Archiving Hierarchy's for legacy reporting?

Experts -
Is there a method (or best practice) to clone a snapshot of a hierarchy at year end, and allow for reporting off of it should the users need to go back in time and see how things look? (due to audits - changes to previous fiscal year can occur 3 or 4 months into the next fiscal year). We also want to avoid having duplicate reports pointing to separate hierarchys.
End users are requesting that we archive a reporting hierarchy at the end of each fiscal year. Our hierarchy changes frequently due to acquisitions and reorg and it's difficult to see "how things were".
From a maintenance perspective - we only want one hierarchy that evolves with the business, but it seems we might need more to satisfy this requirement...
Has anyone encountered a similar issue?
(Our financial hierarchy is maintained in ECC, then synced up in BI)
Thanks,
Matt
Edited by: Matthew Brown on Jul 26, 2011 7:59 PM

We've spoken with SAP SME and this effort is too custom.

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Edited by: Rajesh Agarwal on Jan 27, 2008 6:54 PM

Dan: <i>For management reporting you may not want to post eliminations between companies where the business areas are the same.</i>
If the Business wants to see the eliminations between companies, within the same business area, as part of BEx reports, what should I do? They do not want to execute consolidation functions in UCMON but just want to see how the eliminations have taken place between companies with in the same business area.
Dan: <i>As long as the partner company and partner business area are consistently included for the intercompany transactions, the eliminations between Legal and Management will agree at the top-level of each hierarchy.</i>
Have I to introduce one more InfoObject Partner Business Area in the data basis and assign the role Sub-assignment once again?
Thanks in advance.

Adobe Reader 9.2 on Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs O/S

Try as I might, I cannot get Adobe Reader 9.2.0 to run w/o error on Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (basically a Win XP thin client O/S, fully updated to SP3 & IE8).
I have tried an online install, and, after performing a complete uninstall, installation from a locally stored download. I have tried the Add/Remove Programs > (Adobe Reader 9.2) Change > Next > Repair option. These measures have not alleviated the problem.
I am consistently getting a Microsoft error dialog citing an AcroRd32.exe run issue. See screenshot, 'Adobe Reader 9.2 error dialogs (3).JPG', attached. The file to be included with the error report, '6a19_appcompat.txt', disappears after MS error reporting is complete. I have captured an example before error reporting has run to completion, see example file, '810e_appcompat.txt', attached.
Microsoft Error Reporting runs and I have consistently reported the error.
Following MS error reporting, a final error dialog pops up and describes how an error log will be created but it doesn't say the name or location of the error log. See screenshot, 'Program Error.JPG', attached.
Thoughts?

http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.2/enu/AdbeRdr920_en_US.exe

The expenditure organization is not active for Expense Report

Greetings to all,
We ran into a problem, where a person submitted an expense report with project related information. The exp report gets an error in the workflow. When we look at the workflow error message is: This expense report failed payables validation.
When we look at the notification for error message, shows the expense report and for the line that has a problem, gives the following error message:
"The expenditure organization is not active."
We check the org in HRMS, we look up the org and has the following setups:
HRMS-->work structures--> organization (query the cost center)
then when looking at the cost center has the following:
under organization classifications:
Project Expenditure/Event Organization
Project Task Owning Organization
HR Organization
Then looking at hrms-->organization--->hierarchy
query for hierarchy-->we get our hierarchy,
then under organization-->query again for our main org, we see then the subordinates which we see the cost center again.
Everything looks good our point of view.
If have researched this issue on ML and have read the following notes: 423267.1, but this does not resolve our issue.
If someone has encountered this problem, can you share the additional steps to troubleshoot this issue.
Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.

All --
It turns out that the employees were on LOA on the dates that they were charging time. So the message didn't really describe what the actual problem was. What happened is that the employees had gone on LOA and then returned to work, but HR had not yet returned them to active assignment. They entered their timecards as they normally had, but they did not pass validation because they weren't active on the dates they were trying to charge.
I would have looked at the assignment earlier in the process if the error message had been employee-oriented instead of referring to the org, but at least the problem is solved. Thanks for everybody's input!
Joe

