decision service management installation guide

Installation GuideSAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management

Target Audience ■ Technology Consultants ■ System Administrators

PUBLICDocument version: 1.1 – 2013-07-09

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1.0 2012-06-29 First version of SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management Installation Guide

1.1 2013-07-09 Version for SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management 1.0 SP02Updated Prerequisites in sections 1.1 and 1.2.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Installation — Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 Installation — Step by Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter A Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

A.1 The Main SAP Documentation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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1 Installation — Overview

This guide gives you the information needed to install SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management

(DSM). DSM is an add-on based on SAP NetWeaver. It extends the capabilities of the ABAP-based business

rules engine Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus), which is a part of SAP NetWeaver release 7.02

(or higher). With DSM, you can completely separate the process of rule modeling from rule processing.

To accomplish this, you set up a system landscape with a dedicated design time system for rule modeling

and administration (SAP NetWeaver release 7.31 SP 4 or higher). In this system, you run the following

tools:

■ BRFplus workbench

This is the rule modeling environment provided by BRFplus.

■ Decision Service Manager

This is the administration tool provided by DSM. It is used to associate a BRFplus application in

the design time system with another system in your landscape (so-called managed system; the

managed system can be a test system, your productive system, or any other system to which you

want to connect). With that, the BRFplus application can access the Data Dictionary of the managed

system rather than the data in the design time system. Once the functions defined in the BRFplus

application have been tested successfully, they can be deployed as services to one or more managed

systems.

Figure 1: SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management System Landscape

1.1 Installation — Step by Step



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PrerequisitesSAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management is an add-on based on SAP NetWeaver. For a proper

installation of the add-on, you need a system with the following software components installed:

DSM Release SAP NetWeaver Releases

DSM 1.0 SP00 NW 7.31 SP05

NW 7.40 SP02

DSM 1.0 SP01 NW 7.31 SP05

NW 7.40 SP02

DSM 1.0 SP02 NW 7.31 SP08

NW 7.40 SP03

The releases and support packages listed above represent minimum requirements. SAP recommends

to always use the latest NW SP before installing DMS.

NOTE

You can also use DSM SP02 functionality – with minor restrictions – without installing Support

Package 2. For more information, see the following SAP Notes:

■ 1832797 – BRFplus: Deployment approval workflow preparation

■ 1832759 – DSM: Workflow enablement for approval/deletion

Integration

Required Documentation

The following sections describe the documentation you need for the installation:

■ SAP Installation Notes

■ Information in the SAP Service Marketplace

SAP Installation Notes

You must read the following SAP Notes before you start the installation. These SAP Notes contain the

most recent information on the installation, as well as corrections to the installation documentation.

Make sure that you have an up-to-date version of each SAP Note. You can find SAP Notes in the SAP

Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/notes:

SAP Note Number Title Description

1688842 Installation DECSERMG 100 Describes in detail the technical steps of installing Decision Service Management

Reuse of BRFplus Services

While DSM is a NetWeaver add-on with respect to the software component stack, it is, at the same time,

a functional extension to Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus), which is part of SAP NetWeaver.

As a consequence, DSM uses several objects and services that are already provided by BRFplus. This is

true, for example, for the logging functionality where DSM makes use of the same application log

objects as BRFplus. For more information, see the BRFplus application help topic Tracing.



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Information in the SAP Service Marketplace

As already mentioned, SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management is an add-on based on SAP

NetWeaver 7.3 Enhancement Package 1, Support Package 4 or higher. All the technical information

you may need to install, upgrade, operate, and maintain an SAP NetWeaver system can be found on

SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguidesnw73.

Alternatively, you can access all DSM-related information on SAP Help Portal at http://

help.sap.com/nwdsm100.

