SAP BOE 330 Designing and deploying solution

1. BOE330
SAP BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence Platform: Designing
and Deploying a Solution
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COURSE OUTLINE
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Course Version: 15
Course Duration: 5 Day(s)

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7. Contents
ix Course Overview
1 Unit 1: Business Intelligence (BI) Platform Architecture
1 Lesson: Describing the BI Platform Architecture, System, and
System Elements
1 Lesson: Identifying Key Architecture Flows
1 Lesson: Describing the Application of the BI Platform
1 Lesson: Identifying the Best Practices for Planning a Deployment
2 Lesson: Creating Collaborative Experiences with BI Data
3 Unit 2: Process for Deploying a BI Platform
3 Lesson: Describing the Deployment Process
5 Unit 3: Deployment Design and Sizing
5 Lesson: Designing an SAP Business Intelligence Deployment
5 Lesson: Designing a Scalable System
5 Lesson: Preparing a Sizing of a BI Platform Deployment
7 Unit 4: Landscape Planning
7 Lesson: Planning a Deployment Solution
7 Lesson: Planning the Configuration of Each Tier
7 Lesson: Selecting Deployment Templates and Options
7 Lesson: Designing an Architecture Plan
9 Unit 5: Deployment Installlation and Configuration
9 Lesson: Preparing the System for Deployment
9 Lesson: Deploying Central Management Service (CMS)
9 Lesson: Organizing BI Platform Servers
11 Unit 6: Authentication, Authorization, and Security
11 Lesson: Describing the BI Platform Security Architecture
11 Lesson: Setting Up User Rights in the BI Platform
13 Unit 7: Content Management Planning
13 Lesson: Preparing to Manage Content
13 Lesson: Upgrading a Deployment
13 Lesson: Managing the Life Cycle of a Deployment
13 Lesson: Moving Objects from One Deployment to Another
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8. 15 Unit 8: Deployment Administration
15 Lesson: Performing Advanced Troubleshooting of a BI Platform
Deployment
17 Unit 9: Deployment Replication
17 Lesson: Replicating a BI Platform Deployment
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9. Course Overview
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for the following audiences:
● System Administrator
● Systems Architect
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11. UNIT 1 Business Intelligence (BI)
Platform Architecture
Lesson 1: Describing the BI Platform Architecture, System, and
System Elements
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe SAP's Strategic Focus on BI
● Describe the BI Suites
● Describe the BI platform system
● Describe the integration of the BI platform suite
Lesson 2: Identifying Key Architecture Flows
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe key architecture flows
Lesson 3: Describing the Application of the BI Platform
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe successful BI deployment
● Describe the BI Competency Center (BICC) skill requirements
● Describe the BI self-service model
● Describe the use of BI data
Lesson 4: Identifying the Best Practices for Planning a Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Assess system assets needed for a deployment
● Apply best practices for planning a deployment
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12. Lesson 5: Creating Collaborative Experiences with BI Data
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Integrate BI platform with SAP Jam
Unit 1: Business Intelligence (BI) Platform Architecture
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13. UNIT 2 Process for Deploying a BI
Platform
Lesson 1: Describing the Deployment Process
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Identify factors that influence the deployment process
● Identify factors to consider when designing and sizing a deployment
● Identify factors to consider when installing a deployment
● Identify factors to consider when configuring a deployment
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14. Unit 2: Process for Deploying a BI Platform
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15. UNIT 3 Deployment Design and Sizing
Lesson 1: Designing an SAP Business Intelligence Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe factors that influence BI platform deployment design
Lesson 2: Designing a Scalable System
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Identify factors that influence scalability and capacity
Lesson 3: Preparing a Sizing of a BI Platform Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Define the sizing process
● Analyze the sizing capacity of system servers
● Analyze the sizing capacity of external portals
● Analyze the sizing requirements of system components
● Describe factors that influence scaling
● Identify the uses of Configuration Intelligence
● Identify the uses of the BI 4.1 Sizing Guide
● Identify the uses of BI Virtualization
● Perform an initial sizing of a deployment
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16. Unit 3: Deployment Design and Sizing
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17. UNIT 4 Landscape Planning
Lesson 1: Planning a Deployment Solution
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe the factors that influence a deployment solution plan
● Develop a deployment strategy for high availability
Lesson 2: Planning the Configuration of Each Tier
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe the tier structure
● Configure the Web tier for high availability
● Configure the repository servers in the management tier for high availability
● Configure the processing tier for high availability
Lesson 3: Selecting Deployment Templates and Options
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Choose a deployment template
● Choose a deployment option
Lesson 4: Designing an Architecture Plan
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Analyze deployment requirements
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18. Unit 4: Landscape Planning
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19. UNIT 5 Deployment Installlation and
Configuration
Lesson 1: Preparing the System for Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Select a pattern for a BI landscape
● Assess the database structure
● Configure the File Repository System (FRS)
Lesson 2: Deploying Central Management Service (CMS)
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Cluster CMS servers
Lesson 3: Organizing BI Platform Servers
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Administer server groups
● Set up BI platform servers
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20. Unit 5: Deployment Installlation and Configuration
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21. UNIT 6 Authentication, Authorization,
and Security
Lesson 1: Describing the BI Platform Security Architecture
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Identify the architecture components associated with security
● Authenticate users in the BI platform
Lesson 2: Setting Up User Rights in the BI Platform
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Specify user rights in the BI platform
● Develop a content security plan
● Specify authorizations to ensure data security in the BI platform
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22. Unit 6: Authentication, Authorization, and Security
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23. UNIT 7 Content Management Planning
Lesson 1: Preparing to Manage Content
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe the content management process and tools
Lesson 2: Upgrading a Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Upgrade using the Upgrade Management Tool (UMT)
Lesson 3: Managing the Life Cycle of a Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Describe the lifecycle of a deployment
● Manage the lifecycle of a deployment using the Life Cycle Management (LCM) tool
● Create a new job
● Manage job dependencies
● Schedule and roll back jobs
● Perform basic version management
● Identify factors that affect lifecycle management
● Apply best practices for managing the lifecycle of a deployment
Lesson 4: Moving Objects from One Deployment to Another
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Compare objects and files
● Move objects using the Change and Transport System (CTS)
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24. Unit 7: Content Management Planning
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25. UNIT 8 Deployment Administration
Lesson 1: Performing Advanced Troubleshooting of a BI Platform
Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Perform advanced diagnostics
● Perform an end-to-end trace with SAP Passport
● Test performance with Apache JMeter
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26. Unit 8: Deployment Administration
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27. UNIT 9 Deployment Replication
Lesson 1: Replicating a BI Platform Deployment
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
● Identify the uses of the Federation application
● Apply replication techniques and best practices
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