Enabling SAP BW for the Extranet

Session Code:3311

Ramesh Sampath Pam Barkstelle

Latha Raman Suresh Kandoor

Agenda
Focal Point Lyondell Chemical Company Objectives Business Scenario Solutions Implementation ROI Questions

Focal Point
Focus of the presentation will be to present an alternative to standard ITS based Web Reporting of BW Information.

Lyondell Chemical Company

Formed in 1985 from the refining and petrochemical assets of ARCO Global manufacturer and marketer of basic chemicals and polymers Headquartered in Houston with operations in 14 countries More than 8,000 employees worldwide More than $14 billion in Assets

Lyondell Chemical Company

The Lyondell Enterprise
Lyondell Chemical Company

Equistar Chemicals, LP 41%

LYONDELL - CITGO Refining LP 58.75%

Lyondell Chemical Company

Our SAP/BW Migration
SAP R/3
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SAP BW
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1995 - Live on 2.2G - SD-FI 1996 - Upgrade to 3.0C 1997 - Additional Sites implemented most Modules to replace Mainframe 1998 - Upgraded to 3.1H & SQL 7.0 2000 - Upgraded to 4.5B

1999 - Live on 1.2B 2000 - 2nd Qtr Upgraded to 2.0A 2000 - 4th Qtr Upgraded to 2.0B

Microsofts NT Platform

Objectives
Alternative to ITS - BW Web Reporting Architecture BW in e-business Scalability

Business Scenario
SAP Information on the Web Customer Self Service Web site
Order Status Tracking Open Invoices Payment History Sales Volumes .

Result:Business Intelligence on the Web

Business Scenario

Business Scenario

Business Scenario

Solutions
Landscape
Outsource GUI interface of web Use SAP as Data Provider XML Data Origins (R/3, BW, ) Using ITS is not a Option

Solutions
Middleware
XML Applications Integrator

Middleware Alternatives
SAP Business Connector Microsoft Biz Talk Build a Custom Middle ware

Solutions
SAP Business Connector
Web Method Backbone Seamless Integration (R/3, BW, APO, ..) XML Enterprise standard Applications integrator

Solutions
R/3, BW Business Connector
BAPI (Business API)
Function Call (Input Parameters, Result set)

Business Connector executes BAPIs in BW to Execute BW Queries

Architecture
HTTP Request

Web Server

HTML XML Request XML BW Queries (Bex Queries / Infoset Queries) -Payment History -Sales History -Rebates -Invoices

SAP Business Connector

BAPI / RFC Request

R/3 Server
Data Base

BW Server
Data Base

Implementation
BW Interface
Bex Queries on Infocubes
Run Bex Queries using Microsoft OLE-DB Interfaces and MDX (Multi-dimensional statements)

Infoset Queries on ODS

Run Infoset Queries. Merge data from multiple queries by writing small ABAP code in ABAP Function Builder

Implementation
Infoset Queries
Detailed Queries
Open invoices Debits / Credits to a Invoice Rebate Volumes View Payments

Implementation
Infoset Query - SAP Function Call
PERFORM EXECUTE_QUERY USING 'G' "Workspace 'ZQ_INV_ADJMTS' Infoset Query 'ZCLICK' Usergroup '' "Variant 'X' "Skip SelScreen 'X' "Data to Memory 'X' "External Presentation RETURN.

Implementation
Bex Query Interface
MDX (Multi-dimensional statements) External Interface - Reporting Tools Setting - Bex Query to MDX Compatible

Implementation
What is MDX
Multi-Dimensional Query Statements Microsoft OLE-DB for OLAP Industry Standard (SQL 2000, SAP, )

MDX Vs SQL Statements

Implementation
MDX Compatible
Setting

Implementation
MDX Resources
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 www.microsoft.com/sql

BW
Transaction MDXTEST (Report RRT_MDX_SAMPLE)

Implementation
BW - MDXTEST Transaction

ROI
Measurements
Web Hits Web Sales

Thank You
Thank you for attending! Please remember to complete and return your evaluation form following this session.

Contact:
Ramesh Sampath - rsam@codongroup.com ramesh.sampath@lyondell.com

www.codongroup.com

Session Code:3311

Notes