Configurations in the SAP Source System 

Make the settings described below once for each SAP source system you want to connect to a BI system in order to transfer data.

IMG Settings for Connecting to a BI System

In the Implementation Guide (IMG) under SAP NetWeaver  ® SAP Web Application Server  ® IDoc-Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE)  ® Basic Settings make the following settings:

·        Logical Systems

¡        Define logical system

¡        Assign logical system to client

·        Perform automatic workflow customizing

The name you used for the source system (logical system) has to be used again when creating the source system in the Data Warehousing Workbench of the BI system.

Settings for the System Change Option

As a rule, system changes are not permitted in productive systems. Connecting a system as a source system to a BI system or connecting a BI system to a new source system will, however, mean changes as far as the system change option is concerned. Make the following settings in the source system to ensure that the following changes are valid in the relevant clients of the systems when connecting the source system.

·        Cross-client Customizing and repository changes

In the Implementation Guide under SAP NetWeaver  ® SAP Business Information Warehouse  ® Links to Other Systems  ® General Connection Settings ® Assign Logical System to Client, select the relevant clients under Goto ® Details.

In the Cross-Client Object Changes field, choose the Changes to Repository and Cross-Client Customizing Allowed option.

·        Changes to the software components Local Developments (LOCAL) and SAP NetWeaver BI (SAP_BW)

In the Transport Organizer Tools (Transaction SE03) choose Administration  ®  Set System Change Option and then Execute. In the next screen mark the software components LOCAL and SAP_BW as changeable.

·        Changes to the customer name range.

In the Transport Organizer Tools (Transaction SE03) choose Administration  ®  Set System Change Option and then Execute. In the next screen mark the customer namespace as changeable.

·        Changes in the BI namespaces with prefix /BI0/ (SAP namespace) and /BIC/ (customer namespace)

In the Transport Organizer Tools (Transaction SE03) choose Administration  ®  Set System Change Option and then Execute. On the next screen, mark the BI namespaces with the prefixes /BI0/ and /BIC/ as changeable.

Determining the Server Name

When you connect a SAP source system to a BI system, you define the server that should be used for the source system connection. To get the server name, choose Tools   ® Administration  ®  Monitor  ®  System Monitoring  ®  Server. The server name is displayed as follows: server_<SAPSID>_<instance_no>, e.g. pswdf090_IDF_90