Analysis & Reporting: BEx Web Applications 

Use

BEx Web Applications are Web-based applications from the Business Explorer for data analysis, reporting and analytical applications on the Web.

Prerequisites

You have formatted your data in the BEx Web Application Designer using Web items (table, filter, chart, map, document, and so on) and can now access them on the intranet or using an enterprise portal.

Features

You use various navigation functions to change the view of data displayed in a Web application to suit your needs. Various navigation functions are available, depending on the Web items that have been included in the Web application. Each navigation function is characterized by a symbol. Use the icon to expand the Web item, and the icon to collapse the item. There is also a context menu for the Web items Navigation Block, Table, Chart, List of Exceptions, List of Conditions, and Label that you can call up by clicking with the left mouse button on a cell text (characteristic, characteristic value, structural component, description of an exception, description of a condition). For more information, see Context Menu Functions

Using the Web items Single Document and List of Documents, you can add documents containing additional information and comments for the business data. For more information, see Using Documents in Web Applications.

When you analyze business data on a map using the Map Web item, you have several navigation options within the map as well as various interaction options with other Web items in your Web application. For more information, see Navigating in Maps

You use the Ad-hoc Query Designer Web item to create and change your Web application queries directly on an ad-hoc basis. For more information, see Functions of the Ad-hoc Query Designer.

You can also use data mining methods in Web applications to predict customer behavior or to divide customers into three classes according to sales (A, B and C). For more information, see What If Prediction and ABC Classification.

Using a variable screen, you can fill variables with values when you display the Web application in the Web browser. You can personalize the values for the individual components of the Web application or for the entire Web application. For more information on settings in the Web Applications Designer that affect the display of the variables screen and the on the functions of the variables screen, see Using Variables in Web Applications.

Queries that you display on an ad-hoc basis on the Web from the BEx Analyzer, the Query Designer or the Ad-hoc Query Designer are displayed in a standard Web template. In the standard Web template, you can navigate using the filter and the context menu. You can also use the most common function from a toolbar. For more information, see Navigation Functions in the Standard Web Template.

You can make your Web applications accessible so that physically impaired users can access them. For more information, see Accessibility in Web Applications.