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General Platform

• View all components *  
• Process flow: Log on to BI launch pad
• Process flow: Start the Server Intelligence Agent

Central Management Console

• Tutorial: Create OLAP Connections to BW
• Process Flow: Set a schedule for a program object
• Process Flow: Run a schedule for a program object

Crystal Reports 2011 Process Flows

• Set a schedule for a report
• Run a schedule for a report *
• View a report instance when the page is in the cache
• View a report instance when the page is not in the cache
• View a report on demand

Crystal Reports for Enterprise Process Flows

• Set a schedule for a report *
• Run a schedule for a report *
• View a report instance when the page is in the cache *
• View a report instance when the page is not in the cache *
• View a report on demand *

Live Office Process Flows

• Insert a Web Intelligence part
• Refresh a Web Intelligence part
• Insert a Crystal Report part
• Refresh a Crystal Report part

Web Intelligence Process Flows

• Set a schedule for a Web Intelligence document
• Run a schedule for a Web Intelligence document
• View a Web Intelligence document on demand
• Export a document
• Refresh a document based on a multi-source universe *
• Refresh a document based on a dimensional universe *
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in one-tier mode
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in two-tier mode
• Refresh a document in Web Intelligence Desktop in three-tier mode

Analysis, edition for OLAP Process Flows

• View an Analysis, edition for OLAP workspace *

Dashboards Process Flows

• View a dashboard when the query result is in the cache *
• View a dashboard when the query result is not in the cache *
• Design a new dashboard based on a universe *
• Preview a new dashboard based on a universe *
• Save a new dashboard to the platform *

Explorer Process Flows

• Log on to Explorer
• Display list of information spaces in Explorer
• Display list of data sources in Explorer
• Create an information space based on Excel
• Index an information space based on Excel
• Create an information space based on a universe *
• Index an information space based on a universe *
• View an information space based on a universe or Excel file

Upgrade Management Tool

• Process flow: Upgrade content directly from an older version of the platform *
• Tutorial: Perform a complete upgrade *
• Tutorial: Perform an incremental upgrade *

* Includes changes for the 4.0 release.

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