MANAGING YOUR NETWEAVER BW LANDSCAPE WITH INNOVATIVE TOOLS

With the new possibilities of the SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30, In-Memory technologies BWA and HANA and further updates of the SAP BusinessObjects Platform together with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services this must read Presentation shows the Synergies with the combination of the SAP Business Intelligence Solution Portfolio.
Also the Sybase core technologies like Replication, Databases and Mobility can be used very efficiently together with the existing SAP BusinessObjects Product Portfolio

The SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture topic area provides an end-to-end view on how you can leverage and deploy the SAP BusinessObjects BI portfolio as part of your overall ERP and data warehousing landscape. The SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture area is acting as starting point for system landscape patterns, scenarios, and best practices for how customers can leverage SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions in combination with SAP or non-SAP based packaged applications and data warehouse solutions. The SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architectures available for the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and XI 3.1 release.

The SAP EIM Solution Architecture guide provides a valuable insight into how SAP EIM portfolio can be leveraged in the context of Business Intelligence. Addressing customer business drivers and pain points, the guide will walk you through the typical customer landscape archetypes and show recommendations on SAP EIM solutions fit into your current landscape.

This C-level presentation positions SAP NetWeaver BI as a state-of-the art solution fully answering today's CIO's needs: simple and relevant, fast and flexible, integrated and trustworthy.

The separation of the mostly existing doublestack (ABAP and JAVA in one instance) into two separate stacks is a SAP recommendation. An option which is available since 7.0 is the deinstallation of the Java Add-In with SAPInst. This presentation gives some details and guidance about the process to prepare better for the Upgrade to NetWeaver BW 7.30 concentrating on the ABAP stack.
As an alternative there is on pilot base the so called "Split tool" available (released to customers in Q3/2011) which bundles the steps of JAVA export, JAVA Add-In deinstallation and fresh Installation as a separate Instance.

ASU Toolbox (incl. BW Specific Content) 

With the ASU (application specific upgrade) toolbox customers get one single truth for all pre/post upgrade steps regarding the technical upgrade to NetWeaver 7.0x BW and all following releases. More detailed information about the ASU toolbox can be found in note 1000009.
The tool which is available since 2008 (see also the TechEd Presentation and the new Upgrade to BW 7.30 Presentation) is further developed and allows application specific and technical resources to work together for a successful Upgrade to NetWeaver BW 7.30

CTC for BI-Java

To connect the existing ABAP stack to the new installed JAVA stack there is an automatic connection Wizard available via CTC (central template configuration) for BI-Java. This reduces the implementation effort from days to minutes and helps to reduce the TCO for the NetWeaver BW usage dramatically. More detailed information about the usage and pre requisites can be found in the note 983156.

An overview of the improvements within the NetWeaver Software Lifecycle Management including the ASU toolbox and the CTC for BI-Java can be found here: News and Updates with SPS 14 NetWeaver BW .  

With NetWeaver 7.30 JAVA the Functional Unit Configuration UI (former CTC BI-Java Template) is available

This is the complete up to date content (workshop agenda) of the two day workshop "WDEBU7 - Upgrade to NetWeaver 7.0x BW".
To book the workshop please check the D-A-CH Education Portal (german version) -> WDEBU7
more details can be found also in the D-A-CH Curriculum.

With this presentation you get all insides about the pre and post steps necessary for a successful upgrade of the NetWeaver ABAP stack. The content was used for the creation of the XML based input file for the ASU toolbox for BW. You will also find best practice procedures, tips and tricks and useful background information about the upgrade process, and might call it the "BW Upgrade Bible".

With the Release of NetWeaver 7.30 BW new and innovative capabilities are added to SAP's EDW Premium Solution. BW 7.30 as the backbone for a successful usage of SAP BusinessObjects Platform and SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator - BWA is the heard of the SAP Business Intelligence Architecture.
This updated presentation shows you the must know delta information to upgrade quickly and effective to NetWeaver 7.30 BW including existing information from the resources of this page.

To enable SSO/SSF on the Abap stack or enhance the web capabilities with HTTPS this presentation tells you everything to prepare the Abap stack for the java connection like EP or Integrated Planning (BI-IP).

The SMTP functionality is used for various applications together with BW 7.0x such as Information Broadcasting for Web templates or process chains. To enable all features together with BW 7.0x, you should get familiar with the basis functions and implementation such as secure email and encryption.

With NetWeaver 7.0 the java stack was introduced for a wide audience of users especially the NetWeaver BW users. Installation- and master guides are often not enough to make the right implementation decisions and with this presentation you can find the right way for your NetWeaver 7.0 java implementation to enable all new features for NetWeaver BW ("functional upgrade").

