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SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft OfficeDocument Version: 2.0 SP3 – 2015-05-27 Administrator Guide Content 1 About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1 About the documentation set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Who should read this guide?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1 What is SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2 Supported BI Platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SAP NetWeaver Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.2 To install SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Parallel installation of Analysis and other SAP Add-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.3 To install the Analysis BI platform Add-On for Scheduling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.4 To uninstall SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.1 Migrating to Analysis 2.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 4.2 Migrating from SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1 to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0/4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.3 Using existing Workbooks and Presentations in Analysis 2.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.4 Saving a workbook with 1.x format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5 Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.1 Maintaining Analysis settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 To maintain settings in the file system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 List of available settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Configuring Files with SAP Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5.2 To configure the load behavior of the Analysis Add-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Configuring the Analysis Add-In Launcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 5.3 To define a system connection to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.4 Creating and managing BW system connections in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence. . . . . . . 30 5.5 Defining system connections to SAP NetWeaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 5.6 Defining style sets for crosstabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.7 Query runtime statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.8 Configuration for SAP HANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 To create an SAP HANA connection on the BI platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Administrator Guide Content To create a local SAP HANA connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Troubleshooting for SAP HANA HTTP connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.1 User management and authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.2 Authentication and single sign-on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.3 Authorizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 6.4 Network and communication security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 6.5 Data Storage Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 6.6 Security for additional applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6.7 Logging security relevant events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6.8 General security recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 7 Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 8 Language Recognition and Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 8.1 Supported languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 9 Lifecycle Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 9.1 Lifecycle Management with Business Intelligence Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 9.2 Life-Cycle Mangement with SAP NetWeaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 10 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 10.1 Support Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 10.2 End-to-End Tracing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 10.3 To enable the Analysis Add-In after system crash (Microsoft Office 2010 and higher). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 10.4 Solving issues regarding the creation of Microsoft PowerPoint slides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Administrator Guide Content © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 3 1 About this Guide 1.1 About the documentation set The documentation set for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, comprises the following guides and online help products: Tip The guides and tutorials are regulary updated and enhanced. Make sure that you have the latest version by checking the SAP Help Portal and SAP Community Network on a regular basis. Administrator Guide The Administrator Guide contains detailed information that a user needs to install, configure and administer the edition for Microsoft Office. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal. User Guide The User Guide contains the conceptual information, procedures and reference material that a user needs to create and analyze Microsoft Excel workbooks and Microsoft PowerPoint slides with the edition for Microsoft Office. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal. Online Help The online help contains the same information as the User Guide. It can be called by pressing the Help button in the Setting group on the Analysis tab. To access context sensitive help, move the mouse cursor to a field in the ribbon and select F1. For dialogs, you can access context sensitive help by selecting F1 when the dialog is open. What's New Guide The What's New guide for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, provides a complete list of the new and modified features for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis since the previous release. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal. 4 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Administrator Guide About this Guide eLearning Tutorials The tutorials show you how to use SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. They give you a quick introduction to different features so that you can learn the basics of working with the Add-In. They also give you a first impression of the look and feel. The tutorials are available in the SAP Community Network at http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7679? refer=product-help . Note SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition, although related very closely to SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, has its own documentation set, including its own user guide and online help. 1.2 Who should read this guide? This guide is intended for system administrators. To administer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, you need administrator rights on the local machines with Analysis installed, in the connected SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse systems, and optionally on SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. Administrator Guide About this Guide © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 5 prompting. edition for Microsoft Office. All rights reserved. You can also plan business data based on the current data in your data source. it is also helpful to add info fields with information on the data source and filter status. They are available in the SAP Community Network at http://scn. You can enter the planning data manually and you can enter planning data automatically using planning functions and planning sequences of SAP NetWeaver BW Integrated Planning. MS Excel workbook application design. query views and SAP Netweaver BW InfoProvider as data sources. Analysis. You can add and remove dimensions and measures to be displayed easily with drag and drop. Administrator Guide Getting Started . You can use both platforms. 6 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The data is displayed in the workbook in crosstabs. Using the design panel. calculations and display hierarchies. to store and share workbooks and presentations. edition for Microsoft Office? SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. You can refine your analysis using conditional formatting. If the workbook will be used by different users.2 Getting Started 2. filter.1 What is SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. Using the business intelligence platform enables you to save workbooks and presentations with their navigation state in a central management system and to reuse these analysis views in other applications such as SAP Crystal Reports or Analysis. OLAP edition. the edition for Microsoft Office contains a dedicated set of functions in Microsoft Excel to access data and meta data of connected BW systems. edition for Microsoft Office. If you want to keep a status of your navigation. to filter data and set values for BW variables. To avoid single refreshes after each step. You can also add charts to your analysis. You can insert multiple crosstabs in a workbook with data from different sources and systems.sap. you can save it as an analysis view. The Add-In is available for the following Microsoft Office versions: ● Microsoft Office 2013 (Excel and PowerPoint) ● Microsoft Office 2010 (Excel and PowerPoint) In the edition for Microsoft Office. To get a first impression of the look and feel of the Add-In. all changes are applied at once. you can analyze the data and change the view on the displayed data. There are also a number of API functions available that you can use with the Visual Basic Editor. must be installed on your local machine. You can connect directly to a SAP NetWeaver BW system or you can connect via a business intelligence platform (SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise or SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform) to include data sources. and intuitive creation of BI presentations with MS PowerPoint. you can pause the refresh to build a crosstab. is a Microsoft Office Add-In that allows multidimensional analysis of OLAP sources in Microsoft Excel. the SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence platform and the SAP NetWeaver platform. you can use SAP BEx Queries.com/docs/DOC-7679 . After ending the pause. Other users can then reuse your analysis. you can have a look at the Analysis eLearning tutorials. For more sophisticated workbook design. xls. . .1 as platform. If you use the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4. you can store the file formats for Excel (.ppt.2 Supported BI Platforms SAP BusinessObjects Analysis supports the following platforms: ● SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform This includes SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. ● SAP NetWeaver Server Related Information SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform [page 7] SAP NetWeaver Server [page 8] 2. The following functions of Analysis are supported as of the 4.1 platform release: ● Saving Analysis objects as Analysis Workbook and Analysis Presentation.0 and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. The file formats supported depend on the platform version: ● As of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2. you have to define connections to your SAP NetWeaver BW system(s).1 platform with Analysis.2. .5 must be installed on the client PC.1 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform SAP BusinessObjects Analysis supports SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. created with Analysis.0 and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. 7 . Microsoft . .0 platform release: ● Working with analysis views ● Using SAP HANA with a platform ● Using single sign-on without SNC Usage with the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform In the Central Management Console (CMC). SAP BusinessObjects Analysis receives information about the connections in the CMC and establishes direct access to the defined BW systems for data exchange.pptm) Administrator Guide Getting Started © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.1. . If you open these objects from the BI launchpad.0.NET Framework 3. are stored in the repository. The following function of Analysis is only supported as of the 4.0 or 3.xlsx.xlsm. Analysis is started automatically and the data sources are connected. Microsoft Excel workbooks and Microsoft PowerPoint files. All rights reserved.pptx.xlsb) and PowerPoint (. sap.0 EHP2 7.2 SAP NetWeaver Server SAP BusinessObjects Analysis supports SAP NetWeaver as its platform. you might be required to implement additional SAP Notes.xls. Usage with SAP NetWeaver The BW systems have to be defined in the saplogon. you can store the file formats for Excel (. This application contains the SAP Logon. .3 7. . Administrator Guide Getting Started . Related Information Creating and managing BW system connections in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence [page 30] 2.0 EHP1 7. