The Web Reporting Process 
The following graphic gives an overview of the
Web Reporting process:
You create a
Web template in any HTML Editor or Web authoring tool of your choice. This can be any structured HTML file.
You embed one or more queries into a workbook in the Business Explorer Analyzer. You use the navigation functions to generate the navigation status (view of the data) that you want. You save this view of the query.
You determine how you want the query view to be displayed in the Web. Choose Tools ® Publish to Web.
The BW Web Publisher is started.
- In the BW Web Publisher, specify the address of the Internet Transaction Servers (ITS) and the address (file path) of the Web Browser that you want to use (see
Determining Path and ITS Settings).
In the
BW Web Publisher,
items are generated for the views of the query. You either create a new item, or edit an existing one. If you create a new item, give it a name, and select a display option from the items available (table, pushbutton, and so on). Save the item. The item is stored in the Business Document Service.
You copy the HTML tag to the clipboard.
- Switch to your HTML Editor or Web Authoring Tool. Insert the HTML tag that you saved to the clipboard into the HTML page (=
Web Template). Save the HTML file locally.
Switch to the BW Web Publisher, and load the HTML file into the Business Document Service (BDS). The HTML file becomes part of the document set. The HTML file is given a page ID that is later used for the call in the URL.
A Document set consists of a workbook and any number of HTML files (page ID), any number of views (view ID) for the query, and any number of items (item ID) that refer to views of this type.
Result
You have created a query (Web report) that it is possible to execute in the Web. You are able to call up the HTML file, and display the current query data in the Web Browser.
There are the following options for creating Web reports
Creating Web Reports with the Web Publisher
Creating ITS Web Templates
Creating Web Reports with the Web Publisher WizardStarting Queries in the Web Browser
It is also possible to start a query from the BEx Analyzer toolbar in the Web Browser.
Choose Tools ® Start query in the Web Browser from the BEx toolbar. The initial view for the query that has been drilled down upon in the BEx Analyzer, is displayed in the Web Browser. The query is embedded automatically into a standard Web template.
You determine the standard Web template in the SAP Reference IMG ® Business Information Warehouse ® Settings relevant for Reporting
® Web reporting
® Determine standard Web template.