On SAP Service Marketplace, you can also find information on the following topics:

Description Internet Address Details

SAP Notes: Installation note for SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management

http://service.sap.com/notes 1688842

Released platforms http://service.sap.com/platforms -

Technical infrastructure – configuration scenarios and related aspects like security, load balancing, availability, and caching

http://service.sap.com/ti -

Network infrastructure http://service.sap.com/network -

1.2 Installation Procedure

Prerequisites

SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management is an add-on based on SAP NetWeaver. For a proper

installation of the add-on, you need a system with the following software components installed:

DSM Release SAP NetWeaver Releases

DSM 1.0 SP00 NW 7.31 SP05

NW 7.40 SP02

DSM 1.0 SP01 NW 7.31 SP05

NW 7.40 SP02

DSM 1.0 SP02 NW 7.31 SP08

NW 7.40 SP03

NOTE

The software component entry for the SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management add-on

itself is the following:

■ DECSERMG 100

In addition to this, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:

■ In the DSM system, WebDynpro ABAP must be active.

■ The following roles are assigned to your user profile:

● SAP_BC_FDT_ADMINISTRATOR (rule modeling and setting up connections to managed systems)

● SAP_DSM_ADMINISTRATOR (working with the Decision Service Manager)



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http://help.sap.com/nwdsm100

http://help.sap.com/nwdsm100

http://service.sap.com/notes

http://service.sap.com/platforms

http://service.sap.com/ti

http://service.sap.com/network

■ A system that you want to set up as a managed system must be based on SAP NetWeaver 2004

(software component SAP_BASIS 640) or higher.

Procedure

For each system in your system landscape that you want to make available as a managed system for

BRFplus, you have to run through all the steps described below:

Define an RFC Connection

1. In the Decision Service Manager system, create an RFC connection (transaction code SM59) to the

managed system with the following settings:

■ Type: 3 (ABAP connections)

■ Logon & Security: Either define a user with the password stored directly in the settings of the RFC

connection, or choose Trust Relationship = Yes.

Make sure the user that you enter in the RFC connection has the SAP_BC_FDT_ADMINISTRATOR role

assigned.

2. Save your settings and leave the transaction.

Transfer the Public Key Defined for Decision Service Management to the Managed System

1. In the DSM system, start the Trust Manager (transaction code STRUST).

2. In the list of keys, select the System PSE node.

3. Doubleclick the value shown in the Owner field. The system populates the fields in the Certificate

group with the data that belong to the selected certificate.

4. Choose Export certificate to export the key data to a local certificate file.

5. In the managed system, start the Trust Manager transaction and select the System PSE node.

6. Choose Import certificate to import the key data from the certificate file that you have created in the

previous step.

7. Choose Add to Certificate List to include the imported key to the list of trusted certificates of the

managed system.

8. Save your settings and leave the transaction.

Set up a Managed System Based on the Previous Steps

1. In the DSM system, start the Decision Service Manager (transaction DSM).

2. Click Edit to enter the DSM edit mode.

NOTE

In Decision Service Manager, only one user can use the tool in edit mode. All other users are

restricted to read-only mode as long as there is one user logged on in edit mode.

3. Click New to create a new managed system. Enter a system name and a description of your choice.

For the RFC Destination, enter the technical name of the RFC connection that you have created as

described above.



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4. In the Details section of the newly created managed system, go to the Applications tab.

5. Click Add to associate one of the already existing BRFplus applications with the managed system,

or click New to create a new application that is associated to the managed system.

6. Save your settings.

Once you are done with the steps described above, business users can start modeling rule applications

in the BRFplus workbench, thereby accessing the ABAP Dictionary objects that are stored in the

managed system to which the application is associated.



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A Reference

A.1 The Main SAP Documentation Types

The following is an overview of the most important documentation types that you need in the various

phases in the life cycle of SAP software.

Cross-Phase Documentation

SAPterm is SAP’s terminology database. It contains SAP-specific vocabulary in over 30 languages, as

well as many glossary entries in English and German.

■ Target group:

● Relevant for all target groups

■ Current version:

● On SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com Glossary

● In the SAP system in transaction STERM

SAP Library is a collection of documentation for SAP software covering functions and processes.

