Administration of the Precalculation Server

Use

Several administrative activities are necessary in the BW system for precalculation and distribution of workbooks.

Features

Maintaining the Precalculation Server

You can use  Create Precalculation Server to create new precalculation servers that are required for the precalculation of workbooks. For more information, see Creating Precalculation Servers.

You can use  Edit Precalculation Servers to change the description of the server.

You can use  Delete Precalculation Server to remove servers that you no longer need.

You can use  Restart Precalculation Server to restart the Windows service SAP BW Precalculation Service.

If you restart the BW system you absolutely have to restart the Windows service SAP BE Precalculation Service.

You can use  Refresh View to refresh the list of precalculation servers and its status display.

Information on the Server

You can use  Information on the Server to get to a dialog box where you can see the technical name, the description and current information. Current information shows you the current instances and the status of the server (online, offline). Beyond that, you can display or delete the front end log. The front end log is a log file that displays errors that have occurred.

Test of Precalculation

You can use  Test of Precalculation to test the precalculation of workbooks and their distribution via e-mail.

       1.      Enter the desired workbook.

       2.      If the workbook contains variables, you can specify the variant that determines which variable values will be used to precalculate the workbook.

       3.      Specify the precalculation server.

       4.      Specify a Web template that will determine the contents of the e-mail.

       5.      Specify the e-mail addresses for the distribution.

The precalculation is started from the BEx broadcaster and you can test the function.

Overview of the Processed Precalculations

You can use  Display Current Queue to get to a list of processed precalculations and can determine the average run time there, for example.