Queries, Reporting and Analysis 

With this variant, business experts can use the BEx Query Designer to make queries available. These can be used to analyze BI data in a flexible user-oriented way.

This variant shows how queries can be made available using Web applications created with the BEx Web Application Designer. BEx Web Applications can be modified to meet the requirements of different user categories. For example, BI data can be presented in a concise form for information consumers or in complex and interactive applications for business analysts.

Business experts create formatted reports, referred to as reports, using the BEx Report Designer. This tool provides various functions, for example, for selecting formats, fonts and layouts for your data and adding header and footer rows to reports. These reports are display and print optimized.

The BEx Report Designer is integrated into the BEx Web Application Designer. Therefore reports can be integrated into BEx Web Applications using the Report Web item.

You access BEx Web applications and reports in the portal. You can then convert these into PDF files and print them.

Scenario Variant Architecture

The following graphic provides an overview of the architecture:

You create queries using the BEx Query Designer. You can use them as data providers in the Report Designer to create reports and in the Web Application Designer to create Web applications. You publish the Web applications to the portal from the Web Application Designer. From there, users can access the BI applications and can analyze the data or use various knowledge management services, for example.

IT Processes for the Scenario Variant

These scenario variants comprise the following IT processes:

Process	What You Need to Know...
Query Design	In this process you generate queries based on InfoProviders. You restrict the data to be evaluated in the InfoProvider through the selection and combination of InfoObjects (characteristics and key figures) in a query. Defining queries is one way in which you can evaluate the data in an InfoProvider quickly and specifically. Queries form the basis of the analyses and reports that you create with other tools in the Business Explorer.
Report Design	In this process you generate formatted reports (reports). Using the Report Web item you can insert the formatted reports into Web applications.
Web Application Design	In this process you generate the Web applications and publish them to the portal. You can make Web applications available with comprehensive analytical options or just provide information consumers with the information they require at a glance.
BI User Interaction	In this process users call Web applications in the portal and work with them. For example, they analyze the BI data and navigate in the Web application and print the Web application or distribute them to other recipients.