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis receives the list of available BW systems in the saplogon. The functions are available as of the listed releases. .2.ini file in the Windows directory on your local machine.3 EHP1 SAP NetWeaver as plat­ form SP 11 SP 10 SP 05 SP 01 Conversion of BEx Work­ SP 11 books SP 10 SP 05 SP 01 Launcher SP 12 SP 12 SP 08 SP 05 Variants* SP 12 SP 12 SP 08 SP 05 SP 07 SP 03 Workspaces *You can also use this function with lower SP levels. All rights reserved.ppt. Table 1: Function 7. With SAP NetWeaver.com/sap/support/notes/1739153 . However. Note Ensure that SAP Graphical User Interface (SAP GUI) is installed on each client PC. you can save Analysis objects as Analysis Workbook and Analysis Presentation.xlsm. .1. 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. see SAP Note https://service. Using SAP NetWeaver as the platform. the Analysis objects are stored in the BW system. The following functions of Analysis are supported only when using SAP NetWeaver as platform.ini file and establishes direct access to the defined systems for data exchange. Analysis workbooks and presentations are stored in the BW system with object type AAOE (for workbooks) and AAOP (for presentations). For more information.pptm). .xlsb) and PowerPoint (.pptx.xlsx. see SAP Note 1694658. For more information.● As of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4. are stored locally on your client PC or on a fileshare. In this case. . . Microsoft Excel workbooks and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.ppt.xls.xlsx. . you can reuse the BW systems defined in the saplogon. 9 . . All rights reserved.xlsb) and PowerPoint (.xlsm.Local Usage You can also use SAP BusinessObjects Analysis locally. . without a platform. You can store the file formats for Excel (. created with Analysis.pptx.ini file in the Windows directory on your local machine.pptm) Related Information Defining system connections to SAP NetWeaver [page 31] Administrator Guide Getting Started © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. is available on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service. For more information about the platforms. The Analysis setup also checks whether Primary Interop Assemblies are installed.com. If not.0 is installed on the PC. edition for Microsoft Office [page 11] To install the Analysis BI platform Add-On for Scheduling [page 12] 10 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. the Analysis setup checks whether Microsoft . For more information about SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. ● Primary Interop Assemblies for Microsoft Office Note During installation.1 as platform. It is also possible to run Analysis with SAP NetWeaver as platform on your PC.0 or higher releases of SAP NetWeaver. ensure that the following components are installed on the local machines: ● Microsoft Office 2013 (Excel and PowerPoint) or Microsoft Office 2010 (Excel and PowerPoint) ● Microsoft . Administrator Guide Installation . Before users can begin working with Analysis. see the corresponding guides on SAP Help Portal at http://help. To define these data source connections. All rights reserved. the setup installs this component automatically.sap.NET Framework 2.1 System Requirements Before installing Analysis.3 Installation 3. If not. Related Information To install SAP BusinessObjects Analysis.1 platform with Analysis.sap.com.0 Redistributable Package If you use the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4. Microsoft . you require SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. As data sources Analysis takes the data from the BW system of SAP NetWeaver 7. see the SAP Help Portal at http:// help. using the SAP GUI for connection information.0/ 4.NET Framework 2.sap.5 must be installed on the client PC. A list of all supported operating systems for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis.NET Framework 3. it provides a link to download this software. you have to create at least one connection object to a BW system.0 or 3.com/pam where you can enter SBOP ANALYSIS OFFICE into the search box and choose the Search in PAM button to retrieve the information. edition for Microsoft Office. Administrator Guide Installation Start Programs SAP Business Objects or by © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Procedure 1. 2. 11 . 5. If necessary.2 To install SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. 4. edition for Microsoft Office has now been installed and is ready to use. Analysis consists of two installable components: ● Analysis for Microsoft Excel ● Analysis for Microsoft PowerPoint Note Any former installation of Analysis (for example 1.exe). change the target directory and choose Next to start the installation.4) is uninstalled automatically during the 2.3. All rights reserved. Note The default path is C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects\ Analysis. edition for Microsoft Office in the component list of the SAP Front End Installer dialog box. Select Next >. The SAP Front-End Installer wizard appears.com/instguides . follow the instructions in the installation steps under “Installation of the SAP Front End” in the SAP Front End Installation Guide on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service. For Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2013. choose Done. You can install Analysis centrally from an installation server or locally from a distribution medium such as DVD. In the confirmation screen. Select Analysis. To install SAP Front End. Users can access Analysis in the Windows directory under double-clicking the corresponding desktop icons. edition for Microsoft Office Context Analysis is a component of the SAP Front End installation. Results Analysis. 6. Start the installer file (. Choose Next. 3.0 installation. The SAP Front End Installer prompts you to confirm or change the target directory for Analysis.sap. Administrator Guide Installation . you can schedule Analysis workbooks in the BI Launch Pad and the Central Management Console. Related Information Configuring the Analysis Add-In Launcher [page 27] 3. ● Parallel activation of other Microsoft Excel SAP Add-Ins and Analysis. All rights reserved.1 Parallel installation of Analysis and other SAP Add-Ins If the client PCs have other SAP Add-Ins installed like the SAP Business Explorer.2.xlsm. For example. ● 64-bit operating system 12 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Only one of these Microsoft Excel Add-Ins can be active at any one time.3 To install the Analysis BI platform Add-On for Scheduling Context After the installation of the Analysis BI platform Add-On. Users can access Analysis easily by opening Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. You can configure the Analysis Add-In Launcher to define the starting behavior of Analysis. The following prerequisistes must be met for the installation: ● Administrative rights ● Microsoft .1 ● Workbooks saved on BI platform with file fomat . Related Information To configure the load behavior of the Analysis Add-In [page 26] 3.NET Framework 3.xlsx or .You can also configure the load behavior of the Analysis Add-In. is not supported. edition for Microsoft Office on one machine. be aware of the following: ● It is possible to install the other Add-Ins and SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. users cannot work with a Business Explorer Analyzer workbook and an Analysis workbook in parallel in the same Microsoft Excel application.5 SP1 or higher ● BI platform 4. 8.exe 11. choose Add or Remove Programs. 5. Select Restart Server in the context menu of the Adaptive Job Server. Results You can now schedule Analysis workbooks stored on BI platform. edition for Microsoft Office Prerequisites Before uninstalling.● Adaptive Job Server is installed Procedure 1. Select Properties in the context menu of the Adaptive Job Server. go to the CMC and choose Servers Core Services . 10. After the installation. Select Full Installation for Scheduling Service. 7. All rights reserved.com/swdc . Execute setup. 13 . The installer checks if the prerequisites are met. Log on to BI platform as administrator. 3. Procedure 1.exe. In the section Analysis Scheduling Service. Select the setup language. Accept the destination folder. Log on to BIP node on Windows (with admin rights). A list of installed applications appears. 9. Download the BI platform Add-On from SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.4 To uninstall SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. 6. Administrator Guide Installation © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. enter the path to the BI platform Add-On installation. In the Windows Control Panel. 4.sap. The folder is entered automatically and cannot be changed. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Analysis Precalculation\BiPrecalculation. make sure that Analysis is not running. 2. 3. The Add-On must be installed in the BusinessObjects folder in the Windows explorer. edition for Microsoft Office is uninstalled and a log file generated. The SAP Front End Installer dialog box appears. Select Analysis. 4. edition for Microsoft Office. Choose Next. Results Analysis. 14 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.2. All rights reserved. Administrator Guide Installation . In the confirmation screen. 3. choose Done. 2. Note Analysis settings and SAP HANA platform connections that you defined in former releases. choose Done.x). Choose Next. The SAPSetup installation wizard appears. change the target directory and choose Next to start the upgrade. Select Analysis. edition for Microsoft Office has been installed and is ready to use. 15 . 3.0. The ODBC connections that were used in former releases (1.0.exe. The connection to the SAP HANA platform is now implemented as an HTTP connection. As of Analysis 2. are no longer supported. All rights reserved. 5.4 Upgrade 4. Results Analysis 2. 4. Procedure 1. you can change the connection type in a workbook or presentation. the settings are maintained in the file system and not in the registry. edition for Microsoft Office in the component list of the SAP Front End Installer dialog box. Start SapAaoSetup. cannot be migrated automatically. After creating an HTTP connection.0. you can start the Analysis installation file without uninstalling Analysis before. Related Information Configuration for SAP HANA [page 33] Administrator Guide Upgrade © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. If necessary. You have to specify the settings in the file system again. In the confirmation screen.0 Context If you have an earlier version of Analysis installed on your PC and you want to migrate to Analysis 2.1 Migrating to Analysis 2. preparing.0 or higher releases.com.0 and continue your analysis.0 or higher releases. 16 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.0. After the conversion.1 You can migrate existing workbooks and presentations from SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 or higher releases You can open existing workbooks and presentations that are stored on the business intelligence platform in Analysis 2.0 depends on the platform you use to store the files. are no longer supported.0. ● Storage in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 and continue analyzing the data of the workbook with Analysis 2. You can also save them to a platform.2 Migrating from SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.0.Maintaining Analysis settings [page 18] 4.1 to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 For information about planning.0 The usage of existing Analysis workbooks and presentations in Analysis 2. you can open them in Analysis 2. After the migration.0 and continue your analysis. ● BEx Analyzer workbooks You can convert BEx Analyzer workbooks to Analysis workbooks. ● Storage in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. HANA Connections As of Analysis 2. and performing tasks to migrate your system data and content to XI 4.0/4.3 Using existing Workbooks and Presentations in Analysis 2. the connection to the SAP HANA platform is implemented as an HTTP connection.sap. you can open them in Analysis 2.1 to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. 