2004s BI Portal (BI-Java) and BI-ABAP: doublestack vs. separated stack

[Former Member]

Hi specialists,

We plan to migrate our NW2004 System (no Portal in use) to NW7.0.

For the NW7.0 Portal Architecture we are not sure what to choose:

- BI-ABAP and BI Portal (BI-Java) on the same instance (doublestack)

- BI-ABAP and BI Portal (BI-Java) on seperate instances (separated stack architecture)

Medium term we assume, that the portal is used for Web-Reporting and integrated planning. The development of applications (Java, Visual Composer) will be the exception.

But if our reporting requirements changes and the number of own applications is increasing?

Which is the best possibility to be future-proof?

- Is it possible to separate the doublestack architecture later?

- Is it possible to "transport" Portal stuff/applications from a doublestack system to a separated stack system?

- If the number of Portal-applications is increasing, is it an opportunity to set up an additional BI-Portal which is connected to the doublestack BI system?

Thanks for your help.

Regards

Karin.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

Too many questions .But its interesting.Ok lets take one by one.

You can have either of the options depending on the amount of data and your hardware.

I would suggest if you have the hardware go for seperate machines for each kind of installation.I mean have a BI system((dual Stack) + Portal or you can have portal on a seperate machine also.Then you can have another portal (single stack).And using the FPN(Federated Portal Network) concept you can actually implement ur scenrio.

Note :BI-Java cannot be installed seperately you need a portal for it.

Yes FPN can be used to transport the data from one portal to another, To the last questioin i have already answered ,its better to go for a seperate BI system.

Any other doubts feel free to ask:

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[klaus_buchner2 · Accepted solution]

Dear Rajat (ore anybody else who could answer):

according to your answer, I have some more questions:

is it possible to transport a portal request from a double-stack system to a "stand-alone"/seperated portal (e.g. SAP Quality-System ist double stack and Productive System has a seperate portal) without FPN?

Is it necessary that the FPN is a SAP BI-Portal?

Once I set up a double-stack system, is it possible to "seperate" it later?

Thank you for your help!

Klaus