> Edge BI Feature Tour > Data Integration SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI delivers a complete business intelligence (BI) suite with specialized tools for reporting, query and analysis, and performance management. Managing such a broad set of end-user interaction requirements, as well as security and access rights, requires a powerful, complete, yet easy-to-use administration environment.
The administration environment must be flexible enough to match the way that organizations choose to manage and secure their BI environment—whether it is very granular control over every system element and interaction, or a much more open philosophy around information access.
Intutive management console
SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI includes a completely web-based environment for system configuration, security control, and user interface management.
The management console provides flexible, powerful, and granular control of the environment for tasks that include setting up user roles, security access, server administration, password management, and more.
Easily manage user, group, and object-level rights
Managing security and user access rights are critical elements of a BI platform, since information managed by the system is often the lifeblood of decision making within an organization.
Edge BI provides control over which data elements and documents a user can see, interact with, and even print or export. In addition, security administrators can access third party security databases such as SAP, LDAP, and Windows NT/Active Directory to control user rights.
Service-oriented architecture and BI Platform Management
SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI is designed as a services-oriented architecture for flexible system configuration.
Each system service—such as report caching, scheduling, or analytic engines—can be set up and controlled from the management console, giving the ability to stop, restart, and reconfigure system services directly from the web environment.
