Analysis For Office on BIP. Allstate 6/9/2017

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1 Analysis For Office on BIP Allstate 6/9/2017

2 Server stats There are three Business Objects environments at Allstate External access for Allstate exclusive agents External access for Encompass agents Internal access for the whole enterprise All three environments on BI version 4.2 SP3 patch 3 Analysis for Office version 2.3 This is only for the Enterprise Business Objects deployment

3 What is Analysis for Office Microsoft Office Add-In (Excel and PowerPoint) Premium version of BEx Analyzer Allows multidimensional analysis of OLAP sources SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA MS Cubes Integrates with both BW Netweaver and BI Platform (requires plugin to be installed and configured) Can be scheduled from the BIP when SSO between BO and SAP is setup

4 How is it accessed Locally? Microsoft Office is a pre-requisite It s a plugin for office Will show up as a new header within Excel and PPT

5 How is it installed on the BIP? The plugin should be installed on processing servers (follow SAP best practices to install) Post Installation Configuration (setting up SSO for scheduling from the BIP) Generate keystore This file will be used by BO and SAP to setup SSO from BO to SAP Generate certificate with keytool Used keytool from the command prompt to generate certificate Once generated the CERT.der file must be uploaded into SAP system

6 How is it installed on the BIP? (continued) Import certificate into SAP BW Binary import cert.der into SAP BW with STRUSTSSO2 Log into SAP BW and run STRUSTSSO2 Make sure that cert.der is imported Binary into System PSE Add the certificate to the certificate list Add the certificate to ACL CMC Configuration As an Admin go to Authentication -> SAP Setup Entitlement Systems (NOTE YOU NEED A BW ACCOUNT WITH ACCESS TO IMPORT ROLES see appendix)

7 How is it installed on the BIP? (continued) Import Roles From the Role Import Tab select the roles to import and click update (see appendix) SAP Authentication Ensure Enable SAP Authentication is checked on the Options Tab Import keystore file in the CMC Scroll down on the options tab and upload the keystore.p12 file using the browse button. Enter in the system ID we defined in earlier steps Enter the password alias we defined earlier

8 How is it installed on the BIP? (continued) Ensure Security Token Service is running Go to the Adaptive processing server and ensure the service is running Note: If the service is not running, stop the APS and add the Security Token Service, then start the APS Update the adaptive Job server Scroll down within the adaptive job server where the analysis plugin was installed and enter the path for the BiPrecalculation.exe file Note: By default it is located here: C:\SAP BusinessObjects\Analysis Precalculation\BiPrecalculation.exe Check properties of the user A SAP alias can now be used that is associated with other authentication types making access to BW from BO seamless to the user.

9 Protection Finance - Reporting COE Produced most of the standardized reports that go out form PF Over 200 reports on a monthly basis 3 teams Business Intelligence / Build Data Delivery Validation

10 Analysis for Office (AFO) Replacing FDW(SAP BW) Faster Scheduling Intuitive interface Pivot table Hopefully triggering Challenges Takes time to convert Getting Scheduling into production

11 How we use Analysis for Office Currently it is just the reporting COE We have been converting workbooks to AFO Currently have to run them manually. but not for long Replace out current process Plan to have all reports that are run manually on FDW(SAP BW) scheduled Time savings and reallocation of resources

12 Regular Webi Scheduling Analysis for Office Scheduling

13 Please Vote for Triggering

14 Questions Matthew Morelli Protection Finance Aly Kherani Business Intelligence COE

15 Appendix

16 How is it installed on the BIP? The plugin should be installed on processing servers (follow SAP best practices to install) The prerequisites are as follows: Admin Rights Use a supported version of BI Platform MS.NET framework bit OS A running adaptive job server

17 Post Installation Configuration (setting up SSO for scheduling from the BIP) Generate keystore This file will be used by BO and SAP to setup SSO from BO to SAP Run the PKCS12Tool program from command prompt Example: "D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\sapjvm\bin\java" -jar PKCS12Tool.jar -alias BOPRD - storepass Xxxxxx -dname CN=CMS_NAME ) storepass: the password needed to open the keystore. Use a secure password. CN=palmtree: defines the name of the BO server. If you a BO server whose name is BO4, use CN=BO4

18 Screen shots Keystore file is generated at the below location

19 Generate certificate with keytool Used keytool from the command prompt to generate certificate Example: D:\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\sapjvm\bin\keytool" -exportcert -keystore keystore.p12 -storetype pkcs12 -file cert.der -alias BOPRD Once generated the CERT.der file must be uploaded into SAP system

20 Import certificate into SAP BW Binary import cert.der into SAP BW with STRUSTSSO2 Log into SAP BW and run STRUSTSSO2

21 Import certificate into SAP BW Cont. Make sure that cert.der is imported Binary into System PSE

22 Import certificate into SAP BW Cont. Add the certificate to the certificate list

23 Import certificate into SAP BW Cont. Add the certificate to ACL

24 CMC Configuration As an Admin go to Authentication -> SAP Setup Entitlement Systems as seen to the right (NOTE YOU NEED A BW ACCOUNT WITH ACCESS TO IMPORT ROLES)

25 Import Roles From the Role Import Tab select the roles to import and click update as seen to the right

26 SAP Authentication Ensure Enable SAP Authentication is checked on the Options Tab

27 Import keystore file to the CMC Scroll down on the options tab and upload the keystore.p12 file using the browse button. Enter in the system ID we defined in earlier steps Enter the password alias we defined earlier

28 Ensure Security Token Service is running Go to the Adaptive processing server and ensure the service is running Note: If the service is not running, stop the APS and add the Security Token Service, then start the APS

29 Update the adaptive Job server Scroll down within the adaptive job server where the analysis plugin was installed and enter the path for the BiPrecalculation.exe file By default it is located here: C:\SAP BusinessObjects\Analysis Precalculation\BiPrecalculation.exe

30 Check properties of the user A SAP alias can now be used that is associated with other authentication types making access to BW from BO seamless to the user.

31 Protection Finance Have matt talk about how great this new tool is compared to BEx Have Matt discuss how PF will use this tool