Installing Business Content (SAP Library - Business Content (Versions))

Installing Business Content

Use

You need to transfer the Business Content objects from the SAP delivery version ( D version) into the active version (A version) in order to be able to work with them. You can find further information under Business Content (Versions).

Procedure

In the main menu of the SAP Business Information Warehouse select BW Administration ->Administrator Workbench.

Select the Business Content function area using the corresponding pushbutton in the left-hand navigation window or by Jump -> Install Business Content

Recommendation

With the pushbutton This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Navigation Window On/Off on the application toolbar in the Administrator Workbench, you can show or hide the left-hand navigation window. We assume that the navigation window remains hidden in the following section.

If you want to assign source systems, select Assignment Source System. The Select Source System as Default dialog window appears.

Select one or more source systems by setting the corresponding indicators in the Default Assignment column.

Background documentation

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 collected for the transfer. Objects that have not been assigned to the specified source systems are ignored.

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

You can subsequently change the selection you made using This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Source System Assignment .

Change the required settings in the following selection list:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Grouping

Choose the objects that you want the system to consider. The groupings summarize all the objects of an area.

Grouping	Information
Only necessary objects (standard setting)	Only those objects that are really necessary for the action, that is, the transport of the selected objects, are 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 both submit and collect data.

Note

If you change the default setting ( only necessary objects), the new setting will be used as a standard for the user.

Collection Mode

Select how you want to collect the objects:

Collection Mode	Information
automatic collection (standard setting).	The data is collected directly when the objects are selected.
Start manual collection	The data is only collected when you select Collect dependent objects.

Select an Object Type you want to transfer.

You have various selection options in the navigation window in the Business Content function area of the Administrator Workbench.

When you select an object type, the arrangement and selection of the existing objects are displayed in the tree structure of the central screen area as below:

Object Type in the Administrator Workbench Navigation Window.	Display objects in the tree structure in the central screen area.
Data targets by InfoAreas	List of InfoCubes and ODS objects by InfoAreas.
InfoObjects by application components.	List of objects by InfoObject catalog and by InfoAreas
InfoSources by application components.	List of InfoSources for master data and transaction data.
Roles	List of the standard and branch roles.
Object Types	List of objects by type (InfoArea, application, InfoObject catalog, role, workbook, query element, InfoSet query, Crystal Reports template, Web template, Web item, saved query view, MultiProvider, InfoCube, InfoObject, InfoSet, Classic InfoSet, ODS object, update rules, InfoSource transaction data, transfer rules, source system, InfoPackage group, InfoPackage, process chain, Reporting Agent, report/report interface, currency conversion type
Objects in BW Patch	List of installed BW patches including list of objects newly delivered or re-delivered with the respective patch.
Package	List of packages in which there are SAP objects.

Select the object(s) you want to transfer in the central screen area and transfer them into the right-hand Collected Objects screen area by drag and drop.

Note

Using This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Search for Object, you can also search for objects by a string (for example, 0CUST) or by pattern (for example, 0CUST_*B).

You can display a value help for every object type: By double clicking on This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Select Objects in the tree structure of the corresponding object type, the screen Value Help for Metadata appears. Select the required objects. Choose Transfer selections.

Background documentation

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 copied them into the BW system.

The system displays the selected object(s) and all dependent objects in the Collected Objects screen area. To reduce the time taken to access the objects when wanting to use them again, the collected objects are stored by default in the Repository Cache.

Note

When transferring the objects to the Collected Objects screen area, the objects are added at the same time to the tree structure of the corresponding object type in the central screen area and are saved for the respective 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 choose Remove Object from Display via the context menu or via This graphic is explained in the accompanying text .

Objects that are listed in several tree structures are only displayed as changeable the first time they appear. Each time they are listed again, they are highlighted in gray and are not ready for input.

Check the following columns in the Collected Objects screen area:

The following Business Content objects are highlighted in the Transfer column by default:

Objects transferred for the first time

Objects delivered again in a new version from Business Content.

When the SAP delivery version and the active version can be compared, a check box is shown in the column Compare (X) or Copy.

There is a check mark in this checkbox by default. In this case, your version is compared with the new SAP delivery version and complimented.

If you remove the indicator then the new SAP delivery version is copied in its entirety.

Date symbol: The object is already available in an active version. However, the active version belongs to an older Content Release. We recommend that you adopt 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.

In the Active Version Available column, there are the following display options:

Indicator	Meaning
No Indicator	The object is not available in an active version.
	The object is available in an active version. You can decide whether to retain this version or adopt again.

Change the required settings in the following selection list This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Transfer Type	Information
Simulate transfer	A test is made to see if errors are likely to occur during the transfer. The most important objects can be checked in the simulation. However, this does not include all dependent objects Therefore, only use the simulation as an orientation help to be able to recognize errors 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.

Recommendation

We recommend Transfer in the Background, because transferring a large number of objects and especially changing already active objects can take up a lot of time.

You can find out if errors have occurred during the installation of Business Content from a log, which you can request using the Log pushbutton. Repair the errors in the respective maintenance transaction. Try to transfer the Business Content again.