Create Tool BW Client

Context

To integrate SAP Profitability and Performance Management with BW, you can activate the BW client as follows:

  1. In a different client than SAP Profitability and Performance Management (for example, the BW is in client 100; SAP Profitability and Performance Management is in client 200, but in the same system)

  2. In the same client as SAP Profitability and Performance Management (for example, BW and SAP Profitability and Performance Management are both in client 200).

Configure the Tool BW client as follows:

Procedure

  1. Create a new client (note that a BW client cannot be set up in client 000) or use the existing client as the Tool BW client and assign a logical system to it using transaction SCC4.
  2. Create a background user in the BW client using transaction SU01.
  3. Assign the following roles and profiles to the background user:

    • S_BI-WHM_RFC (profile)

    • S_BI-WX_RFC (profile)

  4. Create an RFC destination using transaction SM59. Use the same name as the logical system that is assigned to the BW client.

    • Technical Settings tab page: No settings required.

    • Logon and Security tab page: Enter the following data:

      • Client of the BW client

      • Background user
      • Assigned password
  5. Call up transaction SE16.
  6. Enter table name “RSADMINA”
  7. Create a new entry.
  8. Make the following settings:

    • BW_USER: Enter the background user created above.

    • BWMANDT: Enter the BW client ID.

    • BWMANDTRFC: Enter the name of the RFC destination created above.

    • Leave all other fields unchanged.

  9. Initialize the BW as follows:
    1. Call up transaction RSA1.

    When you start RSA1 for the first time, you need to make some initial settings. When you do this, the system displays some message dialog boxes. Confirm all of these.