Installing Business Content

Use
You need to transfer the Business Content objects from the SAP
delivery version (D version) into the active version (A version) in order
to be able to work with them. You can find further information under
Business Content (Versions).
Procedure
1. In the main menu of the SAP Business Information Warehouse
select BW Administration ->Administrator Workbench.
2. Select the Business Content function area using the
corresponding pushbutton in the left-hand navigation window or
by Jump -> Install Business Content

With the pushbutton

Navigation Window On/Off on the
application toolbar in the Administrator Workbench, you
can show or hide the left-hand navigation window. We
assume that the navigation window remains hidden in the
following section.
3. If you want to assign source systems, select
Assignment
Source System. The Select Source System as Default dialog
window appears.
Select one or more source systems by setting the corresponding
indicators in the Default Assignment column.

The assignment of source systems is only relevant for

transfer rules, file DataSources and InfoPackages. If there
is more than one source system, only those objects
assigned to the specified source system are collected for
the transfer. Objects that have not been assigned to the
specified source systems are ignored.

If you do not select a source system, all source systems are

automatically assigned.
You can subsequently change the selection you made using
Source System Assignment.
4. Change the required settings in the following selection list:

Grouping
Choose the objects that you want the system to consider. The
groupings summarize all the objects of an area.

Grouping

Information

Only necessary objects (standard

setting)

Only those objects that are really

necessary for the action, that is,
the transport of the selected
objects, are taken into account
(minimal selection).

In data flow before

All objects are collected that

submit data to a collected object.

In data flow after

All objects are collected that

obtain data from a collected
object.

In data flow before and after

All objects are collected that both

submit and collect data.

If you change the default setting (only necessary objects),

the new setting will be used as a standard for the user.
Collection Mode
Select how you want to collect the objects:

Collection Mode

Information

Automatic collection (standard

setting).

The data is collected directly when

the objects are selected.

Start manual collection

The data is only collected when

you select
objects.

Collect dependent

5. Select an Object Type you want to transfer.

You have various selection options in the navigation window in
the Business Content function area of the Administrator
Workbench.
When you select an object type, the arrangement and selection
of the existing objects are displayed in the tree structure of the
central screen area as below:

Object Type in the

Administrator Workbench
Navigation Window.

Data targets by InfoAreas

InfoObjects by application
components.

Display objects in the tree

structure in the central screen
area.
List of InfoCubes and ODS objects
by InfoAreas.
List of objects by InfoObject
catalog and by InfoAreas

InfoSources by application
components.

Roles

Object Types

Objects in BW Patch

Package

List of InfoSources for master data

and transaction data.

List of the standard and branch

roles.
List of objects by type (InfoArea,
application, InfoObject catalog,
role, workbook, query element,
InfoSet query, Crystal Reports
template, Web template, Web
item, saved query view,
MultiProvider, InfoCube,
InfoObject, InfoSet, Classic
InfoSet, ODS object, update rules,
InfoSource transaction data,
transfer rules, source system,
InfoPackage group, InfoPackage,
process chain, Reporting Agent,
report/report interface, currency
conversion type
List of installed BW patches
including list of objects newly
delivered or re-delivered with the
respective patch.
List of packages in which there are
SAP objects.

6. Select the object(s) you want to transfer in the central screen

area and transfer them into the right-hand Collected Objects
screen area by drag and drop.

Using
Search for Object, you can also search for
objects by a string (for example, 0CUST) or by pattern (for
example, 0CUST_*B).
You can display a value help for every object type: By
double clicking on
Select Objects in the tree structure
of the corresponding object type, the screen Value Help for
Metadata appears. Select the required objects. Choose
Transfer selections.

You can only use Business Content DataSources of a

source system for transferring data in BW, when you have
transferred these in their active forms and then copied
them into the BW system.
The system displays the selected object(s) and all dependent
objects in the Collected Objects screen area. To reduce the time
taken to access the objects when wanting to use them again, the
collected objects are stored by default in the Repository Cache.

When transferring the objects to the Collected Objects

screen area, the objects are added at the same time to the
tree structure of the corresponding object type in the
central screen area and are saved for the respective user.
This personal object list is available every time the
program is restarted.
To remove objects from the personal list, select the object
in question and choose Remove Object from Display via
the context menu or via

Objects that are listed in several tree structures are only

displayed as changeable the first time they appear. Each time
they are listed again, they are highlighted in gray and are not
ready for input.

7. Check the following columns in the Collected Objects screen

area:
The following Business Content objects are highlighted in the
Transfer column by default:

Objects transferred for the first time

Objects delivered again in a new version from

Business Content.

When the SAP delivery version and the active version can be
compared, a check box is shown in the column Compare (X) or
Copy.
There is a check mark in this checkbox by default. In this
case, your version is compared with the new SAP delivery
version and complimented.
If you remove the indicator then the new SAP delivery
version is copied in its entirety.
o

Date symbol: The object is already available in an active

version. However, the active version belongs to an older
Content Release. We recommend that you adopt the new
version

Gray Selection
: There is an active version in the
system, but the object status is given as inactive. The
object has to be subsequently edited.

In the Active Version Available column, there are the following

display options:

Indicator

Meaning

No Indicator

The object is not available in an

active version.

The object is available in an active

version. You can decide whether to
retain this version or adopt again.
8. Change the required settings in the following selection list

Transfer Type

Information

Simulate transfer

A test is made to see if errors are

likely to occur during the transfer.
The most important objects can be
checked in the simulation.
However, this does not include all
dependent objects Therefore, only
use the simulation as an
orientation help to be able to
recognize errors and remove
them.

Transfer

The selected objects are

transferred immediately.

Transfer in background

The selected objects are

transferred in the background.

Transfer and transport

The selected objects are

transferred immediately and then
written to a transport request in
the connection.

We recommend Transfer in the Background, because

transferring a large number of objects and especially
changing already active objects can take up a lot of time.

9. You can find out if errors have occurred during the installation of
Business Content from a log, which you can request using the
Log pushbutton. Repair the errors in the respective
maintenance transaction. Try to transfer the Business Content
again.