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Business Content in SAP BI

Applies to:

SAP NetWeaver BW.

SummaryDetailed Documentation and practical implementation of Business Content in SAP BI

Authors: Shyam Uthaman & Kavita Srivastava

Company: Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.

Created on: 10 March 2011

Author BioShyam Uthaman is working as SAP-BI Consultant in Accenture Services Private He is workingsimultaneously on multiple projects for different clients in Accenture.

Kavita Srivastava is working as SAP-BI Consultant in Accenture Services Private Ltd and hasrich project experience in SAP-BI domain.


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Table of Contents1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3

2. Business Content in SAP BI .................................................................................................................. 3

3. Business Content Versions ................................................................................................................... 4

4. Installing Business Content ................................................................................................................... 6 4.1 Procedure to Install Business Content ...................................................................................................... 6

4.1.1 Navigate to the Administrator Workbench to Install Business Content ............................................................... 6 4.1.2 Assign Relevant Source Systems ....................................................................................................................... 8 4.1.3 Group Objects to Be Included, Determine Mode of Collection for Objects .......................................................... 8 4.1.4 Determine View of Objects .................................................................................................................................. 8 4.1.5 Transfer the Objects in Collected Objects ........................................................................................................... 9 4.1.6 Check Settings for Collected Objects .................................................................................................................. 9 4.1.7 Make Settings in the Selection List and Install .................................................................................................. 12 4.1.8 Correct Errors ................................................................................................................................................... 12

Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 14


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3. Business Content VersionsSAP delivers Business Content in the SAP Delivery Version (D version). You need to transfer the

Business Content objects in the active version (A version) in order to be able to work with them.

The different versions of business content are:

Version Meaning

D(elivery) SAP delivery version

A(ctive) Active version

M(odified) Modified version

The following diagram displays the business content in different versions

The black arrows represent how the versions are used in the delivery process:

1. SAP delivery

SAP delivers the Business Content objects in the D Version .

Changes are saved in the M version.

Active Business Content is saved in the A version.

Only those objects that were stored in the A version are exported from the development system.

When importing into the target system, these objects, dependent on object type, are either imported

directly into the active version or in a modified version.

2. SAP Delivery (Business Content upgrade)


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SAP delivers the Business Content objects in a new D Version .

The customer can compare the new Business Content with his/her active customer version,

and either adopt the new version or merge it with his/her version.

Adopt: The customer version is deleted and replaced by the new Business

Content version.

Merge: The total is made from both objects and saved as a new customer

version.

NOTE:- When activating Business Content, the SAP delivery version is adopted and the active customer versions areoverwritten if you do not execute a match-up


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4. Installing Business ContentBefore working with Business Content objects, you have to convert them from the SAP delivery version

(D version) into the active version (A version).

SAP recommends that you install Business Content objects in the following cases:

After a Content release upgrade

After installing a Content Support Package

4.1 Procedure to Install Business ContentThe following are the steps for installing Business Contents

4.1.1 Navigate to the Administrator Workbench to Install Business ContentIn the main menu of the SAP Business Information Warehouse select Modeling Administrator

Workbench: Business Content.


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If you are already in the Administrator Workbench, select the Business Content function area by

clicking on the corresponding pushbutton in the left-hand navigation window

The Administrator Workbench for installing Business Content has three navigation windows:

In the left-hand window you determine the view of the objects in the middle area of the screen.

In the middle window, you select the objects that you want to activate.In the right-hand window, you make the settings for installing the Business Content. The right-hand

window also contains an overview of the objects you have selected, and it is here that you start the

installation of the Business Content.


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4.1.2 Assign Relevant Source Systems

If you want to assign a source system, select the Source System Assignment function.

The Choose Default Source Systems dialog window appears.

Select one or more source systems by setting the corresponding indicators in the Default

Assignment column.

4.1.3 Group Objects to Be Included, Determine Mode of Collection for ObjectsMake the settings you require from the following selection lists on the right-hand side of the screen:

Grouping

Choose the objects that you want the system to include. The groupings combine the objects

from a particular area. You have the following options:

Only Necessary Objects (default setting)

In Data Flow Before

In Data Flow AfterwardsIn Data Flow Before and Afterwards

Collection Mode

Select how you want to collect the objects:

Collect Automatically (default setting): The data is collected directly when the objects

are selected.

Start Manual Collection: The data is collected only when you click on the Gather

Dependent Objectsicon.