4.x). You can save the changed workbooks and presentations on the BI platform. All rights reserved. The ODBC connections that were used in former releases (1.0 and continue analyzing the data with Analysis 2. You can save the changed files on the BI platform. Administrator Guide Upgrade . BW Connections ● SAP NetWeaver server / Local storage You can open existing workbooks and presentations in Analysis 2. see the SAP BusinessObjects Business Enterprise Upgrade Guide at http://help. x format on the Business Intelligence platform and on the NetWeaver server. Then you can open the workbook in a 1. the migration can be started and you can refresh the corresponding data sources and save the workbook or presentation as 2. 17 .0 (for example. you can select an existing HTTP connection for each ODBC connection. Related Information Configuration for SAP HANA [page 33] 4.0.x format.x format in Analysis 2. are deleted if you save workbook as 1. If you open an object containing ODBC connections in Analysis 2. All rights reserved.4 Saving a workbook with 1.You can migrate the connection type in a workbook or presentation. With the setting SaveAs1xByDefault. All changes made with functions that are only available as of Analysis 2. In the dialog. Note that the HTTP connection must be created before you can migrate a workbook or presentation. you can define wether a workbook should be saved by default with 1. the SAP HANA Data Source Migration dialog appears automatically.0.0 Related Information List of available settings [page 19] Administrator Guide Upgrade © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.x release. Table Design formatting). You can save workbooks with 1. In order to enable this function in Analysis.x format in Analysis 2. the setting SupportsSaveAs1x must be set to true.x object. After assigning the HTTP connection.x format You can save workbooks with 1. The file names for changing the settings are ao_user_roaming.config and Cof_app. The settings are stored in the file system of the client PCs. you can change the settings in the file system under Users\<UserID>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof. The files are located in the file system under C:\ProgramData\SAP\Cof.5 Configuration 5.1. As a user. the settings were specified in the registry.1 To maintain settings in the file system Context The Analysis specific settings are stored in the file system. you can also define if a user should be able to change a setting locally. Users can change the default settings.config. Results You set the default values of the Analysis settings for the users. In these files.1 Maintaining Analysis settings Context You can predefine all Analysis settings for individual users or user groups as their default settings. These files are created automatically if you change a setting in the settings dialog.config and cof_user_roaming. 18 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. You can change existing settings in the file system of the client PC. The registry settings cannot be migrated to the file system and have to be specified in the file system again. Administrator Guide Configuration . you maintain the settings in two files: Ao_app. You can also create the files manually.config. if required.x). Related Information To maintain settings in the file system [page 18] List of available settings [page 19] Configuring Files with SAP Setup [page 25] 5. As administrator. In former releases (1. All rights reserved. This means that a user change the setting locally. More infor­ mation: To define a system connection to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelli­ gence [page 28] NrOfSingleCellsInContext= greater or equal 1. 4. Open the file system. If you change the configuration level to PerMachine. you can copy it from the files under C:\ProgramData\SAP \Cof. default value = 10 This setting defines the number of entries in the list of last opened data sources in the Insert Data Source dialog box.Procedure 1. for example fitering. 19 . Define if a user should be able to change a setting locally. Navigate to the folder C:\ProgramData\SAP\Cof and open the file where you want to change the setting. 5. the analysis options are disabled. RecentListSize= greater or equal 1. If the setting is not already available in the file. you can delete the history of the recently used data sources. All rights reserved. 3. For more information about maintaining file system settings. the setting can no longer be changed by a user locally.2 List of available settings File System Settings The following table describes some file system settings that you can make. each setting has a configuration level defined. you need admin rights. If more cells are selected in a crosstab. The settings are maintained in the settings list below the configSections area. see To maintain settings in the file system [page 18] Table 2: Setting and Setting Values Setting Description BOESystems This setting contains the configuration to BusinessObjects Enterprise. In the configSections area. By pressing the Delete Recently Used List button. The default value is 100. Navigate to the setting you want to edit and make the required changes. 5. default value = 100 This setting defines the maximum number of crosstab cells that can be selected to execute analysis option. Navigate to the folder Users\<UserID>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof and open the file where you want to change the setting. You can also define this number in the User Settings in the Settings dialog.1. Maintain a setting locally. 2. To be able to change settings in these files. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The default level is UserRoaming. AllowChangingAccessMode= true You use this setting to specify wether the access mode for member display should be enabled. After installation. empty (default) The standard value for this setting is empty and the maximum number of cells is 500000. The user is therefore unable to change the the preferred platform defined in the Preferred Platform setting. The default value is false. 2 or 3 You use this setting to define the preferred platform for your Analysis installation. this section is hidden in the plat­ form settings dialog. you can select the object type that is saved on the platform: Analysis Workbook or Analysis Work­ book (Compatibility Mode). This means that the access mode is enabled for the member display definition in the crosstab and for the 'Filter by Member' dialog. After installation of Analysis. EnablePreferredPlatformSetti ng= true (default value) or false You use this setting to specify wether a user should be enabled to select a prefer­ red platform in the platform settings dialog. a message is displayed. 20 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. the setting uses the values defined in the BW sys­ tem. Administrator Guide Configuration .Setting and Setting Values Setting Description ResultSetSizeLimit = -1. With parameter value 3. If you set the parameter to -1. If you set the value to 2. 1. the default value is True . you de­ fine the maximum number of cells with this value. If you set the parameter to a specific number greater than or equal to 0. the parameter is set in the RSADMIN table for object BICS_DA_RESULT_SET_LIMIT_MAX. If you set the parameter value to 1. the access mode option is not dis­ played in the menu. the default value of this parameter is set to 0. The Analysis Workbook (Compatibility Mode) object corresponds to the Microsoft Excel object used with former BI platform releases. If you change the parameter value to False. n or This setting defines the maximum number of crosstab cells that are loaded from the server for one data source. PreferredPlatform= 0 (default value).1 and you save a workbook. If you change the parameter value to False. the default value is True. EnableResetDataSource= true or false (default value) You use this setting to specify wether the 'Call Query Designer' icon should be dis­ played in the ribbon tools group (true) or not (false). and the user cannot change the preferred platform. This means that all platforms are enabled. (default value) or false After installation. If you use SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4. the SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence platform (with compatibility mode) is enabled. All rights reserved. the SAP BusinessObjects business intelli­ gence platform is enabled. This means that the preferred plat­ form section is visible in the platform settings dialog and that the user can change the selection. SAP NetWeaver is enabled as platform. If a data source contains data for more cells than defined here. In a BW system. the property is displayed in the de­ sign panel. After installation. ShowAdvancedPlanningProperti es= true or false (default value) You use this setting to specify wether the advanced planning functions are availa­ ble: applying BPC planning models and locking cells. SAP Lumira Cloud is visible in the Platform Settings dialog and can be selected as preferred platform. All rights reserved. If this you change the parameter value to False. This means that the advanced plan­ ning functions are not available. If you change the parameter value to False. the default value is True. This means that all hierarchies are available in the design panel.Setting and Setting Values Setting Description RfcBundling= true (default value) or false This setting is recommended when working in an WAN environment to reduce network traffic. DefaultWorkbookPath= path to de­ Use this setting to define the path to the default workbook in the directory. the default value is True . the default value is False . This means that the property is not available in the design panel. ShowApplyNumberFormatsToggle You use this setting to specify wether the Apply Number Format property should Button= true or false (default value) be available in the Components tab in the design panel. After installation. If you change the parameter value to True. After the installation. the default value is False. the hierarchies are no longer available in the design panel. the default value is True. If you change the parameter value to True. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. This means that SAP Lumira Cloud is not selectable as preferred platform. This means a user can filter for one member with a double click on the member cell. value) or false After the installation. 21 . the advanced planning functions are available in the components tab of the design Panel. If you change the parameter value to True. ShowAllHierarchies= true(default You use this setting to specify wether all time-dependent hierarchies for a dimen­ sion should be available in the design panel. After installation. After installation. the function is disabled and cannot be used. EnableDoubleClick= true (default value) or false You use this setting to specify wether filtering a member with a double click should be enabled. EnablePhoton= true or false (de­ fault value) You use this setting to specify wether SAP Lumira Cloud is available as platform in the Platform Settings dialog. fault workbook in directory. the default value is False . If you change the parameter value to False. Profiling= true or false (default After installation. All rights reserved. This means that the icon is not dis­ played in the ribbon. ShowCreateWebApplicationInTo olsGroup= true or false (default value) You use this setting to specify wether the 'Create Web Application' icon should be displayed in the ribbon tools group.1 is installed. The setting is selectable only if a SAP Busi­ nessObjects Design Studio with minimum release 1. After installation. the checkbox is displayed in the dia­ log. After installation. AbapTrace= 1 or 0 (default value) You use this setting to activate the trace tool environment of SAP NetWeaver BW. If you change the parameter value to False. This means that the filter dialog for mass data is opened if the maximum number of members defined in the User set­ tings is reached. The default value is 0. If you change the parameter value to True. More information: Support Settings [page 49] value) You use this setting to activate the query runtime statistics of SAP NetWeaver BW. the planning group is not displayed in the ribbon. ShowConvertToFormulaInToolsG roup= true (default value) or false You use this setting to specify wether the 'Convert To Formula' icon should be displayed in the ribbon tools group. If you change the parameter value to False. the icon is not displayed in the rib­ bon. the icon is displayed in the ribbon. This means that the icon is displayed in the ribbon. After installation. This means that the checkbox is not available. you can acti­ vate this setting. After installation. Administrator Guide Configuration . With value 1. meaning that it is deactivated.Setting and Setting Values Setting Description EnableMassDataSelector= true (default value) or false You use this setting to specify wether the filter dialog for mass data should be en­ abled. the default value is True . If you change the parameter value to True. the default value is True . This means that the planning group is displayed in the ribbon. the function is disabled and the fil­ ter dialog for mass data is not opened. the default value is False . BexAdvancedMode= true or false (default value) You use this setting to specify wether the 'Use Currency Translation from Query Definition' checkbox should be available in the currency translation dialog for measures. More information: Query runtime statistics [page 32] ShowPlanningToolbar= true (de­ fault value) or false You use this setting to specify wether the planning group should be displayed in the ribbon. the default value is True . 