SAP Integration Kit for Crystal Reports

Hello,
I read Ingo Hilgefort's blog on BusinessObjects and SAP Part 2.
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/02/19/businessobjects-and-sap-part-2
Does the current trial version of crystal reports available from businessobjects.com have this integration kit embedded in it?
If not, where can i find it?
Regards,
Suraj

hi shenoy,
SAP Integration Kit
The SAP integration kit includes drivers to allow connectivity to both R3 and Business Warehouse (BW). In addition, it includes a BW toolbar for Crystal Reports, a specific version of InfoView with Role-based links, sample iViews for Enterprise Portal, and an SDK in Java, COM, or .NET.
Reporting off R3 Data
The kit includes two drivers to allow Crystal Reports to connect to the ABAP data dictionary via a remote function call or RFC.
The Open SQL driver allows the user to connect to SAP R3, displaying the field and the short text description of the tables and fields. The developer can then join the tables accordingly, using the database expert, and then select the relevant fields from which to report. This driver displays not only transparent tables, but includes views, pool tables, cluster tables, ABAP data clusters, and ABAP functions. This driver is geared toward a technical person with functional expertise in joining the tables and then creating the report.
see link
http://safari.oreilly.com/0672329174/ch15lev1sec7#X2ludGVybmFsX1RvYz94bWxpZD0wNjcyMzI5MTc0L3BhcnQwMg==
http://diamond.businessobjects.com/node/18962
SAP Integration Kit
The SAP integration kit includes drivers to allow connectivity to both R3 and Business Warehouse (BW). In addition, it includes a BW toolbar for Crystal Reports, a specific version of InfoView with Role-based links, sample iViews for Enterprise Portal, and an SDK in Java, COM, or .NET.
Reporting off R3 Data
The kit includes two drivers to allow Crystal Reports to connect to the ABAP data dictionary via a remote function call or RFC.
The Open SQL driver allows the user to connect to SAP R3, displaying the field and the short text description of the tables and fields. The developer can then join the tables accordingly, using the database expert, and then select the relevant fields from which to report. This driver displays not only transparent tables, but includes views, pool tables, cluster tables, ABAP data clusters, and ABAP functions. This driver is geared toward a technical person with functional expertise in joining the tables and then creating the report.
Note
In Crystal Reports, you cannot check the SQL generated using the Show SQL Query option from the Database menu. You can check what Open SQL was generated by using SAP transactions.
The InfoSet driver allows the user to connect to an existing InfoSet, as defined by SAP transaction SQ02. Alternatively, you can use an existing ABAP query, as defined by SAP transaction SQ01. The benefit of this driver is that the user does not need to know where the data is stored or how to join the tables. Another advantage is that any prompts defined in the InfoSet become parameters in Crystal Reports.
Note
To test the InfoSet query, run the InfoSet using your SAP GUI and ensure that it is pulling the required data first before testing it in Crystal Reports.
Reporting off BW Data
When reporting off of BW data, the Business Objects' Integration Kit consists of three drivers that are used to pull data.
The BW Query driver enables the user to connect to a BW query. To enable selection of a query with this driver, Crystal Reports has its own toolbar, as shown in Figure 15.3, and the user needs to select the New Report icon from this toolbar. The user then selects the required BW query, and thus displays a listing of fields available in the query. The user can then create the report using any of those fields. Variables defined in the query automatically become Crystal Reports parameters. After the user has finished building the report, the user saves the report using the BW toolbar. This saves the report to BW, and if the user selects the option to do so, automatically publishes the report to Enterprise.
Figure 15.3. Crystal Reports after the SAP integration kit is loaded. Note the SAP menu and BW toolbar.
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Two new drivers have been added to the XI R2 version of the SAP Integration Kit.
The MDX query driver supports using Crystal Reports to report off either a SAP BW query or a BW Cube.
Furthermore, it adds additional functionality by providing support for
A structure in both the row and column of the BW query
Hierarchy node and hierarchy node variables
Free characteristics in a BW query
The Operational Data Store or ODS driver exposes the ODS tables, so that they look much like the tables of any relational database. However, because of the structure of the objects, it considers them to be like a database stored procedure.
Connecting to the ODS objects is not performed with the SAP toolbar described here, but rather by selecting the driver from the Data Explorer as shown in Chapter 1, "Creating and Designing Basic Reports." After the user has finished building the report, the report can be saved back to BW and published to Business Objects Enterprise by selecting the Automatically Publish to Enterprise check box, as shown in Figure 15.4.
Figure 15.4. The additional options after saving a Crystal Report to SAP BW.
Note
This publishing method requires some setup. Please refer to the Installation documentation for further details.
Note
Both the ODS and MDX drivers require SAP transports to be loaded on the SAP BW system. Please refer to the Installation CD in the Transports folder for further details.
Using OLAP or Web Intelligence to Report off BW Data
Included in the SAP Integration Kit are specific drivers to allow OLAP Intelligence and Web Intelligence to report off of SAP BW.
To connect to a BW cube or query using OLAP Intelligence, open the connection browser and select Add. Select SAP Business Information Warehouse and then proceed to fill in the relevant data, as shown in Figure 15.5.
Figure 15.5. The information required to connect to a BW cube or query from OLAP Intelligence.
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After you are connected, select the query or cube and process to build the report, as described in Chapter 19, "Creating OLAP Intelligence Reports."
Web Intelligence is new to XI R2 and requires that a universe be built on a BW Cube or Query. However, to aid in this process, Designer builds the universe for you. To do this, select SAP from the list of connects and fill out the required information, as displayed in Figure 15.6.
Figure 15.6. The information required to connect to a BW cube or query from Web Intelligence.
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Finish the remainder of the wizard and when you click OK, Designer generates the Universe for you. It may be necessary to move some of the objects around to suit your needs, but when you are finished, export to Business Objects Enterprise.
Note
Only the BW query driver does not require the query be released for external access. The Web Intelligence, OLAP Intelligence, and MDX drivers require the user to release the BW query. To release a query, select the query properties in the BW Query Designer and select the Extended Tab and then check Allow External Access to This Query.
Viewing the Reports
Your SAP reports can be viewed either via the SAP integration kit's InfoView or via SAP Enterprise Portal 6. The integration kit provides a number of sample iViews that can be imported by a portal administrator. These include
Folder iView The folders a user has access to are displayed, and from here a user can run her reports.
Alert iView Shows all the alerts that have been triggered by Crystal Reports. The user can then click on the report to view the report. The creation of alerts is defined in Chapter 11, "Using Record Selections and Alerts for Interactive Reporting."
Thumbnail iView This iView displays the Crystal Report as a thumbnail of the report. The user can then click on the thumbnail to run the report.
Note
These are sample iViews. The organization can create its own iViews via the provided SDK.
BusinessObjects InfoView for SAP is a unique version of InfoView designed for integration with SAP BW systems. This integration includes features such as the ability to log on to InfoView using your SAP username and password. Related to authentication is the ability to access your roles and the Crystal Reports saved to these roles. The roles are defined in Enterprise as folders. The user can also schedule reports in the different languages loaded into SAP BW. This creates an instance for each language.
for remainig info pls use the link
http://book.soundonair.ru/sams/ch15lev1sec7.html
very good link for sap integartion kit
thanks
karthik
reward me points if the above info is usefull.
dont forget

