Copying BI Content to the Active Version and Trouble shooting

Use

BI Content is shipped in the delivery version (D version). Before you can work with BI Content objects, you have to copy them from the delivery version (D version) to the active version (A version). This means that you must activate the BI Content.

You can collect the delivered BI Content in the function area BI Contentof the Data Warehousing Workbench and copy it to the active version. This ensures that all additional required objects are automatically included, as is the sequence of activation. You can choose whether you want to copy, match, or not install the BI Content objects.

If you do not compare the versions, the delivery version is used and the active customer version is overwritten when you activate the BI Content.

We recommend that you install BI Content objects in the following cases:

• After a BI Content release upgrade
  An upgrade to a new BI Content release usually contains a large number of new and modified BI Content objects. If you want to use the new and modified BI Content, you have to reinstall the BI Content objects. Refer to the comments in the Release Notes for BI Content documentation for the particular release. They are available on help.sap.com   → SAP NetWeaver   → BI Content. In some cases, we recommend explicitly that you install the A versions of certain objects.
• After installing a BI Content support package
  Refer to the SAP Notes that are delivered with each Content support package. These SAP Notes contain information on why certain BI Content objects are being redelivered. An overview of the SAP Notes can be found at service.sap.com/bi  → Product Information SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI  → Support Packages  → BI Business Content.

Prerequisites

• Make sure that the metadata was already replicated for the SAP source systems for which BI Content should be activated. The delivery versions for objects that are not source system-dependent are only available for activation of the BI Content after replication.
  More information: Replication of DataSources    
• Make sure that the source system is activated for non-replicating source systems (non-SAP: file, UD Connect, DB Connect, Web service). The delivery versions for source system-dependent objects are only available for activation of the BI Content after activation of the source system.

The system activates the source system when it creates it and when it assigns a BI Content version to the source system.

Procedure

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       1.      In the main menu of BI Modeling choose Data Warehousing Workbench: BI Content (Transaction RSOR). If you are already in the Data Warehousing Workbench, select the BI Content functional area by clicking on the corresponding pushbutton in the left-hand navigation window, or by choosing Goto  → Install BI Content.

You can display or hide the left navigation window of the Data Warehousing Workbench with  Navigation Window On/ Off.

       2.      Collect the objects you want to activate and check your settings for activating BI Content with respect to Install, Match or Copyand Active Version Available.

More information: Collecting Objects

       3.      With Install, define how you want to install the BI Content:

Installation Type	Information
Simulate Installation	The system runs a test to see whether any errors are likely to occur during the installation. However, not all errors that may occur can be identified during simulation: Some error messages can only be generated when a real A version (not just a simulation) is available in the system. You should, therefore, only use the simulation function as a rough guide to help you identify and remove basic errors.
Install	The selected objects are installed immediately.
Install in Background	The selected objects are installed in the background.
Install and Transport	The selected objects are installed immediately and then written to a transport request.

If you have a large number of objects, we recommend you use the Install in Background option becauseinstalling a large number of objects can take a long time. Modifying objects that are already active can take an especially long time to complete.

Troubleshooting (Content Activation) :

Use

You can find out if errors occurred during the installation of BI Content in the active version by choosing  Log to display the log. Correct the error depending on its cause. Then try to install the BI Content again.

The errors and their possible causes are listed below. You can correct some of the errors in the system in which the BI Content should be activated. You can then activate the BI Content again. Some errors must be corrected in BI Content development. In this case, contact the organization that developed the BI Content.

Procedure

Error messages when copying a large set of objects

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
-	To restrict the error, look for the incorrect object using the error message or by searching for the inactive object in the center screen area. In the left navigation pane, select the viewObject Types and collect only the required objects of the incorrect object. Copy it to the A version.	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.

