Overview: Integration- and Display Types of BW
Content in the Portal 
You can integrate content from SAP BW into SAP EP using various tools. Depending on the type of integration, you create different objects with different displays in the portal.
You have a variety of options for displaying BW objects in the Enterprise Portal. The various display types are summarized in the table that follows.
Display Types for BW Objects in the Enterprise Portal
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Description |
Web-based BI application that is displayed as an iView in the Enterprise Portal (for example, BEx Web Analyzer). BEx Web Applications are Web templates executed in the Web that are created using the BEx Web Application Designer. |
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Document stored in a KM folder with historical data for a Web-based BI application. |
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BEx Web Application As an Online Link in Knowledge Management |
Link to a Web-based BI application with current data in a KM folder. Display requires the |
MS Excel workbook with one or more embedded queries that are displayed in a separate browser window as an iView in the Enterprise Portal. |
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Microsoft Excel workbook with one or more embedded queries that is stored as a document with historical data in a KM folder. |
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A query that is displayed as a Web-based BI application in a standard view (Standard Web Template for Ad-hoc Analysis) is displayed as an iView in the Enterprise Portal. This is a special form of a BEx Web Application. |
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A link to a query with current data store in a KM folder that is displayed with the Standard Web Template for Ad-hoc Analysis. Display requires the |
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A document stored in a KM folder with historical data for a query that is displayed with the Standard Web Template for Ad-hoc Analysis. |
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A single document generated in SAP BW (such as documentation on metadata) that
is displayed as in iView in the Enterprise Portal. The document or the link
can either be available in Knowledge Management through the |
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Multiple documents and/or links from a folder in Knowledge Management are displayed with a KM Navigation iView. The documents and/or links in Knowledge Management can come from SAP BW and other sources. The layout of a KM Navigation iView can be adapted using layout sets. |
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Web-capable planning application of the BW BPS that is displayed as an iView in the Enterprise Portal. |
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Various applications and tools from SAP BW, such as the Administrator Workbench, the BEx Query Designer, the BEx Web Application Designer or the BEx Analyzer. |
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BW Metadata
You can distribute the content from SAP BW to the Enterprise Portal using Information Broadcasting. This includes the tools BEx Broadcaster and BEX Broadcasting Wizard, as well as the BEx Web Application Designer and the BEx Query Designer. For more information, see Information Broadcasting.
Beyond that, you can integrate content from SAP BW into the portal using SAP Role Upload, KM Content and the Portal Content Studio. For more information, see Creating Content from SAP BW for the Enterprise Portal.
Tools for the Integration of BW Objects into the Enterprise Portal
Tool |
Description |
Assistant that provides step-by-step instructions on precalculating and distributing queries, Web templates or workbooks. With the BEx Broadcasting Wizard, you can generate both precalculated documents and online links and publish them to the Enterprise Portal. |
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Tools for precalculating and distributing queries, Web templates and workbooks. The BEx Broadcaster offers more extensive options for precalculation and distribution than the BEx Broadcasting Wizard does. With the BEx Broadcaster, you can generate both precalculated documents and online links and publish them to the Enterprise Portal. |
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A desktop application for creating Web pages using BW content. Use the BEx Web Application Designer to create a HTML page that contains BW-specific content, such as tables, charts or maps. This HTML page functions as a basis for BEx Web applications with complex interactions, such as BI cockpits. You can save the BEx Web applications as a URL and access them from an intranet or on mobile devices. In addition, you can integrate BEx Web applications into an Enterprise Portal. |
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Tool for defining queries that are based on a selection of characteristics and key figures (InfoObjects) or on reusable structures of an InfoProvider. You can use the queries as the basis for data analysis and reporting in various areas of the Business Explorer (such as in the BEx Analyzer or in BEx Web Applications) or integrate them into Enterprise Portal. |
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Central environment for generating and managing the Portal Content in the Enterprise Portal. |
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Central environment for generating and managing documents and links in Knowledge Management. |
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Tool for uploading role definitions and the associated objects from the back-end systems (such as the BW system) into the Enterprise Portal. |
The following table provides an overview of which tool you use to create which objects. If a combination is marked with an X in the table, it means that this display type of BW content is possible with the designated tool.
Overview of Integration Tools and Display Type of BW Objects
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BEx Web Application As an iView |
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BEx Web Application As an Online Link in Knowledge Management |
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A wide spectrum of users has the option of publishing BW content to the Enterprise Portal. The tools are customized for various groups of users.
Overview of User Groups – Tools
User Groups |
Tools |
Information consumers |
Broadcasting Wizard |
Knowledge workers |
BEx Broadcaster |
Authors and analysts |
BEx Query Designer BEx Web Application Designer BEx Broadcaster |
Administrators |
Portal Content Studio KM Content SAP Role Upload |
For more information about the user groups of Information Broadcasting, see User Guide.