22 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. the default value is False . 23 . The check box is then always selected when you create a new workbook. This means that the prompting dialog always appears automatically when you insert a data source containing variables. DisplayCompoundAsKeys= true or false (default value) You use this setting to define the display of variables in the summary view of the prompting dialog. To enable the contains pattern operator for prompting. The default value for this parameter is 0. WorkbookConversionType= 0 (de­ fault value). the default value is False. data sources and crosstabs are converted. PrompWhenInsertingDataSource= true (default value) or false You use this setting to define the behavior of the prompting dialog when inserting a new data source. the display string may not be unique. If you set the value to 2. After installation. The default value is False. All rights reserved. For compound characteristics. If you set this parameter to False. This means that all objects are converted. 1 or 2 You use this setting to define which objects of a BEx workbook should be con­ verted. you can set the parameter value to True. the default value is True. This means that the check box is not selected when you create a new workbook. If you change the parameter value to True.Setting and Setting Values Setting Description MergeVariables= true or false (default You use this setting to specify whether or not the Merge Variables check box in the Components tab in the design panel is selected when you create a new work­ value) book After installation. OperatorContainsPattern= true or false (default value) You use this setting to define wether the contains pattern operator should be ena­ bled for prompting. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. This means that the variables are displayed as dis­ play strings. To display compound characteristics with the key instead of the display string. The default value is False. the save dialog will be displayed after conversion. only data sources are converted. meaning that the save dialog will not be displayed af­ ter conversion. You can change this manually by selecting the check box for single workbooks or setting the parameter value to True. the prompts dialog only appears when the data source contains mandatory variables. ShowSaveDialog= false (default value) or true You use this setting to specify whether the save dialog should be displayed after a workbook conversion. The default value is False. If you set the parameter value to 1. This means that the contains pattern operator could not be used for prompting. you can set the parameter value to True. the menu entry and conversion set­ tings are hidden.0. the default value is True. By compressing the metadata. This means that workbook conver­ sion is enabled.Setting and Setting Values Setting Description WorkbookConversionLogType= 0 You use this setting to define wether a log should be created during conversion. After installation. the menu entries are not displayed in the ribbon.sap. If you change the parameter value to False. The default value for this parameter is 0. You use this setting to define wether a workbook could be saved with 1. WorkbookConversionRefreshTyp e= 0 (default value). For more information. a log is created and displayed on a workbook sheet. the workbook is not refreshed. If you set the parameter value to 1. 1 or 2 If you set the parameter value to 1. This means that it is not possible to save a workbook with 1. CompressMetadata= false (default value) or true You use this setting to define wether the metadata in a workbook or presentation should be compressed while saving the document.x format in Analysis 2. The default value is False. you can avoid an out of memory error . the metadata will be compressed while saving the object. This means that the metadata will not be com­ pressed. a log is created and stored on a hidden workbook sheet. EnableWorkbookConversion= true (default value) or false You use this setting to define wether conversion of BEx workbooks should be ena­ bled. If you change the parameter value to True. This means that the workspace op­ tions are enabled and the menu entries are visible in the ribbon. This means that the work­ book is always refreshed. EnableWorkspaces= true (default value) or false You use this setting to define wether the workspace options should be enabled. and the menu entry and conversion settings in the platform set­ tings dialog are visible in Analysis. (default value). the workbook is refreshed after conversion if the corresponding prop­ erties are selected on the components tab in the design panel. The setting should be activated on all local machines so that all end users use the same configuration.x format. the default value is True. If you set the value to 2. The default value is False. the checkbox Save as 1. and the user is not able to use the workspace options. If you set the value to 2. After installation. If you change the parameter value to False.x format is available in the saving dialog in Analysis.com/sap/support/notes/1738231 SupportsSaveAs1x= false (default value) or true . Administrator Guide Configuration . 24 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. and the user is not able to convert BEx workbooks. This means that no log will be created. see SAP Note https://serv­ ice. If you change the parameter value to True. All rights reserved. The default value of this parameter is set to 0. 1 or 2 You use this setting to define wether the workbook should be refreshed after con­ version. ResolveString("%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SAP\Cof\Cof_app. strDstFile. Create package.config") strDstFile = NwEngine. Use NwCreateInstServer to create a folder e. strSrcFile = NwEngine. Procedure 1. 25 . This means that the checkbox Save as 1. Select the same for On Update End 6. It already has product COF imported. d.CopyFileEx strSrcFile.exe it will install with the upated files.Variables. Without such files. Use InstServer\Setup\NwSapSetupAdmin to configure a package. Copy or unzip the installer.g. 2.pdf.x format is not selected by default in the saving dialog in Analysis. 5.x format is selected by default in the saving dialog in Analysis. a. Go to the documentation at SAPSetup\CdMirror\SAP Setup Guide. but you have to use %ALLUSERSPROFILE% instead. create a folder e.g. All rights reserved.1.ResolveString("%SapSrcDir%\Custom Files\Cof_app.Setting and Setting Values Setting Description SaveAs1xByDefault= false (default You use this setting to define wether a workbook should be saved by default with 1.config") //note: SAPSetup does not know %ProgramData%.0.config and Ao_app. If you unzipped the installer. the settings definition will be overwritten with the default values during a new installation of Analysis. for example Cof_app. "InstServer" 4. In the folder "InstServer". If you now use InstServer\SetupAll. "Custom Files" with adapted content.x format in Analysis 2.config 5. to keep your settings definition for upcoming installations. NwEngine. If you change the parameter value to True. for example SAP Setup.3 Configuring Files with SAP Setup Context You can configure files with a setup tool. c. go to Setup folder. because it was created from a COF installer. Select package package configuration On Installation End . value) or true The default value is False. the checkbox Save as 1. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.Shell. 3.Variables. b. vbTrue e. Go to package. you might need to go to CdMirror first and then to the Setup folder. If you copied the complete installer. you have to set the LoadBehavior parameter to the required value in the registry of the client PCs. This sets the value to 3. 3.AdvancedAnalysis. ensure that Analysis has been started once directly in the Windows directory or by choosing the desktop icons. Note After installation. Navigate to the folder: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins \SBOP. 26 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. with he desktop shortcut. Note Before users can access Analysis in any Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint file. it is active only after starting it with the Add-In Launcher in the Start menu. To enable the Analysis Add-In. see the User Guide: Analysis. All rights reserved. If required.Addin. 2 The Add-In is disabled. If it is disabled. Users can enable it in the COM Add-In dialog box. the default value is 0. 3 The Add-In is enabled. This means that the Analysis Add-In is disabled and is not activated automatically when Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint is started. This temporary activation means that the Add-In is disabled again when Microsoft Excel is closed.sap. For more information on enabling and disabling the Add-In in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Administrator Guide Configuration . users can disable it in the COM Add-In dialog box. 2. Procedure 1. or following manual activation in the COM Add-In dialog.1 and select the LoadBehavior parameter. edition for Microsoft Office at http://help.com. To open the registry editor. Results Analysis is now ready for use in any Microsoft Excel file and in any Microsoft PowerPoint file. 1 The Add-In is enabled. set the parameter accordingly: Option Description 0 The Add-In is disabled.2 To configure the load behavior of the Analysis Add-In Context To enable users to access Analysis in any Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint file. If the Add-In is enabled. The parameter value is then set to 1. Users can enable the Add-In temporarily by activating the Add-In in the COM Add-In dia­ log box. This sets the value to 2.5. it is always active when you start Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint. select Start Run and enter regedit. ● /app XLS /UseRunningProcess starts the Analysis Add-In using a Microsoft Excel process that is already running.1 Configuring the Analysis Add-In Launcher You can configure the Analysis Add-In Launcher in the shortcut and in the registry. Double-click the Default value and add the desired parameters to the path in the Value Data field. The default behavior in Microsoft Excel 2013 is to reuse a running process. for example "C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Office AddIn\BiOfficeLauncher. The path in the value data field contains the launcher executable and the optional parameters. ● /app PPT starts the Analysis Add-In in Microsoft PowerPoint. 2. for example "C: \Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Office AddIn\BiOfficeLauncher. the Add-In is launched with the default setting. select Start Run and enter regedit.Launch\shell\Open \command. This is the default setting. the configuration in the registry is used.2.Launch\shell\Open\command.AO. ● /app XLS /AOonly starts only the Analysis Add-In in Microsoft Excel and no other Add-Ins. 27 . Navigate to the appropriate folder. Add the desired parameters to the path in the Target field on the Shortcut tab. If no Excel process is running.Xl. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 2. For the edtion for Microsoft Excel: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SAP..exe" /app XLS. Shortcut configuration 1. For the edtion for Microsoft PowerPoint: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SAP. The path in the target field contains the launcher executable and the optional parameters. Registry configuration 1.AO. To open the registry editor. ● /app XLS /NoLO starts the Analysis Add-In in Microsoft Excel without starting SAP BusinessObjects Live Office. ● /lb 3 starts the Analysis Add-In with load behavior set to 3. 