SAP Authentication

Personally, the easiest way to authenticate SAP is to simply type in your username and password into a JCO Action block and test to see if your connection is a success. I would like to use that same concept when we have a process that involves an approver of the information he/she sees on the computer screen. There is information on the screen, an approver reviews it and then enters his/her credentials and then submits the data. When the approver hits submit, his/her credentials are simply passed into a JCO Action block to check for authenticity. The problem I foresee is how can we do this when the password is encrypted. Is there a way to do this?

Actually I don't know if this is the best way to identify a person on SAP. The JCo connection is not meant as an authentification tool (although it is part of it)
I never tried it before, but wouldn't it be possible to combine iCommand's auditing properties with SSO?
some iCommand info: http://tinyurl.com/6gljbwu and you find lots more in the forum
SSO guide: http://tinyurl.com/6cax3bt

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Can we add new logical system in Entitlement tab in SAP Authentication.

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We already Installed and configured sap integration kit and every thing works fine. My question is as of now we connected our sap BW Dev system to BOBJ but we would like to connect to BW Prod System to same BOBJ System. What are the steps we need to follow to do this.
Can we just add the new logical system in entitlement tab of sap authentication in BOBJ 3.1? and import the roles and login to BOBJ USING THE Newly added SYSTEM Credentials. Thanks in Advance.
Thanks,
SK.

Hi Ingo,
Thanks for the information.
Are there any specific steps you need to follow when you are adding one more system to sap authentication. can you please give the steps we need to follow to setup this in right way. Thanks in advance.
Is there any thing we need to configure on sap side other than sap logon ticket parametre. If you can please provide the steps it will be great. Thankyou very much In advance.
Thanks,
SK.
Edited by: Vallabhaneni SK on Jul 14, 2009 8:53 AM

Log on to Infoview with SAP authentication

Hi Gurus ,
Please can some one provide me documentation , to configure , Infoview with SAP authentication .
I have R/3 system where i have a datasource and then one Remote cube in BW . On the cube developed a BEx Query . I want to log into Infoview using SAP authentication .Now, i am able to login into Infoview using Enterprise as authentication .
Thanks ,
Madhu .

Hi Madhu,
You can go to help SAP and download the BusinessObjects SAP Kit manual, here is the link for SAP BusinessObjects products. [http://help.sap.com/content/bobj/bobj/index.htm]
Link for BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Installation Guide (XI3.1SP2) [https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000843912009E/xi31_sp2_bip_sap_install.pdf]
Link for BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP User's Guide (XI3.1SP2) [http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31SP2/en/xi31_sp2_bip_sap_user_en.pdf]
I hope this help you.
Best regards,
Fede

SAP Authentication issue in Xcelsius 2008 SP4

Ingo Can you help me?
Xcelsius 2008 SP4 Failed to Open/Save from BusinessObjects Enterprise and throws an error Failed While Trying to Logon User "0000" RFC error: "LOGON_DATA_INCOMPLETE" when using SAP Authentication.
It works perfect with Enterprise.
Recently we have upgraded from Xcelsius 2008 SP3 FP 3.5 to Xcelsius 2008 SP4. It also displays the password without encrypting.
BOE 3.1 Sp3
Integration Kit SP3Fix Pack 3.2
SAP GUI 720
Xcelsius 2008 SP4
It was working good with SAP Authentication when using Xcelsius 2008 SP3 FP3.5
Thanks
Dais

Hi,
As a starting point, i would strongly recommend you standardise all your component versions.
from what i can see, you've just asserted that Server, Integration Kit, and Client are all on different Fix levels..
that's not a nice baseline on which to investigate!
Also, patching would also include importing the correct SAP Transports into your BW. (they change almost every FP)
Regards,
H
Edited by: Henry Banks on Feb 10, 2012 4:00 PM

