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Ingo Hilgefort

Integrating SAP* BusinessObjectsBl Platform 4-x with SAP NetWeaver*

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Contents

Introduction 15

1.1 User Interaction 22

1.2 Bl Tools and Clients 22

1.3 Management Tools 22

1.3.1 Central Management Console 23

1.3.2 Central Configuration Manager 23

1.3.3 Lifecycle Management Tool 23

1.4 Platform Service 241.4.1 Central Management Server 24

1.4.2 File Repository Services 24

1.4.3 Processing Tier 25

1.4.4 Server Intelligence Agent 25

1.4.5 Publication and Publishing Services 25

1.5 SAP BusinessObjects Bl Client Tools 26

1.5.1 SAP Crystal Reports 26

1.5.2 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 27

1.5.3 SAPBusinessObjects

Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) 29

1.5.4 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis 30

1.5.5 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 32

1.5.6 Semantic Layer 33

1.6 Components for Integration with SAP Landscapes 33

1.6.1 Data Connectivity 33

1.6.2 SAP Authentication 34

1.6.3 BW Publisher 35

1.6.4 Content Administration Workbench 35

1.6.5 SAP NetWeaver Portal Knowledge Management 35

1.6.6 SAP NetWeaver Portal iView Templates and

Sample iViews 35

1.6.7 Lifecycle Management with CTS+ 36

1.7 Summary 36

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2.3

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Verifying Your SAP Landscape 38

SAP BusinessObjectsServer-Side Installation 39

2.2.1 Technical Prerequisites40

2.2.2 Installation Routine 41

SAP BusinessObjects-Client-Side Installation 52

2.3.1 SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 54

2.3.2 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 57

2.3.3 SAP BusinessObjects Live Office 60

2.3.4 SAP BusinessObjects Bl Platform Client Tools 62

2.3.5 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for

Microsoft Office 64

SAP NetWeaverServer-SideConfiguration

66

2.4.1 Server Patch Level 67

2.4.2 Supported Platforms 68

2.4.3 ABAP Transport 68

2.4.4 Single Sign-On 69

2.4.5 User Authorization 70

Integrating SAP BusinessObjects and SAP NetWeaver 70

2.5.1 Configuration of SAP Authentication 70

2.5.2 Setting up the Publishing Process for SAP Crystal

Reports 2011 79

2.5.3 Viewing Reports within the SAP System Frontend 102

2.5.4 Publishing Summary 103

2.5.5 Hosting SAP BEx Web Applications in SAP

BusinessObjects 104

2.5.6 Configuring the SSO Token Service as Part of SAP

BusinessObjects 120

Summary 129

3.1 Semantic Layer Technology 131

3.2 SAP BusinessObjects Semantic Layer Terms 132

3.3 Data Connectivity for SAP Landscapes 133

3.3.1 Direct Access to SAP NetWeaver BW using BICS 135

3.3.2 Relational Access to SAP NetWeaver BW 137

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3.3.3 Recommendation for SAP NetWeaver BW Data

Connectivity 139

3.4 Relational Access to SAP ECC 143

3.4.1 Recommendation for SAP ERP Access 147

3.5Summary

147

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4.1 SAP Crystal Reports 2011 or SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise ... 149

4.2 Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW 151

4.2.1 Data Connectivity Overview for SAP Crystal Reportsfor Enterprise 151

4.2.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW

Elements for SAPCrystal Reports

forEnterprise

151

4.2.3 Creating Your First Report with SAP Crystal Report for

Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW 156

4.3 SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP ERP 170

4.4 Crystal Reports 2011 and SAP ERP 185

4.4.1 Data Connectivity Overview 185

4.4.2 Data-Level Security Editor 188

4.4.3 Creating Your First Report with SAP Crystal Reports2011 and SAP ERP 191

4.5 Migrating from SAP Crystal Reports 2008 to SAP Crystal

Reports for Enterprise 195

4.6 Summary 200

5.1 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP BW 201


5.1.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW

Elements 203

5.2 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP ERP 207

5.3 Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW(BICS) 208

5.4 Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW (Relational

Universe) 215

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9.1 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP NetWeaver BW 291


9.1.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BWElements 293

9.2 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP ERP 296

9.3 Creating Your First SAP BusinessObjects Explorer I nformation

Space 297

9.3.1 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and Relational Access

to SAP NetWeaver BW 298

9.4 Summary 309

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10.1 Using Live Office and Bl Web Services 311

10.2 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP BusinessObjects Live

Office 312

10.3 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Bl Web Services 322

10.4 Summary 328

11.1 What Is Server-Side Trust? 329

11.1.1 Server-Side Trust Components 330

11.1.2 Steps to Configure Server-Side Trust 331

11.2 Configuring Your SAP Server for Server-Side Trust 332

11.2.1 Deploying and Configuring the SAP Cryptographic

Library 333

11.2.2 Configuring Profile Parameters 33311.2.3 Configuring the Trust Manager 33511.2.4

ConfiguringAdditional Profile Parameters 337

11.3 Configuring Your SAP BusinessObjects System for Server-SideTrust 337

11.3.1 Deploying and Configuring the SAP Cryptographic

Library 33811.3.2 Generating PSE Files 33911.3.3 Importing the Certificate File with Trust Manager 341

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11.3.4 SNC Access Control List 344

11.3.5 Importing SAP Server PSE Files 345

11.3.6 Granting Access to the PSE File 346

11.3.7 Configuring SAP BusinessObjects Services 347

11.3.8 SNC

Optionsin the Central Management Console 353

11.4 Creating Publications with SAP Crystal Reports and SAP

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 355

11.5 Summary 362

12.1 Bl Content with SAP NetWeaver Portal iViews 363

12.1.1 Technical Prerequisites 363

12.1.2 SAP NetWeaver Portal Configuration Steps 364

12.1.3 SAP BusinessObjects-Configuration Steps 374

12.1.4 Create Your First iView 376

12.1.5 Integration of the Bl Launch Pad and SAP NetWeaver

Portal 379

12.2 Bl Content with Knowledge Management 38112.2.1 Technical Prerequisites 382

12.2.2 SAP NetWeaver Portal-Configuration Steps 382

12.2.3 Setting Up Your Repository 384

12.2.4 Using the Repository Manager 390

12.3 Summary 393

13.1 Tracing for SAP BusinessObjects Services and Applications 395

13.2 Data Connectivity 396

13.2.1 Steps to Validate the Configuration 397

13.2.2 Tracing SAP Crystal Reports 2011 Data Connectivity 397

13.2.3 Tracing Data Connectivity based on Bl Consumer

Services 398

13.2.4 Validating Metadata 414

13.2.5 Validating the Results 415

13.3 Single Sign-On and Authentication 415


13.3.2 Tracing 416

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13.4 Publishing SAP Crystal Reports 2011 416


13.4.2 Tracing 417

13.5 Publications 417

13.5.1Steps

to Validate the

Configuration417

13.5.2 Tracing 418

13.6 Performance 419

13.6.1 General Performance Considerations 419

13.6.2 BEx Query Design 420

13.7 Summary 421

14.1 Summary

The Author

Index

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