Integration Using Role Upload 

Use

You are able to integrate content from SAP BW into the Enterprise Portal using SAP role upload.

Role upload is a function that you can use for the following scenarios:

·        You want to continue to use existing role definitions for a BW system in the Enterprise Portal.

·        You want to use objects from a BW system (for example, Web applications) as content objects to build your roles in the portal. This means these objects have to be available in the portal.

·        Initially, you upload all relevant roles and objects from the BW system into the Enterprise Portal. In the future you want to create and maintain your content objects only in the portal.

·        You upload newly created role definitions from the back end system into the portal at regular intervals. You mainly do this when you use the BW system as the leading system. In this case, you continue to create your roles in the BW system and only use the portal as a medium for display and navigation.

Prerequisites

Before you can upload objects from SAP BW into SAP EP, you must carry out the following steps:

·        Import the plug-in

Now you have to import the SAP Basis Plug-In into every BW system from which you want to do an upload. Only then will the functions need for the upload be completely available.

For more information, see Importing the SAP Basis Plug-In.

·        Authorizations in the BW System

You need the authorization S_RFC in the BW system for the function group PWP2.

For more information, see Maintaining Authorizations .

·        Configuring the system landscape in the portal

You need to create a system in the portal within the portal system landscape for every BW system from which you upload objects.

For more information, see Creating BW Systems in the Portal.

 

For more information about the functions of role upload, see Upload of Roles from ABAP-Based Systems.