SAP BUSINESSOBJECTS BI4.0 Upgrade workflows Dhirendra Gehlot Business Analytics BI Competency Center Aug 2011 SAP BusinessObjects BI4.0 Upgrade Workflows
1.Upgrade Manager Tool 2.Upgrade Overview 3.Platform Setup 4.Security Upgrade 5.QaaWS, Dashboard Upgrade 6. Mobile Content Upgrade 7.Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence 8.Crystal Reports 2008 to 2011 9.Explorer InfoSpaces Upgrade 10.OpenDocument calls 11.UNV to UNX (Optional) 12.Web Intelligence Report Data Source to UNX or Bex (Optional) 13.Crystal Reports 2008/2011 to Crystal Reports for Enterprise (Optional)
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2 BI 4.0 Upgrade Manager Tool
Upgrade Manager Tool (UMT) is a new tool in BI4.0
Upgrade contents from XIR2SP2 and newer to BI4.0
On Windows GUI Interface Supports Complete Upgrade and Incremental Upgrade
On Unix Command Line Interface Supports Complete Upgrade
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Choose the Complete Upgrade
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Choose Upgrade scenario & enter credentials
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Get the summary of what is going to be upgraded
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To perform Complete Upgrade:
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Choose the Incremental Upgrade
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose Upgrade scenario & enter credentials
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose objects to copy & options
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose objects to copy & options
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose objects to copy & options
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose objects to exclude & options
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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Choose objects to exclude & options
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To perform an Incremental Upgrade:
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© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15 BI 4.0 Upgrade Sequence
Inventory and House Keeping Source Environment
Identify Upgrade Gaps and Solutions
Install and Configure BI 4.0 Platform
Prepare for Content Upgrade
Upgrade Content
Validate Upgraded Content
Go-Live
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Contents Upgrade As It Is Security, Access Levels, Users/User Groups, Calendars, Events, … Folders, Categories, Personal Documents, Repository Objects Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Xcelisus Dashboard, QaaWS Universes, Connections, Scheduled Jobs, Instances Remote Connections, Replication Jobs , LCM Jobs Mobile Subscriptions, Offline Documents MS Excel and BWA based Explorer Infospaces …
Contents Upgrade Require Manual Work Voyager workspaces OLAP Connections OpenDocument Calls
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Contents Not Upgraded Desktop Intelligence Documents Universe based Explorer Infospaces Versioned Contents (Version Management System Repository) Audit Database Encyclopedia Performance Manager Custom Code
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In Place Upgrade Install Not supported
Side by Side Install BI4.0 can be installed on the BOEXIR2 or BOE3.x Server, provided Server OS is 64-bit, and meets BI4.0 Install Prerequisites Two BusinessObjects systems run in parallel on the same hardware Configure BI4.0 environment Use Upgrade Manager Tool to upgrade content to BI4.0 Remove BOEXIR2 or BOE3.x
Separate Environments (recommended ) Install BI4.0 on a separate server Configure BI4.0 environment Use Upgrade Manager Tool to upgrade content to BI4.0 Decommission BOEXIR2 or BOE3.x Servers
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Before Upgrade Configure Authentication in the BI4.0 environment Enable Authentication plug-ins and map user groups Ensure that the administrator account for the 3rd party authentication is same in both source and target environments
After Upgrade Manually update the Authentication Plug -Ins from CMC Click Update Roles Only to update only the migrated users for SAP Plug-in Click Update Roles and Aliases to create all the aliases for all of the users that belong to the currently-mapped roles. Specify the new owner right for existing products Specify rights with new products (WRC, IDT, LCM, etc) Set up rights at the root folder (If upgrading from XIr2)
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UMT moves the QaaWS and UNV it is based on to BI4.0 UMT ask for the Target Web Application Server Name Updates Web Application Server name in the the QaaWS call QaaWS works as it is in BI4.0 QaaWS supports UNV Universe QaaWS doesnt support UNX Universe If you convert the UNV to UNX You must use Query Design from Dashboard to repleace QaaWS bsed work flow Remove QaaWS when it is not needed anymore Remove UNV universe file when it is not needed anymore
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Xcelsius model is upgraded by UMT Upgraded model would still work as it in the BI4.0. Upgraded model can be edited using SAP Dashboard. Embedded URLs in Xcelsius models and Flash files are not upgraded QaaWS connections, for example Manually update the embedded URLs Republish the Dashboard to the platform with upgraded URLs Any hardcoded references to server name (web service url, host name etc) Would require manual change after upgrade Dashboards that use relative paths, don’t required manual changes Except for OpenDocument calls Provide BI4.0 Web Services URL during upgrade QaaWS upgrade requires target Web Services URL
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Dashboard can be published to platform as Dashboard Design Object or Dashboard Design Object to Replace Flash Object . Dashboard Design Object Converts the dashboard to the new format and create the new Flash behind the scenes Secure / hide the old Flash file from end users if you want to keep a backup of the old version (but do not display it to the end users) Dashboard Design Object to Replace Flash Object Converts the dashboard to the new format and create the new Flash behind the scenes Delete the existing Flash file Avoid any confusion with the old version of the dashboard Live Office connection upgrade change the “session” to “Session” in the URL link (http://
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Mobile Server Backup the config files on Mobile 3.x Server cluster.config server.config Copy config files onto the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 4.0 Server UMT upgrades Mobile subscriptions UMT upgrades Offline Documents Stored on CMS
Mobile Client Install new Mobile 4.0 Client on Device Restore offline/local documents to Mobile Device On the device, log into the Mobile application Launch the menu and select Preferences. Launch the menu again and select Recover Local Store. The documents stored in the Mobile Offline Data Store on the CMS for that user are restored to the Local Documents folder on the device.
