Implementation Sequence

Use

The following table describes the overall installation sequence for the application. This table contains all available software components. However, to implement a specific scenario, you only need a subset of available software units. Some are only required for special processes. For information about which software is required to implement a specific scenario, see Software Component Matrix.

For documentation listed in the following table, see the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.

Prerequisites

  • You have considered your system landscape possibilities. For more information, see System Landscape.

  • You have installed SAP NetWeaver. For more information, see the SAP NetWeaver Installation Guide.

  • (Optional) You have installed SAP NetWeaver Scheduler Administrator. For more information, see the SAP NetWeaver Installation Guide.

  • You have obtained the strategy management installations and viewed the application help from the SAP Help Portal. For more information, see the Central Note for this release listed in Important SAP Notes.

  • You have followed the system requirements for Application Components, Application Server, and Interactive Publisher.

Process

Implementation Sequence for Strategy Management Components

Step

Action

1

Deploy the Strategy Management Software Component Archive

2

Install Application Server and supporting files

Post-Installation

See the Installation Guide on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.

3

Perform post-installation steps for Application Server

4

Set up users, roles, and application properties

5

Perform post-installation steps for the applications

6

Set up client access to the SAP NetWeaver System database.

7

Customize your application and Application Server configurations as needed

Implementation

See the Configuration Guide on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.

8

Implement the application

9

(Optional) Implement Model Designer

See the Model Designer User's Guide on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.

User Configuration

10

All users configure their browser and desktop to run the strategy management application.

For more information, see the application help for SAP Strategy Management at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT. Review the topic Startup Requirements.

User Installations

11

(Optional) Excel Add-In users can install and configure the Excel Add-In on Microsoft Windows client machine.

See the Installation Guide for Excel Client Add-In on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.

12

Certain users download the External Data Loader spreadsheet from the server where the strategy management application is installed.

See the External Data Loader User's Guide on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_STRATEGY_MANAGEMENT.