1.
Introduction
o In this Chapter we will show, what you have to do, before your first installation of beas.
o For all actions you need Admin rights for the domain
o Important! : when you use 32bit client then you must use all features 32bit (like DI API,
beas Add-on etc.)
o Following combination are supported:
o SAP Client 64 plus DI-API 64 plus DI-API 32
o SAP Client32 plus DI-API32
o Never install SAP Client64 and SAP Client32 - beas is not running on the same workstation!
1.1 Account Control Settings
Make sure that your Account Control Settings are on minimum level
Open Start – Click on Control Panel – User Accounts
Click on Change User Account Control settings – and Set Indicator to the Lowest Level
Restart your machine (PC or Server)
Note: After first installation of Beas you can change User Account control settings back.
1.2 Folder Permissions
You have to Configure Permissions for Folder beas software
Go on C: - Program Files (x86) and open it
Right Mouse Click on Folder beas software and click Properties
After that, you’ll see Window with few Tabs, please choose Tab Security
As You can see there are some Buttons and Group or user names
Please choose your Group or User name and then click on the button „Edit“
Now you should see window „Permissions for beas software“
Here first you have to choose your Group or User
Set Permissions to Full control (all check box will be true)
And then click on the button „Apply“
Note: If you are not able to change permissions, just add new user with button „Add…“ and then set
rights for this new User.
1.3 Turn off Firewall
Click on „Start“ - open „Control Panel“ – „Windows Firewall“
If is not everything turn off (usually will be all red like in our green field) , then please click on
„Turn Windows Firewall on or off“
And here choose in Home or work and Public network local settings
„Turn off Windows Firewall“ like in our picture below
Then reboot the machine
2. Beas First Installation and update
For first installation you‘ll need to download from our Service Portal in download area beas
patch for MSSQL
Also open your web browser and open page [Link] and login please
After you logged in sucessfully please choose in Downloads „beas / Demo databases“
Then choose a right version, in our case MSSQL - click to select
First of all you have to download server installer (on the picture green field, please download
it) then
Accept terms and conditions and click „Start Download“
Then please extract (unrar) the files
open cdserver – cd and make right mouse click on
„[Link]“ – click – „Run as administrator“
After that continue with „Next“
Then please check if your configuration is all right
o SERVER = Name of your database server (Should be Uppercase)
o Programserver = \\name of your server\b1_shf (shared folder of SAP) to this
folder all beas files and sub-folders will be installed. In case of update, your
beas version will be checked.
Note: This configuration should be automaticaly filled after your first
installation and configuration.
After, you should be able to see a confirmation message that server was installed
successfully
Now we will install cd patch which you have downloaded
Open cdpatchxxxx/cd then [Link] right mouse click – Run as Administrator
Check your information:
o SQL Server = name of your DB server has to be same like in cdserver
o Programserver = we recommend SAP share folderor folder which you used in
cdserver, usually \\<NameOfYourServer>\b1_shr
o DB user = user to connect to your SQL server
o DB Password = password to connect to your SQL server
Click on Connect
Now you are able to see if your configuration is ok
Important! Server-Connect must be „ok“ if not then you have to check your configuration
in previous steps
If is everything all right then please continue in next step. Click on the button „Next“
Please accept conditions and the click „Start“
If a security warning is issued, ( up to 3 times) just click button „Run“
For initial installation, please install the reportviewer – click Yes
Beas is installed or updated. If you get a message from Program Compatibility Assistant, then just
click on „This program installed correctly“.
2.1 Beas First start
Before you start beas, set and check your configuration
Open beas and then click on – „change company“ and then „options“
Now check your configuration, it should looks like that
Server = Name of you Database server
DB User and Password = your connection into the SQL server
License server = if is different then DB server then you have to type in
Driver = here choose your SQL server version
Programmserver = \\<servername>\b1_shf folder, this folder has been created during the
SAP installation containing all beas files
If is everything ok click on „Test and Save“
Then please click on DI-API
Please fill your User and Password which you’re using for login to SAP, write your
Licenseserver (if is different than DB server) and choose correct Driver then click on „Test“
Then you should get a message that „DI-API Test is ok“
Click on „OK“
Then please click on „Save and Close“
Note: If DI-API Test is not OK you will get an error message
First try to re-install DI-API manually. How to do, is explained in chapter 3 - „Frequent Errors“
If reinstallation will not help then please contact us and our team will support you.
