SAP Environment Compliance - BW Implementation Guide

Applies to

Development and support based on SAP BI 7.0 and EC 3.0

Summary

This document provides step by step guide on how to configure the SAP Environment Compliance as a source system of BW system.

Author:        Lakdawala Ashish

Company:    IBM

Created on: 15th April 2014

Version:        1.0

Introduction

Sap Environment compliance application is implemented with SAP Netweaver web dynpro with database in order to store all the data. In addition to this, application provides an extraction layer which extracts data out of the database with functionality to transfer the data into the SAP-BW. The extraction layer is a java based framework which uses JDBC in order to communicate with the database. It is responsible for interaction with the BW as well as transfer the data from database to BW. Following drawing shows the graphical picture of the technical composition of SAP Environmental Compliance and the interaction between the components application, database and Business Warehouse.

Please note that the extraction layer of the application has bi-directional (read and write) access regarding the database but it can only transfer data from the application (database) into the Business Warehouse. It is not possible to import data from the Business Warehouse into the application (database). This document provides step by step guide on how to configure the EC as a source system of BW system.

Prerequisites

Below list of minimum SP level for each component is required before the installation of the EC BI Content.

Installation

SAP EC BI Content need to be installed via the Add-On Installation Tool (TCode – SAINT).

Namespace

The required Namespaces are automatically installed after successful installation of the EC Bi Content.

Namespace for TDAG-BW objects are

• /TDAG/ - Namespace for Technical Data objects
• /B123/ - Namespace for generated Technical Data objects

In addition to creating the namespaces it is necessary to flag the two new namespaces as modifiable in TA SE03. Because all delivered BW objects in these namespaces have to be activated and this is only possible if the namespaces are marked as modifiable in the customer system.

To do this follow below steps:

1. Go to SE03
2. Select “Set System Change options”
   

3. Find the namespaces /B123/ and /TDAG/ and set them to “modifiable”

EC RFC Setup

Log into the (http://<host>:<port>/nwa/destinations) as SAP NetWeaver Admin and Navigate to the SOA Management.

Under the Technical Configuration tab click on Destinations.

Here you need to set up the BW RFC connection to the ERP System.

1. Set up connection. Enter the ERP System name as destination (Example “BW”). Set up the destination details.

Click on Create and provide Connection and Logon data details as required.

    After finishing the destination setup you can test the connection pinging the ERP destination system.

     2.  Set up a second connection to ERP. Enter the ERP System name plus PROVIDER as destination name. (Example “BW PROVIDER”). Use the same setup detail as per above connection.

After finishing the Destination setup the next step is to set up the JCO RFC Providers.

Navigate in NWA to Configuration Management -> Infrastructure -> JCO RFC Provider

In this view create a JCO RFC Destination

Enter as Program ID “XEM” and Provide Host and Gateway Service details.

Enter in the next Step the RFC Destination Name like the step 2 destination "ERP Name + Provider" (Example: “BW PROVIDER”)

After successful set up of JCO RFC Destinations, Go to EC application server.

Login to EC Portal (http://<host:port>/irj) with admin user.

Navigate to EC Plant Compliance --> Configuration --> Integration --> RFC Configuration.

Assign the new created Destination as a “BW System JCo Connection”.

Click on Save and Restart Extractors.

Next it is necessary to activate the RFC connection between the application and the Business warehouse. Therefore we have to configure the BW Property “bw.extractor.progid” (EC Plant Compliance à Configuration à Integration à BW Properties) in order to link the application and the Business Warehouse by using the same program identifier.

BW Maintain Source System XEM

In order to Create EC as a source system of BW, Go to RSA1 and Create Source System under External System and connection type TCP/IP.

Provide Logical System Name and Description As required and Make sure you have provided Type and Release “XEM020”.

Use Program ID “XEM”. The program ID of the source system has to be identical to the program ID customized at EC Configuration -> Integration -> BW Properties (property bw.extractor.progid).

To verify if the source system is created correctly, call Transaction code WE20 and check if the Partner Profile – Partner Type Logical System is created with EC. If this is not the case, visit Transaction code RSA1 and select Source Systems. Left click on the EC Source System and select the option Restore. When the restoring of the Source System is done, call Transaction code WE20 again and check if the Partner Profile is active and created correctly.

After completion of all above described procedure and preparation, all BI-Content objects required for SAP EC are automatically installed which can be activated from business content.

Related Information

SAP Environment Compliance Implementation Guide

https://help.sap.com/saphelp_ec30/SAPEC30_en.pdf