Configure SAP Authentication Part 1

Configure SAP Authentication

Go to Start than All Programs than Businessobject XI 3.1 than Centeral Management Console.

As soon as the installation is finished and when you call the Central Management Console from the BusinessObjects Edge server you should be able to select "SAP" as authentication method and your screen should look similar to this.

Now we need to install the transports from the Integration Kit for SAP Solutions on the SAP server.

Installaton of SAP transports on the SAP server

The BusinessObjects Integration Kit for SAP includes transports as part of the product. These transports include functionality especially designed for the integration with SAP. The following is a list of functionalities that require SAP transports:

• Open SQL connectivity.
• InfoSet connectivity.
• BW MDX Driver connectivity.
• BW ODS connectivity.
• SAP authentication.
• Content Administration Workbench.
• BW Query parameter personalization.

The transports are available as part of the SAP Integration Kit in a separate folder "\transports" with a detailed documentation about the import and the objects that will be created in the appendix of the Installation Guide for the SAP Integration Kit.

Components of the Integration Kit for SAP Solutions

The following is a short description of the components that are part of the installation of the Integration Kit for SAP Solutions

SAP Connectivity

This component provides database drivers that are designed specifically for reporting off SAP data. The following drivers are included:

• Open SQL.
• InfoSet.
• BW Query (BW Query only).
• BW MDX (BW cubes and queries).
• ODS / DSO
• OLAP BAPI.

Except the OLAP BAPI connectivity the drivers are only available for Crystal Reports.

SAP Authentication

This component allows you to map your existing SAP roles and users to BusinessObjects Enterprise users and user groups. It also enables BusinessObjects Enterprise to authenticate users against the SAP system, thereby providing Single-Sign-On to your SAP system.

BW Publisher

This component allows you to publish reports individually or in batches from SAP BW to BusinessObjects Enterprise.

Web Content

This component includes the SAP specific customizations to BusinessObjects Enterprise InfoView. These customizations include functionalities like multilingual scheduling for Crystal Reports and the ability to retrieve personalization values for SAP Variable from SAP BW queries.

BW Content Administration Workbench

The Content Administration Workbench allows you to administer report publishing functionality from within SAP BW. You can identify roles from the SAP BW system with particular BusinessObjects Enterprise systems, publish reports, and synchronize reports between SAP BW and a BusinessObjects Enterprise system.

SAP Enterprise Portal - iView template & sample iView

The BusinessObjects Integration Kit offers a specific iView template which allows quick creation of new content for the Enterprise portal and surface content from the Business Objects Enterprise system. The template offers BusinessObjects Enterprise specific functionalities like choosing a content viewer or choosing between a last instance and on-demand reporting.

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