3.exe" /app XLS /launchfile "%1". All rights reserved. The configuration in the shortcut is used if you start Analysis with the Start menu or the desktop shortcut.5.Ppt. ● /lb 0 starts the Analysis Add-In with load behavior set to 0. ● /app XLS /CreateProcess starts the Analysis Add-In using a new process if Microsoft Excel 2013 is already running. Right-click the Analysis Add-In in the Start menu or in the desktop shortcut and select Properties. You can use the following parameters for the launcher configuration: ● /app XLS starts the Analysis Add-In in Microsoft Excel. If you launch Analysis from SAP GUI or a browser. Create an XML file as follows: Example of XML file with defined connections to three platform servers: <? xml version="1. Administrator Guide Configuration .<BOESystems scope="user" type="complex" fullpath ="/Settings/BOESettings/BOESystems"> . 2.<![CDATA[<? xml version="1.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <CoBoeSystemInfo> <SystemId>vm2468</SystemId> <Hostname>vm2468</Hostname> <Scheme>http</Scheme> <Port>8080</Port> <SessionServiceUrl>/dswsbobje/services/Session</SessionServiceUrl> <Active>true</Active> <UseSso>false</UseSso> <LastUsedAuthentication>secEnterprise</LastUsedAuthentication> <CMSNames><string/></CMSNames></CoBoeSystemInfo> <CoBoeSystemInfo> <SystemId>vm1357</SystemId> <Hostname>vm1357</Hostname> <Scheme>http</Scheme> <Port>8080</Port> <SessionServiceUrl>/dswsbobje/services/Session</SessionServiceUrl> <Active>false</Active> <UseSso>false</UseSso> <LastUsedAuthentication>secEnterprise</LastUsedAuthentication> <CMSNames><string/></CMSNames></CoBoeSystemInfo> <CoBoeSystemInfo> <SystemId>vml2145</SystemId> <Hostname>vml2145</Hostname> <Scheme>http</Scheme> <Port>8080</Port> <SessionServiceUrl>/dswsbobje/services/Session</SessionServiceUrl> <Active>false</Active> <UseSso>false</UseSso> 28 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.0" ?> .w3. Procedure 1. It is maintained by an XML file which is stored in the file system under %APPDATA%\SAP AG\SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis\Settings\BOESettings\BOESystems.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <ArrayOfCoBoeSystemInfo xmlns:xsi="http://www. All rights reserved. Create the following folder in the file system: %APPDATA%\SAP AG\SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis\Settings\BOESettings.3 To define a system connection to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Context The BoeConnection setting allows you to define a system connection to the business intelligence platform.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.5.w3. Users can select the defined system connections from the Web Service URLs list in the Logon to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise dialog box when opening or saving workbooks.xml. Port and SessionServiceUrl. enter True for the Active parameter. For the parameters Scheme.com. The value changes if the user selects or deselects the check box. g. For the parameter CMSNames. Save this XML file as BOESystems. If there is already data from this business intelligence platform server in the BOESystems.xml file. Analysis adds this connection to the BOESystems. If you enter False for the Active parameter the connection appears as an entry that can be selected by the users in the list of connections in the logon dialog box. enter the URL values that were defined during the installation of the business intelligence platform. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. enter the name of the machine that the business intelligence platform is installed on.sap. As Hostname. e. 29 . For more information. you can specify if the SSO check box in the log-on dialog is checked or not. Note After creating a new connection in the Logon to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise dialog box and logging on to this business intelligence platform server. Enter the required value for the parameter SystemId. b. All rights reserved. f. Users can define additional connections to business intelligence platform servers in the logon dialog box. you can enter an authentication type that is used in the log-on dialog. </BOESystems> a. 3.xml in the folder %APPDATA%\SAP AG\SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis\Settings\BOESettings.xml file and sets this connection as the default. d. For the parameter UseSso.xml file and sets it as the default connection. see the User Guide: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. Results The Logon to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise dialog box contains the list with the three configured Web Service URLs that describe the connections to the business intelligence platform servers. Analysis changes the diverging parameter values in the BOESystems. you can enter a system to specify the central management system for the log-on dialog. To set this connection to the business intelligence platform as the default connection. c. edition for Microsoft Office at http:// help. For the parameter LastUsedAuthentication.<LastUsedAuthentication>secEnterprise</LastUsedAuthentication> <CMSNames><string/></CMSNames></CoBoeSystemInfo> </ArrayOfCoBoeSystemInfo> ]]>f(clean). The first entry in the XML file is the default connection. and as platform for managing data source connections. see “Connection settings for SAP BW data sources” in the SAP BusinessObjects Analysis.com. All rights reserved. you should not use authentication type Pre-defined because the pre-defined user (and password) is not exposed to local clients such as Analysis. 30 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. To create a connection to a BW system. Context Before users can begin working with business data in Analysis. you can use Analysis directly on top of a SAP HANA database. edition for OLAP Administrator Guide at http://help.5. You create new connection objects and manage existing connection objects in the module OLAP Connections in the Central Management Console (CMC) of the business intelligence platform. You can also create an OLAP connection with SAP HANA as provider. If the BW system uses a message server the client PCs must specify the service name of the message server in the system services file at <systemdrive>:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services. You also have to make sure that the client PCs can communicate with the connected BW systems.sap. Configure the system services file of each client PC accordingly.4 Creating and managing BW system connections in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Prerequisites You can use Analysis with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4. With this HANA OLAP connection. Results Once you have created BW system connections. these connections appear in the list of connections in the Insert Data Source dialog box in Analysis. Users can access all BW objects (InfoProviders.0 and higher releases as the central content management system for Analysis workbooks and presentations. you have to create connections to BW systems so they can add data sources to their Analysis workbooks. Note When you create a new connection with the module OLAP Connections. Administrator Guide Configuration . For more information about creating and managing connections in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform . queries and query views) of the connected BW system that they are authorized for by the BW authorization concept. Your users can add them to their Analysis workbooks. you define a connection to any object of the BW system. the styles of the current default style set are used to format the crosstab cells. these connections appear in the list of connections in the Insert Data Source dialog box in Analysis. see SAP Help Portal at http:// help. You also have to make sure that the client PCs can communicate with the connected BW systems.ini file in the Windows directory on your local machine. Whenever users insert a new crosstab in a workbook. Users can also save workbooks and presentations in the BW system if SAP NetWeaver is used as platform. All rights reserved. 31 . Configure the system services file of each client PC accordingly.Using SAP Software Logging On to an SAP System Windows Getting Started SAP GUI for SAP Logon . the following style sets and their cell styles are installed: SAP Tradeshow Plus SAP Blue Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. If the BW system uses a message server. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis receives the list of available BW systems in the saplogon. queries and query views) of the connected BW system that they are authorized for by the BW authorization concept.5. Results Once you have defined the BW system connections. Your users can add them to their Analysis workbooks. With Analysis. 5.sap. For more information about BW system connections in the SAP Logon file. the client PCs must specify the service name of the message server in the system services file. Users can access all BW objects (InfoProviders.6 Defining style sets for crosstabs A style set is a selection of Microsoft Excel cell styles that is applied by Analysis to format the cells of a crosstab. The SAP Graphical User Interface (SAP GUI) contains the SAP Logon.com SAP NetWeaver Getting Started .5 Defining system connections to SAP NetWeaver Prerequisites BW systems have to be defined in the saplogon. Context You can reuse the BW systems defined in SAP Logon on the client PCs. You and your users can change the applied style set in the analysis. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis receives the list of available BW systems in the SAP Logon and establishes direct access to the defined systems for data exchange.ini file and establishes direct access to the defined systems for data exchange. edition for Microsoft Office at http://help. you can create own style sets and share them with your users. 32 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.NET application (refresh for example) 20003 Net Document ID Document ID of a . With the query runtime statistics activated inAnalysis.shares its connections with the open services of Analysis.NET application (objnm is PIONEER EXCEL for example) 20002 Net Scenario Scenario type of . see SAP note 1462547. Using the query runtime statistics. When the user closes a workbook. For more information. You can modify them in the Styles group on the Home tab of Microsoft Excel. The table below provides an overview of the Analysis events: Event ID Long Text Description 20001 Net Application type Type of . The first workbook .com.sap. but you can create them in the Styles group on the Home tab of Microsoft Excel.NET application (only one per session) 20010 Command Describes what the user did in the step. 5. the connection to the BW system is also closed. Each Analysis workbook has its own connections to the BW system. Analysis also raises a small additional set of events. The system records the performance-critical parts of the processing (statistics events). The query runtime statistics for Analysis use the BW system of this master connection as the master system.SAP Black&White By modifying the cell styles of these style sets. If the Analysis events should be written to the RSDDSTAT_OLAP view (transaction code SE16). SAP custom styles are not availabe after the installation of the Add-In. which contains the data from the front end and calculation layer events. It calculates the net times by calculating the runtime of an event using the difference between the start and end times (minus the times for other events called from within the event). they need to be in table RSDDSTATEVENTS as well. which facilitates analysis of the other events.7 Query runtime statistics Analysis supports the query runtime statistics of SAP NetWeaver BW. SAP standard styles are availabe after the installation of the Add-In. see the User Guide: Analysis. you can find out how much time the execution of certain user actions require in Analysis and in the BW analytic engine. all events raised by the BI consumer services client code and by the ABAP server code are written to the statistics tables of the BW system. This means that the Insert Data Source dialog box reuses the connection from the first workbook. For more information on creating and sharing styles.for which a connection to a BW system is opened . Administrator Guide Configuration . You can activate the query runtime statistics in the User Settings dialog box on the Support Settings tab or in the registry with the Profiling setting. All rights reserved. The first connection to a BW system in a workbook is the “master” connection. the following prerequisites must be met: ● You use SAP HANA Platform SPS09 or a higher version..v2. You can find more information in chapter Importing the Info Access Service in the SAP HANA Search Developer Guide. are no longer supported. To create an SAP HANA HTTP connection. