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Use

You can use this function to create, modify, or delete dashboards in Business Context Viewer (BCV). A dashboard is a collection of query views that you can use to get an overview of the results of the most important queries defined for the given application.

Prerequisites

  • You have the necessary authorizations, which are granted to you in one of the following ways:

    • In the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction, you are assigned to the BCV User (SAP_BCV_USER2) role.

    • On the SAP NetWeaver Portal, you are assigned to the BCV User (com.sap.pct.bs_fnd.16.BCV_USR) role.

  • You have defined the query views to be used in the dashboard, as well as their respective queries, or are using the ones predefined by SAP.

    For more information, see Definition of Query Views and Definition of Queries.

Features

Predefined Dashboards

Depending on the application using BCV, you can find a set of predefined dashboards in your system. For more information, see Business Content for Business Context Viewer.

Consistency Check of Dashboards

You can check the consistency of a newly created or existing dashboard by choosing Check Consistency.

Testing Dashboards

You can test existing dashboards in the configuration center by choosing Test in the starting page of dashboard maintenance.

Deletion of Dashboards

You can delete your dashboards. To do so, open the dashboard in the configuration center and choose Delete.

Assigning Dashboards to Access Control Lists (ACLs)

You can assign dashboards to the ACLs in the Assign Authorization Holder table.

Activities

To define dashboards, you have the following options:

  • In the configuration center, choose Define Dashboards.

  • In Customizing under Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications Next navigation step Business Context Viewer Next navigation step User Interface Next navigation step Define Dashboards End of the navigation path.

Recommendation

Using the configuration center is the recommended approach to making configuration settings in BCV. You should use Customizing only in exceptional cases. For more information, see Configuration Center.

For more information about the process of defining a dashboard, see Defining Dashboards for BCV.