Pushbutton Functions, Navigation Pane, and Context Menu

Use

Using the pushbuttons available in BEx Web Analyzer, you can quickly navigate to important functions, where you can analyze your business data. You can also use the navigation pane and context menu to access a variety of analysis functions.

Prerequisites

To perform an analysis based on a data provider from an external system, you first need to create the external system in the portal system landscape.

External systems can be connected using JDBC. The data from the external systems is available as external InfoProviders.

External systems are only visible in BEx Web Analyzer when the BW Directory Provider property is activated for the system object in the system landscape.

More information: BI Java Connectors and Working with Data Providers .

Features

The following functions are available as pushbuttons, in the navigation pane and the context menu:

New Analysis

Use this pushbutton to create a new analysis by selecting a data provider to base your analysis on. You can select data providers from a BW system or from a non-SAP data source. You make this selection in the upper dropdown box in the dialog box.

Data providers from the BW system
Data providers of this type can be queries, query views, or InfoProviders, which you can select from the history, favorites, roles, or InfoArea views. In one of these views, select the required data provider and choose OK. The data is displayed as specified in the Display As dropdown box.
Data providers from a non-SAP system
Data providers of this type are query views or InfoProviders, which you can select from the InfoArea view. Select the required data provider in this view and choose OK. The data is displayed as specified in the Display As dropdown box.

You can now run an analysis of your data. You can use the navigation pane, the interaction options in the analysis grid, and the context menu in the Web application here:

Navigation pane and analysis grid
The navigation pane displays the navigational state of the data provider. All the characteristics and structures of the data provider are listed. You can change the navigational state to analyze your data. You can perform the following navigation steps for example:
- Drag the characteristics or structures from the navigation pane to an axis (rows or columns) of the analysis grid, or drag them away from the axes
- Swap axes in the navigation pane using drag and drop
- Drag characteristics from the navigation pane to the filter pane
You can also use the various navigation options in the analysis grid, by moving characteristics or structures in the analysis grid for example.

More information: Analyzing Data in an Analysis Grid (with Navigation and Filter Panes) .
Context Menu
You can use a variety of navigation functions in the grid's context menu. You can create new documents, show existing ones, or personalize the Web application for example. More information: Context Menu Functions .
Note
- Note the following constraints for certain context menu options in Web Analyzer:
  - You use the Print Version pushbutton to navigate to the function for the Print Version menu option in Web Analyzer.
  - You use the Settings pushbutton on the Conditions tab page to navigate to the function for the Filter → Conditions menu option in Web Analyzer.
  - You use the Settings link on the Exceptions tab page to navigate to the function for the Exceptions menu option in Web Analyzer. More information: Function Links .
  - You use the Settings link on the Table, Graphic, and Data Provider tab pages to navigate to the function for the Properties → Web Item and Properties → Data Provider menu options in Web Analyzer. More information: Function Links .
  - The personalization for the Web application is linked to the query in Web Analyzer.
- A context menu is also available in the graphical display.

Open

You can open saved analyses from your favorites or the BEx Portfolio view.

Save As…

You can save the current view of your analysis with an appropriate name as a bookmark in your portal favorites or in BEx Portfolio. This saves the type of data display (table, graphic, table and graphic) in addition to the navigational state of the data. To access the saved view of your analysis again, choose Open.

Note

To save the navigational and drilldown state of the data as a new query view, choose Save View in the context menu of the Web application. You can use this query iView as a data provider for other BEx applications.

Display As

You specify the type of display for the data using the dropdown box next to Display As. You can choose from the following options for displaying the data:

in a table
in a graphic
in a table and in a graphic

Information

You can use this pushbutton to display information about the selected data provider. You can display information about the key date, how up-to-date the data is, the time of the last change, the person who last changed the query, and the date of the last refresh. You also receive information about the static and dynamic filter values of the query and the variable values used to fill the query.

Send

Using this pushbutton, you can start the Broadcasting Wizard and use the information broadcasting functions. You can use this function to broadcast your analysis. More information: Precalculating and Broadcasting Queries, Query Views, Web Templates, and Reports .

Print Version

You can use this pushbutton to make settings for a print version of your analysis. You can specify the format for the print version for example, and decide whether a header should appear on the printed pages. Once you have made your settings and chosen OK, a PDF is generated. You can print the generated PDF document. More information: Creating Print Versions of BEx Applications

Export to Excel

You can use this pushbutton to export the query result to Microsoft Excel. The query data is displayed in the same way as queries in BEx Analyzer. You see the filter restrictions and the data in the table. Exceptions are highlighted in color the same as on the Web. You can continue editing the data using the Microsoft Excel functions.