Specify the users designated as strategy management administrators. In the SM Administrator(s) box, type a comma-separated list of administrators. The next time a user in this list starts the Administrator or the strategy management application, they can use all aspects of both applications. You need to restart SAP SM Extended Listener service to apply the changes.

Change the directory location of cache entries in the Cache directory box. By default, cache entries are stored in the \Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Strategy Management\InternetPub\cache where Interactive Publisher is installed.

Enable or disable the cache by selecting Enable or Disable. You should enable caching when users typically repeat the same queries, such as in the Reports component. For the Navigator template in the Reports component, users enter ad hoc queries and may not repeat the same queries, so you might want to disable caching for that template only.

Remove all cache entries from the cache directory by clicking Clear Cache. If you want more control over which entries to delete and which ones to keep, you can use the pipcache parameter. Pipcache lets you update or delete the cache entries based on a Web authentication username, age factor, a context name, the size of the entry file, the number of references to them, the last time they were accessed, and the time it takes to retrieve data into the cache. For information about using the pipcache parameters to maintain and optimize the cache, see the Administrator's Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management Interactive Publisher and Application Components on SAP Service Marketplace.

Specify Web Service information including the end point, user name, and password for the Web Service. The End Point is the location for Interactive Publisher to communicate with the application middle tier to get configuration information. It is assumed that Interactive Publisher and SAP NetWeaver CE are installed on the same server and the default value is set to localhost:50000. If Interactive Publisher and SAP NetWeaver CE are on different servers, then you must change the value of End Point to <ip_address>:<port> for the IP address and port where SAP NetWeaver CE is installed. You can enable caching in the Web Service as a performance boost to save web service calls for every HTTP request.

The username is the name of the technical user. If you are using SAP NetWeaver UME, the technical user is SSEL or may be a different name defined during the installation process.

If you are using SAP BusinessObjects, the technical name is CMSTechnicalUser or may be a different name defined during the installation process. If you did not define a technical user, enter pipadmin.

The password is the password for the technical user or for pipadmin if there is no technical user.

Anytime the system administrator adds, modifies, or deletes strategy management users or system groups in the user management system, which is either SAP NetWeaver UME or the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, you need to synchronize user tables to refresh the authorization cache. This ensures that changes are propagated in the application. You can synchronize user tables on an as needed basis by clicking Synchronize User Tables.

Any time you add, modify, or delete users or system groups, you need to refresh the authorization cache to ensure that changes are propagated in the application by clicking Synchronize user tables.