Information Broadcasting as Background Processing 

During precalculation and distribution of BW reports using background processing, BEx Web applications are executed and the generated HTML documents are stored in the Knowledge Management folder or distributed by e-mail.

Broadcast settings are made in the background

·        if they were registered for execution at a given time

·        if they were registered for execution when data changes and the data change event was triggered from a process chain

·        if they were scheduled directly in background processing

A scheduling user who performed the registration or scheduling performs broadcast settings for another user.

This is the case if:

·        the authorized user in the broadcast setting is not the scheduling user

·        if the broadcast setting requires user-specific execution for users other than the scheduling user

For security reasons, the system checks during processing whether the scheduling user is authorized to schedule background tasks for the other user(s) (authorization object S_BTCH_NAM).

A job can be executed in the background under various user names so that the HTML documents are generated according to user-specific authorizations.

Storage in a Knowledge Management folder takes place through an RFC call from ABAP to Java. Authentication is performed by automatically generating SAP logon tickets. Automatic generation is defined in the RFC destination. The corresponding user must have write authorization for the selected Knowledge Management folder.

When using distribution by e-mail and precalculation of BI workbooks using MS Excel, functions from the portal are not required.

Overview

Precalculation and generation of documents (explicit authentication in BI occurs during job scheduling)

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Storage of the documents in Knowledge Management (implicit authentication in the Portal with BI ticket)

For more information about precalculation, see Functions of the BEx Broadcaster.