Business Planning and Analytical Services (SAP Library - Technical Operations for SAP NetWeaver)

Business Planning and Analytical Services

This documentation provides a starting point for the administration and optimal maintenance of the Business Planning and Analytical Services scenario. It contains BI-specific information about the tools available to administrators and the tasks to be executed either periodically or on demand.

For more information about the IT scenario, see Business Planning and Analytical Services.

For more information about the general administration of BI systems, see BI (Business Intelligence).

Integration

Note that the Business Planning and Analytical Services scenario requires tasks to be performed in other scenarios:

Enterprise Data Warehousing Scenario

For more information, see Enterprise Data Warehousing.

For information relevant to the Business Planning and Analytical Services scenario, see Monitoring and Troubleshooting and Administration.

Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis Scenario

For more information, see Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis.

Business Planning Scenario Variant

IT Process	Further Information
Designing a Query and Designing a Web Application	For more information, see Query, Reporting, and Analysis.
Embedding Queries, Query Views and InfoProviders and Designing a Workbook	For more information, see Microsoft Excel Integration.

Analysis Process Design Scenario Variant

IT Process	Further Information
Designing a Query and Designing a Web Application	For more information, see Query, Reporting, and Analysis.

Tasks

Business Planning Scenario Variant

Tasks on Demand

The most important administration tasks that are to be executed on demand are listed below:

Tasks	Further Information
Define JCo destination (BI Integrated Planning)	To be able to use the planning modeler from BI Integrated Planning as a Web-based application that is installed on the SAP J2EE Engine, the system automatically creates, with the help of the template installer, the following JCo destinations in the Web Dynpro Content Administrator of the SAP J2EE Engine: ● BI_MODELDATA ● BI_METADATA ● WD_ALV_MODELDATA_DEST ● WD_ALV_METADATA_DEST The BI_METADATA and WD_ALV_METADATA_DEST JCo destinations have the connection type Dictionary Meta Data; BI_MODELDATA and WD_ALV_MODELDATA_DEST have the connection type Application Data. For more information, see SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → BI Integrated Planning → Define JCo Destinations.
Configure JVM settings (BI Integrated Planning)	Configure all systems (including the portal) with the settings for the Java Virtual Machine recommended in SAP Note 723909.
Assign portal roles (BI Integrated Planning)	For users to be able to call the tools for business planning as an iView in the portal, you must assign them the portal role com.sap.ip.bi.business_planning_showcase in the Portal Content Directory (PCD). For more information, see Business Planning Portal Role and Role Assignment.
Settings for starting the planning modeler from transaction RSPLAN (BI Integrated Planning)	Specify which J2EE installation is to be used to start the Planning Modeler or the Planning Wizard from transaction RSPLAN. You can choose from: ● Portal J2EE server that is also used as the BEx Web server (default setting) ● Add-In J2EE installation ● J2EE installation that is defined using an arbitrary URL. If you choose this option, you have to specify a URL prefix using the format <protocol>://<host>:<port>. For more information, see SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → BI Integrated Planning → Settings for Starting the Planning Modeler.
Settings for lock management	The common lock management of BI Integrated Planning and BW-BPS ensures that transaction data within a planning application is protected against changes by other users. You can make your own settings for storing these locks. They are described using selection tables. For more information, see SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → BI Integrated Planning → Settings for Lock Management (or transaction RSPLSE).
Release function modules for formulas	This activity allows you to specify which function modules can be called from the formula editor for planning. For more information, see SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → BI Integrated Planning → Release of Function Modules for Formulas.
Activate Web services (BW-BPS)	You activate the Web services used by the Status and Tracking System for BW-BPS (see Maintaining Web Services for STS).
User maintenance and distribution by e-mail (BW-BPS)	To use the automatic e-mail notification system of status management for BW-BPS, you have to maintain the e-mail address in the user data of the people to be notified. For more information about User Maintenance (transaction SU01), see Creating and Maintaining User Master Records.
Authorization maintenance	In the User Maintenance (transaction SUI01), you also have to assign the required authorizations for the various user types. For the Status and Tracking system of BW BPS, these are authorizations for technical administrators, owners and planning coordinators (see Authorization Objects in the STS).

Tasks Performed Regularly

The following tasks are performed regularly:

Tasks

Further Information

Process chain maintenance

You can schedule planning sequences to be processed in the background as a step in a process chain (special process type Execute Planning Sequence).

For more information, see Process Chain Maintenance; for an overview of the processes, see Application Process.

Analysis Process Design Scenario Variant

Tasks on Demand

The most important administration tasks that are to be executed on demand are listed below:

Tasks	Further Information
Monitor analysis runs	You can monitor your analysis runs in the Analysis Process Monitor. For more information, see Job Overview in Additional APD Functions.