B03 BB ConfigGuide en De

SAP BW 7.0

September 2008

English

General Settings for BI Integration (B03)

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Building Block Configuration Guide

SAP Best Practice General Settings for BI Integration: Configuration Guide

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Content

General Settings for BI Integration..................................................................................................5

1 Configuration........................................................................................................................ 5

1.1 General Settings in SAP ERP........................................................................................5

1.1.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy....................................................5

1.2 General Settings in SAP SCM.......................................................................................5

1.2.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SAP SCM).................................5

1.3 General Settings in SAP CRM.......................................................................................6

1.3.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SAP CRM).................................6

1.3.2 BI Adapter: Version Management: Metadata........................................................6

1.4 General Settings in SAP BI............................................................................................7

1.4.1 Activating ICF Services.........................................................................................7

1.4.2 Maintaining Profiles...............................................................................................7

1.4.3 Settings for Material Number Conversion.............................................................8

1.4.4 Transferring Global Settings from Source Systems..............................................8

1.4.5 Maintaining Source System IDs............................................................................9

1.4.6 Assigning Source System for Activation................................................................9

1.4.7 Activating Business Content: InfoObject Catalogs..............................................10

1.4.8 Activating Business Content: Currency Translation Type...................................11

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General Settings for BI Integration

UseThis section describes all activities that must be performed for BI Integration for each system involved regardless of the analysis that is going to be performed

PrerequisitesConnectivity between BI and all other involved systems must be set up.Refer to the relevant sections of BI Connectivity building block.

1 Configuration

1.1 General Settings in SAP ERP

UseThis section describes the general settings necessary for BI Integration in ERP.If ERP is not involved in your scenario skip this section.

1.1.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy

ProcedureThis step has to be carried out in the SAP ERP system.

Transaction code RSA9

Confirm the security check: Do you want the content application Transfer Component Hierarchy? with YES.

If a dialog box appears requesting the user to enter a development class,. enter a development class in the customer’s namespace and choose Save or Local object.

1.2 General Settings in SAP SCM

UseThis section describes the general settings necessary for the BI Integration in SCMIf SCM is not involved in your scenario skip this section.

1.2.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SAP SCM)

ProcedureThis step has to be carried out in the SCM system.


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If a dialog box appears requesting the user to enter a development class, enter a development class in the customers namespace and choose Save or choose Local object.

If no error message is sent the application component hierarchy has been transferred successfully.

1.3 General Settings in SAP CRM

UseThis section describes the general settings necessary for BI Integration in CRM. If CRM is not involved in your scenario skip this section.

1.3.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SAP CRM)

ProcedureThis step has to be carried out in the CRM system.



If a dialog box appears requesting the user to enter a development class, enter a development class in the customer’s namespace and choose Save or choose Local object.

If no error message is sent the application component hierarchy has been transferred successfully.

1.3.2 BI Adapter: Version Management: Metadata

ProcedureTransaction code BWA5

Carry out the following steps:

1. On the BW Adapter: Version Management: Metadata view choose Select Delta.

2. Choose Copy DataSources.

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1.4 General Settings in SAP BI

1.4.1 Activating ICF Services

UseThe ICF services required by SAP BI are delivered preconfigured but for security reasons inactive. All the services needed by SAP BI require activation.

ProcedureTransaction code SICF

1. On the Maintain Services screen enter Service as Hierarchy Type and choose Execute.

2. On the Maintain service screen expand default_host -> sap.

3. Right click on the ‘bw’ entry.

4. From the context menu choose ‘Activate service’.

5. In the confirmation dialog box, select the option to activate all sub-nodes below the ‘bw’ node in the hierarchy.In the same way as the 'bw' entry activate the following services:/SAP/public/bc/SAP/public/bc/ur/SAP/bc/dal/ all subnodes

6. Choose Back.

You may be asked for a transport to record the change.

1.4.2 Maintaining ProfilesTransaction code RZ10

1. On the Edit Profiles view make the following entries:

Field Entry

Profile DEFAULT (enter via matchcode)

Version is filled automatically

Extended Maintenance X

2. Choose Change.

3. On the Maintain R/3 Profile ‘DEFAULT’ Version ‘XXXXXX’ view look for the following parameters. If a parameter doesn’t exist create it. Make sure that all parameters have the value as specified in the table below.

Parameter name Parameter value

login/system_client BW client you’re working in

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login/create_sso2_ticket 1

login/accept_sso2_ticket 1

4. Choose Back.

5. In the dialog box choose Yes.

6. On the Edit Profiles view save the profile.

7. In the Activate profile dialog box choose Yes.

8. Confirm the dialog box.

9. In the Information dialog box choose Continue.

10. In the Caution! dialog box choose Continue.

The effect of activating a profile is simply that the profile is stored at operating system level. For the profile to take effect for a particular application server, you have to restart the application server.

1.4.3 Settings for Material Number Conversion

ProcedureTransaction code OMSL

1. On the Change View "Material Number Formats": Details view make the same entries as in the SAP ERP source system. Look up the same transaction in the source system.

