BW Implementation guidance

Dear Colleagues,
We are about to start new BW implementation project. This would be our first encounter with BW new implementation. So is there any link to site or material which provides details like implementation guidelines and how to start from start?
Regards
Pank

Hi Pank and welcome on board!
Take a look to BI Best Practice in https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/unkown/sap best practices.htm !
Hope it helps!
Bye,
Roberto
(and please don't forget to assign points to the anserws...it's THE way to say thanks here...)

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Description of problem
Our client requires web applications to support its internal security policy beyond
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"Licheng" == Licheng <[email protected]> writes:
Licheng> Description of problem
Licheng> Our client requires web applications to support its internal security policy beyond
Licheng> normal authentication. This includes:
Licheng> - force password change periodically. This should be performed at logon time.
Licheng> - maintain password history so that a new password would not repeat any of its
Licheng> previous 15 changes.
Licheng> ..
Licheng> We already have an authentication server that satisfy these requirements. However,
Licheng> we would also like to base our solution on WebLogic security framework so that
Licheng> we can leverage the benefit of the container-managed declarative security (e.g.
Licheng> we don't need to use our special cookie to check whether a user is authenticated
Licheng> for every web page in the application). So the best scenario for us is to wrap
Licheng> up this authentication server using WLS 7.0 authentication SSPI.
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3: Ext: Ethernet0/2         : address is a493.4c99.8c05, irq 255
4: Ext: Ethernet0/3         : address is a493.4c99.8c06, irq 255
5: Ext: Ethernet0/4         : address is a493.4c99.8c07, irq 255
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11: Int: Not used            : irq 255
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Hey Jon,
Again, many thanks for the info!
I guess I left that minor detail out concerning the Guest network. I have a second Netgear router that I am using for Guest netowrk access. It is plugged in to one of the LAN network ports on the first Netgear router.
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Thanks!

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I am in the early design stage for a potential Office 365 Application Store application.
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To be more specific, Here is what they are asking.
1). They want that SAP must send a work item to their lotus notes inbox with a URL link in the email.
2). The user will open the email from Lotus notes and then click on the URL link which might be something similar to the decision work item. The user will select YES or NO which is similar to clicking approve or reject
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My questions:
1). Can we configure extended notifications in workflow such that the system sends emails to different purchasing clerks in their lotus notes inbox? If yes then how can I configure that?
2). If it is not possible then how do we achieve the requirement from outside SAP but still have the workflow?
3). If we need to implement some external bespoke solutions then what all things would be involved? Any guidance on how this scenario can be achieved and what issues we may have?
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Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.
any idea guys?
Edited by: Workflow learner on Jul 28, 2008 11:22 AM

Well, apart from the obvious licensing issues which you should definitely discuss with your account manager, that's going to fail any audit. The 'signature' on the approval is the user's login, so if approvals are done by a common userid you will need to put a new authentication mechanism in place.
The two major issues are:
Forwarding - how do you control someone forwarding it to someone else to approve?
Traceability - how can you prove who really approved it?
This is not a small project. Much of this depends on your internal infrastructure, you will need to get Basis, Security, Networks, and Mail people involved, we cannot really help you much at this point.
Sorry it's not the answer you want to hear.
Good luck,
Mike

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Can I implement the functionality of a Schmitt trigger in LabVIEW?

I am reading in a waveform file using the Read Waveform From File.vi. I would like some guidance as to how to implement a Schmitt trigger using LabVIEW blocks to massage the incoming waveform into a new waveform that resembles a digital data stream.
For example:
When the amplitude of the incoming waveform goes over 0.7, the output is 1 and is latched until the amplitude falls below -0.7.
Once the amplitude of the incoming waveform falls below -0.7, the output is 0 and is latched until the amplitude exceeds 0.7.

Thanks again for the quick response.
I am having trouble with the autoindexing: I keep getting data values of 0.
I have attached a VI that I quickly threw together to show what I am doing.
Please tell me if my method/reasoning is incorrect.
Attachments:
test1.vi ‏25 KB

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