DB2 support for Crystal Reports for Enterprise And Unx errors

Hi,
I have a requirement to create a report in CrystalReports for Enterprise 4 sourcing data from Oracle 11 and IBM DB2 V9 databases. My first approach is to create relational connections for both the databases in the BO Repository (using Universe designer) and use them directley in the CR for Enterprise. Here I was able to create the two connections but unable to use the DB2 connnection in the report. I get the below error:
"The Database DB2V9 is not supported".
Is DB2 is a supported database for Crystal reports for Enterprise ??
My second approach is to create a multisource universe using IDT. Here when I try to create the Datafoundation layer, I get to see the tables from the DB2 databasae but When I expand the Oracle connection, I get this error: "conversion from UTF8 to charset failed: encoding not loaded".
Im unable to create a multisource universe at all no matter what connections I use.
Here is some additional info:
SAP BI4.1 SP1
Windows 2008 R2 servers
Oracle 11g
IBM DB2 V9.7
Any suggestions please!
Thanks,
Ravinder

Hi,
First of all I would strongly advice you to only use IDT for your universe development. The old Universe Designer is a legacy tool and should not be used unless you are using products that doesn't support IDT universes.
The issue you are facing for your Oracle connection is likely caused by a missing path variable.
Add "C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64" to the PATH environment variables on the SAP Business Objects Enterprise server.
Restart the SIA
NOTE: Modify the path in case the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise is installed in different folder.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Josh

BOBJ 4.0 Upgrade: Impact on Int Kit customizations for crystal reports?

