Menu Option

Description

New

You use this function to create a new report.

Open

This function displays the BEx open dialog. From this dialog, you can open a report from your history, favorites, or roles, or by using the search function, and then edit it.

Close

You use this function to close a report. If you have edited a report and want to keep the changes, save the report before you close it.

Save

You use this function to save any changes you have made to an existing report. When you create a new report and choose Save, the BEx save dialog appears. You can then save your report in your favorites or roles.

Save As

This function displays the BEx save dialog, where you can save your report with a different name in your favorites or roles.

Delete

When you choose this function, the report is deleted permanently.

Insert Data Provider

You use this function and the open dialog to choose a data provider for a report section. The data providers for a report section can be queries or query views. Once you have made your selection, the data provider is automatically inserted into a report section and displayed in the design area.

Check Data Provider

You use this function to check for data providers with a static drilldown whether the data provider has been changed since the report was created and whether these changes are to be applied to the field catalog. To do this, in the Field Catalog, select a data provider under Query Fields. In the menu, choose Report -> Check Data Provider. Once the check is completed, only the current fields for the data provider are still available in the field catalog. You can add new fields to the report by using drag and drop.

●      Note that any fields that no longer exist in the data provider are not removed automatically from the list of available fields. If you want to remove these fields, you need to delete them manually.

●      As a precautionary measure, a copy of the report is created when this function is executed.

Page Setup

You use this function to set up the page for the report: you can specify the page size (such as DIN A4 or letter), the page orientation (portrait or landscape), and the margins.

Note that the setting for the page margins applies to reports generated as PDFs only and not to the Web display.

Note that you cannot change the page orientation within a report. If you want to have different page orientations within a report, you must use several Report Web items in the BEx Web Application Designer.

Execute

You use this function to execute the report in the portal. The report is displayed in the standard Web template for reports. You set the standard Web template for reports in Customizing for the standard Web templates at SAP NetWeaver ® Business Intelligence ® Reporting-Relevant Settings ® BEx Web ® Set Standard Web Templates ® Enterprise Report.

Print Version

You use this function to convert the report directly into a PDF document that you can later print.

Publish

To Role...

You use this function to publish reports to roles. The system saves a link to the current report in the selected role.

To Portal...

You use this function to publish reports as iViews in the Portal Content Directory. See also Publishing Queries, Web Applications, and Reports.

BEx Broadcaster...

You use this function to open the BEx Broadcaster, which you can use to precalculate and broadcast the report. See also Precalculating and Broadcasting Queries, Query Views, Web Templates, and Reports.

Exit

You use this function to close the Report Designer.