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Enabling SAP

BW for theExtranet 

Enabling SAP

BW for the Extranet 

Session Code:3311

Ramesh Sampath

Pam Barkstelle Latha RamanSuresh Kandoor 

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 Agenda

• Focal Point• Lyondell Chemical Company

• Objectives

• Business Scenario

• Solutions

• Implementation

• ROI

• Questions

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Focal Point

Focus of the presentation will be topresent an alternative to standard ITSbased Web Reporting of BW

Information.

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Lyondell Chemical Company

• Formed in 1985 from the refining andpetrochemical assets of ARCO

• Global manufacturer and marketer of basic

chemicals and polymers• Headquartered in Houston with operations

in 14 countries

• More than 8,000 employees worldwide• More than $14 billion in Assets

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Lyondell Chemical Company

Equistar Equistar 

Chemicals, LP Chemicals, LP 

41% 41% 

LYONDELL LYONDELL  - - CITGOCITGO

Refining LP Refining LP 

58.75% 58.75% 

Lyondell Chemical Lyondell Chemical 

Company Company 

The Lyondell Enterprise 

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Lyondell Chemical Company

Our SAP/BW Migration 

l  1995 - Live on 2.2G - SD-FI 

l  1996 - Upgrade to 3.0C l  1997 - Additional Sites 

implemented most Modules to replace Mainframe 

l  1998 - Upgraded to 3.1H & SQL 7.0 

l

  2000 - Upgraded to 4.5B 

l 

1999 - Live on 1.2B l  2000 - 2nd Qtr Upgraded 

to 2.0A 

l  2000 - 4th Qtr Upgraded to 2.0B 

SAP BW SAP R/3 

Microsoft’s NT Platform 

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Objectives

• Alternative to ITS - BW Web Reporting

• Architecture

• BW in e-business

• Scalability

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Business Scenario

• SAP Information on the Web

• Customer Self Service Web site

 – Order Status Tracking

 – Open Invoices

 – Payment History

 – Sales Volumes …. 

• Result:Business Intelligence on the Web

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Business Scenario

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Business Scenario

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Business Scenario

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Solutions

• Landscape – Outsource GUI interface of web

 – Use SAP as Data Provider

 – XML

 – Data Origins (R/3, BW, …) 

 – Using ITS is not a Option

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Solutions

• Middleware – XML

 – Applications Integrator

• Middleware Alternatives

 – SAP Business Connector

 – Microsoft Biz Talk 

 – Build a Custom Middle ware

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Solutions

• SAP Business Connector – Web Method Backbone

 – Seamless Integration (R/3, BW, APO, ..)

 – XML

 – Enterprise standard Applications integrator

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Solutions

• R/3, BW Business Connector – BAPI (Business API)

• Function Call (Input Parameters, Result set)

 – Business Connector executes BAPI’s in BWto Execute BW Queries

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DataBase

BW Server  

Web Server  

BAPI / RFC Request

XML Request

HTTP Request

HTML

SAP Business

Connector  

DataBase

R/3 Server  

XML

 Architecture

BW Queries(Bex Queries / Infoset

Queries)

-Payment History

-Sales History

-Rebates

-Invoices 

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Implementation

• BW Interface – Bex Queries on Infocubes

• Run Bex Queries using Microsoft OLE-DBInterfaces and MDX (Multi-dimensional

statements)

 – Infoset Queries on ODS• Run Infoset Queries.

• Merge data from multiple queries by writing

small ABAP code in ABAP Function Builder

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Implementation

• Infoset Queries – Detailed Queries

• Open invoices

• Debits / Credits to a Invoice• Rebate Volumes

• View Payments

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Implementation

• Infoset Query - SAP Function CallPERFORM EXECUTE_QUERY USING 'G' "Workspace

'ZQ_INV_ADJMTS' ” Infoset Query 

'ZCLICK' “ Usergroup 

' ' "Variant

'X' "Skip SelScreen

'X' "Data to Memory

'X' "External Presentation

RETURN. 

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Implementation

• Bex Query Interface – MDX (Multi-dimensional statements)

 – External Interface - Reporting Tools

 – Setting - Bex Query to MDX Compatible

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Implementation

• What is MDX – Multi-Dimensional Query Statements

 – Microsoft OLE-DB for OLAP

 – Industry Standard (SQL 2000, SAP, …) 

• MDX Vs SQL Statements

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Implementation

• MDX Compatible – Setting

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Implementation

• MDX Resources – Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000

 – www.microsoft.com/sql

• BW – Transaction MDXTEST (Report

RRT_MDX_SAMPLE)

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Implementation

BW - MDXTEST Transaction

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ROI

• Measurements – Web Hits

 – Web Sales

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Contact:  

Ramesh Sampath - rsam@codongroup.comramesh.sampath@lyondell.com

Session Code:3311 

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