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. You can migrate the connection type in a workbook or presentation. This connection can be created directly in the CMC of the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform. Users can check the statistics in the Statistics.x).com NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver by Key Capability Intelligence BI Platform OLAP Information Integration by Key Capability Performance Optimization BEx Monitor SAP Business BI Query Runtime Statistics . The connection to the SAP HANA platform relies on the http(s) protocol for the communication with the SAP HANA server.userRole::INA_USER is assigned. either on the BI platform or as local connection. Related Information List of available settings [page 19] Support Settings [page 49] 5..service.sap. Each start of a statistic session will also contain events 20001. Note that ODBC connections that were used in former releases (1.bc. Most user actions in Analysis will write an entry with event 20010.Event ID Long Text Description 20200 User at dialog The user waits at a dialog or does actions that return quickly. entry in the Analysis help menu.. If you use the SAP HANA appliance software. ● The role sap. entry is only visible if statistics are available. ● You can create local SAP HANA connections in Analysis. 20002 and 20003. ● The SAP HANA Info Access Service (InA) with delivery unit HCO_INA_SERVICE is deployed on the HANA platform. you can analyze BW queries. powered by SAP HANA. like other BW systems with Analysis. For more information about the query runtime statistics. You have the following options to connect to SAP HANA platform with an HTTP connection: ● You can connect to the SAP HANA platform via SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform. powered by SAP HANA.ina. you can analyze SAP HANA data sources with Analysis. You can connect and use a BW system. The time a user spends on a dialog during execution of the command and not executing another command will be made visible with event 20200.8 Configuration for SAP HANA If you use SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. The Statistics.. query views and InfoProvider with Analysis. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 33 . 2. 4.The role is contained in delivery unit HCO_INA_SERVICE.connections is set to true.http.enable. Enter a name and a description. Procedure 1. Schema _SYS_BI and Schema _SYS_RT. Select OLAP Connections.1 SP5 or a higher version. The configuration file can be found on Windows under C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects \Tomcat6\webapps\BOE\WEBINF\config\default and on Unix under <BI platform install directory>/tomcat/webapps/BOE/WEB-INF/config/default. you have to use a BI platform 4. All rights reserved. Select the icon New Connection. Related Information Creating and managing BW system connections in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence [page 30] To create an SAP HANA connection on the BI platform [page 34] To create a local SAP HANA connection [page 35] Troubleshooting for SAP HANA HTTP connections [page 37] Using existing Workbooks and Presentations in Analysis 2. For more information.hana.services. Log on to the Central Management Console (CMC). you can create an HTTP connection to an SAP HANA Server in the central management console. Administrator Guide Configuration . 34 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Verify that the following authorizations are selected: Schema _SYS_BIC. Context On the BI platform. see SAP Note 2097965 .1 To create an SAP HANA connection on the BI platform Prerequisites The MDAS property multidimensional.8. To create an SAP HANA HTTP connection on the BI platform.0 [page 16] 5. 3. Associated Universes are ignored for SAP HANA HTTP connections. All rights reserved. you can create a local connection to an SAP HANA server. For more information. A local SAP HANA connection is created in the Select Data Source dialog. Like single sign-on.The description is optional. 5. 8. the administrator enters a specific user and password which will be stored as part of the connection object. Select Save to create the connection.2 To create a local SAP HANA connection Context In Analysis. for example 8001. You can change the default settings. this authentication type does not require the end user to enter a user ID and password. The authentication method for this connection is SAML 2.8. 35 . Results The new connection is available in the OLAP Connection list. 6. Select the Authentication type: ○ Prompt When this type is selected for the connection. the end user will be prompted with a dialog box to enter a user ID and password. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 5. The default HTTP port settings for SAP HANA XS include an SAP HANA instance number: 80<SAP HANA instance>. the user has to sign on once. ○ SSO (single sign-on) With the single sign-on option selected. for example. You can also edit and delete existing SAP HANA connections in this dialog. As Server Information. 7.0. enter a URL with the following structure: http(s)://<server>:<port> We recommend to use HTTPS as scheme. see chapter Maintain Standard HTTP Port Numbers with SAP HANA XS in the SAP HANA Administration Guide. to ensure that standard ports 80 and 443 are used for client access to the SAP HANA XS Web server HTTP (80) or HTTPS (443). see chapters User Authentication and Single-Sign On and Maintaining Single SignOn for SAP HANA XS Applications in the SAP HANA Administration Guide. Select SAP HANA http as provider. For more information. ○ Pre-Defined With this option selected. which serve to prove the authenticity of client requests. Select Create New SAP HANA Connection. You can change the default settings. 9. 36 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. for example.509 Client Certificate Authentication with X.509 Certificates makes use of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to securely authenticate users. For more information. Results The new connection is available in the Select Data Source dialog. see chapter Maintain Standard HTTP Port Numbers with SAP HANA XS in the SAP HANA Administration Guide. Select an Authentication Type: ○ Basic When this type is selected for the connection. Select a scheme: HTTP or HTTPS We recommend to use HTTPS. 3. 2. the end user will be prompted with a dialog box to enter a user ID and password. Enter a Port. For more information. ○ Kerberos The Kerberos authentication process involves several systems connected in a network. 8.. to ensure that standard ports 80 and 443 are used for client access to the SAP HANA XS Web server by HTTP (80) or HTTPS (443). for example 8001.. to create the connection. 7. The New SAP HANA Connection dialog box appears. user authentication takes place using the underlying Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and users do not need to interactively enter a password for logon.. Select the cell in the Analysis worksheet. Select Create or Create and Logon. or a Kerberos realm. Administrator Guide Configuration . Select Skip to go to the local system connections. 6. Kerberos authentication makes use of a trusted third party system called Key Distribution Center (KDC)..Procedure 1. 10. 5. All rights reserved. The default HTTP port settings for SAP HANA XS include an SAP HANA instance number: 80<SAP HANA instance>. in the Analysis ribbon. Kerberos authentication within a realm works on the basis of “tickets”. in the context menu in the Description area. ○ X. In this case.. Enter a Host Name. 4. Select Insert Data Source Select Data Source. see chapters User Authentication and Single-Sign On and Maintaining Single Sign-On for SAP HANA XS Applications in the SAP HANA Administration Guide. You can also edit and delete existing local SAP HANA connections in this dialog. Enter a description for the new local HANA connection.. 5. Open a browser and paste the URL.3 Troubleshooting for SAP HANA HTTP connections Verifying the URL for the SAP HANA HTTP connection 1. All rights reserved. You get one of the following responses: ○ HTTP 404 .not found This indicates that the server is not reachable (e. 37 .g. ○ The dialog to enter user and password is displayed. If you have configured an SSO access. 3. Verifying Basic Data Base Access Rights (Index Server) 1. This indicates that the log-on was successful. down or behind a firewall) or that the SAP HANA Info Access Service (InA) is not deployed.8. ○ A response is returned with a JSON Format containing information about the server capabilities. Check that you receive a response without error. this indicates that the log-on was not successful. Administrator Guide Configuration © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Complete the test URL with server name and port of your connection: http(s):// <server>:<port>/sap/bc/ina/service/v2/GetResponse?Request={%22Metadata%22: {%22Expand%22:[%22Cubes%22]}} 2. 3. Open a browser and paste the URL. Complete the test URL with server name and port of your connection: http(s):// <server>:<port>/sap/bc/ina/service/v2/GetServerInfo 2. ● Each end user has a user account in the connected BW system. 38 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.2 Authentication and single sign-on Single Sign-On with SAP NetWeaver With SAP NetWeaver as platform. For more information.com Administrator's Guide SAP NetWeaver Security Guide SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Library User Administration and Authentication .com. Analysis needs up-to-date credentials for users logging on to the platform. you have to configure user accounts in the connected BW systems as well. All rights reserved. you have to configure user accounts in the connected BW systems. see SAP Help Portal at http://help.6 Security 6.1 User management and authentication Usage with SAP NetWeaver Using Analysis with SAP NetWeaver as platform. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. single sign-on works if the following conditions are true: ● Secure Network Communications (SNC) is installed on each client PC.sap.sap. Administrator Guide Security . see chapter “Managing Users and Groups” in the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide at http://help. For more information. You also have to configure user accounts on the business intelligence platform server. Note Make sure that the user passwords on the business intelligence platform server have not expired. These user acounts can also be used for the local usage of Analysis. For more information.com Capability Security SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Library Network and Transport Layer Security SAP NetWeaver by Key Transport Layer Security on the AS ABAP Secure Network Communications . Usage with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Using Analysis with the business intelligence platform.sap. 6. the BI platform user accounts need to be mapped to the BW user accounts: In the Properties dialog box of a BI platform user. and is then able to connect to the BW systems without having to enter the BW username and password. For more information.3 Authorizations For security reasons.com/bobip40. the user signs on once to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence with his/her credentials (when inserting a data source in Analysis). Single sign-on works if the following conditions are true: ● BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform is configured correctly for single sign-on. and is then able to connect to the BW systems without having to enter a BW username and password. click Assigns Alias. Proprietary SAP tokens (assertion tickets) are used to provide a mechanism that supports single sign-on for Analysis users connecting to BW systems.. The authorization object for using SAP NetWeaver as platform is S_RS_AO.. Analysis uses the SAP NetWeaver BW authorization concept. ● In the Central Management Console under Users and Groups User List . 39 . you have to enable SSO. see “Setting up single sign-on to the SAP system” in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Administratior'Guide at http://help. Otherwise the users could access other users log files on the client PC for example.