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NetWeaver Business
Intelligence 7.x upgrade
Why upgrade
End of support
New support strategy &NetWeaver
New features and capabilities
Real-world examples
Wrap up
Bonus material: ideas for the business case
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Why Upgrade end of support
The plan covers SAP solutions based on the SAP NetWeaver platform
including mySAP SCM, SRM, PLM, CRM, and industry add-ons.
*check with your account executive to see what your fee may be
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The Bigger Picture NetWeaver ??
Enterprise Portal
KM NetWeaver is a set
Visual
Composer BI of solution
Kit Business Explorer Suite (BEx)
Information Broadcasting components that
BEx Web
BI Pattern
BEx Analyzer
provides a
Web
Web
Analyzer
Application
Designer
Report
Designer
MS Excel
Add-in
comprehensive
BI Consumer Services architecture.
BEx Query Designer
UDI
SAP DB Service
JDBC XMLA ODBO Data Warehouse BAPI File XML/A
Query Connect API
The SAP BI
accelerator makes
query response time
50-10,000 faster.
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New Broadcaster features of BI 7.x
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New Broadcaster Features of BI 7.x (cont.)
NW BI 7.x goes a long way to address the complaints that BW is a hard to maintain
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Why upgrade? - Better security features
Role menus are displayed in the portal and passwords becomes case
sensitive. If you want to have downwards compatibility with old
passwords set the parameter login/password_downwards_compatibility >= 3
(SAP Notes 862989 & 1023437)
Authorizations are
fundamental building
blocks of the new
reporting concept and
security contains both
the data value and
hierarchy restrictions.
Customer exit variables for the object 0TCTAUTHH does not migrate, and
you will have to manually reassign all hierarchy nodes.
After technical upgrade, you can select new Concept (Notes: 820183 & 923176)
1. RSSM_CREATE_REQDONE_FROM_SEL
2. RSSM_HASH_ENTRIES_CREATE for all requests
3. RSSTATMAN_CHECK_CONVERT_DTA
4. RSSTATMAN_CHECK_CONVERT_PSA
Existing data flow scenarios are unchanged after the technical upgrade
BI 7.0 objects use background processes and 3.x objects use dialog
processes
The objects can co-exist but can potentially cause problems with batch
windows and performance optimization
You can now create planning templates using the web based planning wizard to create
models using patterns in the data (tool: Road map Pattern). Queries based on
aggregation levels can now also write back to the InfoProvider
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Source: SAP AG, 2008
Why upgrade? PDF Print
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Why upgrade? - Real-time Data warehousing gets better
NW BI 7.x has more features for updates that does not follow the
typical asynchronomous (batch) updates. This include:
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New Tools Roadmap
Why upgrade
End of support
New support strategy &NetWeaver
New features and capabilities
Real-world examples
Wrap up
Bonus material: ideas for the business case
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BW Content Upgrades
We now have SAP BI 7.0 and the content releases 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 and
7.0.3 are now available. Planned upgrades should also include the
content release 7.0.3.
Apply content when you need it, to the technical release you have!!
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How can you weigh the choices of Technical or Functional?
Tons of New
from a functional upgrade
Less Money
Functionality
Increased User
Less Risk
Satisfaction
Opportunity to Sunset
Less Functionality
other BI solutions
Source: SAP AG
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Source: Jesper Christensen, 2008
Weighing Towards a Technical Upgrade
A technical upgrade is
the safest way to Technical Functional
proceed
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Weighing Towards a Functional Upgrade
A functional upgrade (which
includes all the technical
activities) will make the Technical Functional
biggest impression on your
user community
This will take longer
and cost more money
management
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Some hints on the upgrade client, engines and usage types
1 Upgrade Or
2 Upgrade Or
3 Upgrade Or
Why upgrade
End of support
New support strategy &NetWeaver
New features and capabilities
Real-world examples
Wrap up
Bonus material: ideas for the business case
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Typical Training Requirements
Technical Upgrade
Basis Training on new solution, if necessary
Could also be handled via Knowledge Transfer from Basic Mgmt of NetWeaver Portal (if deploying)
Integration Partner
Functional Upgrade
Development Team Report / Presentation
Integrated Planning User Training for new
Delta Training Team Delta Training
Training (DBW70P) tools
(DBW70E) (DBW70R)
You will need to install the NetWeaver Application Server Java and the
specific user type, before you can use all the features of BI 7.x (i.e.
