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SAP BW 3.5

October 2004

English

Building Block: General Settings for BW Integration

SAP AGNeurottstr. 1669190 Walldorf

Building Block Configuration Guide

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SAP Best Practice General Settings for BW-Integration: Configuration Guide

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Content

General Settings for BW Integration...............................................................................................5

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

1.1 General Settings in R/3.................................................................................................5

1.1.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (R/3)............................................5

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

1.2.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SCM).........................................6

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

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

1.3.2 BW Adapter: Version Management: Metadata......................................................7

1.4 General Settings in SAP BW.........................................................................................7

1.4.1 Activate ICF Services............................................................................................7

1.4.2 Maintaining Profiles...............................................................................................8

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

1.4.4 Transferring Global Settings from Source Systems..............................................9

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

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

1.4.7 Activating Business Content: InfoObject.............................................................11

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General Settings for BW Integration

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

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

1 Configuration

1.1 General Settings in R/3

UseThis section describes the general settings necessary for BW Integration in R/3.If R/3 is not involved in your scenario skip this section.

1.1.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (R/3)

ProcedureThis step has to be carried out in the R/3 system.

IMG Menu Integration with Other mySAP.com Components Data Transfer to the SAP Business Information Warehouse Business Content DataSources Transfer Application Component Hierarchy

Transaction code RSA9

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

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 SCM

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

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1.2.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (SCM)

Procedure

This step has to be carried out in the SCM system.IMG Menu Integration with SAP Components Data Transfer to the SAP

Business Information Warehouse Business Content DataSources Transfer Application Component Hierarchy



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 CRM

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

1.3.1 Transferring Application Component Hierarchy (CRM)

Procedure

This step has to be carried out in the CRM system.IMG Menu Integration with Other mySAP Components Data Transfer to

the SAP Business Information Warehouse Business Content DataSources Transfer Application Component Hierarchy



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.

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1.3.2 BW Adapter: Version Management: Metadata

ProcedureIMG Menu Integration with Other mySAP Components Data

Transfer to the SAP Business Information Warehouse Settings for Application-Specific DataSources (CRM) Settings for BW Adapter Activate BW Adapter Metadata

Transaction code BWA5

Carry out the following steps:

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

2. Choose Copy DataSources.

1.4 General Settings in SAP BW

1.4.1 Activate ICF Services

UseThe ICF services required by SAP BW are delivered preconfigured but for

security reasons inactive. All the services needed by SAP BW require activation.

ProcedureTransaction code SICF

1. On the Maintain service view expand default_host -> sap.

2. Right click on the ‘bw’ entry.

3. From the context menu choose ‘Deactivate service’.

4. Confirm the deactivation.

5. Right click on the ‘bw’ entry again.

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

7. In the confirmation dialog, select the option to activate all sub-nodes below the ‘bw’ node in the hierarchy.

8. Choose Back.

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

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1.4.2 Maintaining ProfilesTransaction code RZ10

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

Field Entry

Profile DEFAULT

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

login/create_sso2_ticket 1

login/accept_sso2_ticket 1

4. Choose Back.

5. On the dialog box choose Yes.

6. On the Edit Profiles view from the menu choose Profile Activate.

7. Confirm the Dialog box.

8. On the Information dialog box choose Continue.

9. On 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 R/3 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.

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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 BW Customizing.In this case skip this step.

PrerequisitesIn your R/3/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 BW system. Perform this activity for every R/3/CRM/SCM source system that you will use in SAP BW.

To transfer global settings from a source system choose:

SAP Menu Modeling Administrator Workbench: Modeling


Then carry out the following steps:

1. On the Administrator 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 R/3 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 BW system.

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

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

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SAP Menu Modeling Administrator 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 Activating Business Content: InfoObject Catalogs

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

SAP Menu Modeling Administrator Workbench: Business Content

Transaction code RSORBCT


1. On the Administrator 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 Input help for Metadata 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 appears Exceeded runtime when collecting objects choose Continue.

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

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

5. In the Information dialog box choose Continue.

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6. Choose Exit.

1.4.7 Activating Business Content: InfoObject

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

SAP Menu Modeling Administrator Workbench: Business Content

Transaction code RSORBCT


2. On the Administrator 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.

7. 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 appears Exceeded runtime when collecting objects choose Continue.

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

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

10. In the Information dialog box choose Continue.

11. 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.

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