This page describes a step-by-step installation of SAP GUI 760 and the BEx Frontend inlcuding the BEx Applications and the Precalculation Server.
1 - Software & Hardware Requirements
General Information:
- 2738382 - BI 7.x tools in 760 - General Information & Limitations
- 2738392 - BI 7.x tools in 760 DVD1 - Contents & Versions
- 1995532 - BI 7.x tools - HW\SW requirements and Compatibility of Microsoft Operating Systems and Office Products
- 1995537 - BW 7.X Precalculation - General & Info. Limitations
Supported operating systems and Office versions
- 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 8.1 / 10 / Server 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019
- ONLY 32 bit versions of Microsoft Excel 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / Office 365
It is strongly recommended to use the latest patches of SAP GUI and the BEx Frontend, here is why:
2 - Downloading the installation files:
- Download the SAP GUI 7.60 Compilation 1 Presentation DVD from the SAP Service Market Place:
- Direct link: SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS 7.60 CORE
- Or manual navigation to download:
- https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html
- Navigate:
- Types of Software
- Installation & Upgrades
- Access downloads
- By Category
- SAP Frontend Components
- SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS
- SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS 7.60 CORE
- Installation
- Download the SAP GUI 7.60 latest patch. See step 1 on wiki page: Current BI ADDON for SAP GUI 760
- Download the BI 7.0 ADDON FOR SAP GUI 7.60 latest patch (also called Business Explorer, BI Components, Frontend Patch or FEP). See step 2 on wiki page: Current BI ADDON for SAP GUI 760
- only on Precalculation Server: Download the Precalculation Server latest patch See step 3 on wiki page: Current BI ADDON for SAP GUI 760
3 - (Re)installation steps:
- uninstall the Frontend and SAP GUI
Windows > Start > Control Panel > Program and Features > Uninstall the following
- SAP BW Preclaculation Service (only on Precalculation Server)
- SAP Business Explorer
- SAP GUI for Windows - make sure that these folders are deleted:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\Business Explorer\BI
- C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\Business Explorer\BI_Prec (only on Precalculation Server)
- C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\Bw
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SAP Shared\BW - start the Front-End Installer from the Frontend-DVD:
- Extract the SAPGUI 760 Core Frontend-DVD ZIP file: 50148617_6.zip
- Run: ...\BD_NW_7.0_Presentation_7.60_Comp._1_\PRES1\GUI\WINDOWS\Win32\SetupAll.exe
- select/install ...
[x] SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 (Compilation 1)
[x] Business Explorer
- start the latest SAP GUI patch installer: GUI760_(...)exe
- start the latest SAP BI Addon patch installer: BIADDON760SP(...)exe
- only for Precalculation Server: start the latest SAP BW Precalculation patch installer: BIPRECAL760SP(...)exe
4 - Installation check:
After installation we recommend checking the installation according to BEx Front-End Installation Check.
Link to this page: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/ogEbHw