Steps in Activating ECC Standard Delivered BI Reports Based on ODP (Operational Data Provisioning)

Applies to:
Suite 7i2011, SAP NetWeaver 703 SP01, SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), SAP BW Business Explorer BI 7.0 ADDON FOR SAP GUI 7.20 Patch Level 5. For more information, visit the Analytics homepage.

Summary
This document assists you to activate the ODP based standard queries and dashboards in Sales and Distribution which are delivered by the business function LOG_SD_ANALYTICS_01 in ECC and the integrated BW within NetWeaver. This document covers the steps from activation until BI report execution. Author: Sascha Heise

Company: SAP Created on: 15 February 2012

Author Bio
Sascha Heise is automotive consultant with several years of project experience in the field of Supply Chain Management (SCM). In the past two years he has been involved in numerous BW, HANA and BI projects with the role of technical BI consultant. Having the SCM process knowledge is a surplus when implementing cross over reporting customer requirements.

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Table of Contents
Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 ODP Basic Customizing .................................................................................................................................. 3 Step 1 Assign User Roles ............................................................................................................................... 3 Step 2 Activate Web Dynpro Services ............................................................................................................ 3 Step 3 Specify the RFC Destination ............................................................................................................... 4 Step 5 Determine the Modeling Client ............................................................................................................ 4 Sales and Distribution ODP Customizing ........................................................................................................... 4 Step 6 Data Source Installation from Business Content ................................................................................. 4 Step 7 Activate the Necessary Data Sources ................................................................................................. 5 Step 8 Define F4 Help and Hierarchies for Time Characteristics ................................................................... 5 Step 9 Activate the Business Function Sales and Distribution ....................................................................... 5 Step 10 Activate the BI Reporting Bundle for Sales and Distribution ............................................................. 5 Executing the Activated Bex Queries and Dashboards ...................................................................................... 5 Related Content .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Copyright............................................................................................................................................................. 7

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Prerequisites
Here is a listing of the technical requirements SAP NetWeaver usage type BI Java ECC 6 APPL 606 Portal SAP GUI 720 or higher with patchlevel higher than 4 including Business Explorer (BW-BEX)

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise In case you want to publish the dashboards in the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise (BOE) you will need to set up and connect to BOE (optional) Install SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 (SP3) or higher. Install SAP BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions.

SAP Business Object Xcelcius In case you want to change the delivered dashboards you will need to set up Install SAP Business Object Xcelcius clients (optional) Install SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 (SP3) or higher.

Business Explorer (BW-BEX) In order to display analytic queries with BEx Web Analyzer, you have to Install BEx Web Application Designer BEx Web Application Designer is part of the Business Explorer (BW-BEX) installation. Install SAP GUI 7.20 or higher, including Business Explorer (BW-BEX).

ODP Basic Customizing The following steps are essential to activate the ODP functionality for operational analytics in ECC Customizing. Step 1 Assign User Roles In Transaction SU01 assign the user the following role SAP_ESH_LOCAL_ADMIN. This role contains the authorizations required to configure and manage the embedded search and operational data provisioning Step 2 Activate Web Dynpro Services In Transaction SICF activate the following Web Dynpro Services: default_host > sap > bc > bsp > sap > esh_sap_link default_host > sap > bc > webdynpro > sap > ESH_ADMIN_UI_COMPONENT default_host > sap > bc > webdynpro > sap > esh_eng_modelling default_host > sap > bc > webdynpro > sap > esh_eng_wizard default_host > sap > bc > webdynpro > sap > esh_search_results_ui default_host > sap > bc > webdynpro > sap > wdhc_help_center default_host > sap > es > cockpit default_host > sap > es > saplink default_host > sap > es > search

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Step 3 Specify the RFC Destination In Transaction ESH_ADM_TREX_DEST you need to specify a TREX destination. Operational Data Providers can only be activated if you enter "NO TREX" under RFC Destination of TREX. This steps is necessary even if are not using a SAP NetWeaver BWA.

