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Table of Contents Document History ..................................................................................................................... 6 Who should use this document? ............................................................................................... 7 What You Need to Know ........................................................................................................... 7 Pre-Sizing Checklist ................................................................................................................... 8 Post-Sizing Checklist .................................................................................................................. 9 BI4 Machine Requirements ..................................................................................................... 10 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 10 Components and Platforms in Scope ....................................................................................... 10 Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................... 11 Resizing .................................................................................................................................. 11 Sizing Tools ............................................................................................................................. 12 BI4.2 Configuration Wizard ............................................................................................................. 12 BI 4 Architecture ..................................................................................................................... 13 User Class Definitions .............................................................................................................. 14 Users, Active Users, Active Concurrent Users ........................................................................... 14 Conceptual tiers and services .................................................................................................. 15 Deployment and Sizing Methodology ...................................................................................... 16 Sizing Steps and Methodology ........................................................................................................ 16 Processing and Memory Requirements Calculations ........................................................................ 16 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 17 Step 1: Quick Sizer Setup ................................................................................................................ 18 Step 2: Intelligence DB Tier ............................................................................................................. 18 Step 3: Intelligence Tier .................................................................................................................. 19 Step 4: Application Tier ................................................................................................................... 19 Step 5: Processing Tier .................................................................................................................... 19 Analysis OLAP ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Crystal Reports 2016 .............................................................................................................................. 20 Crystal Reports for Enterprise ................................................................................................................ 21 BW Data Source Sizing ........................................................................................................................... 21 JDBC Considerations .............................................................................................................................. 22 Dashboard Design .................................................................................................................................. 22 Promotion Management Services .......................................................................................................... 23 Platform Search Services ........................................................................................................................ 23 Data Federation Service ......................................................................................................................... 23 Adaptive Connectivity Service ................................................................................................................ 23 Step 6: Sizing Analysis and Scale-out ............................................................................................... 24 Step 7: APS Configuration ............................................................................................................... 24 APS Service Groupings ........................................................................................................................... 25 SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Sizing Guide 3 © 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 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Basic APS Configuration Instructions ..................................................................................................... 26 Adaptive Job Server ............................................................................................................................... 27 Step 8: Deployment and Monitoring ............................................................................................... 27 Scaling-out BI4 Servers ........................................................................................................................... 27 Building the System ................................................................................................................................ 28 Monitoring BI4 ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Using Audit Reports ............................................................................................................................... 30 Monitoring CPU and Memory Usage ....................................................................................................
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