Preparations for CXO Installation (Version 20) for SAP BW
This document describes the prerequisites and preparations for installing and configuring the CXO as a dashboard on SAP BW. It does not describe the installation and configuration itself.
The tables should be used as a check-list: either the indicated piece of information must be provided (enter it in the ‘Information’ column) or the specified action should be carried out / component should be installed (put a checkmark in the ‘Done’ column).
CXO Application Server
Provide the following information for the CXO application server. We also support virtual servers.
Requirement / Action |
Information |
Done |
Windows 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2019 |
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Amount of RAM (min. 8Gb, preferably 16Gb) |
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Check Disk Space available (> 25Gb) |
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Name (full DNS) |
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IP |
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Account to log on |
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Domain (if applicable) |
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Password1 |
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SQL Server Management Studio installed (optional)2 |
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Microsoft Components
The following Microsoft Components should be available on the server
Requirement / Action |
Information |
Done |
IIS 7 / IIS 8 / IIS 10 |
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.NET Framework 4.8 (CXO installer will install it if it is not there yet, so there is no need to pre-install it) |
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Service Account
For running the CXO services, we need a service account. This service account can be a domain account or a local machine account. The password of the account should never expire.
Requirement / Action |
Information |
Done |
Name |
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Password |
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Domain (if applicable) |
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SQL Server
Meta-data of a CXO application is stored in a SQL Server database (repository). A SQL Server should be available, or SQL Server should be installed on the CXO Application Server.
Requirement / Action |
Information |
Done |
Edition (Enterprise/ Standard / Express3) |
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Version ( 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019) |
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Windows Server Name (full DSN) |
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IP |
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Instance name (or specific port)4 |
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SQL Account (role = dbcreator)5 |
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Domain (or local) account to log-on to the server (optional: see3) |
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Password |
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BW
Requirement / Action |
Information |
Done |
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Name BW Server |
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IP Address BW Server |
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Instance (port)8 |
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Technical cube name9 |
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SAP BW user (Dialogue user)10 |
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Password |
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Client ID |
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System ID |
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