Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4HANA

1 Conversion Guide PUBLIC Document Version: 2020-04-09 Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA PUBLIC Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA Copyright 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA All rights reserved. 2 Content 1 Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA .. 9 Disclaimer .. 10 Business Scenarios .. 10 In-place Conversion .. 10 Remote Conversion .. 11 Shell Conversion .. 11 Availability .. 12 2 Getting Started .. 13 Documentation and SAP Notes for the Conversion .. 13 Difference between SAP BW/4 HANA and SAP BW, powered by SAP HANA ..16 Overview of Conversion Process.

2 17 Prepare Phase .. 17 Realize Phase .. 20 In-place Conversion .. 20 Remote Conversion .. 23 Shell Conversion .. 26 Required Skills and Training .. 29 3 Preparing the Conversion .. 30 System Requirements .. 30 What s the Impact on Your System Landscape? .. 31 Supported Releases for Original System .. 32 Supported Releases for Target System .. 34 Supported Source Systems .. 35 SAP Source Systems Minimum Release Requirements .. 35 SAP Source Systems Readiness for Operational Data Provisioning .. 37 Other Source Systems .. 37 Data Volume Reduction .. 38 Sizing Check .. 38 Maintenance Planner .. 39 System Installation and Preparations.

3 40 Original System .. 40 Target System .. 40 Application Servers .. 42 PUBLIC Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA Copyright 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA All rights reserved. 3 Source Systems .. 43 Scope Identification and Check .. 43 44 Pre-Check Overview .. 44 Installing Pre-Checks .. 45 Performing Pre-Checks .. 45 Custom Code Analysis .. 48 General Application Preparations .. 50 Prepare the Use of the Maintenance Planner .. 50 Remove Client 066 (In-place Conversion Only) .. 51 Uninstall Add-ons (In-place Conversion Only) .. 51 Uninstall SAP Fiori Apps (In-place Conversion Only).

4 51 Adding Disk Space (Remote Conversion Only) .. 52 Security .. 52 List of Object-Specific Preparations .. 52 4 Realizing the In-Place Conversion .. 55 Role of SAP BW/4 HANA Starter Add-on .. 55 Installing the SAP BW/4 HANA Starter Add-on .. 56 Preparing Maintenance Planner .. 56 Update Software Patch Manager and Add-on Installation Tool .. 57 Download Software using Maintenance Planner .. 58 Perform Installation using Add-on Installation Tool .. 60 Updating System Landscape using SAP BW Note Analyzer ..61 Operating Modes .. 62 BW Mode .. 62 Compatibility Mode .. 62 B4H Mode .. 63 Ready-for- Conversion Mode.

5 63 Switching Modes .. 64 Approving the Export of Unsupported Objects (Whitelist) .. 66 System Landscape Considerations .. 67 List of Object-Specific Conversion Activities .. 67 Custom Code Adjustments .. 68 Preparing Transfers of Standard Authorizations .. 69 Conversion Rules of Authorization Objects .. 69 Copy Principle .. 69 PUBLIC Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA Copyright 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA All rights reserved. 4 Dependencies on Scope Transfer Tool .. 69 Initial/Delta Run of Authorization Objects Transfer .. 70 Simulation Mode .. 70 Transfer Process (Initial Run).

6 70 Object Transfer Using Scope Transfer Tool .. 72 General Features .. 72 Perform a Scope Transfer .. 75 Troubleshooting Scope Transfers .. 83 Statistics for Scope Transfer .. 84 Executing Transfers of Standard Authorizations .. 85 Execution Mode .. 85 Transfer Process (Delta Run) .. 85 Transferring APD Processes .. 87 Overview .. 87 General Restrictions .. 90 Mapping Rules .. 90 Additional DataStore Objects ..91 Analyzing APD Processes .. 92 Executing the Transfers of APD Processes .. 94 Object Deletion Using Clean-up Tools .. 97 Deleting SAP BW Technical Content .. 97 Deleting SAP BW Objects.

7 98 Deleting SAP BW Queries .. 100 Custom Code Adjustments .. 100 Technical System Conversion .. 100 Download Software using Maintenance Planner .. 100 Perform System Conversion using Add-on Installation Tool .. 104 Reset Modification Adjustments .. 106 General Follow-on Activities .. 107 List of Object-Specific Follow-On Activities .. 108 5 Realizing the Remote Conversion .. 109 Provisioning SAP BW/4 HANA System .. 109 Installing SAP HANA .. 109 Download Software using Maintenance Planner .. 110 Installing SAP BW/4 HANA .. 113 Initial System Configuration .. 113 PUBLIC Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA Copyright 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA All rights reserved.

8 5 Creating Source Systems .. 114 Installing SAP Landscape Transformation Add-on .. 114 Updating System Landscape using SAP BW Note Analyzer .. 114 Introduction to SAP BW/4 HANA Conversion 115 Process Tree .. 116 Active and Inactive Packages .. 116 Phase Concept .. 116 Status Management .. 116 Individual and Group Activities .. 116 User Roles and Authorization .. 117 Object Conversion Using SAP BW/4 HANA Conversion Cockpit .. 118 Starting a Remote Conversion and Creating a New Project .. 119 Package Settings 120 Collect Scope and Metadata Transfer .. 122 Setup Phase Activities .. 130 Generation Phase Activities.

9 136 Preprocessing Programs During System Lock Activities .. 138 Migration Phase Activities .. 141 Post Processing Activities During System Lock Activities .. 144 System Settings After Migration Activities .. 145 Transfer of APD 146 Transfers of Standard Authorizations .. 147 List of Object-Specific Conversion Activities .. 147 Custom Code Adjustments .. 148 Validating the Remote Conversion .. 149 General Follow-on Activities .. 149 List of Object-Specific Follow-On Activities .. 150 6 Realizing the Shell 151 Provisioning SAP BW/4 HANA System .. 151 Updating System Landscape using SAP BW Note Analyzer.

10 151 List of Object-Specific Conversion Activities .. 152 Object Transfer Using Scope Transfer Tool .. 152 General Features .. 152 Perform a Scope Transfer .. 152 Custom Code Adjustments ..157 Data Transfer (Optional) ..157 PUBLIC Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA Copyright 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA All rights reserved. 6 General Follow-on Activities ..157 List of Object-Specific Follow-On Activities ..157 7 Appendix .. 158 Landscape 158 General Procedure .. 158 Landscape Preparation for In-place Conversion .. 158 Landscape Preparation for Remote Conversion .