DTP / Transformation / Transfer Rules (3.x) / InfoPackage not found when collecting objects

For all source system-dependent object types

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
You did not select the correct source system for the BI Content when you collected objects for BI Content activation.	In the function area BI Content, select the correct source system by choosing  Source System Assignment. More information: Defining the Target Source System	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
The release of your source system is less than the smallest release in BI Content. More information:Making the Source System Anonymous	Upgrade the source system or select a different source system in the function area BI Content by choosing  Source System Assignment.	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
The source system-dependent object is not available in the pseudo D version. More information:Enhancements to the BI Versioning Concept	Create the pseudo D version of the relevant object. Normally the pseudo D version of an object is created by the following functions: Replication of the corresponding DataSource or source system for replicating source systems (SAP systems) Activation of the source system for non-replicating source systems (non-SAP: file, UD Connect, DB Connect, Web Service) If these functions do not correct the problem, you can execute a function module or a report for some object types. The information about how pseudo D versions are created is available in the documentation for the source system-dependent objects in the table entry Pseudo D Version: DataSource InfoPackage Transformation Data Transfer Process Source System-Dependent 3.x Objects	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
There is no corresponding DataSource in the pseudo D version for the selected source system or it is not available in the active version.	More information: Section DataSource not found when collecting objects in this chapter	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.

Additionally for InfoPackages

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
The cross-reference table between the shadow version and the pseudo D version is incorrect. More information about the object versions:Enhancements to the BI Versioning Concept	In the ABAP Editor (transaction SE38) execute program RSSM_SHIPDVERS_CLEANUP.	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.

DataSource not found when collecting objects

For DataSources of All Types of Source System

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
The shadow version of the DataSource (R3TR SHDS) was not shipped (the object was assigned to package $TMP).	Ship the object.	In the development system
A migration was performed without shipping the obsolete shadow mappings (SHMP) as deletion. In this case the 3.x D versions remain in the customer system since they are still valid.	Delete the obsolete 3.x objects from the BI Content and ship the deletion.	In the development system

Additionally for DataSources of replicating source systems (SAP systems)

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
The pseudo D version does not exist because the DataSource was not (yet) replicated.	Replicate the DataSource. You can replicate a DataSource in the maintenance transaction for the DataSource (transaction RSDS) or replicate the source system in the Data Warehousing Workbench. More information:Replication of DataSources	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
The corresponding D version is not available in the source system.	Select a different source system with  Source System Assignment or import the DataSource (R3TR OSOD) into this source system. More information:Defining the Target Source System	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
A BI Content version was subsequently inserted in the source system DataSource so that it no longer matches the BI Content. More information:Making the Source System Anonymous	Remove the BI Content version from the source system DataSource in the original system or create the corresponding BI Content in the original system by activating the objects again with a version reference. Ship the changes.	In the development system
The BI Content was ported to a lower release without creating the shadow objects again (these are not relevant if for example the object key contains R/3 710 but the real logical source system is a 700 system).	In the original system of the source system DataSource, assign a BI Content version and activate the BI objects again. This recreates the BI Content with a new version reference. Ship the changes.	In the development system

Additionally for DataSources of non-replicating source systems (file, UD Connect, DB Connect, Web Service)

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
The correct BI Content release type and version was not assigned to the source system. More information:Making the Source System Anonymous in the section Content-Release-Types   →Others.	Assign the source system in the source system tree of the Data Warehousing Workbench a release type and version from the context menu option Assign Release. Activate the source system again.	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.
The BI Content has either an incorrect or no BI Content release type and/or version.	In the original system, assign the source system in the source system tree of the Data Warehousing Workbench, assign the correct release type and version from the context menu option Assign Release. Create the corresponding BI Content in the original system by activating the objects again with a reference to the version. If necessary, manually delete the incorrectly shipped shadow objects from the database tables. Ship the changes (new objects and possibly deletions of the old objects).	In the development system

Process chain is incorrect and copying the process chain from BI Content again does not solve the problem

Possible Cause	Procedure	Where is Error Corrected?
The incorrect version of the process chain is retained after another copy.	If you copy the BI Content again to repair the process chain, make sure that the comparison indicator (Match) is not set.	In the system in which the BI Content is to be activated.