Web Interface (from BW BPS) as iView in the Enterprise Portal 

Verwendung

A Web interface (from BW-BPS) is a Web-capable planning application of BW-BPS in the form of a Business Server Page Application (BSP application) that is created using the Web Interface Builder.  Web interfaces can be displayed as iViews in the Enterprise Portal.

Features

A Web interface as an iView can, together with other iViews, be part of a portal page or can take in the complete content area. A direct call of the Web interface takes place in the BW system, with which the current data is displayed. You are not able to use the portal cache.

You are able to manually create an iView with a Web interface using the Portal Content Studio. For more information, see Integration Using the Portal Content Studio.

The iViews are type SAP BSP iView (for Business Server Pages) and have the code link com.sap.portal.appintegrator.sap.BSP.

The most important properties can be determined by looking at a URL for a Web interface:

<web_protocol>://<hostname>:<port>/<customer namespace>(<session_id>)/bc/bsp/<application namespace>/<application>/<start page>.htm

·        The System property contains the alias on the BW system (see Creating BW Systems in the  Portal).  The values in the URL for <web_protocol>, <hostname> and <port> can be automatically replaced by the alias.

·        The Customer Namespace property corresponds to <customer namespace> and is sap by default.

·        The Application Namespace property contains the <application namespace> and is sap by default.

·        The Business Server Page (BSP) Application property corresponds to <application> and thus the name of the Web interface.

·        The Start Page property is the start page for the Business Server Page (BSP) and it corresponds to <start page> in the URL. The start page has the name of the Web interface in the format <Web-Interface-Name = application>.htm.

·        The Application Parameter property is optional and enables transfer of additional URL parameters to the Web interface.

For more information about other iView properties, see iView Properties.

Note that during integration of Web interfaces (from BW-BPS) into the Enterprise Portal, you have to activate the current Web Design in the Web interfaces (see SAP Note 629775). Otherwise the Web interfaces (from BW-BPS) will not be displayed in the current portal theme.

SAP recommends that you activate the Standalone Application property of the Web interface in the Web Interface Builder. If you close the Web interface in the portal and navigate away, you will get a warning form the system that unsaved data will be lost. The Standalone Application property will be offered up to SAP BW 3.5 SP04. The current Web design in the Web interfaces after SAP BW 3.5 SP05 no longer needs this property.