Federation in the CMC

Hello *,
in the "BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide" for BOXI R 3.1 (which we are using) I found a lot of information regarding a new functionality called "Federation". To create a remote connection for example, the Admin Guide explains that I have to "Go to The Federation area of the CMC".
My problem is that I can't find this area inside the CMC! I am able to create replication lists and add replication objects to the list; but an area "Federation" seems to be missing...
Hopefully someone can help.
Kind regards, Marc.

I found the solution myself!
The problem was that I was using a german locale of the CMC. Both the german and the english version of the administrator guide mention an area called "Federation" in the CMC. Unfortunately, the german translation used in the CMC was not "Fededartion" but "Bündelung", that is why I didn't find it.. There was mistake in german administrator guide..
Regards, Marc.

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