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Procedure documentationChecking Connection to BW System

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Central Management Console (CMC) in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence.

  2. Choose OLAP Connections.

  3. Check whether a connection has been established to the BW system. If not, set one up.

    The default name for the connection is SAP_BW. You can give it a different name though.

    More information: Configuring Server Settings

  4. Make sure that you have selected Predefined under Authentification and have made the required entries for user and password.

    Note Note

    This user account is required for the JCo server RFC destination, which allows the integration of BEx Web Application Designer, the BW system and BusinessObjects Business Intelligence.

    End of the note.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    To make the connection secure, make sure that only administrators have access rights to it.

    1. To do this, select the connection to the BW system (standard name SAP_BW) and choose User Security in the context menu.

    2. Make the required security settings and only give access rights to administrators if possible.

    End of the recommendation.

More Information

For more information about defining OLAP connections, as well as the required security settings, see the “SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator Guide” in the SAP Help Portal, under Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.comInformation published on SAP site Next navigation step SAP BusinessObjects Next navigation step All Products Next navigation step SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform End of the navigation path.