Administration of the Precalculation
Server 
Use
Several administrative activities are necessary in the BW system for precalculation and distribution of workbooks.
Features
Maintaining the Precalculation Server
You can use
Create
Precalculation Server to create new precalculation servers that are
required for the precalculation of workbooks. For more information, see Creating
Precalculation Servers.
You can use
Edit
Precalculation Servers to change the description of the server.
You can use
Delete
Precalculation Server to remove servers that you no longer
need.
You can use
Restart
Precalculation Server to restart the Windows service SAP BW Precalculation Service.
If you restart the BW system you absolutely have to restart the Windows service SAP BE Precalculation Service.
You can use
Refresh
View to refresh the list of precalculation servers and its status
display.
Information on the Server
You can use
Information on the Server to get to a dialog
box where you can see the technical name, the description and current
information. Current information shows you the current instances and the
status of the server (online,
offline). Beyond that, you can display or delete the front end log. The
front end log is a log file that displays errors that have
occurred.
Test of Precalculation
You can use
Test of
Precalculation to test the precalculation of workbooks and their
distribution via e-mail.
1. Enter the desired workbook.
2. If the workbook contains variables, you can specify the variant that determines which variable values will be used to precalculate the workbook.
3. Specify the precalculation server.
4. Specify a Web template that will determine the contents of the e-mail.
5. Specify the e-mail addresses for the distribution.
The precalculation is started from the BEx broadcaster and you can test the function.
Overview of the Processed Precalculations
You can use
Display
Current Queue to get to a list of processed precalculations and can
determine the average run time there, for example.