SAP Front End Installation Guide

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SAP Front End Installation Guide

Applies to:

SAP GUI 710 with BEx. For more information, visit the Standards homepage.

Summary

This documentation describes how to install and distribute the SAP front-end software on Windows-

Author: Sudip Saha

Company: ITC Infotech

Created on: 3 August 2010

Author Bio

I am a SAP BASIS consultant in the SAP practice of ITC Infotech. I have 7+ years of total IT experience and 5+ years of exp in SAP. I have work on all type of SAP and Oracle projects including SAP OS-DB migration. SAP Upgrade, SAP implementation, GRC AC 5.3 implementation. I was the topper in the GRC and Unix thread of SDN forum.

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Table of Contents

Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

Documentation in the SAP Service Marketplace ............................................................................................ 3 SAP GUIs..................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Platforms ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Compatibility ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Hardware and Software Requirements .............................................................................................................. 4

Hardware: ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

Software: ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 ................................................................................................................ 5

SAP GUI and BEx Installation Process .............................................................................................................. 6

Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................... 6

SAP GUI Patch Application ................................................................................................................................ 9

Patch Application of SAP GUI7.10 .................................................................................................................. 9

Patch Application of Business Explorer- ....................................................................................................... 11

Adding systems in the SAP GUI logon pad- ..................................................................................................... 13

Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 17



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Purpose

This documentation describes how to install and distribute the SAP front-end software on Windows-

The document contains the following sub-sections: Introduction, Hardware and Software Requirements, SAP GUI Installation Process, SAP GUI Patch Application.

Introduction

Documentation in the SAP Service Marketplace

You can find this documentation at the following address:

http://service.sap.com/instguides

SAP GUIs

The SAP GUI family consists of:

SAP GUI for Windows -- This GUI is described in detail here.

SAP GUI for Java

SAP GUI for HTML

Platforms

SAP GUI for Windows provides support for the most common Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows 2000

Windows XP

Windows 2003 Server

Windows Vista

Compatibility

SAP GUI for Windows 7.10 is compatible with all SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 2004s and all earlier releases of SAP software that are still supported by SAP. For SAP systems based on newer releases than SAP NetWeaver 2004s, you need at least SAP GUI for Windows 7.10 since SAP GUI for Windows 6.20 and 6.40 are not compatible with these systems.



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Hardware and Software Requirements

You need to make sure in advance that your system meets the following requirements:

Your personal computer might be having other applications which will be running along with SAP GUI. So, the below requirement is given on overall applications executing on your system.

Your system must have broadband network connection for high throughput-

Hardware:

OS : Windows XP/ 2003 server

Processor : >1 GHz

Memory : Minimum 1 GB (For BEx)

HDD : Independent of the SAP GUI release

Web Browser : IE 7.0

Software:

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

.NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 patch KB 907417

SAP GUI 7.10, with the following components: SAP GUI for Windows 7.10 (Compilation 4) Tweak-GUI for SAP GUI 7.10 Business Explorer (SAP NetWeaver 2004s)

SAP GUI 7.10 patch 18

BI Add-on patch 12.1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Adobe Reader 9



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Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0

For Business Explorer (BEx) you need to install Microsoft .NET framework-

Execute dotnetfx3.exe

Accept the term & condition and click "Install>" to start the installation-



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Click “Exit” after installation complete.

SAP GUI and BEx Installation Process

This section provides information about the steps that you have to perform to install your SAP front end. In the SAP Marketplace the latest SAP GUI available is SAP GUI 720 but standard procedure follows N-1 strategy. So, this document explain the installation of SAP GUI 710-

Prerequisites

You have completed Hardware and software requirement before you start the installation- Go to directory D:\NW_7.0_Presentation\PRES1\GUI\WINDOWS\WIN32\

Execute the SetupAll.exe

Click Next



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To install Business Explorer (BEx) click on Business Explorer option-

Click Next



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Browse the directory where you want to install the SAP GUI in your system-

Click "Done" to complete installation.



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SAP GUI Patch Application

Patching products on the installation server keeps them up-to-date with the most recent correction and enhancements from SAP. Unlike SAP GUI installation the SAP GUI patch is also available in the marketplace. The highest patch available in the SAP marketplace is 18.

Patch Application of SAP GUI7.10

To install SAP GUI Patch, you have to download the relevant patch from SAP service marketplace- and execute the "gui710_18-10002995.exe"

Click Next



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Click "Done" to complete installation.



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Patch Application of Business Explorer-

To install SAP BEx Patch, you have to download the relevant patch from SAP service marketplace- and execute the bi710sp12p_1201-10004472.exe

The Current patch level for BEx available in the marketplace is 12.1

Click Next-



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Click done to complete the installation-

Check the status of the applied patch from Query Designer-



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Adding systems in the SAP GUI logon pad-

Click on New Item-

Click Next-



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The System will be added in your logon pad-



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Related Content

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index

For more information, visit the Standards homepage

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/standards



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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade.

SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document, and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.

SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and services offered by SAP. You agree that you will not hold, or seek to hold, SAP responsible or liable with respect to the content of this document.

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