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 FND, Enhancements for Business Suite Analytics 2

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of the Business Function

FND_ANALYTICS_TOOLS_2

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP Business Suite Foundation 7.31 (SAP_BS_FND 731)

Technical Usage

Any Stack including BS_FND

Application Component

Analytics Infrastructure (CA-EPT-ANL)

Required Business Function

For BI Content Activation Workbench. Enhancements for Business Suite Analytics (FND_ANALYTICS_TOOLS)

This business function helps you to use analytic content more efficiently.

The BI Content Activation Workbench has been enhanced, and new and enhanced analytic user interface building blocks (UIBBs) for Floorplan Manager applications have been added. Various functions have also been added to the List Report on Analytic Query application.

Operational Data Provisioning is a concept that allows you to analyze the operative data of a backend system.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version specified:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Only Required for Following Functions

    Software Component

    SAP Business Suite Foundation 7.31 (SAP_BS_FND 731)

    SAP NetWeaver

    Enhancement Package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

    Other Components

    Further components are required, depending on the scenario

    Operational Analytics

    You have activated the Enhancements for Business Suite Analytics (FND_ANALYTICS_TOOLS) business function which allows you to activate analytic content with the BI Content Activation Workbench.

    See Enhancements for Business Suite Analytics.

Features

BI Content Activation Workbench

You can use the BI Content Activation Workbench to search and activate BI Content that is grouped for business processes or value scenarios according to specific business criteria.

If you use the BI Content Activation Workbench for Operational Analytics, all the relevant objects are activated (including the corresponding operational data providers (ODPs) and DataSources).

See BI Content Activation Workbench (CA-EPT-ACT).

Operational Analytics

Operational Data Provisioning is a metadata concept in SAP NetWeaver that gives an analytic query access to operative data in a backend system. It also supports replication scenarios.

Predefined content is delivered for operational reporting for various application areas.

For more information about the configuration of Operational Analytics, see SAP Solution Manager under Start of the navigation path Solutions/Applications Next navigation step Basic Configuration Next navigation step Configuration Structures Next navigation step Operational Analytics End of the navigation path.

Note Note

Operational Data Provisioning and the analytics search use a common modeling environment. In the modeling of the search and analytics model, an operational data provider (ODP) is defined on the basis of DataSources.

Additionally, you can change the search and analytics models, or create your own models.

For more information about the concept, see the documentation of SAP NetWeaver under Operational Data Provisioning and Operational Analytics with Operational Data Provisioning.

End of the note.

For more information, see the Operational Data Provisioning (New) Release Note.

Enhancements to List Report on Analytic Query Application

In addition to the WDA_BS_ANLY_LIST application (Object Instance Floorplan), the WDA_BS_ANLY_LIST_OVP application is provided, which is based on the Overview Page floorplan. This application provides the following functions:

  • List Drilldown

    You can change the list drilldown by adding characteristics to the list, removing them, or changing the sequence.

  • Information on Report

    You can display information on the report, such as selections or the description and technical name of the query.

  • Integration of Analytic Hierarchical List

    A hierarchical list is displayed in the WDA_BS_ANLY_LIST_OVP application under certain circumstances.

    See Hierarchical List Component with Analytics Feeder Class.

  • Adaptation

    You can make adaptations to the WDA_BS_ANLY_LIST_OVP application.

    For the List Report on Analytic Query FPM application, SAP delivers the following adaptations that control the drilldown behavior of the list: BSA_ADAPT = 1 (No Drilldown Allowed), BSA_ADAPT = 2 (Vertical Drilldown Allowed) and BSA_ADAPT = 3 (Horizontal and Vertical Drilldown Allowed).

  • Integration in Launchpad

    You can use application category List Report to call the List Report on Analytic Query FPM application from the launchpad. In the launchpad, you can also enter list-related parameters (such as an analytic query) and define the assignment of parameters for a context-sensitive call.

    See Calling List Report on Analytic Query Application from Launchpad.

For more information about the List Report on Analytic Query, see Analytic Components in Floorplan Manager (CA-EPT-ANL).

New and Enhanced Analytic UIBBs

You can use new and enhanced analytic user interface building blocks for FPM applications to add analytic content to FMP applications without development effort.

Chart Component (New)

You can simply embed analytic information in an application in the form of a chart, such as a bar chart or doughnut chart.

The graphic is created with the Internet Graphics Server (SAP Business Graphics).

You can use the chart component BS_ANLY_CHART_UIBB with the analytics feeder class CL_BS_ANLY_CHART_FEEDER to display the result of an analytic query as a chart.

You can also use your own feeder classes for other data sources.

See Chart Component.

Analytics List Component (Enhanced)

You can change the display or drilldown of the list, display information about the query, and determine additional navigation destinations through the launchpad.

You can use the following functions:

  • Change Drilldown

    In the drilldown of the analytics list component, you can determine whether and how the user can change the drilldown of the list. You have the following options: No Drilldown Allowed, Vertical Drilldown Allowed and Vertical and Horizontal Drilldown Allowed.

    You can change the list drilldown at runtime by adding characteristics to the list, removing them, or changing the sequence. In the Drilldown Settings, you can see which characteristics and key figures are available, and you can move them by drag and drop or using the context menu.

    See Changing Drilldown of List.

  • Display Information on Report

    You can display information on the report, such as selections, the description and technical name of the query, description of the view, or report date. This information is useful if you wish to export or print the report.

  • Determine Navigation Destinations

    You can now also enter a launchpad in the configuration by determining additional navigation destinations. In addition to the destinations defined in the report-report interface (RRI), the user can also navigate at runtime to destinations that you have defined in the launchpad.

Hierarchical List Component with Analytics Feeder Class (New)

You can use the hierarchical list component with the analytics feeder class CL_BS_ANLY_TREE_FEEDER to display an analytic query in a hierarchy. However the analytic query must fulfill certain prerequisites.

See Hierarchical List Component with Analytics Feeder Class.

Analytics Search Component with Analytics Feeder Class (Enhanced)

If an analytic query contains variables for hierarchies or a hierarchy name, a value help is provided. You can use a value help for query variables of the Hierarchy Node and Hierarchy Name types. You can use the value help if you use the analytics search component with analytics feeder class CL_BS_ANLY_LIST_SEARCH_FEEDER and an analytic query that uses variables for hierarchy nodes or hierarchy names.

See Value Help for Queries with Hierarchies.