With the release of NetWeaver 7.30 all previous J2EE Stacks are now synchronized in one platform. JAVA 7.30 is still available with the usage type BI-JAVA to connect to an existing BW 7.30 Stack for the classical usage of BEx Web or the native dashboards (former Xcelsius).
This presentation shows the new 7.30 installation and configuration options with the functional unit configuration UI (former CTC BI-Java Template)

One of the biggest challenges is the connection between the Abap and java stack to enable the new NetWeaver 7.0 BW features. The presentation shows you the detailed usage and the pre requisites of the CTC for BI-Java and the effort which was taken to improve the TCO for NetWeaver BI in the area of Software Lifecycle Management. Additional information helps you to identify unwanted system outages.

With the new BEx Suite there where also new frontend components introduced. With this presentation you will also get the news for the usage of the mayor SAP GUI 7.10 release. With the upcoming month SAP introduces the new Signature Design for all frontend components. A sneak preview can be found here: New visual Design in Frontend

With NetWeaver 04 and above you can use ERP and BW in one System called MCOS (multiple components - one system) scenario. This is also visible in the new Solution Manager 4.0 with the usage of the inbuilt NetWeaver BW capabilities. This presentation gives you also some concepts for the deployment options and some technical remarks for the implementation.

A complete overview about the systemcopy process with the recommended export/import method provided with the SAPInst application including all pre and post step's for a successful BW systemcopy e.g. as a milestone prior to an technical upgrade.

With the availability of NetWeaver 7.30 there is also an updated presentation available to reflect the new pre requsites and objects within BW 7.30. Furthermore with the option "BW on HANA" it is now possible to do a heterogenious systemcopy (incuding unicode migration) to migrate existing systems based on BW 7.30 SP05 and higher to BW HANA (HDB) based systems. With this mayor step forward a new tool called "TASK MANAGER" supports customer now with the often complex post steps after the homogenious/heterogenious BW systemcopy This presentation is the delta information to the existing document "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - BW Systemcopy ABAP" above

With the introduction of the java implementation there is also the demand for system copies for java systems. This process can differ from the Abap process and these differences are collected with this presentation. The post steps after the copy refer to the presentation Setting up BEx Web - Short Track and How to change the CTC settings

For the successful NetWeaver 7.0 implementation Abap for BW these guidelines are a mandatory step to have an overview of the relevant notes and the right tuning and performance settings from the first day. You can also use these guidelines to review existing NetWeaver BW implementation for their system setup.
As a jumpstart you can also download an example configuration which can be easily adapt to other OS/DB combinations here: SAP/Oracle profiles. Please see also note 1044441 for more details.

This checklist is showing all steps for a successful BW basis customizing which is valid for the usage of NetWeaver BW 7.0x and the new BPC 7.0 solution based on NetWeaver 7.01 (EhP 1). This content will be used to create an automatic CTC template for these manual steps.

In this session you will learn about various housekeeping activities that should be part of the operational concept of your Enterprise Data Warehouse. These housekeeping activities will support you in removing unwanted and unneeded data as well as unused metadata. Scheduling these activities regularly in the system will ensure optimum utilization of system resources while at the same time increasing the overall system performance.

• Note 853507 - Release Restr.: Usage Type BI of SAP NetWeaver 7.0
• Note 955990 - BI in SAP NetWeaver 7.0: Incompatibilities with SAP BW 3.x
• Note 1044441 - Basis parameterization for NW 7.0 BI systems
• Note 1000009 - ASU Toolbox 2008
• Note 1178800 - Collective Note: Business Suite Connectivity Templates
• Note 1248905 - SP Equivalence for update/upgrade to EHP 1 for SAP NW 7.0
• Note 1132617 - General information for ASU Toolbox 2008 (ST-PI 2005_1)
• Note 1407523 - Release restrictions for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 - Business Warehouse
• Note 1543092 - BI Administration Cockpit:Upgraded from 7.00 to 7.30
  

One of the requirements to implement all new SAP BusinessObjects senarios like the improved usage of the BusinessObjects portfolio or the new innovative combined Search Solution require the update/implementation of the recent for all customers released SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Enhanchement Package 1 (EhP1). In this session you will get on one hand all new benefits with EhP1 for your SAP BI Solution and on the other hand Best Practice insights for the fast and disruptive update to EhP1 to enable the next level of SAP BusinessObjects product portfolio integration.

The new and updated two hour lecture shows the latest upgrade possibilities provided with the ASU toolbox and the CTC for BI-Java in a complete detailed slide deck with the current innovations and outlook with the NetWeaver EhP1.

The two hour lecture introduces the new upgrade possibilities provided with the ASU toolbox and the CTC for BI-Java in a complete detailed slide with the current features at this time.

This one hour session held at the DSAG congress November 2007 focus on the functional upgrade (NetWeaver Java Installation and configuration) and reflects the current SAP Strategy for running the Java Stack together with NetWeaver 7.0 BI Abap.

See how the german customer Kärcher enabled the BW Backend landscape within 8 weeks to make it ready for SBO Explorer.