Display of Content from SAP BW in the Enterprise Portal 

Use

The following types of content from SAP BW can be included in the content area of the Enterprise Portal:

·        BEx Web Application As an iView

·        Precalculated BEx Web Applications as a document in Knowledge Management

·        BEx Web Applications as a link in Knowledge Management

·        BW Workbooks

·        BW Documents

·        Web interface (from BW-BPS)

Features

BEx Web Application As an iView

A BEx Web application as an iView shows the current data for the BW report. From a technical viewpoint, a direct call of the BEx Web application occurs in the BW system. You can combine the BEx Web application as part of a portal page with other iViews from other systems as an iView.

You can change the properties of the iView so that BW bookmarks or BW queries can be displayed. For more information, see BEx Web Application or Query as iView in the Enterprise Portal

For more information about the various options for generating iViews, see Overview: Integration and Display Types of BW Content in the Portal.

Precalculated BEx Web Applications as a Document in Knowledge Management

Using BEx Information Broadcasting, you can precalculate BEx Web Applications and store them as a document in Knowledge Management. The precalculated BEx Web applications contain historic data for specific times. These documents can also be displayed in an iView. For more information, see BEx Web Application or Query as Document or Link in Knowledge Management.

BEx Web Applications as a link in Knowledge Management

You can create links to BEx Web applications in Knowledge Management. The links show current data from the BW report. In contrast to BEx Web applications as iView, the call takes place indirectly through the Repository Manager for BW metadata (see Setting Up the Repository Manager for BW Documents and BW Metadata).

The collaboration functions can be applied to BEx Web applications as documents and links. Collaboration with BEx Web applications as an iView is not possible.

For more information about the options that the Collaboration components offer, see Collaboration User Guide).

There are several difference between calling BEx Web Applications as an iView fromPrecalculated BEx Web Applications as Documents in Knowledge Management and BEx Web Applications as Links in Knowledge Management. For more information, see Calling Content from SAP BW in the Enterprise Portal.

BW Workbooks

In addition to BEx Web applications as iView or as documents, BW workbooks also maintain a special position. Workbooks can be included in the portal and can be called from the portal. Workbooks are opened in a separate MS Excel window. Opening workbooks within the Web browser window is not possible for technical reasons.

You can find more information about BW workbooks under Analysis & Reporting: BEx Analyzer.

BW Documents

Documents and metadata created in SAP BW (especially documentation for metadata) can be integrated into the Knowledge Manager of the SAP Enterprise Portal using the Repository Manager. There they are displayed together with other documents for the end user in a directory structure. Furthermore, individual documents can be displayed as an iView.

For more information about BW documents, see Documents.

Web interface (from BW-BPS)

A Web interface (from BW-BPS) is a Web-capable planning application in the form of a Business Server Page Application (BSP application) that is created using the Web Interface Builder. You are able to combine a Web interface as part of a portal page with other iViews, such as BEx Web Applications to form an iView.

For more information, see Web-Interface (from BW-BPS) as iView.

 

For more information about including further applications from SAP BW, see Components from SAP BW in the Enterprise Portal.