Business Explorer (BW-BEX)

Tool for defining queries that are based on a selection of characteristics and key figures (InfoObjects) or on reusable InfoProvider structures.

In the BEx Query Designer, you can parameterize queries by defining variables for characteristic values, hierarchies, hierarchy nodes, texts, or formulas. You can specify the selection of InfoObjects more precisely by:

• Restricting characteristics and key figures to characteristic values, characteristic value intervals, and hierarchy nodes
• Defining calculated and restricted key figures for reuse
• Defining structures for reuse
• Defining exceptions
• Defining conditions
• Defining exception cells

You can use all queries that you define in the BEx Query Designer for both OLAP reporting and tabular reporting.