Transporting SAP BW Objects: Applies To

Transporting SAP BW Objects
Applies to:
SAP BI 7.0. For more information, visit the EDW homepage.
Summary
This document is intended to show the steps involved in Transporting BW Objects. The document gives step
by step procedure for transporting BW objects. In this document we have taken an InfoArea for demo
purpose.
Author: K.R.Guruvayurappa
Company: Ayan Tech Solutions
Created on: 10 November 2010
Author Bio
Guruvayurappa is a BI consultant with experience in implementation and maintenance of SAP BW/BI
systems. Presently, Guru is working with Ayan Tech Solutions and is involved in execution of SAP BW/BI
projects.
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Table of Contents
Transport............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Use ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Construction .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Collecting Objects in transports .......................................................................................................................... 4
Transport Sequence ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Transport Landscape & Strategy ........................................................................................................................ 5
Transporting Objects in SAP BI .......................................................................................................................... 6
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 10
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 11

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Transport
A SAP transport is a package used to transfer data from one SAP installation to another. This data can be a
simple printer driver or a whole SAP client.
Use
The SAP transports are used to implement some new features in a production system. As the production
system cannot be used for development and testing, the implementation process is divided into several
phases:
1. A development and a testing installation is created using backups from the production system
2. The new features are implemented into the development installation
3. This is imported into the testing or quality system using a transport
4. After the new features are fully tested, it is imported into the production system using another transport
Despite this fact the transport system is the most convenient and effective way of implementing new features
into a production system with a minimal downtime.
Construction
An SAP transport consists of several files. These files are usually located in 5 separate folders within the OS:
Data files - Contains the transport data, i.e. the actual data to be transported.
Cofiles - Contains information on change requests, i.e. different steps of a change request and their exit
codes.
Profile files - It contains profile parameter.
Transport log - Logs, trace files, and statistics.
Support packs - Contains update and enhancement related files.
The main drawback of the transport is that the changes once made cannot be undone, i.e. if an import goes
wrong, another transport that corrects the original change must follow or in some cases a full system restore
might be required.

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Collecting Objects in transports

In order to have an error free release to another system the first step is to identify the related objects /
dependencies in each transport.
The respective Transports should have the following objects:
Base Objects
a. Info Area
b. Info object catalogs
c.
Info Objects
Info Providers
a. Info Cubes
b. Multi Providers
c.
Info Sets
d. Data Store Objects

e. Info Cube Aggregates
Transfer Rules
a. Application Components
b. Communication Structure
c.
Data Source replica
d. Info Packages
e. Transfer Rules
f.
Transformations
g. Info Source Transaction data

h. Transfer Structure
i.
Data sources (Active version)
j.
Routines & BW Formulas used in the Transfer routines
k.
Extract Structures
l.
If the transfer structures and related objects are being transferred without preceding Base Objects
transport (e.g. while fixing an error) it is safer to transport the related InfoObjects as well.
Update Rules
a. Update rules
b. Routines and formulas used in Update rules
c.
DTPs
Process Chains
a. Process Chains
b. Process Chain Starter
c.
Process Variants
d. Event Administration Chains

Report Objects

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a. Reports
b. Report Objects
c.
Web Templates
Transport Sequence
The Transports sequence to the QC/Production assuming the corresponding objects as mentioned above
are captured in these transports is give below:
1. Base Objects
2. Info Providers
3. Transfer Rules
4. Update Rules
5. Process Chains
6. Report Objects
7. User exits in any order
Transport Landscape & Strategy

A typical system landscape consists of a development system, a consolidation system, and a productive
system. Transport is done either between source systems (O1, O2, and O3) or between BI systems (B1, B2,
and B3). However, BI and source systems can actually be the same systems (Myself system). The
communication between the source systems and the BI systems takes place when the metadata is replicated
and the data is loaded using an RFC (Remote Function Call).
The following are the transport strategies which can be chosen.
Standard Transport System: When you create an object, you specify a package for the object and
write it to a transport request.
BI Transport System: When you create an object, it is automatically assigned to a local package.
You can subsequently use the BI transport connection to collect all the objects relevant for a
scenario, assign them to a package, and write the objects to a request.

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Transporting Objects in SAP BI

The following step by step procedure gives detailed information about transporting objects in SAP BI.
1. Go to the Data warehousing workbench (DWWB) using TCODE RSA1. Click Transport Connection
on the left hand side.
2. Click Object Types under SAP Transport.
3. Choose the type of objects to be transported. E.g.: To transport an InfoArea Expand the Info Area
icon and double click the Select Objects and choose the required InfoArea and Click on Transfer
Selections.
4. The prompt for choosing or changing the package appears if we want to change the package.
Choose a new package.
5. Choose the request if it is relevant or create a new request. Here a new request is created. Click on
continue once the new request number is shown.

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6. Click on the Truck Icon to transport the collected object(s). The transport is now created.
7. Now Go to TCode SE01, give the request number and press enter.

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8. Choose the Transport request that needs to be released. Click on the TRUCK icon or press F9. First
release the child request and then the parent request. The request is released now.
The screen will display the Released items under Released category.

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Related Content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_(SAP)
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/En/b5/1d733b73a8f706e10000000a11402f/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_dm40/helpdata/en/0b/5ee7377a98c17fe10000009b38f842/content.htm

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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not
supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade.
SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document,
and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.
SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or
code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and
services offered by SAP. You agree that you will not hold, or seek to hold, SAP responsible or liable with respect to the content of this
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