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Ingo Hilgefort

Integrating SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+

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Integrating SAP® Business Objects™ BI Platform 4.x with SAP Netweaver®

Bonn � Boston

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In this chapter we review the new integration of SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager with the enhanced change and transport system (CTS+) from SAP NetWeaver.

15 Integrating SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+

As part of the SAP Business Objects BI 4.x release, the SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager has been integrated with the enhanced change and transport environment (CTS+), so that you as an administrator can leverage a familiar environment to move content-related objects from you development system to your quality system, and finally to your production environment.

In this chapter, we will clarify the technical prerequisites for this integration and then show you how to configure the environments so that you can take advantage of this integration as part of your SAP Business Objects BI landscape.

Overall this integration requires three main steps:

1. Configuration of CTS+.

2. Configuration of BOLM as an application type.

3. Configuration of your SAP Business Objects BI environment.

15.1 Technical Prerequisites

If you are considering using this new integration of SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager and CTS+, these are the minimum system requirements:

EE SAP Solution Manager 7.01 Service Pack 25 or SAP Solution Manager 7.1 con-figured as a CTS system.

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EE The CTS plug-in installed on the SAP Solution Manager environment.

EE SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Feature Pack 03 (FP3).

SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 (prior to FP3)

The integration outlined below is also possible with SAP Business Objects BI 4.0, before the release of FP3, but the configuration steps are different. This chapter focuses on the FP3 release.

Figure 15.1 shows the required components for this integration and the process flow. As you can see from the figure, the following is required:

EE You need an SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 FP3 environment. Ideally, you have one environment for development purposes, one for quality testing, and one for the production environment. In Figure 15.1, these environments are BI4_DEV, BI4_QA, and BI4_PROD.

EE In addition, you need access to the SAP NetWeaver BW environment. Again, you should have one environment for development purposes, one for quality testing, and one for the production environment. In Figure 15.1, these environ-mets are BW_DEV, BW_QA, and BW_PROD.

EE You also need to have an environment where the SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager frontend application is deployed. The SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager frontend application requires a Java application server. Please be sure to check the list of supported Java application servers at http://service.sap.com/bosap-support. In Figure 15.1, this system is shown as LCM_1.

EE You also need a SAP Solution Manager environment with a configured CTS plug-in. The CTS plug-in is part of the Software Logistics (SL) Toolset 1.0 service pack 02. You can use either SAP Solution Manager 7.1 in combination with the SL Toolset 1.0 service pack 02 or the SAP Solution Manager 7.0 enhancement pack-age 01 service pack 25 with the SL Toolset 1.0 service pack 02. In Figure 15.1, this system is shown as Solution Manager.

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Solution Manager

LCM WebApplicationLCM_1

SBOP BI 4.xDEVELOPMENT

BI4_DEV

SAP NetWeaver BWDEVELOPMENT

BW_DEV

SBOP BI 4.xQUALITYBI4_QA

SAP NetWeaver BWQUALITYBW_QA

SBOP BI 4.xPRODUCTION

BI4_PROD

SAP NetWeaver BWPRODUCTION

BW_PROD

Figure15.1 Required Components for the Integration of CTS+ and SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager

When you use the SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager frontend and select the objects from your SAP Business Objects BI system, you are given the option to leverage the CTS+ integration and move the selected content in the form of ABAP transports. The SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager frontend tool collects the objects from the SAP Business Objects BI system (1) and uses the interface to the CTS system to add the selected objects to an ABAP transport request (2). After the transport request has been exported to the SAP NetWeaver BW system (3), you are able to release the transport request (4), and the objects are imported into the SAP Business Objects BI system (BI4_QA).

Important Notes on the Lifecycle Manager Integration

In regard to the configuration and installation of the integration of SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+, you can also see the following notes for important information:

EE SAP Note 1533059 for installing the SL Toolset

EE SAP Note 1003674 for CTS+

EE SAP Note 1533059 for the CTS plug-in

Notes can be viewed at http://service.sap.com/notes.

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In this section we reviewed the minimum system requirements to leverage SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager integrated with CTS+. In the next section we will go through the required confi guration steps.

15.2 Configuration Steps to Integrate SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager with SAP CTS+

In this section we will cover the required confi guration steps to integrate SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager (LCM) with SAP CTS+.

15.2.1 Configuration of CTS+

As part of the confi guration of the Solution Manager as a CTS system, an RFC con-nection is required to communicate between the ABAP and Java application server.

