SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0. Unification 5.0 with EP 6.0. Version: September 2003 (Updated: January 2004)

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1 SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 Unification 5.0 with EP 6.0 Version: September 2003 (Updated: January 2004)

2 Overview 1 Unification (delta) features in EP Settings in EP Unification Architecture 4 Outlook Unification 6.0 (New) SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 2

3 Unification Technology in EP 6.0 EP 5.0 unifiers (C++ based) will be connected directly to EP 6.0 Unifiers are enhanced to support new 6.0 processes (UM, PCD) Complete integration of Portal and Unification Server User Management Assignment of Drag&Relate targets to a page, role D&R result is displayed in a separate window Improved Systems editor Unification still requires an SQL database and a Windows2000 server Re-implementation of Unifiers in Java EP 6.0 Unifiers (Java based) planned for 2004 (with NW 04 FP) Will base on the Connector Framework Will run on all EP6.0 platforms Unification will become a Portal Service integrated within the Portal Runtime (PRT) Enhanced Correlation functionality SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 3

4 Delta Features in EP 6.0 Improvements in the User Interface Ability to add D&R enabled iviews to the Drag&Relate Targets section of a page Complete integration of Portal and Unification Server User Management Unification Server is using Portal User Management service. Result of D&R action is displayed in a separate window Keeps the Users original screen and in the same time allows Drags from the new window SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 4

5 Screenshot Drag&Relate in EP 6.0 (1/3) To see details about a specific Top-10 Customer, drag him onto the R/3 transaction SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 5

6 Screenshot Drag&Relate in EP 6.0 (2/3) To see what materials this Customer purchased, drag him onto the BW Report Top Materials SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 6

7 Screenshot Drag&Relate in EP 6.0 (3/3) The D&R result is always displayed in a seperate window, from which a new D&R action can be started SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 7

8 Overview 1 Unification (delta) features in EP Settings in EP Unification 5.0 Architecture 4 Outlook Unification 6.0 SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 8

9 Steps to add an 5.0 Unifier into EP Create a System and System alias 2. Create a Drag&Relate enabled iview 3. Add Drag&Relate enabled iview to a Page 4. Modify User Management settings in the Unification project SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 9

10 1. Create a System alias (1/3) SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 10

11 1. Create a System alias (2/3) Properties to be set: R/3 name Server Port System type Application host Client Logon method System number Type User mapping type DRS host name (port of Unifier project!) DRS protocol ITS (R/3 only) WAS (BW only) SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 11

12 1. Create a System alias (3/3) Make sure that the alias of the corresponding back-end system is in the list SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 12

13 2. Create an iview that is Drag&Relate enabled Set Drag&Relate property to 1 SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 13

14 3. Add Drag&Relate enabled iview to a Page (1/2) These iviews contain draggagble links SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 14

15 3. Add Drag&Relate enabled iview to a Page (2/2) Add the D&R enabled iview to the page with draggable links SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 15

16 4. Modify User Management in Unification project User management of Unification project refers to UM service of the attached EP6.0 portal SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 16

17 Evolution of Unification 5.0 from EP5.0 to EP 6.0 Unification Server 5.0 EP 5.0 SQL 2000 Systems.xml Unification 5.0 in SAP Enterprise Portal 5.0 Unification Server 5.0 SQL 2000 EP 6.0 SP1/2/3 Portal Content Directory User Mgnt. Engine Unification 5.0 in SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 17

18 Overview 1 Unification (delta) features in EP Settings in EP Unification Architecture 4 Outlook Unification 6.0 SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 18

19 Prerequisites for Unification Server SP4 patch 3 SAP Enterprise Portal SP4 patch 2 or higher MS Windows Server 2000 SP 2 FrontPage 2000 server extension Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2 Microsoft InterDev 6.0 SP4 (Necessary for modifying Iviews) Microsoft IE 5.01 or higher (SP1 for clients, SP2 for Server) MSXML 4.0 License: If the database Unifiers are used, then the Unificication for EP license is required SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 19

20 SAP Unifier SP5 for SAP R/3 (Prerequisites) Unification Server Version 5.0 SP4 patch 3 Enterprise Portal 5.0 SP4 patch 2 SAP R/3 4.0B and higher MS SQL Server 2000 SP2 DCOM Version 4.6D or higher R/3 system is prepared for Drag & Relate and SSO WP Plug-in installed on R/3 system (+ Import of BOR content) ITS for WebGUI or SAP Front end on the client for WINGUI License: SAP Unifier for R/3 is part of standard EP license SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 20

