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After having the licensed version of SAP BODS XI, Click the installation icon "setup.exe" to
launch installer.
Click Next
Check the option "I accept the License Agreement" and Click the Next button.
Click on the Next button and provide the license information as provided by SAP.
By default the server, client and web components are selected. Real time services i.e. Message
Client Components are not available in this license copy.
Provide the pre configured database connection information. (MSSQL Server in this case)
Password:
Click on the button Get Version to check whether the service can connect to database.
Next check the Create option and click the Next button to continue.
Next click on the Advanced button, to change Cache Directory for this job server.
Click the Next button to continue with the Service Login Information.
Check the option Use system account and click the Next button to continue.
Three BODS services namely BOE120Tomcat, Business Objects Address Server and
DI_JOBSERVICE will be created under this system account. Click Next to Continue.
Next check the option Skip Access Server Configuration and click the Next button to continue.
Since we are not using Real Time Data Services we skip this configuration step.
Check the option Install Tomcat application server and click the Next button to continue.
Leave the ports as default and click the Next button to continue installation.
This tomcat web application server will host the Data Services web based management console.
Click Next to finalize the installation. The list of programs and services to be installed are
displayed.
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Click Yes.
After machine restart do the initial validation to check the SAP BODS Services and Programs
installed. Click Start then All Programs, next check the SAP BODS Installed programs.
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In this part of the article, we will see how to change the default Log file directory of SAP BODS,
Create Local, Central (Secured version control for multi-user environment) and Profiler (Data
profile) repositories, Configure Job Server, Configuring DS Management Console, Add/Remove
license information and Configuring SAP BODS Metadata Integrator with SAP BOXI.
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We need to create the folders in windows and use them for the purpose defined above. For example to
point the source or target file to proper directory either enter the directory path in the Root directory
option of the File Format or you can also use Substitution Parameters for each environment.
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Next Restart the BODS Job Server or BODS Services and you are done.
In the next section we will see how can we create and configure a local repository. Go to SAP BODS
Repository Manager and enter the following information to configure the Local Repository:
Repository type: Local
Database type: Oracle (or whatever database you are using)
Database connection name: ORCL
User name: DEVETLREPO_L1
Password: (specify password here)
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Click on Get Version button, first to check it is able to connect to database. Next Click on Create button
to create the metadata tables.
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Next we will see how to create SAP BODS SECURED CENTRAL REPOSITORY.
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Go to SAP BODS Repository Manager and enter the following information to configure the metadata of
the Central Repository:
Repository type: Central
Check Enable Security
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Click on Get Version button, first to check it is able to connect to database. Next Click on Create button
to create the metadata tables.
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The above message shows that the Central Repository is successfully created.
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Click on Get Version button, first to check it is able to connect to database. Next Click on Create button
to create the metadata tables.
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Note:- Profile repository is used for the sole purpose of performing column level profiling of the DW
tables. You must configure or associate a Job Server with the Profiler Repository.
Next we will learn how to CONFIGURE JOB SERVER USING DS SERVER MANAGER for the Profiler
repository.
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Click Add and enter the Name of the Job Server and associate it with the local repository.
Job Server name: JS_DEVETLREPO_PROFILER
Job Server port: 3501
Next click the Add button to associate the repository to the Job Server.
Database type: Oracle
Database connection name: ORCL
Username: DEVETLREPO_PROFILER
Password:
Check the option Default repository.
Click Apply.
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You will be greeted with the below screen once you login.
Next Click on Administrator to Register the Repositories. Following screen will appear. You may click on
the image below to enlarge the same.
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On the left hand pane Click on Management list item and then Click on Repositories.
Next Click the Add button to register a repository in management console. Enter the repository
credentials.
Repository name: DEVETLREPO
Database type: Oracle
Machine name: localhost
Database port: 1521
Service name/SID: ORCL
User name: DEVETLREPO
Password:
Click Test.
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Click Apply.
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Next we will learn how to ADD CENTRAL REPOSITORY USERS AND GROUP in BODS
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Click Add.
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Click Apply.
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Now you will be able to connect to the Profiler Repository using this User.
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BODS DESIGNER
Login to the Local Repository we created earliar:
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Look at the bottom right hand corner for job server symbol. On pointing the mouse it will show Job
server JS_DEVETLREPO is running.
Look at the bottom right hand corner for Profiler Server symbol. On pointing the mouse it will show
Profiler Server is not running. Double click the Profiler server, or go to Tools and click Profiler Server
Login... to enter the login credentials.
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Host: localhost
Port: 28080
User name: DEVETLREPO_PROFILER
Password:
Click on Test button.
Now On pointing the mouse to the Profiler Server will show the server running and the user connected.
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Note: You can create separate Logins to central repository for individual developers from Management
Console and provide the same to the developers who will connect to Check-In and Check-Out Objects.
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Click the Activate button and enter the password again to activate central repository with this current
local repository.
Pointing the mouse over the secure central repository will show the details.
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Click on the Data Services Management Console icon shown above to connect from the designer GUI.
Else go to Tools, Data Services Management Console..
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Next use SAP BODS LICENSE MANAGER to Add new license information using the Add button or to
remove exixting old license information using Remove button.
Regarding installation and configuration of SAP BODS METADATA INTEGRATOR we will discuss in
another topic as this particular component need to be installed in BOXI server machine. So both BOXI
and BODS can reside in the same machine or in different machine. But the metadata integrator
component should be installed and configured at the BOXI server or precisely where the BOXI CMS
resides so that we can take the full advantage of lineage and impact analysis of the target report fields
with their counterpart source columns.
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