SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse: Administration and Monitoring

InfoSpokes 6.6 Reporting In a BW system, there are many special objects whose technical basic principles are described in this chapter, before the readers learn about the administration and monitoring in detail.

-- Part II: BW Administration 7. User and Authorization Management (45 pages) 7.1 Basic Principles 7.2 Basic Principles on Authorizations in SAP NetWeaver BI 7.3 Role Maintenance in Transaction PFCG 7.4 Analysis Authorizations The number and structure of objects and user types in SAP NetWeaver BW places special requirements on the user and authorization management which differ from the classic transactional systems. This includes concepts and the maintenance of analysis authorizations-both are presented here.

8. Information Lifecycle Management (45 pages) 8.1 Archiving Concepts 8.2 Data Archiving Process 8.3 Archive Development Kit (ADK) 8.4 Nearline Storage (NLS) 8.5 Archiving of Request Administrative Data 8.6 Archiving of PSA Data 8.7 Scheduling Archiving via Process Chains 8.8 Decision-Making Support for the Archiving Concept 8.9 Partitioning and Clustering 8.10 Master Data Cleansing Information Lifecycle Management in SAP NetWeaver BW includes strategies and methods for the optimal data storage and history management. This chapter describes how you classify data based on its up-to-dateness and archive or remove it to a so-called nearline storage.

9. Software Lifecycle Management (45 pages) 9.1 Support Package, SPS, Patch 9.2 ABAP Support Packages 9.3 Java Support Packages 9.4 Transport System 9.5 Maintenance Optimizer 9.6 BWA Revisions 9.7 System Copies This chapter deals with Software Lifecycle Management which, as part of Unified Life Cycle Management, is one of the IT scenarios in SAP NetWeaver and supports administrators in importing corrections and software optimizations.

10. Technical Content and BI Administration Cockpit (30 pages) 10.1 Update of Statistical Data 10.2 Installation 10.3 Runtimes of Queries 10.4 Data Loading Status 10.5 Data Loading Statistics 10.6 Evaluation of CCMS/CPH Data 10.7 Technical Content in the old BW 3.x Model 10.8 System Load Monitor (ST03) 10.9 Loading and Deleting Statistical Data 10.10 Extensions This chapter deals with the BI Administration Cockpit: It provides a central point of entry for monitoring a BW system landscape and offers cockpits and dashboards that deliver monitors and runtime statistics, for example, for loading processes and reporting.

11. Process Chains (20 pages) 11.1 Processes Relevant for the Operation 11.2 Administration of Process Chains 11.3 Jobs in Process Chains If you use process chains, you can use the event-controlled processing to automate complex operations in SAP NetWeaver BW, visualize them using network graphics, and centrally control and monitor the processing of processes-this is all detailed in this chapter.

12. Administration of BW Processes in Detail (70 pages) 12.1 Extraction and Load Processes 12.2 Change Run 12.3 Administration of InfoCubes 12.4 Performance Settings for InfoCubes 12.5 Compression of InfoCubes 12.6 Further Processing of Data in a DSO 12.7 Deleting Data from a DSO 12.8 Monitoring Analysis Processes After the first chapters detailed the technical basic principles of processes and objects in a BW system, the readers now receive a detailed description on the administration and monitoring.

13. Reporting Monitoring and Administration (85 pages) 13.1 Administration of BEx Analyzer 13.2 Administration of Queries
13.3 ICF Administration 13.4 OLAP Caching 13.5 Aggregates 13.6 BW Accelerator 13.7 Information Broadcasting 13.8 Results in Reporting 13.9 Integrating BW Contents into the Portal 13.10 Analysis and Monitoring in the Portal 13.11 BEx Web Java Communication Problems 13.12 Performance of Web Applications The topic of monitoring and administration of reporting includes both reporting objects, such as queries and web templates, and processes and functions in the back end and in the portal-this chapter presents the different options.

-- Part III: Management and Support 14. SAP Support (40 pages) 14.1 Support Tools 14.2 SAP Solution Manager 14.3 SAP Active Global Support 14.4 SAP Service Marketplace 14.5 Service Connections 14.6 Customer Messages 14.7 Other Functions in the SAP Service Marketplace 14.8 BI Diagnostics and Support Desk Tool 14.9 SAP EarlyWatch Alert and the like The SAP service and support infrastructure is a prerequisite for an efficient SAP support. This chapter presents the most critical components and describes how they can support you in your daily work.

15. Organizing BW Admin Teams (15 pages) 15.1 Teams and Responsibilities 15.2 Best Practices (ITIL) 15.3 Operation Documentations 15.4 Regular Tasks A sound organization of the administration team is necessary for the daily operation, but particularly for a promising reaction to disruptions. This chapter summarizes the most important strategies.

Appendix (15 pages) A Transactions, Reports, and Function Modules B Relevant Notes C Glossary D List of Figures E Sources F Authors Index (15 pages)