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About the Siebel Reports Server

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In a Windows environment, the Siebel Reports Server consists of the following components:

Actuate e.Reporting Server. Generates and manages live report documents. Actuate e.Reporting Server also contains the Report Encyclopedia, a shared repository that stores report items along with related data, such as access privileges and request queues.
Actuate Management Console. Manages one or more Actuate e.Reporting Servers and Report Encyclopedias. Actuate Management Console also controls user privileges.

The Actuate Management Console replaces the Actuate Administrator Desktop.

Actuate Active Portal. Provides access to the Siebel Reports Server from the World Wide Web using JavaScript and Java^TM Server Page (JSP) tags. Using Actuate Active Portal, you can access and work with reports through any Web browser.

The Actuate Active Portal replaces the Actuate ReportCast.

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

Siebel Report Server Access. A Siebel application integration component that provides access to Siebel data for report generation. This component also includes Siebel report executables, Siebel Active Portal templates, and Active Portal security extension library.

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

Actuate e.Report Designer Professional (Optional). Used by professional developers of structured content to design, build, and distribute report object designs and components throughout the enterprise. The Actuate Basic Language and Actuate Foundation Class Library support customizing capabilities.
Actuate e.Report Designer (Optional). 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 design and distribute a variety of reports. No programming is required. This application supports both modifying complex reports and using components from libraries.

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

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