■ Target group:

● Consultants

● System administrators

● Project teams for implementations or upgrades


● On SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com (also available as documentation DVD)

The security guide describes the settings for a medium security level and offers suggestions for raising

security levels. A collective security guide is available for SAP NetWeaver. This document contains

general guidelines and suggestions. SAP applications have a security guide of their own.

■ Target group:


● Technology consultants

● Solution consultants


● On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/securityguide

Implementation

The master guide is the starting point for implementing an SAP solution. It lists the required installable

units for each business or IT scenario. It provides scenario-specific descriptions of preparation,

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execution, and follow-up of an implementation. It also provides references to other documents, such

as installation guides, the technical infrastructure guide and SAP Notes.

■ Target group:


● Project teams for implementations


● On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides

The installation guide describes the technical implementation of an installable unit, taking into

account the combinations of operating systems and databases. It does not describe any business-related

configuration.

■ Target group:





Configuration Documentation in SAP Solution Manager – SAP Solution Manager is a life-cycle

platform. One of its main functions is the configuration of business scenarios, business processes, and

implementable steps. It contains Customizing activities, transactions, and so on, as well as

documentation.

■ Target group:





● In SAP Solution Manager

The Implementation Guide (IMG) is a tool for configuring (Customizing) a single SAP system. The

Customizing activities and their documentation are structured from a functional perspective. (In order

to configure a whole system landscape from a process-oriented perspective, SAP Solution Manager,

which refers to the relevant Customizing activities in the individual SAP systems, is used.)

■ Target group:


● Project teams for implementations or upgrades


● In the SAP menu of the SAP system under Tools Customizing IMG

Production Operation

The technical operations manual is the starting point for operating a system that runs on SAP

NetWeaver, and precedes the application operations guides of SAP Business Suite. The manual refers

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users to the tools and documentation that are needed to carry out various tasks, such as monitoring,

backup/ restore, master data maintenance, transports, and tests.

■ Target group:




The application operations guide is used for operating an SAP application once all tasks in the

technical operations manual have been completed. It refers users to the tools and documentation that

are needed to carry out the various operations-related tasks.

■ Target group:






Upgrade

The upgrade master guide is the starting point for upgrading the business scenarios and processes of

an SAP solution. It provides scenario-specific descriptions of preparation, execution, and follow-up of

an upgrade. It also refers to other documents, such as upgrade guides and SAP Notes.

■ Target group:


● Project teams for upgrades



The upgrade guide describes the technical upgrade of an installable unit, taking into account the

combinations of operating systems and databases. It does not describe any business-related

configuration.

■ Target group:





Release notes are documents that contain short descriptions of new features in a particular release or

changes to existing features since the previous release. Release notes about ABAP developments are the

technical prerequisite for generating delta and upgrade Customizing in the Implementation Guide

(IMG).

■ Target group:

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● Consultants



● On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/releasenotes

● In the SAP menu of the SAP system under Help Release Notes (only ABAP developments)

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Typographic Conventions

Example Description

<Example> Angle brackets indicate that you replace these words or characters with appropriate entries to make entries in the system, for example, “Enter your <User Name>”.

Example Example

Arrows separating the parts of a navigation path, for example, menu options

Example Emphasized words or expressions

Example Words or characters that you enter in the system exactly as they appear in the documentation

http://www.sap.com Textual cross-references to an internet address

/example Quicklinks added to the internet address of a homepage to enable quick access to specific content on the Web

123456 Hyperlink to an SAP Note, for example, SAP Note 123456

Example ■ Words or characters quoted from the screen. These include field labels, screen titles, pushbutton labels, menu names, and menu options.

■ Cross-references to other documentation or published works

Example ■ Output on the screen following a user action, for example, messages ■ Source code or syntax quoted directly from a program ■ File and directory names and their paths, names of variables and parameters, and

names of installation, upgrade, and database tools

EXAMPLE Technical names of system objects. These include report names, program names, transaction codes, database table names, and key concepts of a programming language when they are surrounded by body text, for example, SELECT and INCLUDE

EXAMPLE Keys on the keyboard

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