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MetaMiner Client

The MetaMiner Client (MMC) is the desktop application for browsing, analyzing, changing and protecting your SAP BusinessObjects content through the MetaMiner Server. This chapter covers every BusinessObjects feature of the client, from connecting to promoting content.

Basics

  • Introduction

    What the client does, how it talks to the server, and why tabs depend on license and permissions.

  • Connect to a Server

    Connection Manager, server discovery, logon, environment selection, BusinessObjects logon, loading progress.

  • Main Window Tour

    Menus, tabs and when each tab is shown, status bar.

  • Filters and Search

    Quick search, Strict mode, filter pane, Find by ID or CUID.

  • Toolbar and Export

    Tree navigation, selection drop-down, export to CSV, Excel and Meta Query.

  • Context Menus

    How right-click menus behave, the CMS Explorer menu map, environment row actions.

  • Refresh and Background Tasks

    F5 reload, per-environment reload, Run in Background, Task History.

  • Preferences and Shortcuts

    Every preference with its default, keyboard shortcuts, client files.

CMS Explorer

  • Overview

    The tree of every loaded environment: folders, documents, universes, connections, instances.

  • Filter Panel

    Every CMS Explorer filter and how filters combine.

  • Object Actions

    Every right-click action on BusinessObjects objects, with permission and license notes.

  • Properties

    The Properties dialog and extended properties: view, edit, clear, find and replace.

  • Explore Security

    Effective rights and their inheritance, access levels, adding principals.

  • Relationships and Structure

    Related objects of universes, connections and documents; universe and Web Intelligence structure; universe impact.

Content Operations

Analysis

  • Users and Groups

    Browse and administer BusinessObjects users, groups, aliases and sessions.

  • Servers

    Live server metrics, server commands and real-time Web Intelligence monitoring.

  • Database Impact

    Which documents use a database connection, schema, table or column.

  • Visual Diff

    Compare structure and content across environments and versions.

  • Security Diff

    Compare the security of objects side by side.

  • Meta Query

    SQL over the MetaMiner Database and audit databases, script catalog, history, results as a tree.

Lifecycle

  • Backup and Restore

    Backup concepts, archive storage, restore and import from BIAR.

  • Backup and Promote Wizard

    Create a scheduled backup or promotion job step by step.

  • Report Validation

    Scheduled comparison of Web Intelligence report outputs over time or across environments.

  • Alerts

    SQL, URL, report refresh and server availability alerts with actions and notifications.

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