Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver

Ingo Hilgefort started with Crystal Decisions in Frankfurt, Germany in the year 1999 as a Trainer and Consultant for Crystal Reports and Crystal Enterprise. With the acquisition of Crystal Decisions by BusinessObjects he moved into the Product Management role for the integration between the BusinessObjects product portfolio and SAP.

Introduction. 15

1. SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP NetWeaver Overview. 21

1.1. User Interaction. 22

1.2. BI Tools and Clients. 22

1.3. Management Tools. 23

1.4. Platform Service. 24

1.5. SAP BusinessObjects BI Client Tools. 26

1.6. Components for Integration with SAP Landscapes. 35

1.7. Summary. 38

2. Installation and Configuration. 39

2.1. Verifying Your SAP Landscape. 40

2.2. SAP BusinessObjects BI: Server-Side Installation. 40

2.3. SAP BusinessObjects: Client-Side Installation. 53

2.4. SAP NetWeaver: Server-Side Configuration. 78

2.5. Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP NetWeaver. 82

2.6. Configuring SAP BusinessObjects Mobile. 140

2.7. Summary. 142

3. Semantic Layer and Data Connectivity. 143

3.1. Semantic Layer Terminology. 143

3.2. Data Connectivity Overview for SAP Landscapes. 145

3.3. Data Connectivity for SAP NetWeaver BW. 149

3.4. Data Connectivity for SAP ERP. 170

3.5. Summary. 173

4. SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Landscapes. 175

4.1. SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW. 176

4.2. SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP ERP. 196

4.3. SAP Crystal Reports 2013 and SAP ERP. 211

4.4. What's New in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.1?. 218

4.5. Summary. 219

5. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW. 221

5.1. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW. 221

5.2. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and SAP ERP. 227

5.3. Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW (BICS). 227

5.4. Creating Your First Report for SAP NetWeaver BW (Relational Universe). 236

5.5. Migrating from SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 3.1 to 4.x. 244

5.6. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.1?. 247

5.7. Summary. 248

6. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office and SAP NetWeaver BW. 249

6.1. Data Connectivity Overview. 249

6.2. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements. 252

6.3. Creating Your First Workbook. 257

6.4. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office 1.4?. 267

6.5. Summary. 268

7. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP and SAP NetWeaver BW. 269

7.1. Data Connectivity Overview. 269

7.2. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements. 270

7.3. Creating Your First Workbook. 274

7.4. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP 4.1?. 284

7.5. Summary. 284

8. SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP NetWeaver BW. 285

8.1. Data Connectivity Overview. 285

8.2. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements. 286

8.3. Creating Your First Dashboard. 290

8.4. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.1?. 310

8.5. Summary. 311

9. SAP Lumira and SAP NetWeaver BW. 313

9.1. Data Connectivity Overview. 313

9.2. Supported and Unsupported SAP NetWeaver BW Elements. 314

9.3. Generating an SAP HANA Model. 324

9.4. Using SAP Lumira. 331

9.5. Summary. 338

10. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP Landscapes. 339

10.1. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP NetWeaver BW. 339

10.2. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP ERP. 346

10.3. Creating Your First Dashboard. 347

10.4. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1?. 365

10.5. Summary. 366

11. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP Landscapes. 367

11.1. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP NetWeaver BW. 367

11.2. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP ERP. 373

11.3. Creating an Information Space. 374

11.4. Creating an Information Space with SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA. 385

11.5. What's New in SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1?. 393

11.6. Summary. 394

12. SAP BusinessObjects Live Office and BI Web Services. 395

12.1. Using SAP BusinessObjects Live Office and BI Web Services. 395

12.2. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP BusinessObjects Live Office. 396

12.3. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and BI Web Services. 406

12.4. Summary. 412

13. Publications with SAP Data-Level Security. 413

13.1. What Is Server-Side Trust?. 413

13.2. Configuring Your SAP Server for Server-Side Trust. 416

13.3. Configuring Your SAP BusinessObjects BI System for Server-Side Trust. 421

13.4. Creating Publications with SAP Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. 438

13.5. Summary. 444

14. Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal. 445

14.1. BI Content with SAP NetWeaver Portal iViews. 445

14.2. BI Content with Knowledge Management. 463

14.3. Summary. 474

15. Integrating SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+. 475

15.1. Technical Prerequisites. 475

15.2. Configuring SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+. 477

15.3. Using Integrated SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager with CTS+. 496

15.4. Summary. 503

16. Troubleshooting and Tips. 505

16.1. Tracing for SAP BusinessObjects BI Services and Applications. 505

16.2. Data Connectivity. 506

16.3. Single Sign-On and Authentication. 525

16.4. Publishing SAP Crystal Reports 2013. 526

16.5. Publications. 527

16.6. Performance. 528

16.7. Summary. 531

17. Integration Outlook. 533

The Author. 535

Index. 537