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What's New in Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide, Version 7.8.4

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.4 of the software.

Table 1. New Product Features in Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide, Version 7.8.4
Topic	Description
About Setting Siebel Analytics Web Permissions	Revised permission information.
Administering Items in the Siebel Analytics Web Catalog	Revised multiple procedures.
Administering Siebel Analytics Web Groups	Revised multiple procedures.
Analytics Web Message Structure	Revised Message Component table.
Changing Alternating Bar Color	Added a new topic on changing the color of alternating bars that appear in a table view.
Configuration Keys	Added new topic on editing configuration key information.
Configuring Report Write Back	Added new section covering configuration details for the write back feature.
Copying and Pasting Content Between Siebel Analytics Web Catalogs	Revised procedure on copying and pasting content between Web Catalogs.
Creating Shared Siebel Intelligence Dashboards	Revised information on dashboards.
Creating Siebel Intelligence Dashboards Action Links	Revised procedure on creating action links.
Customizing the Siebel Analytics Web User Interface Using XML Message Files	Revised information on custom messages.
Default Siebel Analytics Web Privilege Assignments	Added new privileges for the write back feature and the Advanced Reporting feature.
Differences Between Groups and Web Groups	Added new topic explaining the difference between groups and web groups.
Enabling User-Initiated Administration Actions	Added new topic explaining how to enable the user-initiated administration feature.
Localizing Siebel Analytics Web Catalog Text Strings	Revised XML file information.
Modifying Siebel Analytics Web User Interface Styles	Revised multiple procedures.
Moving a Siebel Analytics Web Catalog to Another Installation	Revised procedure on moving Web Catalogs.
Passing Filters to the Siebel Analytics Web Go URL Through a URL (Navigation)	Revised information on the GoNav and PortalNav functions.
Replicating Siebel Analytics Web Catalogs	Revised configuration file information.
Setting Siebel Analytics Web Permissions Through Analytics Catalog Manager	Revised information on setting permissions.
Setting Siebel Analytics Web Permissions Through the Administration Screen	Revised multiple procedures.
Setting Siebel Analytics Web Privileges	Revised multiple procedures.
Setting Up the Siebel Analytics Web Catalog Structure	Revised information on Requests folder.
Upgrading the Siebel Analytics Web Catalog to a Newer Version	Revised information on upgrading.
Using the Siebel Analytics Web Logging Facility	Revised debugging information.

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.2 of the software.

Table 2. New Product Features in Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide, Version 7.8.2
Topic	Description
Blocking Requests in Siebel Answers.	New topic. Administrators can block specific requests, such as requiring users to include certain columns with others, or requiring filters when certain columns are requested.
Specifying View Defaults for Siebel Answers and Siebel Intelligence Dashboard Users.	New topic. Administrators can control some aspects of the initial state of new views that are added to a request within Siebel Answers and new objects that are added to a dashboard page.
Viewing Information About Active Siebel Delivers iBot Sessions.	New topic. Administrators can view information about currently active iBot sessions triggered by the Scheduler, such as a list of active iBots per session and the recipients for each active iBot.
Controlling Access to Saved Selection Options in Siebel Intelligence Dashboards.	New topic. It provides an overview of saved selections and information about administering saved selections.

The features listed in Table 3 were introduced in Version 7.8.1, the Limited Distribution release of the software.

Table 3. New Product Features in Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide, Version 7.8.1
Topic	Description
Creating an action link. Creating Siebel Intelligence Dashboards Action Links.	Corrected the HTML in Step 5 of the procedure to create an action link.
Javahost service. Using the Javahost Service in Siebel Analytics Web.	Added information on configuring the Javahost service.
Making configuration changes. Making Siebel Analytics Web Configuration Changes.	Removed all references to working in the Windows registry. Beginning with this version of Siebel Analytics, you should make Siebel Analytics Web configuration changes in the configuration file instanceconfig.xml and not in the Windows registry.
SAW Replication. Replicating Siebel Analytics Web Catalogs.	Added information on how to replicate a Web Catalog from one Siebel Analytics Web Server to other servers.
Server Logging. Using Siebel Analytics Web Logging.	Added information on Siebel Analytics Web Server logging.
Siebel Analytics ReportUI Portlet. Configuring the Siebel Analytics ReportUI Portlet.	Added information on how to use Siebel Analytics Web reports in a WebSphere Portlet.
Web Catalog Backup. How the Siebel Analytics Web Catalog Backup Process Works.	Revised information on the improved Web Catalog backup parameters.