To confi gure the RFC communication:

1. Log on to the client of the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction SM59.

3. Navigate to the HTTP Connections area (see Figure 15.2).

Figure15.2 RFC Connections

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4. Make sure you check that the HTTP connection CTSDEPLOY already exists. If it does not exist, continue with these steps. If it exists, you can use the menu Edit • Change to change the existing confi guration.

5. Select the menu Edit • Create.

6. Enter “CTSDEPLOY” as RFC Destination (see Figure 15.3).

7. Select the Connection Type G (see Figure 15.3).

8. Enter the full qualifi ed server name of the Java application server from the SAP Solution Manager system into the Target Host fi eld.

9. Enter the port number of the Java application server from the SAP Solution Manager system into the Service No fi eld.

Figure15.3 RFC Connection Details

10. Navigate to the Logon & Security tab (see Figure 15.4).

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Figure15.4 Logon & Security Tab

11. Select the Basic Authentication option.

12. Enter a set of credentials with corresponding administrative rights on the Java application server from the SAP Solution Manager system.

13. Navigate to the Special Options tab (see Figure 15.5).

Figure15.5 Special Options

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14. Activate the No Timeout option.

15. Select the menu Connection • Save.

16. Click the Connection Test button. You should receive an HTTP Response 200 as result.

For communication between the ABAP application server and the Java application server of your Solution Manager system, there needs to be a confi gured commu-nication port.

To confi gure the communication port:

1. Log on to the client 000 of the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction LPCONFIG.

3. Enter “CO_TFLDEPLOY_PROXY_VI_DOCUMENT” into the Proxy Class fi eld.

4. Enter “CTSDEPLOY” into the Logical Port fi eld (see Figure 15.6).

Figure15.6 Logical Port

5. Select the menu Logical Port • Create.

6. Activate the Default Port option.

7. Navigate to the Call Parameter tab.

8. Enter “CTSDEPLOY” into the HTTP Destination fi eld.

9. Enter “DeployProxy/default?style=document” into the Path Suffi x fi eld.

10. Select the menu Logical Port • Save.

11. Select the menu Logical Port • Activate.

To get detailed information about transport requests, you need to use a Web Dynpro application provided by CTS, called the Object List Browser. You have to activate a set of services to enable this application. You can fi nd more details in SAP Note 517484.

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To confi gure the services:

1. Log on to the client of the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction SICF.

3. Enter “Service” in the Hierarchy Type fi eld.

4. Enter “CTS_BROWSER” in the Service Name fi eld (see Figure 15.7).

Figure15.7 Service Maintenance

5. Select the menu Program • Execute.

6. Select the service CTS_BROWSER.

7. Right-click the service CTS_BROWSER and select the menu Activate Service.

8. Click Yes to activate the service.

9. Start Transaction SICF again.

10. Enter “Service” in the Hierarchy Type fi eld.

11. Enter “CTS_OBJECTLIST_BROWSER” in the Service Name fi eld.

12. Select the menu Program • Execute.

13. Select the service CTS_OBJECTLIST_BROWSER.

14. Right-click the service CTS_OBJECTLIST_BROWSER and use the menu Activate Service.

15. Click Yes to activate the service.

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In this section you confi gured CTS so that you can integrate it with the SAP Business-Objects Lifecycle Manager. In the next section you will confi gure the application type.

15.2.2 Configuring Application Type BOLM

To integrate CTS+ with the SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager, you need to set up the application type BOLM as part of the transport confi guration.

To confi gure the application type:

1. Log on to the client of the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction STMS.

3. Select the menu Overview • Systems.

4. Select the menu Extras • Application Types • Confi gure.

5. Select the menu Edit • New Entries (see Figure 15.8).

Figure15.8 New Application Type

6. Enter “BOLM” in the Application Type fi eld.

7. Enter “SBOP LCM and CTS+ Integration” in the Description fi eld.

8. Enter “http://service.sap.com (ACH: BOJ-BIP-DEP)” in the Support Details fi eld.

9. Select the menu Table View • Save.

10. Click Yes when asked to distribute the new application type.

In this section you confi gured the application type BOLM. In the next section you will confi gure the SAP Business Objects BI system for integration with SAP CTS+.