Change SAP BI Password from BO Client Tools / Infoview, SAP Authentication

Hi,
We are using SAP BI BO Integration Kit (BO XI 3.1, SAP BI 7.0) & able to use SAP BI Queries with WebI, Xcelsius etc.
For a user group, we would be providing only Infoview access (using SAP Authentication). This means we would not want to install any BO Client Tools, SAP GUI or SAP Integration Kit Client, on user desktop.
We are faced with a issue - How does the user change password from Infoview (this is an SAP BI User ID used to login from Infoview).
Initial Password of SAP BI User cannot be changed from Infoview, since it doesnot prompt for changing the Initial Password.
Any ideas how to handle this situation.
regards,
Rajesh K Sarin

Hi Erwin,
no. Also within BI4 you are not able to change your SAP password.
The Workaroung of Ingo is very suitable using SAP GUI for HTML.
You can vote this idea on idea place:
https://ideaplace.brightidea.com/ct/ct_a_view_idea.bix?c=BB5523E4-062F-4420-B35F-0B1F0D4769A9&idea_id=CBAD2E43-C21E-4809-A0B0-CFD3B9551A41#
Regards
-Seb.

Error When Trying to Schedule Webi report using SAP authentication

Hii,
We are trying to Schedule Webi report in CMC for Group of Users using SAP authentication(SSO) ,While Trying this we are geting error Unable to Connect to SAP BW server Incomplete Logon Data ..(IES 10901) .
Authorization done at BI side and Its working properly.Users are able to login into BI Launchpad and View Report as per authorization
Some Webi reports are created using BICS connection and some are created using Universe Design Tool (.UNV) which are migrated from BO 3.1 to BO 4.0
Server Status:
BO server and Client Tools-:BO 4.0 SP6
BW System-7.01
Please refer attach Screen Shot

Hi Rupesh,
Please check the below note:
Seems issue with SNC/STS settings.
1798197 - Schedules fails with error "Database error: Unable to connect to SAP BW server Incomplete logon data.. (IES 10901)" in BI 4.0
https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/sno/ui_entry/entry.htm?param=69765F6D6F64653D3030312669765F7361…

Best practices of BO/BW SSO SAP Authentication transports

Hi Friends,
We are going to integrate BW system with BO (SAP authentication). All the queries are built through BICS connections. And we have various reporting tools to implement SSO SAP authentication (Webi,Crystal,Dashboard.Design studio…etc)
As per the process there are certain activities which has to be performed at BW level
e.g -- BW Roles creation (PFCG---Crystal role enablement) and assigning to BO users
Once it is created in BW , we have to do integration at BO level( in CMC application) by selecting authentication and roles import followed by ……Groups..Users…folder and access level...
My question here is
Transports of BW objects for BO SSO (SAP) authentication (such as roles created for Users, Keystore certificate, uploads). Will these objects be transported by BW team or they will be separately downloading or uploading the certificate in different systems (like QAS ...PROD….)
And at BO level, once I integrate BO SSO, Do I need to do manual integration in QAS and Production system as well or it can be transported with promotion management of BO tool
Will these SSO(SAP) authentication can be applied to all tools in BI Launchpad such as (Design studio,Webi,Web application,Crystal….etc) as all users are required to have SSO to all BO tool
Regarding LUMIRA tool , Can we do SSO authentication
Please share your thoughts and experience.
I t would be great if I get BO administration best practices document for BW BO SSO and Users and Group management in CMC for implementing
Thanks in advance

Hi ,
Please find my answers below:
1. The roles will be created in BW and should automatically appear in BO CMC Authentication SAP roles, if there is a connectivity setup between BO and BW irrespective of the SSO.The roles are transported by the BW security team.
2. Every environement will have a unique connection to the corresponding SAP BW environment.For example SAP BW DEV will be mapped to BO DEV, SAP BW PROD will be mapped to BO PROD.So these settings cannot be migrated through Promotion Management.
3.This authentication can be applied to all tools , the SSO does not depend on the tool ,it depends on the integration between two systems which in this case are BO and SAP BW
As mentioned earlier, after integration all tools can have SSO
You can refer to a lot of help documents on this site which will help you to setup the integration between SAP BW AND SAP BO.
Kind Regards,
Priyanka

Two logical name in SAP Authentication

I have setup SNC on my BO development (BO XI 3.1 SP3) environment connecting to BDD. Is it possible to use same BO dev environment to connect to BQD.
Can I have two SNC setting in BO dev environment pointing to two different BW system (BDD / BQD).

