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The following table describes the BOManager parameters you set in the Administration Console.

Parameter Function Default

Kill BusObj processes on startup

Deletes all BusinessObjects processes (including those which may be running interactively) when Broadcast Agent or WebIntelligence is started.

On

Delete inactive session after

Deletes BOManager sessions that were inactive during the specified period.

Prevents sessions from remaining open if the user closes the browser without using the

WebIntelligence or InfoView logout. Business Objects recommends that you

synchronize this parameter with the Session timeout parameter in the WISessionManager module.

Max. number of busy processes

Maximum number of busy BusinessObjects processes allowed to run on the BOManager machine. A busy process is one that takes up CPU time.

This parameter also specifies that only x processes (such as refresh, save, or computing data) can be active at the same time in terms of CORBA calls. The value must be greater than the value set for Min. number of loaded processes and less than the value set for Max. number of loaded processes.

4

Max. number of loaded

processes

Maximum number of BusinessObjects processes allowed to run on the BOManager machine. The value must be greater than the Min. number of loaded processes.

10

Min. number of loaded

processes

Number of BusinessObjects processes that are started immediately by BOManager, making these processes available when a user request occurs. Must always be less than the value of Max. number of loaded processes.

2

Idle loop interval The interval between two iterations of BOManager’s background thread.

Each time the background thread runs, BOManager checks the values specified in the following parameters:

• Delete inactive session after • Delete inactive process after • Scheduler login cache duration • Auto-shutdown BOManager after

If any of the values have expired, the background thread performs the related clean-up task.

20 sec.

Fine-tuning Broadcast Agent Keep exclusive

process

The minimum interval during which a

BusinessObjects process is dedicated exclusively to one user.

If another user wants to open a session before this interval has expired, BOManager starts a new BusinessObjects process for this user. If, however, this interval has expired, BOManager assigns the same BusinessObjects process to another user. The parameter provides a benefit that is a trade-off between the response times of the current user and that of any other users:

When the value is high, the process is dedicated to the current user and results in improved response times for each action carried out by this user throughout the interval. However, during the interval, BOManager must start new

BusinessObjects processes for subsequent users, which results in more time-consuming operations. When the value is low, the process is not dedicated to the current user; BOManager has to restart another BusinessObjects process for every action other users perform after this interval expires. (This requires more time than for a simple action). However, all other users are able to reuse this process after the interval has expired, which leads to improved response times.

60 sec.

Delete inactive process after

Specifies how long BusinessObjects can remain open after it finishes processing a document. If there is no activity in the BusinessObjects process during this period, BOManager closes the process— if there are more loaded processes than the value set for Min number of loaded processes.

5 min.

Recycle process

Specifies the number of actions requiring intensive processing, such as opening or refreshing

documents, that can occur before the active memory on the server machine is cleaned up. After this number has been reached, BOManager closes the BusinessObjects process. It is reopened after the next document is opened or the next user is logged in.

40

Auto-shutdown BO Manager after

Specifies how often BOManager is automatically shut down and then restarted after it has been inactive. Shutting down BOManager cleans up the active memory on the server machine.

Business Objects recommends that you set this parameter to a value greater than the one set for the parameter Timeout for interactive and batch actions; otherwise, any batch actions requiring a greater value may be deleted.

Important: Make sure there are no active users when this type of maintenance operation is performed.

60 min.

Fine-tuning Broadcast Agent Scheduler login

cache duration

The interval during which a user’s login details and security permissions are stored in the cache. After this interval has expired, the next login does not make use of the cache; instead, it reads the security permissions directly from the repository.

This login cache is used only for Broadcast Agent tasks (scheduled documents). The value of this parameter provides a trade-off between improved performance and up-to-date real-time information. To disable the login cache, you must set it to 0. This is useful if you are testing a scheduled task immediately after changing a user’s security permissions. For example, if you change a user’s permissions, and immediately run a scheduled task, the task will normally reflect the old (cached) version of the user’s permissions. However, if you set this parameter to 0, this forces Broadcast Agent to use the new permissions.

360 min.

Timeout for interactive actions

The interval during which a BusinessObjects process running interactively (within

WebIntelligence) can be busy without interruption for any single action.

After this interval expires, the BusinessObjects process is recycled, or deleted, to stop the current action.

10 min.

Timeout for batch actions

The interval during which a BusinessObjects process running in batch mode (through Broadcast Agent) can be busy without interruption for any single action.

After this interval expires, the BusinessObjects process is recycled (deleted) to stop the current action.

60 min.

Enable macros for interactive users

Determines whether any VBA macros embedded in BusinessObjects documents will be run on the server when this document is viewed from InfoView. Note: This setting does not affect Broadcast Agent.

On

Enable Batch Processing

Determines whether this BOManager can process batch tasks (scheduled with Broadcast Agent). Set this parameter to Off to prevent Broadcast Agent from using this BOManager. When this parameter is set to On, tasks will be automatically distributed if possible to other nodes.

You may want to set Enable Batch Processing to Off on the BOManager on one or more nodes, so that the nodes are free for interactive users.

On

Enable Interactive Processing

Determines whether this BOManager can process interactive tasks (tasks started directly by an InfoView user attempting to refresh a full-client document).

You may want to set Enable Interactive Processing to Off on the BOManager on one or more nodes, so that interactive users cannot run tasks on these nodes, leaving them free for Broadcast Agent tasks. This might be useful if you want to make sure that scheduled tasks continue to be processed no matter how many users attempt to log in to the system.

On