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

Use

A Web interface (from BW-BPS) is a Web-enabled 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 portal.

Features

Together with other iViews a Web interface as an iView can be part of a portal page or can fill the complete content area. The Web interface is called directly in the BW system, and the current data is displayed. You cannot use the portal cache.

You can create an iView with a Web interface manually using the Portal Content Studio. More information: Integration Using Portal Content Studio .

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

The main properties can be determined from the 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 for the BW system (see Automatically Configuring BI Java ). 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 is thus the name of the Web interface.
  • The Start Page property is the start page for the Business Server Page (BSP) and 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 the transfer of additional URL parameters to the Web interface.

More information: iView Properties .

During integration of Web interfaces (from BW-BPS) into the 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.