Crystal Enterprise 8.5 introduces a spectrum of enhancements designed to increase administrator productivity and to automate complex administrative tasks. Many of these gains come through the new Administration SDK, but version 8.5 also includes more granular object management capabilities.
The Administration SDK complements the existing Client SDK to enable the automation or customization of common administrative tasks. In version 8.0, all administrative tasks were performed through the Crystal Management Console (CMC). While an enhanced edition of this application continues to ship with Crystal Enterprise 8.5, the Administration SDK allows organizations to build their own specialized administrative interfaces and tools.
Crystal Enterprise 8.5 introduces greater control over how many instances of an object are retained in the system. While Crystal Enterprise 8.0 enforced global instance limits, Crystal Enterprise 8.5 extends control to the folder and object level, giving administrators more control over object history and storage limits. Deletion policies can be based on number of instances, number of instances per user, or age of instance.
New sample applications, available directly off the Crystal Enterprise Launchpad, provide examples of specialized administration tools based on the new Administration SDK. These applications show how to implement delegated administration interfaces (for example, a password change utility for help desk personnel), how to make batch updates or changes to objects in Crystal Enterprise, and how to apply custom filters to objects to speed administration.
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