BW Version 7.01
BOBJ version XI 3.1
We would like to upgrade to BOBJ 4.0, could anyone provide input on these questions?
1 - Can we keep BW 7.01, or do we need to look into upgrading to 7.3? We'd prefer to not touch bw now. If we move to bobj 4.0, does BW need to be touched?
2 - We have modified these function modules in BW (i believe they are part of the integration kit in SAP BW) to meet end user requirements for crystal reports; will crystal reports in BOBJ 4.0 still work with these? I believe one of the improvements is that these aren't used anymore for performance reasons???
BAPI_MDPROVIDER_GET_VARIABLE
BAPI_MDDATASET_CREATE_OBJECT
BAPI_MDDATASET_GET_AXIS_DATA
BAPI_MDPROVIDER_GET_MEMBERS
BAPI_MDPROVIDER_GET_MEMBERS
3 - 99% of our reports are crystal, are there any other hurdles or reasons why we should be cautious moving to 4.0? We are looking to roll out explorer, webi, and xcelsius and would rather go ahead and catch up to 4.0...
Thanks,
Matt

Hi,
1. i'd recommend having a seperate BW for BI4 purposes. If anything, it makes management of integration TRANSPORTs much easier, given that you can only have 1 version active..
(yes, although there's no SAP IK Kit, transports are still imported into backend)
2. OLAP BAPI access is still there in BI4.0, namely for the CR 2011 tool with BW MDX Driver , and for Webi documents using the legacy Universe Design Tool OLAP.unv file.
the new OLAP data access driver for SAP in BI4.0 is the BW's BI Consumer Service (BICS API). The function modules for this are generally called: BICS_PROV_GET*
3. No hurdle at all. You can migrate your content as-is without fear of change. that's principally why the CR 2011 client is there for the 4.0 RTC - for adoption and onboarding. That legacy CR client technology is wholy unchanged, apart from .xlsx support and a 'read only' save mode.
the Crystal for Enterprise product is still playing catch up. It hasn't got all (any) of the direct drivers you would expect from crystal, but it can consume the new .unx common semantic layer and the BICS jco driver (neither of which the CR2011 product can)
... as of 4.1 (Q1 2012) the fit-gap in features is answered. i.e. they've all been fwd ported.
i hope this helps
Regards,
H

Hierarchy INT for 0GLACCEXT (Financial statement item)

Dear Friends,
I have a situation where i am modifying a standard BC query 0FIGL_VC1_Q0002 and i have to find equivalent nodes (equivalent to the standard SAP INT hierarchy) in my custom hierarchy for 0GLACCEXT (financial statement item). BW has a standard hierarchy INT for 0GLACCEXT (with nodes as numbers for example 3070000, 2030000 etc). With the custom hierarchy in my case how do i find the equivalent hierarchy nodes for this hierarchy while working with this query?
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Raj

First of all, U cannot get balance sheet and income statement reports on DSO level... or even at cube level (0FIGL_C10)
Balance sheet and income statement logic is manipulated in function Module (RS_BCT_FIGL_DATA_GET_VC10) that pulls data from 0FIGL_C10 to 0FIGL_V10... Thats the reason why SAP provided all Balance sheet and income statement reports on 0FIGL_V10.. And u can see 0GLACCEXCT in 0FIGL_V10, but not in 0FIGL_C10, which provides income statements at aggregation (totals) level, but not at granular level..
Looks like u r trying for something (keeping 0GLACCEXT in 0FIGL_O10) which is not possible... If u want much detailed level of reports, u can create jump targets (RRI) from 0FIGL_V10 reports to 0FIGL_O10 reports (if u create any)

Reading Archived Data Through SAP Query Report

Dear SAP Gurus,
My client archived their SAP data in a particular year range and all the Z reports have to modified to read these archive data. Normal ABAP reports can be modified to read the archive data without no problem.
But there are two Z SAP query reports which should be modified the same way so it will be able to read archive data.
What is the best method for this? Does SAP Query tool provide facility to read archive data? or do I have to append the code?
Thank you in advance for your help
Regards,
Isuru Fernando

>
Isuru U Fernando wrote:
> hi Manthan,
>
> Yes I used these FMs and read the data without any problem for normal ABAP reports.
>
> But SAP query report is the problem. Is it advisobale to modify the SAP query generated report source code? since it is a system generated report.
>
> Regards,
> Isuru
No, do not adapt the SAP generated report source. The reason is: every time someone re-generates the query from tx. SQ01 your changes will be lost.
You could add the functionality Manathan gave you to add to the infoset of said query - but to be honest: in my opinion that is shooting nuclear rockets at flies. Also you run the risk that every change of the infoset (add a join/delete a join) requires adjustment of said coding you applied ... and where will you be then? Fancy repairing the same query over and over again? Try talk sense to your client - go for a Z-report here ...

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