Business planning and analysis services, Enterprise data
warehousing, Reporting and analysis scenarios etc). You can install
this as a separate system or as an add-in to the upgraded ABAP
server.
Note: if you already have java installed, you can also use the upgrade
program called SAPjup, to upgrade the WAS-java.
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Planning Your Upgrade a Hardware Example
Team Lead
You need to have the SAP solution Manager to generate the key during
the upgrade to NW2004 SR1, and you will need to be on Solution
Manager release 3.2 SP8 or higher to make it work (note: 805390).
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Move into Landscape
Why upgrade
End of support
New support strategy &NetWeaver
New features and capabilities
Real-world examples
Wrap up
Bonus material: ideas for the business case
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Step -1: Hardware install and BWS Copy
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Step -1: BWS Unicode conversion, Java upgrade & test
At this stage you should document and
BWX BWD BWQ BWP test all work that occurs. Some time
has to be set aside for notes research
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and unforeseen issues.
1 2 4
We want to creating a repeatable
BWS BWX BWX BWX process, so no ad-hoc activities are
allowed.
January Feb March April
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Start upgrade BWS
Start shadow instance
SPDD start
ICNV start
Start syst. downtime upgrade activity
Complete BWS upgrade
Post processing
Basis and functional testing
Unicode conversion
Java upgrade
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Step -2: System copies
BWX BWX BWX BWP You now freeze the development and
can take copies of the BWD and BWQ
3 system and prepare for upgrades.
1 2 4
The old BWP is still running as the
productive system..
BWS BWD BWQ BWX
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Step -3: BWD upgrade
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Java install
Remove data in new system
Rename BWP
Complete Prepare on BWP
Apply fixes
Start upgrade BWP
Start shadow instance
SPDD start
ICNV start
Start syst. downtime upgrade activity
Complete BWP upgrade
Post processing
Basis testing
Functional test
Unicode conversion (TBD) 53
Other examples and lessons learned
Scope 3 Tb/900 users 6 Tb/300 users 1 Tb/80 users 7 Tb/1,200 users 4 Tb/500 users
Number of environments 9 5 4 4 4
Number of core team
members 4 3 4 5 3
Hardware switch No No Yes Yes No
Testing 2 weeks 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 2 weeks
Unicode No Yes Yes Yes No
Hardware Sun IBM Sun Sun IBM
If possible,
Unicode took a reload the data
Have the right bit longer than during Unicode Could have done Did not have the
people in place. expected. Wait conversion this faster, if right technical
Wait until they with rollout of (faster). business people people involved.
are available new Hardware had been This added 6
and have a core functionality switch removed scheduled for weeks to an
business team until you have a lot of risk and testing earlier. otherwise
for short bursts a stable made the Otherwise straight-forward
Lessons Learned of testing environment upgrade faster. smooth process. upgrade.
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Some areas you should focus on
1. Web Templates
A semi-automatic conversion is possible using the BI 7.0 Web
Application Designer. (SAP Notes 832713, 832712, 1074997 & 1026591)
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What Well Cover
Why upgrade
End of support
New support strategy &NetWeaver
New features and capabilities
Real-world examples
Wrap up
Bonus material: ideas for the business case
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7 Key Points to Take Home
Is it cheaper to upgrade to new content or risk reinventing the wheel?
You upgrade strategy must include both release and content upgrades
The BI 7.x upgrade is an extensive one and you should treat it as so.