NW2004s Rampup install scenario

Question

I am installing BI for NW2004s. I want to know what is the baseline for this. When I install does this include WEBAS and JAVAAS. I am installng on single host. I realize this requires EP but I assume I do not need to install EP on same host. Any thought would help and I have reviewed the install manuals.
Sorry I posted in BI general and did not realize this forum.
Thanks, John

Answer 1

Hi John,
I do not know whether I completely get your questions.
I want to point you to a FAQ that we are currently setting up for questions relating to the portal implementation (BI FAQs or /bifaq in the Service Marketplace). Since this page is currently still in development, please find underneath our internal working document.
If you do not find the answer to your question therein, please update the discussion.
  Cheers
    NW04s BI Ramp-UP Back Office Team
Excerpt from working document
Q: Which functionalities of BEx Web in SAP NetWeaver 2004s require SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal?
A: For example:
- New BEx Web Application Designer (Unicode, Command Wizard, …)
- Exporting to PDF and Printing
- Integrated Planning
- Drag&Drop (Analysis Web Item)
- Web Items (Container Layout, Menu Bar, Tab Pages, Button Group, …)
- Formatted Reporting with BEx Report Designer
- Document Integration with storage in Knowledge Management
Q: Do you need one server or two servers for Portal and BI?
A: This depends on the expected load on Portal and on the existing system landscape
One server if only BI system exists à Usage types AS-ABAP and AS-Java on one server
Two server if BI system and Portal (used as Enterprise Portal) exist à Usage types AS-ABAP and AS-Java on two separate servers
Q: Is it recommend to install one Portal or two Portals?
A: Two portals if one Portal is for BI only and one Enterprise Portal (different user groups), One Portal for both use cases (BI Portal and Enterprise Portal) (common user group)
Q: If you don’t use any new BEx Web functionality, do you have to install a SAP NetWeaver Portal?
A: No, if you only use SAP BW 3.5 BEx Web functionality, you don‘t need a Portal
Q: If you have an existing SAP EP 6.0, do you have to have to upgrade it to use new BEx Web functionality?
A: No, but you have to install a SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal in front of your BI system. New BI content can be shown in a SAP EP 6.0 Portal via SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal.
Q: Is it a requirement to upgrade or install the BI system and Portal simultaneously?
A: No, you can upgrade or install them independently. But you need a SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal to use any new BEx Web functionality.
Q: If you already have a non-SAP Portal in use, do you have to install a SAP NetWeaver Portal?
A: Yes, if you use any new BEx Web functionality, you have to install a SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal in front of your BI system. But you can display BI content in the non-SAP Portal.
Q: A customer has a BEx web template included as an iView in a SAP EP 6.0. Now he upgrades his underlying SAP BW 3.x system to SAP NetWeaver 2004s and generates the web template on the new NW04s Java / Portal runtime but still wants to see the template as the same iView in his SAP EP 6.0. What happens to the iView in the SAP EP 6.0?
A: The iView can still run in SAP EP 6.0. Two properties of the iView need to be changed:
1. Version property (BWVersion): new in NW2004s but automatically added to old iViews
2. BEx Web Application Query String (Report):  replace “template_id” to “template” and adjust technical template name if new template does not have the same name