After this configuration, beas clients should be updated automatically after you’ll update
beas on Server, if not please continue with Beas client update
2.2 Beas client first installation
After you installed beas and set configuration of First start, open in your client any window
and write your path to server and b1_shr folder
\\<servername>\b1_shr
As you can see beas structure was installed there, open folder beas software
Right mouse click on „[Link]“ and start as Administrator
Please check you connections Green field and if is Server-connect =“ok“ then click „Start
Update / Installation“
2.3 Beas client update
If you once time updated your Database server, then you can use client setup in
other PCs (clients)
Go into folder of latest patch version of beas and make right mouse click on
„client_setup.exe“ – click Run as administrator
Please check you connections Green field and if is Server-connect =“ok“, if Yes, click
„Start Update / Installation“
In this case you can see window Security Warning – please confirm with button
„Run“
After that beas client is sucessfully updated. If you get a message from Program Compatibility
Assistant, then just click on „This program installed correctly“.
3. Frequent Errors
3.1 Beas Error after clicking Start Update
When you start upgrade or installation and click „Start Update/Installation“
(can be automatically)
If youl get this error, click „OK“
Open task manager – tab „Processes“ and close all processes named
[Link]*32
Then click on „connect“ – check if Server-Connect is ok
and click „Start Update/Installation“
3.2 Older version of Beas on the server
If you’ll get this message „There is an older version of beas on the server“, problem is
that [Link] wasn’t updated or is not equal with server and client
go please in client into beas software folder
Program Files(x86)beas software/beas/program/[Link] and open it
(with notepad for example)
o There you see program and programtext
o program = number of your version
o programtext = version in text
Program=917012000
91 = beas version for SAP 9.1
7 = patch version of beas
012 = internal counter
Also for example you’ll download version of beas 9.1 (7.09) program number looks this way :
917009000
etc.
o Change program number to your current version
Then please go into your b1_shr folder:
o Open any window in client and click on the path above
Then write inside:
\\<yourservername>\b1_shr
Go into beas/program/[Link] and check your program number if it’s not correct
please change it on the right number which we described above
3.3 DI-API test not OK
First what we can do is - to make a test with Data Transfer Workbench (=DTW)
If you don’t have a DTW please continue below with reinstallation of SAP DI-API
3.3.1 Check with Data Transfer Workbench
Open DTW and click on „Log On“ can be that you will see login table automatically, in
this case continue with next step
Here enter your login and server information (field 1) if you have no writing
authorizatin click on „Change User“ or „Change Server“, then please click on „OK“
If is everything ok then you should be able to see that you’re connected
If beas DI-API issues any errors while you are connected, please contact us and we will support you.
In case you have a problem with DI-API, please continue with next subchapter Reinstallation of DI-
API.
3.3.2 Reinstallation of DI-API
Open your B1_SHR folder
Open any window in windows and click into top line where is name of the window
and write here \\<yourservername>\b1_shr and press „Enter“
Open folder B1DIAPI
And run [Link], confirm every messages which you will get until „Finish“ and
confirm that too
After is uninstallation complete then please again click on [Link] and DI-API will
be installed
If you’ll see a window where you should insert your License Server Name then just
put in your server name and click on next in next window choose "Typical" and
continue until the installation will be finished
3.4 APS and attendance module not showing
This case is showed for HANA but it’s same for MSSQL
If you are not able to see APS or attendance module please open
„Administration – License. See beas buttons (green field)
Please enter your computer name
Click on one beas list button
Then click on „New“ – choose your Computer Name – and Update, after that restart Beas
and you should be able to see APS and attandance module
Then continue with the other two beas buttons in the same way.
Attention: on Terminal Server or RDP Software if you still don’t see APS… then you have
to go in command line and here write command „set“ and press „Enter“
Then you’ll see list where COMPUTERNAME etc.
Here you must check if you have in your list CLIENTNAME – if yes you have to choose in
License this name not COMPUTERNAME! !!Very important!!