Yes, it's possible, follow the same procedure of SNC in BQD. But BO to create ALIAS, users might need to login manually using BQD SAP authentication once.

Problem in CMC login with SAP authentication type

Hi,
We have installed the SAP Integration kit successfully for BO XI R2 & when I logon to CMC i am able to enable the SAP authentication and import the roles from the SAP BW system as well. But when I try to login into CMC using the 'Authentication type' as SAP it doesn't display the textboxes for entering System ID and Client details. Can you please tell me how to fix this?
Also I see that the CMC & Infoview authentication type drop down list are not the same. The CMC has the authentication types available as 'SAP,LDAP & Enterprise' where as Infoview has 'Enterprise, LDAP & AD'.
Is this an issue with the Plugins? do i need to do some settings on the Tomcat ?
Please help me out in this..
Thanks in advance!
Phani.

Thanks for your update Jac...yes thats correct. Also I had to include authPlugExt.properties file in the tomcat/shared/classes, which i did not include previously. The SAP infoview is working fine now.
Just one more question, in CMC login doesn't the SAP authentication require sap system & client id as its inputs? (in XI R2). I noticed that I was able to login with SAP user id's (without mentioning system details) , that have been added when I have imported the SAP roles to BO.

Getting error in SAP Authentication configuration for BO Edge 3.1 SP3

Hi,
I have installed BusinessObject Edge Series 3.1 SP3 and BusinessObject XI 3.1 SAP SP3 on Windows 2008 server.
I am trying to configure SAP Authentication between BO and BI server. In CMC i have provided all the details under Entitlement System and click on update, After that when i click on Role Import tab I am getting "Name or password is incorrect". However, I checked user name and password is correct by login with same user and password to BI server.
I have downloaded sapjco.jar and sapjcorfc.dll and placed it at required locations and also done the transport in BI system as given with Integration Kit
I checked document "SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP3 Integration for SAP Solutions u2013 Supported Platforms" and found that SAP GUI 720 is not supported with SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP3.
Supported SAP GUI are:
SAP 640 GUI, patch level 25
SAP 710 GUI patch level 6 (1)
But I dont found those SAP GUI's on Service market place.
Please suggest me how to resolve this issue.
Thanks and regards,
Rehan Manzoor

HI,
did you check if the SAP credentials entered on the Entitlement System page have the necessary authorizations to read the roles ?
You can see the details in the Installation Guide.
regards
Ingo Hilgefort

Configure SAP Authentication in CMC ..

Hello,
i ve installed a BO Edge Server and realized after Completion of installation, that i only have Enterprise/AD/ ..etc. SAP Authentication is missing.
Question:
How can i install the SAP authentication ??

perfect .. Thanx ..

Error while configuring SAP authentication in CMC adn Win XP PRO

Hi,
I am new to Business Objects and i was installing the Business Objects integartion Kit for SAP.
I have already installed Crystal Server 2008 and copied the SAP Jco to the specified folders.But whiling trying to configure the SAP authenticatuion, I keep getting the TOMCAT error. I unistalled and reinstalled again. Still not working
Note: My Operating System is Windows XP.
Appreciate any suggestions
Regards,
Biju

Hello All,
I reinstalled it again based on the link BusinessObjects and SAP - Configure SAP Authentication from Ingo Hilgefort and all are working as expected.
Now I have a different problem, My Company does not intent to go for a portal at this time, but is considering using formatted reports using crystal reports. What are the other options available for the users to access these reports? For instance all the bex users have Bex Analyser installed on each client machine, do we have anything similar for Crystal reports.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Biju

Error while configuring SAP authentication in CMC

Hi,
I am trying to set up SAP authentication in CMC to a SAPBI system to which I am able to connect successfully in Designer and Voyager. I have the SAP Integration KIT also installed.
As a first step I created Entitlement and then filled up the options tab ( Have checked the option Automatically Import Users).
But when I click on Role Import Tab, I get the following error.
com/sap/mw/jco/JCO$Function
Is it because I need to install SAP JCo? Please suggest.
If I need install SAP JCo is it freely available? Which version has to be installed?
Any suggestions will surely help.
Thanks in advance,
Suma