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/f3/8f492432354fdc913f93e8a2bed4a6/frameset. single sign-on enables users to access SAP systems without having to provide their logon credentials. For data access management. ● In the Central Management Console under OLAP-connections. see SAP Help Portal at http:// help.htm.sap.The user signs on once to the client-side Secure Network Communications (SNC) with his/her credentials. With single sign-on.0 or higher.com/bobip40. the parameter Authentications is set to SSO for the BW systems that should be used with single sign-on. make sure that users do not have administrator rights on the client PCs.sap. see Configuration for SAP HANA [page 33] 6. All rights reserved. For more information. Single Sign-On with SAP HANA data source To use a local HANA connection. to add the corresponding BW user.sap.0 or higher releases Once users are logged on to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4. The same settings are valid for using Analysis locally. ● The SAP NetWeaver BW systems are configured as external authentication system. For more information. see “Configuring SAP authentication” in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Administratior'Guide at http://help. For more information. Administrator Guide Security © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Single Sign-On with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. The user navigates in the data. The following steps describe the communication sequence: 1. This communication is carried out with a synchronous Remote Function Call (RFC) connection. Analysis on the client PC requests data from the BW server. The user logs on to the BW system to get the data. authorizations for the data and OLAP functions for navigation in the data. Administrator Guide Security . ○ The user starts Analysis and opens a workbook or presentation stored in the BW system. the client PC communicates directly with the BW server.sap. In steps 2 and 3. You can protect this RFC connection using Secure Network Communications (SNC). There are two options: ○ The user starts Analysis and inserts a data source from the BW system into a new workbook or presentation. 6. you can use a file share and assign authorizations for the file share.com NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Library Communication Security 40 Administrator's Guide SAP NetWeaver Security Guide SAP Network and Transport Layer Security . If you use the business intelligence platform. The user saves the Analysis workbook or PowerPoint in the BW system. The BW system provides data access.4 Network and communication security Your network infrastructure is extremely important in protecting your system. Your network needs to support the communication necessary for your business needs without allowing unauthorized access. Usage with SAP NetWeaver If you use SAP NetWeaver as platform. see “Setting Rights” in the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide at http:// help.sap. For more information on configuring the authorizations for these folders. For more information. 3. Note If single sign-on is activated the user can access the BW system directly. 2. All rights reserved. © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.com. 4.For content management of Analysis workbooks and PowerPoint files. you use the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise authorization concept to manage the folders containing Analysis workbooks and PowerPoint files. Access to the Analysis workbooks and PowerPoint files is protected by the authorization concept of the corresponding folders on the business intelligence platform server. rather than HTTP GET operations.sap. ○ The user starts Analysis and inserts a data source from the BW system into a new workbook or PowerPoint file. This communication is carried out with a Web service connection using HTTP or HTTPS as protocols. Data Storage Security Using the business intelligence platform with Analysis. All rights reserved. The user logs on to the BW system to get the data. the Web service connection should use HTTP POST operations.sap. 41 . Analysis receives the defined connections and the system information for the BW system(s) from the business intelligence platform. see “Setting Rights” in the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide at http://help. 3.sap. Analysis on the client PC communicates with the business intelligence platform server for requesting system information and saving the files. Analysis uses the standard ports for HTTP and HTTPS. This communication is carried out with a synchronous Remote Function Call (RFC) connection. The user navigates in the data. For more information on configuring the authorizations for these folders. S/he has to log on to the business intelligence platform. To provide better security with the HTTP protocol. You can protect the access to the data on the file share with authorizations. For more information. Note If single sign-on is activated the user can access the BW system directly.Usage with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise The following steps describe the communication sequence and provide an overview of the communication channels: 1. You can protect this Web service connection using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). You can protect this RFC connection using Secure Network Communications (SNC).com NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Library Communication Security 6. If you use Analysis locally. which are configured in your network. For more information about the configuration of the Web service connection on the business intelligence platform server. S/he has to log on to business intelligence platform. Analysis on the client PC requests data from the BW server.com. see “Working with Web Application Container Servers” and “Configuring HTTPS/SSL” in the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide at http://help. There are two options: ○ The user opens an existing Analysis workbook or PowerPoint file located on the business intelligence platform server.5 Administrator's Guide SAP NetWeaver Security Guide SAP Network and Transport Layer Security . In steps 2 and 3. Configure the Web service connection on the business intelligence platform server accordingly.com. The user saves the Analysis workbook or PowerPoint file on the business intelligence platform server. 2. data is stored on the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise server. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. 4. To ensure Administrator Guide Security © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. users store the Analysis workbooks and PowerPoint files with the BW data on a file share or on the client PCs. In steps 1 and 4. that the locally stored data cannot be viewed by non-authorized users. This application does not need any specific security measures. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. All rights reserved.com.sap.7 Logging security relevant events Security relevant information is stored in the log file if log severity is set to 16 (Debug Information). 42 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. You can use the log file to help identify any potential unauthorized access to the system. If you use the business intelligence platform for Analysis. Administrator Guide Security .sap. see “Security Concepts” in the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide at http://help. we advise against giving users administrator rights on the client PCs. If required. For more information on security aspects for SAP NetWeaver BW. SAP applications As data sources.com NetWeaver Library Administrator's Guide NetWeaver According to Usage Types SAP NetWeaver Security Guide SAP NetWeaver SAP Security Guides for SAP Security Guide for Usage Type BI . The following events are logged for example: ● successful and unsuccessful logon attempts ● start time and end time of a session ● missing authorization for BW data or objects ● type of Web Service URL to BusinessObjects Business Intelligence / BusinessObjects Enterprise Note Access to person-related data is not logged in Analysis. we recommend using the relevant modelling tools in SAP NetWeaver BW instead. You cannot track who accessed person-related data on the client. 6.6 Security for additional applications 3rd party applications Analysis uses the Essential Studio of Syncfusion Windows Forms as a UI control library. Analysis takes the data from SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. 6. Configure a virus scan for this folder.Related Information List of available settings [page 19] Support Settings [page 49] 6. All rights reserved. 43 . by using a virus scanning application installed on the same server as the business intelligence platform. Whenever a file is added or modified in this folder. the virus scanner automatically scans the file. Virus scanner activation As users upload Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files from Analysis into the business intelligence platform document repository. Administrator Guide Security © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. You should only allow your users to store the files in a specific folder in the business intelligence platform.8 General security recommendations The following topics provide an overview of additional security-related information and recommendations. we recommend the use of a virus scanning application to protect your business intelligence platform server. config file will be deleted under C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof\ and the initial file under C:\ProgramData\SAP\Cof will be used again. This corresponds to the default support setting for Log Severity: Error. You can use SAP Snap-In for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to view these files.glf files.config file. You can define the amount of stored log information with the level value in the log. The trace recording is enabled if you change the support setting for Log Severity to Support.config file under C:\ProgramData\SAP\Cof will be copied to C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof with file name log. Then the Support_log. WARNING. The log and trace information is stored in . Related Information Support Settings [page 49] 44 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. ERROR and FATAL. The trace files are also stored under C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\Sap\Cof and have the name pattern Trace_<process_id>.glf.config file is available under C:\ProgramData\SAP\Cof. For more information.glf files. This initial file defines that only log information containing error information is recorded. The following options are available: DEBUG. VERBOSE. the log. Administrator Guide Logging . The log. If you change the log.config overwriting the existing file.config file by selecting Error as log severity in the support settings. SAP MMC provides a graphical user interface to manage the . You can switch on the default logging and tracing as it is required for support messages in the Support Settings dialog. All rights reserved. After the installation of Analysis. You can restore the initial state of the log.config file. You can also record traces to analyze problems in Analysis. The amount of log and trace information that should be stored is defined in the log.config file under C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof manually (for example the value level). INFO.glf. see theApache log4net documentation.7 Logging Analysis uses Apache log4net to record log and trace information. The log files are stored under C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\Sap \Cof and have the name pattern Log_<process_id>. the support setting for Log Severity will be changed to Customized. 7177. the user interface texts are displayed in English.Austria 5127: // German .Germany 3079: // German . Note If the Microsoft Office display language is not supported by Analysis. Microsoft Office Language Value Analysis Language Value Description 1033.Liechtenstein 4103: // German . edition for Microsoft Office different text types are displayed in a single user interface. 11273. 3079. Analysis receives texts from the connected BW system. This is also the case if you have configured single sign-on. 5127. 4103.Switzerland 8. The language of the Analysis user interface itself ( ribbon texts and menu entries for example) is determined by the Microsoft Office display language. such as master data and metadata of the selected data source. 10249. The available Microsoft Office languages are processed in an intuitive algorithm. 5129. Analysis takes the default language from the user settings in the BW system. LANGUAGE_ENGLISH 15369. 18441. 3081. 17417.1 Supported languages List of supported languages In the following table you can see the Microsoft Office language values and the corresponding language values in Analysis. 12297 English 1031. 8201. All rights reserved. 6153. Example The followingMicrosoft Office language values are recognized by Analysis and processed as German (LANGUAGE_GERMAN): 1031: // German . 16393. 9225.8 Language Recognition and Processing In SAP BusinessObjects Analysis.Luxembourg 2055: // German . 13321. 45 . 4105. 2055 German Administrator Guide Language Recognition and Processing LANGUAGE_GERMAN © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 2057. 