Calling the BEx Broadcaster 

Use

You can call the BEx Broadcaster from various areas of the Business Explorer in order to distribute BW objects.

From a technical viewpoint, the BEx Broadcaster and/or the broadcasting wizard is the Broadcaster Web item that is embedded in an otherwise empty Web application. This Web application (0BROADCASTING_TEMPLATE) is entered as a Standard Web Template for Broadcasting in Customizing under SAP Reference IMG ® SAP NetWeaver ® SAP Business Information Warehouse ® Reporting-relevant Settings ® BEx Web ® Determining Standard Web Templates Here you can also establish another Web template, for example with your company logo, as the Standard Web Template for Broadcasting.

Depending on the call of the BEx Broadcaster, the Web item is displayed either as a BEx broadcaster or as a broadcasting wizard.

Features

You can call the BEx Broadcaster from the following areas of the Business Explorer:

BEx Query Designer

In the Query Designer Toolbar, choose Publish® BEx Broadcaster. You get to the BEx Broadcaster. There you will see a list of the available broadcast settings for the query that you have edited in the Query Designer.

BEx Web Application Designer

In the Web Application Designer Toolbar, choose Publish® BEx Broadcaster. You get to the BEx Broadcaster. There you will see a list of the available broadcast settings for the Web application that you have edited in the Web Application Designer.

BEx Analyzer

On the BEx Toolbar of the BEx Analyzer, choose Tools ® BEx Broadcaster. You get to the BEx Broadcaster. There you will see a list of the available broadcast settings for the query that you have edited in the BEx Analyzer.

BEx Web application

The Web application contains at least one Web item to which you can apply the Context Menu. In the context menu, choose Distribute. You get to the broadcasting wizard for the distribution of this Web application.

Ad-hoc Analysis and BEx Web Analyzer

In Ad-hoc Analysis and in the BEx Web Analyzer you have the following distribution options:

In the context menu of the table, choose Distribute. You get to the broadcasting wizard for the distribution of a query that forms the basis of the ad-hoc analysis or the BEx Web Analyzer.

Choose the Information Broadcasting tab page. You get to the BEx Broadcaster. Here, you see a list of available broadcast settings for the query that forms the basis of the ad-hoc analysis or the BEx Web Analyzer.

Inserting into a BEx Web Application

Beyond that, you have the option of inserting the BEx Broadcaster into any Web application. In the Web Application Designer, drag the Broadcaster into a Web application. For more information about creating Web applications, see Creating Web Applications with the BEx Web Application Designer.