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 .. 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.

2 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 .. 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).

3 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 .. 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.

4 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).. 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 .. 98 Deleting SAP BW Queries.

5 100 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. 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.

6 116 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 .. 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.

7 151 Updating System Landscape using SAP BW Note Analyzer .. 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 .. 159 Landscape Preparation for Shell Conversion .. 160 Change Management .. 160 General Procedure .. 160 Change Management for In-place Conversion .. 161 Change Management for Remote Conversion .. 163 Change Management for Shell 164 Security.

8 167 General Procedure .. 167 Standard Authorizations .. 167 Analysis Authorizations .. 169 Replicating Authorizations to SAP HANA .. 170 Additional Tools .. 170 Reset In-place Task List Run (Excluding Data Objects) .. 170 Reset Remote Task List Run .. 171 Reset Delta Clone .. 171 Reset Metadata Flags for Objects of Remote Transfer Transport .. 171 Start BW After-Import Routine for Transport Request .. 172 Clean-up InfoCube Metadata after Remote/Shell Conversion .. 172 Data Storage Security .. 172 In-place Conversion .. 172 Remote Conversion .. 172 Shell Conversion .. 173 Traces and Log Files .. 173 Data Protection .. 173 Additional information for Cluster Tables ..175 Deletion of Personal Data ..175 SAP Product Support .. 176 Online Documentation .. 177 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. 7 Revision Log Ver-sion Date Remarks 2018-02-01 Initial version of the Conversion Guide for SAP BW/4 HANA 2018-03-01 Clarifications about Transfer and Conversion Cockpits Added information on how to upload system information to maintenance planner without SAP Solution Manager 2018-06-15 General availability of In-place and Shell Conversion Added details on SAP BW/4 HANA Transfer Cockpit and related tools for scanning custom code and transferring security roles Added section about runtime statistics of scope transfer Added information on software licensing for Remote Conver-sion Correction that Scope Transfer Tool can be used also in SAP BW mode Updated and enhanced chapter for change management 2018-10-01 Updated recommendation for SAP BW/4 HANA target support package to SP 9 Added new chapter to appendix documenting helpful tools Added details about handling of export DataSources Added information about

9 Authorizations required for in-place and remote/shell scope transfers Extended chapter on Readiness for Operational Data Provi-sioning Updated chapter on Code Scan Tool Added prerequisite for system Conversion regarding SAP_UI component Added prerequisite for using program RS_DELETE_TLOGO Added chapter about SAP Product Support to appendix 2018-12-01 Added disclaimer ( ) Increases minimum support package levels for pre-check and remote/shell Conversion for release ( ) Added plans to support SAP BW/4 HANA as target for con-versions ( ) Added chapter on source system preparations ( ) Added SAP Notes related to usage of long material numbers ( ) Added chapters on updating system landscape using SAP BW Note Analyzer ( , , ) Added section on troubleshooting of scope transfer ( ) Added section about APD Transfer Tool ( and ) 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.

10 8 Removed task list from general follow-on activities for remote Conversion ( ) 2019-02-08 Added SAP Note 2705147 to Object Deletion ( ) Added chapter on prerequisites for non-SAP source systems ( ) Increased minimum released for Remote Conversion to SAP BW ( ) Added remark on potential impact on application servers ( ) Simplified and combined installation for SAP BW containing pre-check, in-place, remote, and shell Conversion ( ) 2019-04-12 General availability of remote Conversion Added chapter with business scenario descriptions ( ) Added system landscape overviews for all Conversion paths ( ) Added chapter on required skills and training course ( ) Added chapter on system installation and preparations as well as a caution about supported application server platforms for SAP BW/4 HANA ( ) Added chapter about scope identification ( ) Added chapters for preparation of remote Conversion ( ) Added warning about implementing support packages during Conversion project ( ) Completely revised and extended chapter for remote conver-sion ( ) Added remote Conversion scenario to handling of standard au-thorizations ( ) Additional chapters in appendix for Data Storage Security , Traces and Log Files , and Data Protection ( ) 2019-05-15 Updated Chapter for System Installation and Preparations ( ) 2019-06-04 Updated Caution between Chapter ( and ) Added Notes to Chapters ( and ) 2019-07-08 Added Note to Chapter for Shell Conversion ( ) 2020-01-14 Updated Caution in Chapter 2020-04-09 Update new check tool 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.