Configuring the Interface
This section covers the installation of the SAP BusinessObjects interface, which allows you to schedule BusinessObjects Reports (Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, and Data Services).
Once the BusinessObjects (Bobj) interface is configured, a process server and queue is created for you automatically with all required services. When you edit an SAP System, the required services are added automatically to the process server, so there is no need to change services on a process server.
Setting up connection information
| Tab | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Partition | Partition of the SAP system | The partition for the SAP system, the queue, and the process server. |
| SAP System | Name | The name for the SAP System can contain any combination of US ASCII letters, digits, and underscores; limited to 67 characters. This name is also used to create the corresponding SAP process server and queue. For instance, if the name of the SAP System definition is TST, then the created process server gets the name TST_ProcessServer and the queue is named TST_Queue. |
| SAP System | Description | The description of the SAP System can contain any combination of printable UTF-8 characters, limited to 255 characters. |
| SAP System | Application | The name of the Application used to group this object. |
| SAP System | RFC Connect String | (SAP R/3, only) RFC connection definition used to connect to the SAP System via SAP Java Connector (JCo). |
| SAP System | J2EE URL | The URL used by the BusinessObjects (BOBJ) and PI/XI interfaces for connecting to the JAVA stack of SAP NetWeaver. |
| SAP System | App, server load balancing | (SAP R/3, only) When this is enabled, Redwood Server will balance the load across application servers. |
| SAP System | Job Handling | (SAP R/3, only) Job handling allows you to specify which jobs the job control rules should apply to. If you set it to Intercepted, only intercept by rules will be taken into account. If you set it to All, Redwood Server will attempt to apply the rules on all jobs in the SAP System. Note that if you want to just monitor jobs, this setting should be set to All. |
| SAP System | Default Job Time Zone | This field is used for detecting the time zone of the SAP instance. The default job time zone for processes submitted in Redwood Server is the time zone of the original request time. |
| SAP System | Ccms Process Definition | (SAP R/3, only) Default template process definition to use for generated definitions. |
| J2EE | Type | Type of credentials to define. Use BOBJ for SAP BusinessObjects. Only one enabled account can be specified. |
| J2EE | Username | Username of the user to add. |
| J2EE | Password | The case-sensitive password of the user. |
| J2EE | Check connection | Allows you to check the provided credentials are correct. |
| J2EE | Enabled | Allows you to enable or disable an account. Only one account can be enabled at any one time for SAP BusinessObjects. |
| J2EE | Description | A description for the provided credentials. |
Additional Parameters
The BusinessObjects J2EE URL accepts the following (optional) parameters:
CMS_HOST- (DataServices, only) The content management host name, if different from the default.CMS_AUTH_TYPE- (DataServices, only) The authentication provider of the content management host, if different from the default. The valid values depend on your implementation, secEnterprise, secLDAP, secWinAD, and secSAPR3 are available.DISABLE_BOBJ- Boolean that allows you to disable the BusinessObjects reporting module on this server.DISABLE_BODS- Boolean that allows you to disable the DataServices module on this server.
The parameters are specified as follows:
http://bods.example.com:8080/ DISABLE_BOBJ=true
Combining more than one parameter:
http://bobj.example.com:8080/ CMS_AUTH_TYPE=SAP CMS_HOST=cms.example.com DISABLE_BOBJ=true
If you specify a parameter, you must specify a value.
Prerequisites
- Appropriate version of BusinessObjects Application Server
- BusinessObjects XI 3.x, 4.0 patch 14
- Data Services 4.0 patch 2.1 or newer
- URL of the Bobj server, aka the server running BusinessObjects
- A user for the server to be used for BusinessObjects
Connectivity from the central Redwood server to SAP on its port
Connectivity from the secure gateway to SAP on its port
Gather the appropriate configuration details
You will need a system running an BusinessObjects or DataServices server. You need the following configuration information:
- The hostname of the server (for example java1.example.com). This will be referred to as
<bobj hostname> - The HTTP port number used to connect (for example 8080, 8000, ...). This will be referred to as
<bobj port> - The username and password for a user of this system.
Procedure
To set up the interface to interact with the Java Scheduler:
- Choose "Environment > SAP" in the Navigation bar.
- Choose New SAP System from the context-menu.
- On the SAP System tab, fill the Name, J2EE URL and the Time zone fields.
- The J2EE URL is
http[s]://<bobj hostname>:<bobj port>.
- The J2EE URL is
- On the J2EE tab, choose Add, select Type
BOBJ, and fill in the Username and Password in the fields, choose Check connection to make sure the account details are valid. - Choose Save & Close to save the changes and close the edit window.
- Choose "Environment > Process Servers" in the Navigation bar.
- Choose Start from the context-menu of the process server belonging to the relevant BusinessObjects System.