Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

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Introducing the CWA BusinessObjects Data Services Adapter
Prerequisites
* Documented in this guide. See the BusinessObjects Adapter Guide or BusinessObjects BI Platform Adapter Guide for 
documentation on those adapters.
Prerequisites
You need to configure your firewall to grant the adapter access to ports 6400 to 6405, 8080, 1948, and 4205. If you 
override any of these default ports, verify that ports required to communicate with BusinessObjects Data Services are 
open.
If the associated Web Services host is configured to use SSL for external communication (HTTPS), you must complete 
the following steps as described in detail in 
.
Obtain security certificates for all target servers.
Export security certificates for all target servers to a local directory.
Import security certificates for all target servers into a Java keystore.
Verify that:
Web Services are configured.
Job Server is configured for each repository containing jobs you want to schedule the adapter is configured to use 
a connection/runtime user that has Administrative privileges jobs are Web Service enabled.
For information on these configuration items, refer to the appropriate BusinessObjects Data Services or Data Integrator 
documentation.
SAP Product
CWA Adapters...
BusinessObjects (BO)
BusinessObjects BI 
Platform (BOBIP)
BusinessObjects Data 
Services (BODS) *
BusinessObjects XI
Yes
Yes
No
BusinessObjects XI 4
No
Yes
No
BusinessObjects Data Services
Yes
No
Yes