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Aug 09, 2008 at 09:51 AM

Creating OLAP Universes from SAP BI 7.0

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Hello,

We have installed the BO XI 3.0 Enterprise (without Crystal Reports) both the server and the client components.

What I would like to do now is

to generate OLAP universes with Universe Designer from SAP BI 7.0. To do so - as it is posted in multiple forums - it is required to install the SAP Integration Kit. That's what we have done on the server side. On the client sied, however, when trying to install the Desktop components of SAP Integration Kit, this is not possible as we do not use Crystal Reports.

Now the following questions:

  • Is it at all possible to generate OLAP universes in Universe Designer when no client-side Integration Kit components are installed (as we do not use Crystal Reports)?

I have tried to establish a new connection (connection type Secure) in Designer: In the list of available data´access drivers I can, however, find a driver for SAP Business Warehouse 3.x only. We use BI7.0. I wonder why this driver is not yet integrated in the XI3.0 installation package. Trying to use the BW3.x driver for BI7.0 did not work (Error SBO0001, Exception Calling cnx). I guess it will be possible to install the additional data access driver for BI7.0. But I have not seen any source of information on where to get the additional data access driver and how to install it. So

  • where can I get a data access driver for SAP BI7.0, in order to generate OLAP universes with the Designer? Is it somewhere downloadable or do we have to buy any new licence? Where can I get more information on how to install it?

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Konrad