Same issue here.
Business Objects Enterprise 3.0 is installed on a dedicated machine. I have followed the documented installation procedure, step by step, but I am still facing two issues:
#1. SAP Authentication does not work. When trying to log into InfoView using SAP Authentication, I get the following error:
Account information not recognized:
CSecSAPR3Binding::XRFCCnxBroker::BorrowConnection() failed. See following log entries for details.
Failed while trying to log on to SAP system.
The following RFC error was returned: [Group, Key, Message]:
[103, "RFC_ERROR_LOGON_FAILURE", "Name or password is incorrect (repeat logon)"].
The entitlement system has therefore been disabled in memory.
This may be because the SAP system is unavailable or because the credentials are invalid.
The entitlement system has to be re-enabled before it can be used again.
#2. BOE is unable to import the SAP roles (from CMC SAP Authentication configuration). The application throws the following error:
An error has occurred:
com/sap/mw/jco/JCO$Function
I am using JCo v 2.1.8. sapjco.jar was extracted to C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\common\lib and sapjcorfc.dll was extracted to C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86. librfc32.dll was installed in a prior step by the SAP Front End, and the file exists in C:\Windows\system32.
Any other ideas?
Edited by: Eric Axelrod on Feb 3, 2009 11:24 PM

Different languages without using SAP authentication

Hi folks,
is it possible to leverage the language capabilities of BW in WebI through an Universe WITHOUT using SAP authentication (means having a fixed user in the underlaying BW connection and NOT SSO)??
We are facing this requirement in a POC having Cognos as oponent and they can do this!
Thanks and regards,
Harald

Hi Sebastian,
yes I know, but this is then fix per connection. What I want is having one universe with one connection, BUT still leveraging the different language-texts from SAP BW... Is this possible or not? Until now I only see the possibility to create one universe for each language and this is not satisfiying the customer...
Regards,
Harald

Impliment SAP Authentication for Translation manager BI 4.0

Hello Experts,
We are using SAP Authentication type to logon and to create the reports.The reports are created now.We would need to have these reports translated using Translation Manager (TM) but they have provided a user name on Enterprise login.
But when we try to import the reports it is getting failed and giving an error "InitInitilization Java" exception .
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So can you suggest about how to have the SAP login for TM also.We are using BI 4.0 SP 2.7.Reports are created using BEX as back end.
thanks in advance
Lekshmi

Hi Lekshmi,
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<context-param>
<param-name>authentication.default</param-name>
<param-value>secSAPR3</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>sso.sap.primary</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
Thanks,
Sravanthi

Error adding entitlment system entry in the sap authentication

Hi people,
I could not add entry in the sap authentication. Every time I try to add entry nothing happens. I press button "New", page is reloaded and in the end I do not see anything in the list "Logical system name".
There are several strings in the CMS trace log:
2010/06/04 10:10:19.562|>>| | | 7940|6572|{|||||||||||||||IInfoStore_Impl::queryEx3
2010/06/04 10:10:19.562|>=| | | 7940|6572|{|||||||||||||||CInfoStoreSubsystem::Query
2010/06/04 10:10:19.562|>=| | | 7940|6572| |||||||||||||||CInfoStoreSubsystem::Query:[UID=12;USID=33837] : (proc=false,chk=true,srv=false)
.\InfoStore.cpp:2942: TraceLog message 30613
2010/06/04 10:10:19.562|>=|E|X| 7940|6572|}|||||||||||||||CInfoStoreSubsystem::Query: 0
.\osca_i_impl.cpp:612: TraceLog message 30614
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My installation: Win 2k3 x64, Oracle 10.2.0.1, BOBJ ENT XI 3.1 SP3, Integration Kit SAP SP3, sapjco-ntintel-2.1.9.zip

Thank you, John Mrozek.
Thank you, Ingo Hilgefort.
It seems very strange to press "Update" button for adding new entry.
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