Step 4 Basic Configuration for Operational Analytics In Transaction RSRTS_ACTIVATE_R3IS assign Logical System to Client. At the start of the report, you need to enter the BW client on which you want to perform the basic configuration. This allows you to use operational data provisioning and Classic InfoSets in BI tools. Select the BW client and execute Please check if the following customizing is already set in your system: 1. As a rule, system changes are not permitted in production systems. However, the steps that are carried out during the operational analytics basic configuration imply changes to the system. Therefore, you should make the following settings, to ensure that the changes required for the basic configuration are permitted on the relevant clients. Go to IMG Logistics General Product Data Replication Application Link Enabling (ALE) open the Assign Logical System to Client customizing setting Select the relevant client and choose Goto Details. In the Cross-Client Object Changes field, chooseNo Changes to Cross-Client Customizing Objects. This setting allows you to maintain cross-client objects from the SAP repository. 2. Changes in the BW namespaces In transaction SE03 under Objects Namespace Information System the name space s /BIC/ and /BI0/ must be flagged as changeable.

Step 5 Determine the Modeling Client In Transaction RODPS_ODP_IMG specify the modeling client that you want to use as the client for ODP metadata access. This specifies the RFC destination that is used to read the ODP modeling. This allows you to run the Query from other clients as well.

Sales and Distribution ODP Customizing

These steps are necessary to activate the logistic specific standard reports delivered by SAP which can be directly used once the customizing of LOG_SD_ANALYTICS_01 business function are accomplished.

Step 6 Data Source Installation from Business Content In Transaction SBIW Business Content DataSources Transfer Business Content DataSources Open the Tree nodes SAP-R/3 SD and install the business content data sources of application 11(Sales), 12(Shipping) and 13(Billing) for the following Data sources DataSource 2LIS_11_VAHDR 2LIS_11_VAITM 2LIS_11_V_ITM 2LIS_11_VASCL Description Sales Document Header Data Sales Document Item Data Sales-Shipping Allocation Item Data Sales Document Schedule Line

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2LIS_11_V_SCL 2LIS_11_VAKON 2LIS_12_VCHDR 2LIS_12_VCITM 2LIS_13_VDHDR 2LIS_13_VDITM 2LIS_13_VDKON

Sales-Shipping Allocation Schedule Line Sales Document Conditions Shipping Document Header Data Shipping Document Item Data Billing Document Header Data Billing Document Item Data Billing Document Conditions

Step 7 Activate the Necessary Data Sources In Transaction LBWE the Logistics Customizing Cockpit the SAP ERP system uses the Data Sources pointed out in the step before. These Data Sources are to be activated.

Step 8 Define F4 Help and Hierarchies for Time Characteristics In customizing under IMG SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Settings for Reporting and Analysis General Settings for Reporting and Analysis Set F4 Help and Hierarchies for Time Characteristics/OLAP Settings an activate the following under Tab Virtual Time Hierarchies by double clicking them.

0MON_DAY 0QUA_DAY

Step 9 Activate the Business Function Sales and Distribution In the SAP ERP system, call Transaction SFW5 and activate the business function Sales and Distribution, Analytics 01 (LOG_SD_ANALYTICS_01).

Step 10 Activate the BI Reporting Bundle for Sales and Distribution In Transaction BSANLY_BI_ACTIVATION select business category 03(business function) select the BI Content LOG_SD_ANALYTICS_01 for Sales Analytics and activate it.

Executing the Activated Bex Queries and Dashboards

Now you must be good to go with executing the Queries. The delivered queries and dashboards are assigned to a role named Internal Sales Representative SAP_SR_INT_SALES_REP_5. This role is to be assigned to your user. In order to execute the queries and the dashboards in ECC you also need the role SAP_QAP_BW_DASHBOARDS and the profile T-Q3970370 assigned to your user. Furthermore, you need to have a portal user created for your user. The portal in ECC needs to have a BI-JAVA. If ECC has its own BI JAVA then you are fine, otherwise if your ECCs portal uses another ECCs BI JAVA, then in that ECC you need to have a user as well. Execute the Transaction NWBC Select the role SAP_SR_INT_SALES_REP_5 Select Search and Analytics from the left

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Related Content
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