Configurations in BI 

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

IMG Settings for Connecting to Other SAP Systems

In the Implementation Guide (IMG) under SAP NetWeaver  ®  Business Intelligence  ®  Connections to Other Systems make the following settings:

·        General connection settings

¡        Define logical system

¡        Assign logical system to client

·        Connections between SAP systems and the BI system

¡        Maintain the suggestion for user in source system (ALE communication)

·        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.

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 BI 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  ® Business Intelligence  ® Links to Other Systems  ® General Connection Settings ® Assign Logical System to Client, select the relevant clients under Goto ® Details.

Choose the entry Changes to Repository and Cross-Client Customizing Permitted in the field Changes to Cross-Client Objects.

·        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.