Show TOC

Procedure documentationStarting Entry and Approval Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

If you are a user or an Entry and Approval administrator, you can start Entry and Approval to work with the system.

Prerequisites

You are a user or an administrator assigned to the Entry and Approval application group. This setting is controlled by the strategy management administrator.

If you are an Entry and Approval user, you are assigned to a metric set for either data entry or approval.

If you are an Entry and Approval administrator, you have access to a dimensional model with an established Entry and Approval model definition and have Entry and Approval administrator status. These settings are controlled by the strategy management administrator.

Procedure

  1. Open an Internet Explorer browser window and type the following:

    http://<nwce_server>:<port>/strategy/entryandapproval

  2. Depending on the authentication set up at your site, you may be prompted to log on. If you are prompted, log on with your username and password.

  3. Entry and Approval administrators only: If this is the first time starting Entry and Approval and there are no metric sets defined, you will be prompted to create them.

    Note Note

    If you are an Entry and Approval administrator who also is a strategy management administrator, you can start Entry and Approval from the Administrator by clicking Launch Entry and Approval in the Entry and Approval section.

    End of the note.

  4. If you are prompted for an authentication type, select whether your username is authenticated from SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, from LDAP, or from Windows ActiveDirectory. If your username is authenticated from SAP NetWeaver UME, you will not be prompted for an authentication type.