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REPORTING AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS USING SAP NETWEAVER BI

LCM264

Exercises / Solutions

DIETER KRIEGER, SAP NETWEAVER PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, SAP AG, WALLDORF, GERMANY TIMOTHY HIGLEY, APPLICATIONS CONSULTANT - BI, MORRISTOWN, NJ, SAP AMERICA

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REPORTING AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS USING SAP NETWEAVER BI

SAP performance and availability data of monitored landscape components, both ABAP and Java based, can be stored for up to 24 hours and displayed in a central monitoring system. However, IT departments and hosting service providers require history data for both medium and long-term reporting on technical key performance indicators. SAP has a solution for this requirement: SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI). Performance data stored in the Central Performance History of the central monitoring system, and system workload statistics from monitored satellite systems can be extracted to BI. SAP Business Intelligence lets you analyze and report not only on performance and availability data but also on workload statistics, and on EarlyWatch data supplied by Solution Manager. Even data from other sources can be included in BI reporting. SAP will deliver a Reporting Suite called in SAPGUI. On choosing selection options in the Reporting Suite, their respective output is dynamically displayed as embedded HTML in SAP GUI. The content of the respective reports is based on Web Templates. The following exercises are meant to let you gain hands-on experience with the Reporting Suite that will be available by end of 2007, the configuration and management of the BI integration, and the BI tools for creating reports.

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Exercise 1: Display the Reporting Suite Log on to System M28 in system client 000 with your user name LCM264_xx and the password provided by your trainer. Note: In this hands-on session scenario, M28/000 is the the source system and the BI system, both in the same system client. Solution 1: Log on to the system.

Display the Reporting Suite from the menu. Try out the selection options for Report, Time Interval, and System Name. Then click Display. Choose filters where applicable.

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Exercise 2: Display the master process chain Note that the master process chain and all of its sub-chains are automatically created by the setup tool. Display the master process chain Load All CCMS Data. Switch to the log view to display todays loading history . Solution 2: Choose the Process Chain menu entry, or enter transaction code RSPC. The Process Chain Display Planning View screen is displayed. Expand the CCMS Chains node. You see a list of process chains. Double click the first entry, Load All CCMS Data, to display the main process chain. The Process Chain Display Planning View screen is displayed with the master process chain. Use the View Adjust function to make the process chain fit the screen frame, or use Zoom In and Zoom Out to resize it. Display the log view by clicking the appropriate icon. Choose Today. Todays load history is displayed. A yellow box indicates activity. A red box indicates an error. Note that the master process chain contains sub-process chains (Load CCMS CPH data, Load CCMS ABAP Statistics Data, Load CCMS DSR and Load CCMS Selection Master Data).

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Exercise 3: Display a sub-process chain and its data loading details Display one of the sub-process chains in the graphical representation. Sub-process chains are represented by boxes with the chain icons. Display the InfoPackage it contains. Display its monitor. Solution 3: Go back to the planning view by clicking the chain icon. Double click one of the sub-process chains in the master chain. The sub-process chain is displayed. Double click the Load Data box, which represents an InfoPackage .

The InfoPackage is displayed.

Display the monitor by clicking the Monitor icon.

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Exercise 4: Display predefined Query Definitions. SAP delivers a set ot Query Definitions for the Reporting Suite: Instance Availability System Load Overview (Users logged in, Dialog response times) Concurrent Users (Average and maximum values) and more Note that query definitions are used in Web Templates for reporting. Display one or more of these query definitions using the Query Designer 3.x. We use the 3.x version of the Query Designer for technical reasons. Solution 4: To display existing Query Definitions, call the Query Designer. Choose Start All Programs Business Explorer Business Explorer (3.x) Query Designer (3.x). The Query Designer is displayed. Click on the Open Query icon to display existing Query Definitions. In the Open Query window, choose InfoAreas. Expand the Computing Center Management System entry. The relevant SAP Query Definitions are located under Monitoring Performance Data o CPH Performance Data (All Resolutions without Online Data) Statistics Data o Distributed Statistical Records (DSR) o WebAs Kernel Choose, for example, Instance Availability 2 contained in CPH Performance Data (All Resolutions without Online Data). A message tells you that you are not authorized to change it. Click on OK. The Query Definition is displayed. If you want to experiment, save it under a new name.

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Exercise 5: Display report templates (Web Templates) A Web Template is an HTML document that determines the structure of a Web application. It contains placeholders for Web items, data providers, and commands. A Web application is a Web-based application in the Business Explorer used for data analysis, reporting, and analytical applications on the Web. You can format and display your data in the BEx Web Application Designer in different ways by using a range of Web items (such as tables, filters, charts, maps, and documents). In this way, you can individually create Web applications such as BI cockpits and access them using the intranet or an enterprise portal. A Web report is an HTML page, published on the Web, that has BI-specific contents, for example, one or more queries, charts, maps, or an alert monitor. Display and execute one or more of the predefined Web Templates used in the Reporting Suite using Web Application Designer 3.x. In addition, display template Teched Service Level Report, which is used for a model Service Level Report, which is not part of the reporting suite. Execute it to check its output. We use the 3.x version of the Web Application Designer for practical reasons. Solution 5: Choose Start All Programs Business Explorer Business Explorer (3.x) Web Application Designer (3.x). A logon window is displayed. Enter system client 000, your user name and password. The Web Application Designer is displayed. Click on the Open Web Template icon to display the Open Web Template window. In the Description / Technical Name field, enter the name of a Web Template, for example, Instance Availablity Reporting Suite. The Web Template structure is displayed. Check the properties of the items contained in the template. Execute the template by clicking the Execute icon. Example: Instance Availablity - Reporting Suite

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Display template Teched Service Level Report by entering its name in the Open Web Template window. Execute it by clicking the Execute icon. Note that this template is not part of the Reporting Suite. Template Teched Service Level Report

You are done with the exercises!

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