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15.2.3 Configuring the SAP Business Objects BI System Landscape

The configuration of your SAP Business Objects BI system landscape as part of the integration with SAP CTS+ includes the following steps:

1. Assigning system IDs to your SAP Business Objects systems.

2. Configuring the SAP Business Objects BI development system.

3. Configuring the SAP Business Objects BI quality system.

4. Configuring the transport routes.

5. Configuring the mapping file.

6. Configuring the CTS Export Service.

7. Configuring your SAP Business Objects BI system with the CTS Web Service.

Assigning SAP Business Objects BI System ID

As part of the configuration of your SAP Business Objects BI systems in combina-tion with the SAP CTS+ environment, you need to define a system ID for each of the SAP Business Objects system. As shown in Table 15.1, you have three SAP Business Objects BI systems, so you need to assign three system IDs.

SAP Business Objects BI System Assigned System ID

BI4_DEV BID

BI4_QA BIQ

BI4_PROD BIP

Table15.1 Assigned SAP Business Objects BI System IDs

In addition, for the next steps you need to use the system IDs for your SAP NetWeaver BW systems shown in Table 15.2.

SAP Business Objects BI System Assigned System ID

BW_DEV BWD

BW_QA BWQ

BW_PROD BWP

Table15.2 Assigned SAP NetWeaver BW System ID

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After you assign system IDs to your SAP Business Objects BI system, you need to confi gure the SAP Business Objects development system as a source system for the transports.

Confi guring the SAP Business Objects Development System

In the next steps you will confi gure your SAP Business Objects BI system BID, which is used for development purposes, as the source system for the CTS+ transport system.

To confi gure the system as a source system:

1. Log on to your CTS system.

2. Start Transaction STMS.

3. Select the menu Overview • Systems.

4. Select the menu SAP System • Create • Non-ABAP System.

5. Enter the system ID of the SAP Business Objects BI source system (in our exam-ple, BID) into the System fi eld (see Figure 15.9).

Figure15.9 Confi gure Non-ABAP System (Part 1)

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6. Enter a description.

7. Select the Activate Transport Organizer option.

8. Click Save ( ).

9. Click Yes if you are asked whether the configuration should be distributed.

10. After you save your configuration, double-click the new entry in the list.

11. Navigate to the Transport Tool tab. Here you can define your transport strategy.

You have now configured the SAP Business Objects BI development system as a source. In the next steps you will configure the SAP Business Objects BI quality and test environment as a possible target system.

Transport Strategy

You can find details on how to set up a transport strategy as part of the documentation for SAP transport management system: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ctsplug100/helpdata/en/c5/d9012e437d4c318976edc9791f2ae4/frameset.htm.

SAP Credentials

All users allowed to create lifecycle management jobs and attach those to a CTS request will require a corresponding user in the client of the CTS system. The user ID has to match between your SAP Business Objects BI system and the CTS system.

You can also see SAP Note 1003674 for updates on the required authorizations.

Configuring the SAP Business Objects Quality and Test Systems

Here you will configure your SAP Business Objects BI system, BIQ, which is used for quality and test purposes, as the target system for the CTS+ transport system.

To configure the system as a source system:

1. Log on to your CTS system.

2. Start Transaction STMS.

3. Select the menu Overview • Systems.

4. Select the menu SAP System • Create • Non-ABAP System.

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5. Enter the system ID of the SAP Business Objects BI target system (in our example, BIQ) into the System fi eld (see Figure 15.10).

6. Enter a description.

7. Select the Activate Deployment Service option.

8. Ensure that only the Other option as part of Activate Deployment Service is activated (see Figure 15.10).

Figure15.10 Confi gure Non-ABAP System (Part 2)

9. Click Save ( ).

10. Click Yes if you are asked whether the confi guration should be distributed. In the next screen you are asked to confi gure the deployment method.

11. Select the menu Edit • New Entries (see Figure 15.11).

12. Enter “BOLM” in the Application Type fi eld.

13. In the Deploy method fi eld, select Application Specifi c Deployer (EJB).

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Figure15.11 New Entries

14. Enter the Deploy URL according to the following syntax:

http://<Application Server Name>:<Application Server Port>/BOE/LCM/CTSServlet?&cmsName=<Destination CMS name>:<Destination CMS port>&authType=<SBOP authentica-tion type>.

Replace <Application Server Name> and <Application Server port> with the application server name and port hosting the Lifecycle Manager web application.

Replace <Destination CMS Name> and <Destination CMS Port> with the CMS name and port of the SAP Business Objects system; in this case, the quality and test system (in our example, BIQ).

Replace <SBOP Authentication Type> with the authentication type you would like to use to authenticate toward the SAP Business Objects system.

15. Select the menu Table View • Save.

16. Click Yes if you are asked whether the confi guration should be distributed.

Repeat the steps to confi gure your SAP Business Objects BI production environment as a possible target deployment. After you confi gure the source and target systems, you will confi gure the transport routes.

