Installing Business Content (SAP Library - Administrator Workbench)

Installing Business Content

Use

The Business Content delivered by SAP, meaning InfoAreas, InfoObject catalogs, roles, workbooks, query elements, InfoCubes, InfoObjects, ODS objects, update rules, InfoSource transaction data, transfer rules, source systems, InfoPackage groups, Reporting Agent, and currency translation types, are all available in the SAP delivery system, the so-called D version.

In the Business Information Warehouse a differentiation is made between the following object versions:

Version

Explanation

D

SAP delivery version

A

Active version

M

Changed version

If you want to work with the Content objects, then you have to transfer them from the D version to the A version.

With Install Business Content, you can collect and transfer the Business Content delivered by SAP. In this way, all additional necessary objects are taken into account automatically, as is the sequence for the activation. You can choose whether you want to copy, compare, or not transfer the Business Content objects.

If the versions have not been matched, when you activate Business Content transferring the SAP version overwrites the active customer version.

Procedure

In the main menu of the SAP Business Information Warehouse, choose Administration ® Administrator Workbench.
In the menu, choose Goto ® Install Business Content, or use the Business Content pushbutton on the left-hand navigation window.

With the pushbutton Navigation Window On/Off on the application toolbar in the Administrator Workbench you can show and hide the left-hand navigation window.

You can use the dialog box Select default source systems to assign source systems. To do this, select the source system(s) you want in the Default Assignment column.

By choosing the pushbutton Source System Assignment, you can change the selection afterwards and add or remove other source systems from the selection.

If you do not select a source system, all source systems are automatically selected.

The assignment of source systems is only relevant for transfer rules, file DataSources and InfoPackages. If there is more than one source system, only those objects assigned to the specified source system are transported. Objects that have not been assigned to the specified source systems are ignored.

Make the settings you want from the Collect Mode and Grouping menu, and select the object type that you want to transfer.

Collection Mode

In the menu Collection Mode, you can determine how you want to collect objects. With Automatic Collection, the data is collected directly when selecting objects. With Start Manual Collection, the data is collected by first choosing the pushbutton Collect Dependent Objects.

Grouping

In the menu Grouping, you can determine how many objects you want to be taken into consideration. The groupings summarize all the objects of an area.

Setting	Meaning
Only necessary objects	Only those objects that are really necessary for the action, that is, the transport of the selected objects, are only taken into account (minimal selection).
In data flow before	All objects are collected that submit data to a collected object.
In data flow after	All objects are collected that obtain data from a collected object.
In data flow before and after	All objects are collected that submit and collect data.

For the Transport Connection function, the grouping setting is enhanced by the setting Save for System Copies. This setting means that some of the objects can be collected for a transport query. This query can be imported again by way of a system copy.

The menu Grouping is set by default to necessary objects only. If you change this setting, the new setting is used as the standard for the respective user.

Object Types

Different selection options are listed under the pushbutton Business Content in the navigation menu of the Administrator Workbench With a single-click you can set the arrangement and selection of available options as follows:

Setting	Meaning
Data targets	The InfoCubes and ODS objects are sorted by InfoArea.
InfoObjects	The InfoObjects and the aggregates are listed according to the InfoObject catalog and the InfoArea.
InfoSources	The InfoSources for master data and transaction data are listed.
Roles	Standard and branch roles are listed.
Object Types	All objects are sorted according to type (that is, InfoArea, application, InfoObject catalog, role, workbook, query elements, InfoCube, InfoObject, InfoSet query, ODS object, update rule, InfoSource transaction data, transfer rules, source system, InfoPackage group, InfoPackage, Reporting Agent, Report/Report Interface, currency translation type and user).
Objects in BW Patch	All installed BW patches are listed. This includes the newly or the re-delivered objects with the respective patches.
Development Classes	All those development classes are listed in which SAP objects exist.

The selected object types are displayed automatically on the right-hand window. Select the object or objects that you want to transfer, and add them to the Collected Objects window using drag-and-drop.

Using the function Search for Object, you can also search for objects by a string (for example, 0CUST) or by pattern (for example, 0CUST_*B).

After expanding the tree structure, you can use F4 Help when selecting object types by double clicking on Select Objects. Select the required objects here and transfer them using the pushbutton Transfer Selection.

You can only use Business Content DataSources of a source system for transferring data in BW, when you have transferred these in their active forms and then run a Metadata upload.

In the Collected Objects box, all dependent objects for your selected object(s) are displayed. The collected objects are saved by default in the Repository Cache to reduce access time when you use the objects again.

When transferring the objects in the "Collected Objects" window, these objects are also saved in the tree display in the left-hand window, and saved for each user. This personal object list is available every time the program is restarted.

To remove objects from the personal list, select the object in question and either use the right mouse button or choose the pushbutton Remove Object from Display.

Objects that are listed more than once in the hierarchy display, are only displayed as changeable the first time they appear. Whenever they appear again, these objects are indicated in gray in the hierarchy structure and are not ready for input.

Check the selection fields in the Transfer column. Business Content that was installed the first time is selected by default.

In the Active Version Available column, you will see the following display options:

No selection: The object is already available in an active version.

Green selection: The object is already available in an active version. Here you can decide whether you want to keep or transfer this version again.

If it is possible to match the SAP delivered version and the active version, then a selected checkbox is visible in the Match (X) or Copy column.

If you retain the selection then your current, existing version is compared with and supplemented by the new SAP delivery version.

If you remove the selection then the new SAP delivery version is coped in its entirety.

Date symbol. The object is already available in an active version. However, the active version belongs to an older Content Release. You are recommended to copy over the new version.

Gray selection: There is an active version in the system, but the object status is given as inactive. The object has to be subsequently edited.

To transfer the selected objects, you can select the following settings in the Transfer menu:

Setting

Meaning

Simulate transfer

A test is made to see if errors are likely to occur during the transfer. The most important objects, though not all dependent objects, can be checked in the simulation. Therefore, only use the simulation as an orientation help to be able to recognize errors early and remove them.

Transfer

The selected objects are transferred immediately.

Transfer in background

The selected objects are transferred in the background.

Transfer and transport

The selected objects are transferred immediately and then written to a transport request in the connection.

As the transfer of a large number of objects, particularly objects that are already active, can take a long time, running the transfer in the background is recommended.

You can find out if errors have occurred during the installation of Business Content from the log, which you can request using the Logs pushbutton. Remove the errors that have occurred in the current maintenance transaction and try installing Business Content again.

Version	Explanation
D	SAP delivery version
A	Active version
M	Changed version

Setting	Meaning
Simulate transfer	A test is made to see if errors are likely to occur during the transfer. The most important objects, though not all dependent objects, can be checked in the simulation. Therefore, only use the simulation as an orientation help to be able to recognize errors early and remove them.
Transfer	The selected objects are transferred immediately.
Transfer in background	The selected objects are transferred in the background.
Transfer and transport	The selected objects are transferred immediately and then written to a transport request in the connection.