4.1.4 Determine View of ObjectsIn the left-hand navigation window, specify how you want the objects to be displayed.

If you have selected a particular view in the left-hand navigation window, the available objects are

selected and arranged in the tree structure in the central screen area as follows:

View of Objects in the Navigation

Window of the AW

Display of Objects in the Tree Structure in the

Central Area

InfoProviders by InfoAreas List of InfoCubes and ODS objects by InfoArea.

InfoObjects by Application Component List of InfoObjects by InfoObject catalog and by InfoArea

InfoSources by Application Component List of InfoSources for master data and transaction data

Roles List of standard roles and industry roles

Object Types List of objects by type


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Objects in BW PatchList of the BW patches installed, including a list of the

new and modified objects delivered with each patch

Transport RequestYou are taken to the Select Request/Task dialog box.

Choose the request that you want to use

Packages List of packages containing SAP objects

4.1.5 Transfer the Objects in Collected ObjectsIn the central area of the screen, select the objects that you want to install, and use the drag and

drop function to transfer them into the right-hand Collected Objects area of the screen.

In our example we will be installing an InfoCube 0EIH_C03 (Accidents: Safety Measures). And as we

have discussed earlier, we will be bring this cube from SAP Delivered D Version to Active A

version so that it can be used for reporting.

Also to activate the cube, we have to activate all the dependant objects.

Highlighted below is the cube under consideration.

Input help is available for every type of object: Double-click on the Select Objects icon in the tree

structure of the corresponding object type to display the Input Help for Metadata screen. Select the

required objects. Choose Transfer selection.

4.1.6 Check Settings for Collected ObjectsRight click on the cube and select the Insert Objects for Collection option.


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This will show you all the dependants of the cube.

Check the following columns in the Collected Objects area of the screen:

Install

The following Business Content objects are highlighted in this column by default:

Objects that are being transferred for the first time. There is not an active version of

these objects in the system.

Business Content objects that have been redelivered in a new version. These

objects are identified by the Content time stamp in the corresponding object tables.

Check on the install checkboxes for all the dependants.

The cube name is checked by default.

In the context menu, the following two options are available for the installation:1. ...

Install all Below

The object in the selected hierarchy level and all objects in the lower levels of the

hierarchy are selected as to Install.

Do Not Install All Below

The Install indicators are removed for the object in the selected hierarchy level and

all objects in the lower levels of the hierarchy.

Match (X) or Copy

If the SAP delivery version and the active version can be matched, a checkbox is displayed

in this column.With the most important object types, the active version and the SAP delivery

version can be matched.


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When a match is performed, particular properties of the object are compared in the A version

and the D version. First it has to be decided whether these properties can be matched

automatically or whether this has to be done manually.

A match can be performed automatically for properties if you can be sure that the object is to

be used in the same way as before it was transferred from Business Content.

When performing matches manually you have to decide whether the characteristics of a

property from the active version are to be retained, or whether the characteristics are to be

transferred from the delivery version.

The Match indicator is set as default in order to prevent the customer version being

unintentionally overwritten. If the Content of the SAP delivery version is to be matched to the

active version, you have to set the Installindicator separately.

The active version is overwritten with the delivery version if

the match indicator is not set and

the install indicator is set.

Active Version Available

In this column, the following display options are available:

: The object is available in an active version. You decide whether you want to

retain this version or reinstall the latest version of the object.

Date symbol: The object is already available in an active version. However, the

active version belongs to an older Content release. SAP recommends that you

install the latest version.

Gray symbol : An activated version of the object is available in the system.

However, the object status is inactive. If an object version is activated, this

indicates that all metadata for the object can be created successfully. The inactive

object status indicates that the processed object is inconsistent and cannot

currently be used for processing data.

No indicator: The object is not available in an active version.


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4.1.7 Make Settings in the Selection List and Install

Make the required settings in the Install selection list:

Installation Type

Installation

Type

Information

Simulate installationThe system runs a test to see whether any errors are likely to occur

during the installation.

Install The selected objects are installed immediately.

Install in background The selected objects are installed in the background.

Install and transportThe selected objects are installed immediately and then written to a

transport request.

4.1.8 Correct ErrorsAny errors that occur during the installation of the Business Content are listed in a log. Click on

the Log pushbutton to view this log. In the relevant maintenance transaction, repair any errors

that occurred during the installation. Install the Business Content again.


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