2. Choose Save. If the system prompts you for a transport request enter the relevant request number or create a new request.

3. Choose Back twice.

1.4.4 Transferring Global Settings from Source Systems

UseIn this activity you transfer fiscal year variants, units of measures and currency units from your source system. If you do not use the settings from your source systems you will have to maintain the settings in BI Customizing. In this case skip this step.

PrerequisitesIn your ERP/CRM/SCM source system fiscal year variants, units of measures and currency units have been maintained.

ProcedureThis activity has to be carried out in the BI system. Perform this activity for every ERP/CRM/SCM source system that you will use in SAP BI.

To transfer global settings from a source system choose:

SAP Menu Modeling Data Warehousing Workbench: Modeling


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Then carry out the following steps:

1. On the Data Warehousing Workbench: Modeling screen:

a. Choose Source Systems.

b. In the right hand window select the source system from which you would like to transfer the global settings.

c. From the context menu choose Transfer global settings.

2. On the Transfer global settings: Selection view in the frame Transfer global table contents select the checkboxes for the settings you want to use from your ERP source system:

a. Currencies to transfer the currency keys from the source system.

b. Units of measurement to transfer units of measurement from the source system.

c. Fiscal year variants to transfer fiscal year variants

3. In the frame Mode choose Update Tables.

4. Choose Execute.

5. Choose Back twice.

1.4.5 Maintaining Source System IDs

ProcedureThis activity has to be carried out in the SAP BI system.

To maintain the Source System IDs, carry out the following steps:

1. On the SAP Easy Access SAP Business Information Warehouse screen, choose:

SAP Menu Modeling Data Warehousing Workbench: Modeling


2. Choose Asgnmt of Srce Syst. to Srce Syst. ID from the Menu Tools.

3. Enter a unique 2 digit Source System ID for all of your source systems.

4. Choose Enter.

5. Enter a text/ description for the source systems.

6. Choose Save.

7. If dialog box with the information Empty source system IDs are not saved comes up choose Enter.

8. Choose Back.

These entries cannot be changed.

1.4.6 Assigning Source System for Activation

ProcedureTo assign a source system, choose:

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SAP BI Menu Modeling Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content

Transaction Code RSORBCT


1. In the Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content view choose Edit Source System Assignment.

2. In the Choose source system by default? dialog box select the checkbox in the column Default assignment for the source systems you need to load data from.

3. Choose Continue.

If you want to continue with the next activity, do not leave the transaction.

ResultBy assigning the source systems, you limit the assignment to the DataSources from the assigned source systems only. This reduces the time for activation.

1.4.7 Activating Business Content: InfoObject Catalogs

ProcedureThis activity has to be carried out in the BI system:

SAP Menu Modeling Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content

Transaction cCde RSORBCT


1. On the Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content screen:

a. At the top of the right hand frame, choose Grouping and select In Data Flow Before.

b. At the top of the right hand frame, choose Collection mode and select collect automatically.

c. In the left hand frame, select Object Types.

d. In the middle frame, expand InfoObject Catalog and make a double-click on Select Objects.

2. In the Selection of Query Objects dialog box.

a. Select the following InfoObject catalog:

InfoObject Catalog (technical name) InfoObject Catalog(description)

0CHANOTASSIGNED Unassigned characteristics

b. Choose Transfer Selections.

c. If a dialog box Remote Activation in the Source System <…> occurs, choose Do not check.

d. If a dialog box appears Exceeded runtime when collecting objects choose Continue.

3. At the top of the right frame, choose Install and select Install in Background.

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4. In the Install Business Content in the Background dialog box choose Yes.


6. Choose Exit.

ResultYou have started a background job in order to activate the Business Content. Check the status of the background job using transaction SM37.

Make sure that the current job has finished successfully before you proceed with the activation of further objects.

1.4.8 Activating Business Content: Currency Translation Type

ProcedureThis activity has to be carried out in the BI system:

SAP Menu Modeling Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content

Transaction code RSORBCT


2. On the Data Warehousing Workbench: Business Content screen:

a. At the top of the right hand frame, choose Grouping and select Only Necessary Objects.

b. At the top of the right hand frame, choose Collection mode and select collect automatically.

c. In the left hand frame, select Object Types.

d. In the middle frame, expand Currency Translation Type and make a double-click on Select Objects.

3. In the Input help for Metadata dialog box.

a. Select the following Object:

Object name (technical name) Long Description

0HRFIXCUR Fixed target currency, current date

b. Choose Transfer Selections.

c. If a dialog box Remote Activation in the Source System <…> occurs, choose Do not check.

d. If a dialog box appears Exceeded runtime when collecting objects choose Continue.

4. At the top of the right frame, choose Install and select Install in Background.

5. In the Install Business Content in the Background dialog box choose Yes.


7. Choose Exit.

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ResultYou have started a background job in order to activate the Business Content. Check the status of the background job using transaction SM37.

Make sure that the current job has finished successfully before you proceed with the activation of further objects.

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