Migration of SAP SEM 3.2 to SAP BI 7.0

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Let me give you a background.

The customer has:

SAP BW 3.1

SEM-BPS 3.2.

<b>Only the BPS functionality (of SEM) is being used by the customer.</b>

Now the customer wants to upgrade to SAP BI 7.0 and wants to consolidate everything (i.e. SAP BW 3.1 and SEM-BPS 3.2 in SAP BI 7.0).

We asked SAP for the migration plan/path for SAP SEM-BPS 3.2 to SAP BW-BPS 7.0. However there was no definite answer. Hence we have decided to transport the current application in SEM-BPS 3.2 to SAP BI 7.0. Now my questions:

1. Is there any migration plan/path. If there is kindly send me the link.

2. If my approach is correct then what are the things that I should be careful about during transports.

Like there are cubes with millions of records then after transporting them to BI 7.0 I need to reload them. Any other...

Some information: As of now customer is not concerned with new functionalities that BI 7.0 offers (in terms of BPS) it just wants its functionality on the BI 7.0.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Maninder,

You need to make sure that if you plan to transport SEM-BPS 3.2 applications to BW-BPS, that you are not using some of the 10 functions not in BW-BPS in your application i.e. Allocation, time lag, account based currency translation and some of the purely financial type functions used for consolidation.

If you are using those functions, upgrade to SEM 6.0 on BI 7.0. If you do not use those function, upgrading core BW server (if they have separate BW and SEM boxes) or transport to a new BW 7.0 server (but need to load data) can work or make the decision to stay with SEM-BPS and upgrade to SEM-BPS 6.0 on BW 7.0.

Hope this helps,

Mary

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Mary,

Can you provide me the list of all 10 functions that you are refering to?

Can you point to anything else that I should be careful about?

Since I'm new to SEM this help would go a long way.

regards,

Maninder.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mary,

Also can you provide me the SAP note from which you have got that information.

Thanks,

Maninder.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Can anyone provide the complete list of functions and other objects which if I migrate from SEM-BPS 3.2 would not be supported by BW-BPS 7.0 (as pointed out in thread above)

Regards,

Maninder.

[former_member93896]

Hello Maninder,

it's not possible to deinstall the SEM add-on. There is no migration.

You can on the right track. A new installation and transporting the configuration is the way to go.

Please send me an email and I will provide you with more details (too much to post).

Regards,

Marc

SAP NetWeaver RIG

[Former Member]

Hi Marc,

Kindly send your reply at maninder_singh@infosys.com

I need the issues that I should be careful about while transporting the objects from SEM BPS 3.2 to BW-BPS 7.0.

Thanks & regards,

Maninder.

[ChandranGanesan]

Dear Marc,

We are currently in BI 3.5 and have planned to go for BI 7.0.I have a few questions

1. Is the BI in Netweaver 2004s is BI7.0?

2. What are the best practices to go for BI 7.0? I found few documents regarding the Best Practices in service.sap.com

3. Where can I find more detailed information and documents for implementing BI7.0?

If you have any document can you please send it to

chandranonline@rediffmail.com

Thanks & Regards,

Chandran Gansan

[nivin_varkey]

Hi

Can i have the details of how data migration is done from BW 3.5 to BI 7.0

Thanks and regards

[Former Member]

Marc -

This question is a slight variation to the question posed by Maninder.

Client plans on upgrading the BW instance to "NW04s/SEM 6.0" and also merge an old SEM instance (BW 3.1 SEM 3.5)to the upgraded BW instance. They plan on using the SEM 6.0 BPS instead of the new NW04s IP functionality.

The merging of instances requires migration of configuration / data.

What are the major cautions you advise?

Also, as requested by Maninder any SAP documents that shed light on issues that one needs to consider while migrating BPS data would be of great help!!

Regards,

Anil