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The technical requirements for running the strategy management application or the Administrator application are as follows:

Installations

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.x or 7.x series

  • A PDF Reader. This applies to users who will be printing reports using the Print link, mailing reports using the Mail link, reading reports emailed to them, creating operational reviews, or displaying operational reviews

  • Sun JRE 1.5.0_11 or higher. This requirement applies to strategy management administrators and any user will be accessing the Dimensional Selector dialog box in the Reports, Dashboard, and Scorecard components. These users must have the Display Advanced Report Settings permission assigned to them by the administrator in the Administrator.

  • Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, or 2007. This applies to users who will be exporting reports using the Export link and/or users who will enter data in Entry and Approval via Excel.

    Note Note

    You cannot use Excel 2007 if you are using Excel Add-In. For more information about Excel Add-In requirements, see the Client Installation Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management Excel Add-In.

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  • Microsoft Word. This applies to users who will be exporting reports to a Word document using the Export link.

Browser Settings

  • Internet options:

    Pop-ups must be enabled.

    Enable temporary Internet file settings to automatically check for newer versions of stored pages.

  • Advanced Browser options: acceptance of all ActiveX controls and scripts. This applies to users who will be exporting reports using the Export link and/or users who will be entering data in Entry and Approval via Excel.

  • Maximized browser window.

Administrator-Managed Application Permissions

The strategy management administrator sets your user profile in the following ways:

  • Adds strategy management users to either SAP NetWeaver UME or the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise.

  • Adds users to strategy management application groups, and sets permissions and accessibility in the strategy management application and Administrator application by application group.

  • Provides access to the server were Interactive Publisher is installed if you are the strategy management administrator or you are a user accessing an Application Server model.

User-Managed Application Setting

You can specify the following application option:

  • The Display notification option must be selected in the Alert Subscriptions dialog box of the Home component if you want to receive an email alert when the initiative author selects the Notify team members now link while editing an initiative.

Desktop Settings

  • The screen resolution must be set to use either normal fonts with a 1024 x 768 screen resolution or large fonts with at least a 1280 x 1024 resolution