About the Central Management Console

The Central Management Console (CMC) is a web-based tool that you use to perform most day-to-day administrative tasks, including user management, content management, and server management.

Any user with valid credentials for the Business Intelligence (BI) platform can log on to the CMC and set preferences. Users who are not members of the Administrators group cannot perform management tasks, unless they have been granted access rights for a task. There are two ways to access the CMC—from your browser or by selecting Start of the navigation path Programs Next navigation step SAP Business Intelligence Next navigation step SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4 Next navigation step SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Central Management Console End of the navigation path in Windows.