SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise and SAP BusinessObjects EDGE both come packaged with the Central Management Console (CMC). This is a .NET or Java Web-based environment for managing, deploying, and configuring the entire SAP Business Objects Enterprise/ Edge infrastructure. The CMC is used by SAP Business Objects Administrators to access and configure the SAP Business Objects BI system. The CMC provides management of and configuration for the following system elements:
- Security
- Authentication
- User and group creation and management
- Object rights
- License keys
- Folder and Category management
- Scheduling
- Services/server configuration
- Server groups (clusters)
- Universes and data connections
- User interface settings and preferences
- Business calendars