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About the Siebel Reports Server

In a UNIX environment, the Siebel Reports Server requires the following components:

• Actuate iServer and Management Console for Siebel. The Actuate iServer for Siebel generates and manages report documents for the Siebel application. The iServer contains the Encyclopedia volume, a shared repository that stores report items along with related data, such as access privileges and request queues.

  The Management Console manages one or more iServers and Encyclopedia volumes. The Management Console is installed with the Actuate iServer.

• Actuate Active Portal JSP and Reports View Adapter for Siebel. The Actuate Active Portal JSP provides access to the Siebel Reports Server from the Web using JavaScript and Java^TM Server Page (JSP) tags. Active Portal JSP is used to run, schedule, and view reports in the Siebel application.

  The Reports View Adapter is an application used for viewing the Reports Server views in the Siebel application. The Reports View Adapter is installed with the Actuate Active Portal JSP.

  For more information about iServer, Management Console, and Active Portal JSP products, see the Actuate folder of the Siebel eBusiness Third-Party Bookshelf.

The Actuate components are customized to work with the Siebel application. Siebel files are installed when each Actuate component is installed.

For designing reports for use in Siebel applications, you may install the following components on a Windows client:

• (Optional) Actuate e.Report Designer Professional. Used by professional developers of structured content to design, build, and distribute report object designs and components throughout the enterprise. Actuate e.Report Designer Professional is used along with Siebel Tools to create and customize Siebel Actuate reports.

  Actuate e.Report Designer Professional must be installed on a developer machine that has Siebel Tools installed on it.

• (Optional) Actuate e.Report Designer. Lets you design and build reports using its graphical user interface. This application complements e.Report Designer Professional and is used by business users to modify and distribute a variety of reports. No programming is required, therefore Actuate e.Report Designer is not used to create Siebel Actuate reports. This application supports both modifying complex reports and using components from libraries.

  Actuate e.Report Designer must be installed on a developer machine that has Siebel Tools installed on it.

For more information on installing Siebel Tools, see Installing Siebel Tools.

For more information about these Actuate products, see the Actuate folder of the Siebel eBusiness Third-Party Bookshelf.