Ingo Hilgefort Integrating SAP* BusinessObjects Bl Platform 4-x with SAP NetWeaver*
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 24 1.4.1 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 SAP BusinessObjects 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
s»ws»is«i»i»»wj»iswii p«^w^^^^^ilgst 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Verifying Your SAP Landscape 38 SAP BusinessObjects Server-Side Installation 39 2.2.1 Technical Prerequisites 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 40 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 NetWeaver Server-Side Configuration 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
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 3.5 Summary 147 ^^^WPW^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Era fdimfflmwimsuvvw^wwr(ssbiplual39pi^» wimbmifa^ * 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 Reports for Enterprise 151 4.2.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements for SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 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 Reports 2011 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 5.1.1 Data Connectivity Overview 202 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 for SAP NetWeaver BW (Relational 5.4 Creating Your First Report Universe) 215
5.5 Migration from SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 3.1 to 4.x 224 5.6 Summary 227 6.1 Data Connectivity Overview 229 6.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements 231 6.3 Creating Your First Workbook in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office 236 6.4 Summary 246 7.1 247 7.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements 248 7.3 Creating Your First Workbook in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP 252 7.4. 262 8.1 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP NetWeaver BW 263 8.1.1 Data Connectivity Overview 263 8.1.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements 265 8.2 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP ERP 271 8.3 Creating Your First Dashboard with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 272 8.3.1 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Direct Access via SAP NetWeaver BW 272 8.3.2 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Direct Access to SAP NetWeaver BW via SAP BusinessObjects 282 8.4 Summary 290
9.1 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP NetWeaver BW 291 9.1.1 Data Connectivity Overview 291 9.1.2 Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements 293 9.2 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP ERP 296 9.3 Creating Your First SAP BusinessObjects Explorer I nformation 297 Space 9.3.1 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and Relational Access to SAP NetWeaver BW 298 9.4 Summary 309 ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ffi^^^^^^^^^^^S 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 333 11.2.3 Configuring the Trust Manager 335 11.2.4 Configuring Additional Profile Parameters 337 11.3 Configuring Your SAP BusinessObjects System for Server-Side Trust 337 11.3.1 Deploying and Configuring the SAP Cryptographic Library 338 11.3.2 Generating PSE Files 339 11.3.3 Importing the Certificate File with Trust Manager 341
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 Options in 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 381 12.2.1 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 13.3.1 Steps to Validate the Configuration 415 13.3.2 Tracing 416
13.4 Publishing SAP Crystal Reports 2011 416 13.4.1 Steps to Validate the Configuration 416 13.4.2 Tracing 417 13.5 Publications 417 13.5.1 Steps to Validate the Configuration 417 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 427 429