Launch Pad, you can start an application and then create, view, and edit corresponding objects, and save your changes or new objects directly to the repository.
• The applications available and the tasks you can perform in them are determined by the access rights provided by your system administrator.

My Tiles tab:

• Use the My Tiles tab to have a direct access to performance metrics and report parts.
• This feature in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 2025 improves the user experience by reducing navigation steps and eliminating the need for manual report refreshes.

As new tiles, you can use:

• a report part of a Web Intelligence (WebI) document.
• an OpenDocument URL with support for specific parameters.

For instance, to create a new tile based on report part of a Web Intelligence document, just open the Web Intelligence document in Design mode, right-click on the report part and select Pin to Home Page from the context menu.

You must be a member of the Administrators group or granted permission to do these tasks.

You can log on to only one session of the Central Management Console (CMC). (You cannot run multiple sessions of the CMC on separate browser tabs or windows.) Users can view details about their last login directly on the home screen of the Central Management Console (CMC). In a browser, enter the URL to the CMC to access the login page. The default URL is :

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http://<WebServer>:8080/BOE/CMC/

Once logged in CMC, you can start administering SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 2025 (licenses, security, authentication, monitoring...).

You can add many different types of contents and objects in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 2025.

The following are examples of content and object types in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 2025:

• Crystal Reports 2025 (reports)
• Web Intelligence (documents)
• Program
• Hyperlink
• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
• Microsoft Excel (2003 and 2007)
• Microsoft Word (2003 and 2007)

The maximum size supported for Agnostic documents (MS Office 2003 and 2007 and PDF documents) is 15 MB.

• BI Launch Pad is a web-based interface for accessing, scheduling, and tracking published BI reports, and can interact with and export any type of BI document.
• BI Launch Pad enables users to browse, search, create, edit, view, schedule, and publish BI content.
• The interface includes tabs such as Home, Favorites, Recent Documents, Recently Run, and Applications for organized access to BI content.
• The Central Management Console (CMC) is a web-based tool for administrative tasks in content and server management, requiring appropriate permissions.
• SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 2025 supports various object types, including Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, and Adobe Acrobat (PDF).