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The Custom or Expand installation option allows you to install specific features. You can perform a custom installation if you plan to use BusinessObjects Enterprise in a distributed (split) environment. For example, your existing web application server resides on a different computer than the one hosting the BusinessObjects Enterprise core components.

You customize the installation in the setup program Features screen.

The Features screen contains a tree of features that are divided into the following top-level features:

The markers in the tree indicate whether the feature and its subfeatures will be installed:

Client Components

This feature contains the Developer Components which has two subfeatures:

BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK

The development kit for Java applications.

BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services SDK

The development kit for web services.

Web Tier Components

This feature contains the following subfeatures:

BI Platform Web Components:

Includes all components that are used to run BusinessObjects Enterprise applications, including the CMC, InfoView, and Dashboard and Analytics.

BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services

A component of BusinessObjects Enterprise built for developers. This component is composed of an implementation of web services that can be deployed with BusinessObjects Enterprise.

Tomcat

If you do not have an existing web application server, you can install Apache Tomcat 6.

Server Components

For more information about these servers, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Architecture chapter of the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator’s Guide. Server Components contains the following subfeatures:

Database Access

This feature installs the necessary drivers and files to provide access to a broad range of data sources. This feature contains the following subfeatures:

Export Support

This feature contains drivers and files to enable export to various industry standard file formats. This feature includes the following subfeatures:

Note: Reports and universes can only be generated from a CA Technologies product database. A CA Technologies product must configure the data source for the usage of that specific product. See your CA Technologies product documentation for more information.

Samples

Included are samples for Crystal Reports, a BIAR file that includes Web Intelligence reports and the universe used to create these reports.

Sample reports are located in the Report Samples folder. Only English samples are installed.

Help Files

Select the Help files feature to install the HTML online help for the products you are installing including the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator’s Guide and the BusinessObjects Enterprise InfoView User's Guide.