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Jun 03, 2009 at 11:20 AM

BO XI Portal Integration

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Hi Folks,

is try to setup an evaluation scenario on the integration of BO Reports into Enterprise Portal according to this document:

http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir3/en/xi3_bip_sap_user_en.pdf

chapter "Managing the SAP Enterprise Portal". The first step is "Configuring the BusinessObjects Enterprise server entry point".

According http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/f7/f3a94076b63713e10000000a155106/frameset.htm the precondition to do this is "You integrated an appropriate SAP System in the portal system landscape and defined a system alias".

My questions:

why (except authentication) do i need a SAP System and what makes a SAP System "appropriate"?

Whats about licensing? As i understand, BO users also need a user on the SAP System. What licenses are required for the SAP users?

In the scenario decribed above the Crystal Enterprise Server is a property of the of the SAP System object in SLD. Is there a way to connect the Business Objects Server directly without a SAP System?

thanks a lot

regards

Torsten