Business Content in SAP BI

Business Content in SAP BI
Applies to:
SAP NetWeaver BW.
Summary
Detailed Documentation and practical implementation of Business Content in SAP BI Authors: Company: Created on: Shyam Uthaman & Kavita Srivastava Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. 10 March 2011
Author Bio
Shyam Uthaman is working as SAP-BI Consultant in Accenture Services Private He is working simultaneously on multiple projects for different clients in Accenture.
Kavita Srivastava is working as SAP-BI Consultant in Accenture Services Private Ltd and has rich project experience in SAP-BI domain.
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Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Business Content in SAP BI .................................................................................................................. 3 Business Content Versions ................................................................................................................... 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
1. Introduction
Business Content is a pre-configured set of role and task-relevant information models based on consistent metadata in the SAP Business Information Warehouse. Business Content provides selected roles within a company with the information they need to carry out their tasks. This information model includes integral roles, workbooks, queries, InfoSources, InfoCubes, ODS objects, key figures, characteristics, update rules, and extractors for SAP R/3, mySAP.com Business Applications, and for other selection applications. Business Content can: be used in particular industries without being modified be modified, meaning you can work with it to any degree of detail serve as a template or an example for customer-defined Business Content
2. Business Content in SAP BI

SAP Business Information Warehouse delivers pre-configured objects under the collective term Business Content. These objects speed up the implementation of the SAP Business Information Warehouse because they deliver complete solutions for business information requests. It is delivered as an add-on to SAP BW. The naming is BI Content 3.5.3 Add-On SP06 Business Content includes: R/3 extractor programs DataSources Process chains InfoObjects InfoSources Data targets (InfoCubes and ODS objects) Variables Data mining models Queries Workbooks Crystal Reports Web templates Roles
3. Business Content Versions

SAP 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 D(elivery) A(ctive) M(odified) Meaning SAP delivery version Active version 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)
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 are overwritten if you do not execute a match-up
4. Installing Business Content

Before 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 Content The following are the steps for installing Business Contents 4.1.1 Navigate to the Administrator Workbench to Install Business Content In the main menu of the SAP Business Information Warehouse select Modeling Administrator
Workbench: Business Content.
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.
4.1.2 Assign Relevant Source Systems If you want to assign a source system, select the 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 Objects Make 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 Afterwards In Data Flow Before and Afterwards Source System Assignment function.
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 Dependent Objectsicon. 4.1.4 Determine View of Objects In 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 InfoProviders by InfoAreas InfoObjects by Application Component InfoSources by Application Component Roles Object Types Display of Objects in the Tree Structure in the Central Area List of InfoCubes and ODS objects by InfoArea. List of InfoObjects by InfoObject catalog and by InfoArea List of InfoSources for master data and transaction data List of standard roles and industry roles List of objects by type Gather
Objects in BW Patch
List of the BW patches installed, including a list of the new and modified objects delivered with each patch You are taken to the Select Request/Task dialog box. Choose the request that you want to use List of packages containing SAP objects
Transport Request Packages
4.1.5 Transfer the Objects in Collected Objects In 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 Objects Right click on the cube and select the Insert Objects for Collection option.
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.
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.
4.1.7 Make Settings in the Selection List and Install Make the required settings in the Install selection list:
Installation Type
Installation Type Simulate installation Install Install in background Install and transport
Information
The system runs a test to see whether any errors are likely to occur during the installation. The selected objects are installed immediately. The selected objects are installed in the background. The selected objects are installed immediately and then written to a transport request.
4.1.8 Correct Errors Any 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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