21 SAP Unifier SP5 for SAP BW (Prerequisites) Unification Server Version 5.0 SP4 patch 3 Enterprise Portal 5.0 SP4 patch 2 SAP BW 3.0A with SP7 or BW 3.0B MS SQL Server 2000 SP2 DCOM Version 4.6D and higher BW system is prepared for Drag & Relate and SSO WP Plug-in installed on BW system Installing SAP Front end (with BW add on) on the client machine (only for WINGUI) License: SAP Unifier for BW is part of standard EP license SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 21

22 Overview Unification Server Unification Server BAAN Unif. Server (BDN) Database Unifier Oracle Unifier BW Unifier SAP Unifier DCOM DCOM DCOM SQL ORA DB/2 ORA BW R/3 R/3 BAAN Correlation SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 22

23 Available Database and Application Unifiers Unification Server Database Unifier Correlations Application Unifier A Applic.Unifier B Project 1 Project 2 Project x Project y Project z Database 1 Database 2 Application 1 Application 2 Application 3 Databases can be: Oracle and later DB2 R4V4 and later SQL 7, SQL 2000 Sybase and later Informix 7.3 and later Access 2000 Application Unifiers exist for : R/3 BW (with EP 5.0 SP5) ORACLE BAAN (BDN) * * Available direclty through BAAN SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 23

24 Unification Architecture - Runtime Browser / Mobile Device 1 5 Portal Runtime 2 Unifier 1 Unifier N Unifier 2 3 Unification Database Unification Server User Persistence Store 4 DQP Server SAP R/3 Backend Systems SAP BW Databases... SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 24

25 Overview 1 Unification (delta) features in EP Settings in EP Unification Architecture 4 Outlook Unification 6.0 SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 25

26 Object Based Navigation (OBN) Navigational concept known from WWW and Windows click and choose operation Operation is directly attached to the object (optically and logically) Operations are role sensitive Better User experience (more ergonomically) SAP delivers navigation scenarios out-of-the box. Customers can easily modify or create navigation scenarios (open APIs) Timing: as of SP2 Dynamical link (Operation with highest prio. fires) as of NW 04 FP Context menu (List of Operations) SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 26

27 Management Self Service (MSS) In the past, where an extra column is needed... SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 27

28 Management Self Service (MSS) In the past, where an extra column is needed to navigate to details SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 28

29 Management Self Service (MSS) In the past, where an extra column is needed to navigate to details SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 29

30 Management Self Service (MSS) with OBN With OBN, this can be achieved with a direct mouse click Actions show up SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 30

31 Management Self Service (MSS) with OBN SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 31

32 Evolution of Unification in EP 6.0 Unification Server 5.0 SQL 2000 EP 6.0 SP1/2/3 Portal Content Directory User Mngt. Engine Unification 5.0 in SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 Java Based Unification 6.0 Enterprise Portal 6.0 NW`04 FP Portal Services Unification Engine Portal Components Portal Content Directory User Mngt. Engine Admin Tools Page Builder SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 32

33 What is next in Unification... End User Experience Unification can make use of Object Based Navigation... (the new navigational concept) As of NW`04 FP, OBN can make use of Java Unification to resolve relationships For End User simple navigation and navigation requiring unification resolution, are merged automatically Classical Drag&Relate is still supported Enterprise Portal 6.0 SP4 Portal Services Unification Engine Portal Components Portal Content Directory User Mngt. Engine Admin Tools Page Builder SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 33

34 Relationship Matrix Multiple Manual relation SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 34

35 Relation Editor Im Relationship Editor können über Zeichenkettenänderungen Objekte mit unterschiedlichen Schlüsseln angepasst werden Z.B können führende Nullen in Schlüsseln abgeschnitten bzw. hinzugefügt werden Z.B können Teile oder ganze Schlüsselfelder entfernt werden SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 35

36 Relationship Matrix SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 36

37 Java Unification and OBN - Advantages Integrated within Portal Platform (Reduced TCO) Supports all platform OS/DB combinations (see PAM for details) Only one EP6.0 installation Project generation not needed anymore Multiple functions in one navigational concept: Trigger Actions (Operations) Resolve Relationship (Unifcation) Cross application navigation Improved Adminstration Business Objects are maintained in PCD Only one unification project Relations / Correlations are maintained in Portal Ability to ship Correlations as part of BP SAP AG 2002, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 37

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