Integration Using Role Upload 

Use

You can integrate BI content into the portal using the role upload function.

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

●      You want to continue to use existing role definitions for a BI system in the portal.

●      You want to use objects from a BI 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 BI system into the 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 do this when you use the BI system as the leading system. In this case, you continue to create your roles in the BI system and only use the portal as a medium for display and navigation.

Prerequisites

Before you can upload objects from the BI system into the portal, you must carry out the following steps:

●      Import the plug-in

Now you have to import the SAP Basis Plug-In into every BI 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 the SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → Settings for Reporting and Analysis → BEx Web → Integration into the Portal → Import SAP Basis Plug-In into the BI System.

●      Authorizations in the BI System

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

●      Configuring the system landscape in the portal

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

For more information, see the SAP Reference IMG → SAP NetWeaver→ Business Intelligence → Settings for Reporting and Analysis → BEx Web → Integration into the Portal → Create BI System in the Portal.

 

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