A calendar is a customized list of run dates for scheduled jobs. When users schedule objects, they can use a calendar to run the job on a predefined set of dates. Calendars are particularly useful when you want to run a recurring job on an irregular schedule, or if you want to provide users with sets of regular scheduling dates to choose from. Calendars also allow you to create more complex processing schedules, combining unique scheduling dates with recurring ones.
The Cache Server is responsible for handling all viewing requests from the Web Component Server (WCS). The Cache Server checks whether or not it can fulfill the request with a cached report page. If it cannot, it passes the request along to the Page Server. The Page Server runs the report and returns the results to the Cache Server. The Cache Server then caches the information and returns the data to the WCS. By storing report pages in a cache, Crystal Enterprise avoids accessing the database each and every time a report is requested.
The Crystal Configuration Manager (CCM) is a server administration tool. It is provided in two forms. In a Windows environment, the CCM allows you to manage local and remote servers through its Graphical User Interface (GUI) or from a command line. In a UNIX environment, the CCM shell script (ccm.sh) allows you to manage servers from a command line.
The Crystal Management Console (CMC) web application is the most powerful administrative tool provided for managing a Crystal Enterprise system. It offers you a single interface through which you can perform almost every task related to user management, content management, and server management.
Working with the Crystal Management Console
Crystal Analysis is a design tool for creating OLAP applications that allow you to view and analyze data from different data sources. They can be distributed as desktop applications, or published on the Web using Crystal Enterprise.
See CCM.
The Crystal Import Wizard is a locally installed Windows application that allows you to migrate existing user accounts, groups, folders, and reports to your new Crystal Enterprise system. The Crystal Import Wizard runs on Windows, but you can use it to import information to a new Crystal Enterprise system that is running on Windows or on UNIX.
See CMC.
The Crystal Management Server (CMS) is responsible for maintaining a database of information about your Crystal Enterprise system; the other components can therefore access that data as required. The data stored by the CMS includes information about users and groups, security levels, Crystal Enterprise content, and servers. The CMS maintains security and manages objects and servers.
The Crystal Publishing Wizard is a locally installed, 32
Crystal Server Pages (CSP), which are similar to Active Server Pages (ASP), are used to provide dynamic responses to users browsing Crystal Enterprise. The Crystal Enterprise web desktop, for instance, is written in CSP. CSP files contain a mixture of HTML code and scripting code such as VBScript or JavaScript (also known as JScript or ECMA Script). CSP pages are text files with a .csp extension, and they can be developed with a text editor or an application such as Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Visual InterDev. For more information, see the developer documentation available on your product CD.
The Crystal Repository is a database in which you store and manage shared report elements such as text objects, bitmaps, custom functions, and custom SQL commands. Crystal Enterprise supports Crystal reports that reference repository objects. You can refresh a report's repository objects with the latest version from your Crystal Repository when you publish reports to Crystal Enterprise. Alternatively, you can refresh a report's repository objects on demand over the Web.
A custom event is an event that is triggered manually by a user through the CMC, or triggered directly through CSP code. A scheduled report that is dependent on a custom event will run only when the event is triggered.
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