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Introduction to e. Reporting Server
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While using
Actuate reporting system the users work
with variety of report items to make a report. These items are stored in
Report Encyclopedia. Actuate e. Reporting server manages the requested
tasks by a user to build a report. The report server adds capabilities to
a reporting system and improves its performance. Following diagram shows
the relationship of the Actuate e. Reporting Server with its encyclopedia,
clients and RDBMS server.
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Report Server features |
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Familiar file management system |
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High security |
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Auto versioning |
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Automatic notification and distribution |
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Access using web browsers |
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Report Server Security Extension
(RSSE) |
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Report Server Architecture
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Report server manages interaction between clients and encyclopedia, and
also manages the activities such as scheduling and running reports,
browsing the folder hierarchy and printing or viewing items. The report
server executes these client requests.
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Introduction to Report Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia is the central repository for Live Report Documents.
It organizes the following items;
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Report items such as files of report object executables, report
object instances, report object designs and report object values.
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Folders
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Users privileges and roles.
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Requests, schedules, notifications and notification groups.
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Printers and fonts
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Process groups and their schedules.
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Performing Administration Tasks
The administration of a report server has two categories; one is related with reports and other with connections to resources.
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Administrator Desktop Tasks
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Report Server Tasks
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Managing the server |
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Starting and stopping a server |
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Managing user access and server security |
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Checking the server process status |
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Maintaining open server reports |
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Clearing the log, request queue,
notifications, object store or administration databases |
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Configuring the report encyclopedia for actuate reports |
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Backing up the encyclopedia |
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Configuring and maintaining the optional archive driver and archive software if it is installed |
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Upgrading The Report Encyclopedia
We can use the Actuate e. Reporting Server with a Release 3 Report Encyclopedia. If the Report Encyclopedia is used with a
Release 4 report server we cannot reinstall the Report Encyclopedia for use with a
Release 3 report
server. You must upgrade Actuate reports to Release 4 to use the new Actuate features such as DHTML report viewing and report page
security. We can convert the Encyclopedia to the current format using the Actuate utilities ACEXPORT and
ACIMPORT.
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