Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver

1 Ingo HilgefortIntegrating SAP Business Objects BI with SAP NetWeaver Bonn 311/5/13 1:37 PMContents at a Glance1 SAP Business Objects BI and SAP NetWeaver Overview .. 212 Installation and Configuration .. 393 Semantic Layer and Data Connectivity .. 1434 SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Landscapes .. 1755 SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW .. 2216 SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office and SAP NetWeaver BW .. 2497 SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for OLAP and SAP NetWeaver BW .. 2698 SAP Business Objects Design Studio and SAP NetWeaver BW .. 2859 SAP Lumira and SAP NetWeaver BW .. 31310 SAP Business Objects Dashboards and SAP Landscapes .. 33911 SAP Business Objects Explorer and SAP Landscapes.

2 36712 SAP Business Objects Live Office and BI Web Services .. 39513 Publications with SAP Data-Level Security .. 41314 Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal .. 44515 Integrating SAP Business Objects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+ .. 47516 Troubleshooting and Tips .. 50517 Integration Outlook .. 511/5/13 1:37 PM7 ContentsIntroduction .. 151 SAP Business Objects BI and SAP NetWeaver Overview .. User Interaction .. BI Tools and Clients .. Management Tools .. Central Management Console (CMC) .. Central Configuration Manager .. Lifecycle Management Tool .. Platform Service .. Central Management Server (CMS) .. File Repository Services .. Processing Tier .. Server Intelligence Agent.

3 Publication and Publishing Services .. SAP Business Objects BI Client Tools .. SAP Crystal Reports .. SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards .. SAP Business Objects Analysis .. SAP Business Objects Explorer .. SAP Business Objects Design Studio .. SAP Lumira .. Information Design Tool .. Components for Integration with SAP Landscapes .. Data Connectivity .. SAP Authentication .. BW Publisher .. Content Administration Workbench .. SAP NetWeaver Portal: Knowledge Management .. SAP NetWeaver Portal: iView Templates and Sample iViews .. Lifecycle Management with CTS+ .. Summary .. 711/5/13 1:37 PM8 Contents2 Installation and Configuration.

4 Verifying Your SAP Landscape .. SAP Business Objects BI: Server-Side Installation .. Technical Prerequisites .. Installation Routine .. SAP Business Objects: Client-Side Installation .. SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards .. SAP Business Objects Live Office .. SAP Business Objects BI Platform Tools .. SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office .. SAP Business Objects Design Studio .. SAP Business Objects Explorer .. SAP Lumira .. SAP NetWeaver : Server-Side Configuration .. Server Patch Level .. Supported Platforms .. ABAP Transport .. Single Sign-On .. User Authorization .. Integrating SAP Business Objects BI and SAP NetWeaver .

5 Configuring SAP Authentication .. Setting up the Publishing Process for SAP Crystal Reports 2013 .. Hosting BEx Web Applications in the SAP Business Objects BI Platform .. Configuring the SSO Token Service as Part of SAP Business Objects BI .. Configuring SAP Business Objects Mobile .. Summary .. 1423 Semantic Layer and Data Connectivity .. Semantic Layer Terminology .. Data Connectivity Overview for SAP Landscapes .. Data Connectivity for SAP NetWeaver BW .. 811/5/13 1:37 Direct Access to SAP NetWeaver BW via BICS .. Relational Access to SAP NetWeaver BW .. SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA .. Support for Metadata .. Data Connectivity for SAP ERP .. Summary .. 1734 SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Landscapes.

6 SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. Creating Your First Report .. SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP ERP .. SAP Crystal Reports 2013 and SAP ERP .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Data Level Security Editor .. What s New in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise .. Summary .. 2195 SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW .. SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence and SAP ERP .. Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW (BICS).

7 Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW (Relational Universe) .. Migrating from SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence XI to .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence .. Summary .. 911/5/13 1:37 PM10 Contents6 SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. Creating Your First Workbook .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office .. Summary .. 2687 SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for OLAP and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements.

8 Creating Your First Workbook .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for OLAP .. Summary .. 2848 SAP Business Objects Design Studio and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. Creating Your First Dashboard .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Design Studio .. Summary .. 3119 SAP Lumira and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. Generating an SAP HANA Model .. Using SAP Lumira .. Summary .. 1011/5/13 1:37 PM11 Contents10 SAP Business Objects Dashboards and SAP Landscapes .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards and SAP NetWeaver BW.

9 Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards and SAP ERP .. Creating Your First Dashboard .. Direct Access via SAP NetWeaver BW .. Direct Access to SAP NetWeaver BW via SAP Business Objects BI .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Dashboards .. Summary .. 36611 SAP Business Objects Explorer and SAP Landscapes .. SAP Business Objects Explorer and SAP NetWeaver BW .. Data Connectivity Overview .. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements .. SAP Business Objects Explorer and SAP ERP .. Creating an Information Space .. Creating an Information Space with SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA .. Setting Up Direct Connectivity via the CMC.

10 Setting Up Direct Connectivity via the Information Design Tool .. What s New in SAP Business Objects Explorer .. Summary .. 39412 SAP Business Objects Live Office and BI Web Services .. Using SAP Business Objects Live Office and BI Web Services .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards and SAP Business Objects Live Office .. SAP Business Objects Dashboards and BI Web Services .. Summary .. 1111/5/13 1:37 PM12 Contents13 Publications with SAP Data-Level Security .. What Is Server-Side Trust? .. Server-Side Trust Components .. Steps to Configure Server-Side Trust .. Configuring Your SAP Server for Server-Side Trust .. Deploying and Configuring the SAP Cryptographic Library.