There
is an embedded version of BW available as of NetWeaver 7.0. This means
for any SAP NetWeaver based system like ECC 6.0, CRM 7.0, SCM, Solution Manager
including SAP Business Suite and S4/HANA
there is a BW available inside.
Primarily
the embedded BW shall be used within
scenarios that are implemented in host system (ECC, CRM etc.) like embedded reporting
scenarios (by leveraging BW's Analytic Manager (OLAP engine)) or embedded
planning processes (leveraging BW's planning engine) however it is still full
blown BW system. As per SAP they do not advise to use it as enterprise data
warehouse.
Below are restrictions that
are given by SAP while using the embedded BW:
1. Amount of data - shall
not exceed 20% of total data volume in the system. If this happens there is
probably a negative impact on core system functions.
2. Licenses – you may
require license to run embedded BW in your NetWeaver system.
3. Security - it uses
different authorization concept (BW one over classic concept used in ECC)
How to enable the embedded
BW? Couple of activities shall be done in order to make the embedded BW work. This
includes:
Assign
Logical System Client – table RSADMINA
Set
BW Namespaces to Modifiable - /BI0/* and /BIC/*
Activation
of technical content
Switch
On Business Function
More
information:
1972819 - Setup
SAP BPC optimized for S/4 HANA Finance and Embedded BW Reporting (aka
Integrated Business Planning for Finance)
1919631 -
Activating the BPC embedded
