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Web Tier

The Web Tier option installs all of the components used by the web application server to run BusinessObjects Enterprise web applications. These components include:

BI Platform Java Web Components

Installs the Java version of BusinessObjects Enterprise applications including CMC, InfoView, and Dashboards and Analytics.

BI Platform .NET Web Components

Installs the .NET version of BusinessObjects Enterprise applications including CMC, InfoView, and Dashboards and Analytics.

Note: Most CA products do not support .NET Web components, but see your CA Technologies product documentation for specific requirements.

BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services

An implementation of web services that provides an API/WSDL to simplify the process of developing web applications.

Note: If you are using JBoss as your application server, web services must be deployed manually.

Tomcat

An open-source, standards-based, Java web application server. If you do not have an existing web application server, you can choose to install Apache Tomcat 5.5.

You may want to choose a Web Tier installation if:

• If you want to install the web applications separately from the server components.
• You completed your initial installation of BusinessObjects Enterprise, and you want to configure an additional web application server on a separate computer.

Note: If you deploy BusinessObjects Enterprise on a different web application server than default web application server delivered by BusinessObjects Enterprise, the shortcut to InfoView and other applications will not be created.