14345. If the user does not enter a logon language in the logon screen when inserting a BW data source. These texts are language-dependent and are displayed in the logon language of the BW system. 5130. 13324. 14348. 2064 LANGUAGE_ITALIAN Italian 1049. 2070 LANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE Portuguese 1053 LANGUAGE_SWEDISH Swedish 1045 LANGUAGE_POLISH Polish 1030 LANGUAGE_DANISH Danish 1044. 3084. 9228. 11276. 12300. 20490. 4106. 2060. 14346. 3076. 4108. 21514. Administrator Guide Language Recognition and Processing .Microsoft Office Language Value Analysis Language Value Description 1036. 58378. 17418. 1034. 5124 LANGUAGE_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE Traditional Chinese 1040. 13322. 8204. 18442. 7178. 8202 LANGUAGE_SPANISH Spanish 2052. 10252. 4100 LANGUAGE_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE Simplified Chinese 1028. 19466. 11274. 10250. 5132. 7180 LANGUAGE_FRENCH French 1041 LANGUAGE_JAPANESE Japanese 3082. 58380. 2067 LANGUAGE_DUTCH Dutch 1042 LANGUAGE_KOREAN Korean 1046. 12298. 2058. 2073 LANGUAGE_RUSSIAN Russian 1043. 6154. 16394. All rights reserved. 2068 LANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN Norwegian 1035 LANGUAGE_FINNISH Finnish 1054 LANGUAGE_THAI Thai 1029 LANGUAGE_CZECH Czech 1038 LANGUAGE_HUNGARIAN Hungarian 1051 LANGUAGE_SLOVAK Slovak 1055 LANGUAGE_TURKISH Turkish 46 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 15370. 9226. 15372. 6156. 1. All rights reserved. .0 or SAP NetWeaver as BI platform and thus its lifecycle management modules. for example one for testing and one for productive use. With the 4. After the transport of the connection.ppt. ID. In the Central Management Console (CMC) of the business intelligence platform. even after the connection has been transported.xls. It establishes procedures for governing the entire product lifecycle.0 uses SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform XI 4. and you can transport objects from one instance to another. The constant CUID ensures that the connection works correctly following the transport.1 Lifecycle Management with Business Intelligence Platform Analysis workbooks and presentations are stored in the repository of the business intelligence Platform. . and . and testing.1 platform. The transported workbooks and presentations use the connection CUID to read the appropriate connection information. including phases such as development. for example if you use different BW systems for testing and productive use. You can store the file formats .pptx with the 4. Administrator Guide Lifecycle Management © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. and CUID. from design to delivery. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis gets the information of the connections in the CMC and establishes direct access to the defined BW systems for data exchange. you can update it in the target business intelligence platform instance by maintaining the connection information to the associated BW system. You can use several business intelligence platform instances in your system landscape. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform XI 4. 47 . SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. you can save Analysis Workbooks and Analysis Presentations. you have to define connections to your SAP NetWeaver BW system(s). and Analysis builds the connection to the target system or object.xlsx. the ID is issued by the system and the CUID is constant. edition for Microsoft Office 2. The transport of Analysis objects is based on two entities: transport of the connection defined in CMC and transport of the workbooks and presentations.0 platform. The connection contains the fields Name. production. Related Information Lifecycle Management with Business Intelligence Platform [page 47] Life-Cycle Mangement with SAP NetWeaver [page 48] 9.9 Lifecycle Management Lifecycle management refers to the set of processes involved in managing information related to a product lifecycle. The Name can be maintained by the administrator. All rights reserved.Note Ensure that the dependent objects on the Analysis workbooks and presentations (InfoProviders. the connection to the master system will be replaced in the target system.com. query views) are available in the BW system that is connected to the target business intelligence platform system. one for testing and one for productive usage for example. . . In SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. You can save an Object Name (technical name) and a Long Description (title) with an Analysis object.htm . The system of the data source that is first inserted in the workbook or presentation. You can also transport objects from one system to another. Analysis objects are stored with object type AAOE (for workbooks) and AAOP (for presentations).sap.xls. Newly created objects are saved as an active version (A-TLOGO object). 48 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. is the master system. queries. Administrator Guide Lifecycle Management . see the Lifecycle management console for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence User Guide at http://help. For more information about transporting objects in the business intelligence platform. Note You have to make sure that objects dependent on the Analysis workbooks and presentations (InfoProviders. 9.ppt and .sap. If an object is transported.2 Life-Cycle Mangement with SAP NetWeaver Analysis workbooks and presentations are stored in the SAP Business Warehouse metadata repository.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/ 38/5ee7377a98c17fe10000009b38f842/content. You can store the file fomats . queries. The other connections are unaffected.pptx with SAP NetWeaver.xlsx. query views) exist in the target BW system. For more information about object versioning and transporting objects in SAP NetWeaver BW. You can use several BW systems in your system landscape. see see the SAP NetWeaver BW documentation at http://help. If you create a new object in a BI Content development system. it is saved as active version and delivery version (D-TLOGO object). An Analysis object can contain connections to different BW systems. The authorization object for using SAP NetWeaver as platform is S_RS_AO. 10.10 Troubleshooting Analysis provides utilities for troubleshooting. ● Support: The system stores exceptions. The information is stored as . This is the default setting after installation. Checking the Workstation To check the installation of Analysis. The Check Workstation Wizard collects installation errors for SAP support.config file under C:\Users \<user>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Cof. such as error messages. select the Enable BW Server Tracing check box. contact your system administrator. see “Diagnosing Front-End Software Installations using NWCheckWorkstation” in the SAP Front End Installation Guide on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service. Users can access these settings in the User Settings dialog box on the Support Settings tab. To start the User Settings dialog box. For more information.Clients .glf files under C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\Sap\Cof.sap. ● Error: The system stores exceptions and error messages. ● Customized: The system stores messages and traces that are defined in the log. log files and traces. For more information.0 Installation . See List of available settings [page 19]. All rights reserved. error messages and traces. 49 . Creating Traces and Log Files You can make various settings for creating traces and log files in the registry settings. choose Analysis Settings . Administrator Guide Troubleshooting © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. start the Check Workstation Wizard dialog box under Start Run nwcheckworkstation .com/instguides (2004s) Installation SAP NetWeaver 7. Enable BW Server Tracing To activate the SAP NetWeaver BW trace tool environment.1 Support Settings Log Severity This setting defines the amount of log and trace information that is stored. entry is visible only if statistics are available. The dimensions are displayed with technical name and text.com NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver by Key Capability Intelligence BI Platform OLAP Information Integration by Key Capability Performance Optimization BEx Monitor SAP Business Trace Tool Environment . 50 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company..com NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver by Key Capability Intelligence BI Platform OLAP Information Integration by Key Capability Performance Optimization BEx Monitor SAP Business BI Query Runtime Statistics .The trace tool environment (transaction code RSTT in the connected BW system) has special tools to log and play back traces and process automatic regression tests. The system records the performance-critical parts of the processing (statistics events). select the Enable Profiling check box. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. entry in the Analysis help menu. see SAP Help Portal at http://help. The Statistics.. Display Technical Names To activate the technical names of the dimensions in your Analysis workbook.. select the Display Technical Names check box. Enable NCO Tracing This setting may be used for SAP error handling. Administrator Guide Troubleshooting .sap. All rights reserved. Show Suppressed Messages Select this check box you want the suppressed messages to be shown. Using the query runtime statistics. For more information about the query runtime statistics. It calculates the net times by calculating the runtime of an event using the difference between the start and end times (minus the times for other events called from within the event). You can check the statistics in the Statistics. Enable Profiling To activate the SAP NetWeaver BW query runtime statistics.. you can find out how much time it takes to execute certain user actions in Analysis and the BW analytic engine. For more information about the trace tool environment.sap. Related Information To configure the load behavior of the Analysis Add-In [page 26] 10. Administrator Guide Troubleshooting © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. In Microsoft Excel. the Analysis Add-In might be disabled by the Microsoft application. The SAP Client plug-in provides you with an XML file containing the traced information. You can find the installation file and additional information in SAP note 1435190. 4. press PowerPoint Options. Select the Micorsoft Office application you want to trace. and you have to close the application.2 End-to-End Tracing A single user workflow can involve multiple interactions with different servers. After the system crash the Analysis Add-In is not visible in the menu. you can see all the tracing information to a particular workflow.10. 2. Choose File in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. 4. Each of those servers writes tracing information to its own log file. 3. Start the SAP Client plug-in. you have to re-enable the Analysis Add-In in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. press Excel Options. 5. In the Excel Options dialog box and in the PowerPoint Options dialog box in the categories pane. With the SAP Client plug-in. see the Trace Analysis chapter in the SAP Solution Manager documentation on the SAP Help Portal. 2. Make sure that the Analysis Add-In is enabled. for example Microsoft Excel. 51 . Download and install the SAP Client plug-in. If this happens. Press Launch and proceed the steps you want to trace. select AddIns. The LoadBehavior parameter should be set to 3. All rights reserved. 3. 1. In Microsoft PowerPoint. Open Analysis for Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. For more information. Procedure 1.3 To enable the Analysis Add-In after system crash (Microsoft Office 2010 and higher) Context If Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint crashes. Press Go. 8. 11. we recommend that you do the following: Make sure that users start Analysis for Microsoft PowerPoint manually before they execute the function Create Slide in Analysis for Microsoft Excel.. In the Manage box. In the COM Add-Ins dialog box. make sure that Analysis option is activated... 7.... select the Analysis Add-In. 12. Press Go. Users can start Analysis for Microsoft PowerPoint in the Windows directory under Business Objects 52 Analysis for Microsoft PowerPoint © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. Press Enable. 10. Press OK. 6. select COM Add-Ins. Administrator Guide Troubleshooting . In the Manage box. select Disabled Items. All rights reserved. In the Disabled Items dialog box. 9.5. 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