Confi guring the Transport Routes

In this section you will confi gure the transport routes.

To confi gure the transport routes:

1. Log on to your CTS system.

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2. Start Transaction STMS.

3. Select the menu Overview • Transport Routes. The previously confi gured systems should be shown in the upper part of the screen.

4. Select the menu Confi guration • Display <> Change to enable the change mode.

5. Select the SAP Business Objects BI development system (in our example, BID) in the upper area and then click in the area of the transport routes (see Figure 15.12).

Figure15.12 Transport Routes

6. Repeat the step for the SAP Business Objects BI quality and test environment (in our example, BIQ) and the SAP Business Objects BI production environment (in our example, BIP).

7. Select the menu Edit • Transport Route • Add Transport Route. Your mouse pointer turns into a pencil and you can draw a line between the two systems, BID and BIQ.

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8. A dialog box as shown in Figure 15.13 appears. Select the Consolidationoption and enter a name for the transport layer. A consolidation route is required to connect a development environment to a quality and test environment.

Figure15.13 Create Transport Route

9. Click Transfer ( ).

10. Enter a description for the transport layer.

11. Click Transfer ( ).

12. Click Yes if you are asked whether the confi guration should be distributed.

13. Draw a line between the two systems, BIQ and BIP.

14. In the dialog box, select the Delivery option and enter a name for the transport layer. By using the Delivery option, you ensure that all transports that are imported into the source of the transport route are also fl agged for import into the target system of the transport route.

15. Click Transfer ( ).

16. Select the menu Confi guration • Save.

17. Click Yes if you are asked whether the confi guration should be distributed.

You have now confi gured the transport routes. In the next steps you will confi gure the mapping between the SAP Business Objects BI environments.

Confi guring the Mapping File

As part of the integration of your SAP Business Objects BI landscape with the SAP CTS environment, you assigned your SAP Business Objects BI system IDs. Now you need to create a mapping fi le where you map the system ID to the actual Central Management Server (CMS) of your SAP Business Objects BI systems.

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To configure the mapping file:

1. Log on with an administrative account to your SAP Business Objects system. You need to log on to the server that contains the CMS.

2. Navigate to the installation folder <SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence platform install path>/SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence platform 4.0/.

3. Create a folder with the name “LCM”.

4. Create a new file with the name “LCM_SOURCE_CMS_SID_MAPPING.properties”.

5. In the newly created text file, create entries for your SAP Business Objects BI systems. Follow the syntax outlined below:

<Fully qualified server name of the SAP Business Objects BI source CMS system>@<CMS Port Number> = <Assigned System ID>

You can also use the following syntax:

<IP Number of the SAP Business Objects BI source CMS system>@<CMS Port Number> = <Assigned System ID>

6. Save the changes to the file.

7. Repeat these steps for each SAP Business Objects BI environment.

After you configure the mapping file for the system ID to the server names, you can configure the SAP Business Objects BI system using the CTS Web Service.

Configuring the CTS Export Service

Starting with SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 FP3, the configuration between SAP CTS and SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager is based on a configuration that involves the CTS Export WebService.

To configure the CTS Export Service:

1. Log on to the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction SOAMANAGER.

3. Navigate to the Service Administration tab (see Figure 15.14).

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Figure15.14 SOA Management

4. Select the Single Service Confi guration option (see Figure 15.15).

Figure15.15 Service Administration

5. Enter “EXPORT_CTS_WS” into the Search Pattern.

6. Click Go.

7. Select the row that matches your search criteria in the result and click Apply Selection.

Confi guring SOA Manager

You can fi nd further details on confi guration for the SOA Manager in SAP documenta-tion: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp1/helpdata/en/33/06820d9d174c2884576bd78ac5629d/frameset.htm.

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8. Navigate to the Confi gurations tab (see Figure 15.16).

Figure15.16 Confi gurations

9. Click Create Endpoint.

10. Specify a name for the endpoint and click Apply Settings.

11. Navigate to the Provider Security tab (see Figure 15.17).

Figure15.17 Provider Security

Here you can defi ne confi gurations such as the authentication method and the communication security.

12. Navigate to the Transport Settings tab (see Figure 15.18).

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Figure15.18 Transport Settings

Here you can defi ne the access URL alias.

13. Enter the URL alias for your system, starting with “/”; for example, “/EXPORT_CTS_WS”.

14. Click Save to save your changes.

You have now confi gured the web services for CTS, and you can use this web service as part of the confi guration for your SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 FP3 environment.

