Installation Steps for biExport Cloud

If you want to use biExport productively with our biExport Cloud service, these are the necessary configuration steps.

Installation

  1. Please register your user on www.biexcellence.com/register and tell us that you are interested in biExport for SAC.
  2. After successful registration, you can find the downloads for your installation on www.biexcellence.com/downloads.
  3. Download the package biExport Widgets 4 SAC.
  4. Install the Widget as shown in this blog post.
  5. When adding the Widget to your SAC Application, set the Server URL and License Key, which we have provided you with. Or use the Scheduler UI to set up an export for an SAC Story

For Briefing Book Generation, Scheduling and Background Execution

1. Configure oAuth on SAC

This step is not required if you are using SSO for logging in to SAC and Live Connections. For import models and live connections with popup authentication, follow this blog post for configuration instructions.

2. Determine SAC tenant URL

The Tenant URL is displayed in the Background Execution parameter group of the biExport Widget

Alternatively you can open an SAC application in your web browser and activate the developer tools (F12). Enter the following scrpt into the console and press enter:

sap.fpa.ui.infra.service.AjaxHelper.getTenantUrl(false);

Note down the result.

3. Create a Connection Template for re-login

Create a Connection Template for your organization on the Export Service with the following parameters.

For import model scenarios / Live Connections:

Parameter
Value
Parameter
TENANT_URL
Value
The result that you noted down in step 2
Parameter
OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
Value
See oAuth configuration
Parameter
OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
Value
See oAuth configuration
Parameter
OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL
Value
See oAuth configuration
Parameter
OAUTH_AUTHORIZATION_URL
Value
See oAuth configuration
Parameter
OAUTH_TOKEN_URL
Value
See oAuth configuration
Parameter
USERNAME
Value
The username to log in to the Live Connection (optional).
Parameter
PASSWORD
Value
The username to log in to the Live Connection (optional).

For Live Connection scenarios with SSO:

Parameter
Value
Parameter
TENANT_URL
Value
The result that you noted down in step 2
Parameter
USERNAME
Value
The username to establish SSO.
Parameter
PASSWORD
Value
The pssword to establish SSO.

For Mail delivery

By default the server sends mails from a biexcellence.com account.

If you want to connect to your own SMTP server, create the following information for your organization on the Export Service:

Parameter
Value
Parameter
SMTP_SERVER
Value
Domain address of your SMTP server
Parameter
SMTP_SSL
Value
Whether SSL/TLS should be used (X) or not ( ) to connect to the SMTP server
Parameter
SMTP_PORT
Value
The port your SMTP server is running on
Parameter
SMTP_USERNAME
Value
The username to authenticate on the SMTP server
Parameter
SMTP_PASSWORD
Value
The password to authenticate on the SMTP server
Parameter
SMTP_DOMAIN
Value
The domain to authenticate on the SMTP server
Parameter
SMTP_BIND_IP
Value
The network interface IP through which the E-Mails should be send (default: any network interface).
Bastian Buchholz
Author: Bastian Buchholz
Creation date: 12.05.2021
Category: Installation & Configuration
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