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24 DeskI to WebI Upgrade Workflow
Desktop Intelligence (DeskI) documents are no longer available in BI 4.0 CMS All Deski reports will have to be converted to WebI or recreated in a different format (e.g. with Crystal Reports for Enterprise). DeskI documents can be converted to WebI using Report Conversion Tool (RCT) RCT does not convert all types of DeskI Documents
Conversion Approach 1 Use RCT3.x to convert DeskI3.x to WebI3.x Publish converted documents to BOE3.x Validate new WebI document to original DeskI3.x document Use UMT to upgrade content from BOE3.x to BI4.0
Conversion Approach 2 Use RCT4.0 to convert Deski3.x to Webi4.0 Publish converted report to BI4.0 Validate new WebI document to original Deski3.x document
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25 Crystal Reports 2008 to Reports 2011 Upgrade Workflow
Crystal Reports saved in reporsitory are automatically upgraded to Crystal Reports 2011
Crystal Reports saved on local desktop can be converted to Crystal Report 2011
Converion of Crystal Reports 2008 to Crystal Reports 2011 Open Report in Crystal Reports 2011 You would be prompted to acknowledge upgrade is non reversible Complete upgrade
There is no batch conversion tool
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Explorer Infospaces based on MS Excel, and BWA are upgraded by UMT
Explorer Infospaces based on UNV Universe are not upgraded
Explorer 4.0 InfoSpace supports only UNX universe
The Explorer InfoSpace Upgrade path Complete upgrade to BI4.0 Convert UNV(s) to UNX(s) OR Create New UNX(s) Recreate the Explorer InfoSpaces based on UNX Universe
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OpenDocument in SAP BusinessObjects XIR2 http://
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UNX Universes New in BI4.0 Information Design Tool (IDT) creates UNX universes
UNV to UNX conversation. Convert UNV to UNX using IDT Verify the converted UNX Export the UNX to enterprise Webi reports based on the UNV will not automatically start using converted UNX Manually update Webi report to use converted UNX OLAP UNV to UNX Conversion is NOT Supported
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Conversion of SAP BW UNV to UNX is NOT Supported
Approach 1 (Preferred) Continue to use XI 3.1 UNV as it is in BI4.0 OLAP UNV is supported in BI4.0 New development on the legacy Universe format, while supported, would probably not be an advisable investment
Approach 2 Remap Web Intelligence reports to use native BICS connectivity
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30 Converting Webi to consume UNX or Bex Workflow (Optional)
Create BICS connection from IDT From BI Launch Pad, select report Modify Report Go to Data Access Tab > Change Source Select Query to be changed Change Data Source Wizard is launched Select Specify a new data source Select BICS connection On Object Mapping screen map objects Key figures would be mapped automatically Characteristics with “L00”, “L01”, … prefix would require manual mapping Map or Remove objects Exit Data Source Wizard for Data Source change to take place Repeat process until all Data Sources are changed Save Webi Report
There is no batch conversion tool
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Converion of Crystal Reports 2008 or Crystal Reports 2011 to Crystal Reports for Enterprise. Create a UNX universe using IDT tool that has reporting elements Open Report in Crystal Reports for Enterprise You would be prompted to acknowledge upgrade is non reversible Select UNX Universe Map the report columns with UNX objects on Field Mapping Page Complete upgrade
There is no batch conversion tool
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Product Documentation Product Availability Matrix (PAM), Release Notes Installation Guide , and Administration Guide Deployment Planning Guide, Master Upgrade Guide, and Enterprise Upgrade Guide Best Practices and Methodologies for Upgrading to SAP BusinessObjects BI4.0 https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/go/km/docs/guid/80b93bff-1593-2d10-b594-fa907e146bcf https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/go/km/docs/guid/90a018a0-27d0-2d10-289a-e97c57c46bfa Deski to Webi http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Conversion+from+Desktop+Intelligence+to+Web+Intelligen ce http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/events?rid=/library/uuid/104bce28-3423-2e10-b086-9720e9183a9d BOPedia Forum https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/docs/DOC-124167 https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/docs/DOC-139541 https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/docs/DOC-139781 https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/docs/DOC-136905
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