Confi guring SAP Business Objects BI with CTS Web Service

As the last step of the confi guration, you can use the web service confi guration and fi nish the confi guration in the lifecycle management environment of your SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 system.

To confi gure the CTS Export Service:

1. Log on to the Central Management Console (CMC) of your SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 system.

2. Navigate to the Promotion Management area (see Figure 15.19).

Figure15.19 Promotion Management

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3. Select the menu Settings • CTS Settings • Web Service Settings (see Figure 15.20).

Figure15.20 Web Service Settings

4. Enter the Web Service URL and a valid user and password.

5. Click Save.

6. Select the menu Settings • CTS Settings • BW System (see Figure 15.21).

Figure15.21 BW Systems

7. Click Add (see Figure 15.22).

Figure15.22 Add System

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8. Enter the system details of the SAP NetWeaver BW system that is connected to the SAP Business Objects BI system. In this example, you would enter the details for your BW_DEV system on the BI4_DEV, and so on.

9. Click OK.

With these two last steps, the configuration of your SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 system integrated with CTS+ is finished. You should now be able to leverage the integrated solution and transport BI content with the CTS transports.

15.2.4 Conclusion

In this section you configured the CTS+ and SAP Business Objects BI environments so that in the next section you are able to use the integrated solution.

15.3 Using Integrated SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+

In this section we will walk you through a set of common usage scenarios, such as creating a transport request, by using SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager from our SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 system.

15.3.1 Creating a New Promotion Job

As a first scenario you will create a new promotion job and select the objects you would like to move from your development environment to your quality and test environment.

To create a new promotion job:

1. Log on to the CMC of your SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 system.

2. Navigate to Promotion Management.

3. Click New Job (see Figure 15.23).

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Figure15.23 New Promotion Job

4. Enter all the necessary details according to Table 15.3.

Name Description

Name Name of the new promotion job.

Description Description for the new promotion job.

Keywords Set of keywords for the content you create.

Save Job in Here you can confi gure a folder of your SAP Business Objects BI system.

Source System Here you can select the source system from a list of defi ned SAP Business Objects BI systems.

Destination System Here you can choose Promote via CTS.

Table15.3 New Promotion Job Details

5. Click Create (see Figure 15.24).

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Figure15.24 Object Selection

6. You can now select the objects from your SAP Business Objects BI repository and click Add to add those objects to the job.

7. After you fi nish the object selection, click Close (see Figure 15.25).

Figure15.25 Job Overview

8. You can use the Add Objects option to add more content objects.

9. You can use the Manage Dependencies button to see the dependencies of the select objects with objects in SAP NetWeaver BW, such as BEx queries or Info-Providers.

10. Click Promote (see Figure 15.26).

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Figure15.26 Promotion via CTS

11. You can use the Transport Request link to see the details (see Figure 15.27) or to create a new transport request and assign it to the promotion job.

Figure15.27 Transport Organizer

12. Click Promote.

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13. You are transferred to the overview list for all promotion jobs. Navigate to the job you created and click on the status fi eld of your newly created job (see Figure 15.28). In our example, the status is Exported to CTS+ and you can click on the hyperlink.

Figure15.28 Job Overview

14. The Promotion Status is shown (see Figure 15.29).

Figure15.29 Promotion Status

15. Click State of Request, and the screen shown in Figure 15.30 appears.

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Figure15.30 Transport Organizer

16. You can use the Object List to get the details (see Figure 15.31).

Figure15.31 Object List

17. If the transport request is not released, you can use the Release button to release the request to the target system.

You have created a transport request using the SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager integrated with CTS. In the next step, you need to import the request into the target system.

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15.3.2 Importing a Transport Request

After you create the transport request, you need to import it into the target SAP Business Objects BI environment.

To import the transport request:

1. Log on to the Solution Manager system.

2. Start Transaction STMS.

3. Select the menu Overview • Imports.

4. Navigate to the system ID of the target system. This is the SAP Business Objects BI target system.

5. Double-click the system ID (see Figure 15.32).

Figure15.32 Import Overview

6. Select the transport request you would like to import.

7. Select the menu Request • Import.

8. Select Continue ( ).

9. Click Yes to confi rm the import.

The transport request is imported into the SAP Business Objects BI target environ-ment and the objects are promoted.

15.4 Summary

In this chapter you learned how to confi gure the integration between SAP Business-Objects Lifecycle Manager and SAP CTS+ to leverage an integrated lifecycle man-agement environment.

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