Printing 

Use

Printing is a way to distribute BI objects (queries, query views, Web templates and reports). The BEx Broadcaster generates a spool request and sends it to the chosen output device to print.

Prerequisites

You selected Broadcast to Printer as the distribution type when you created the broadcast setting.

Features

You can choose between the following output formats:

●     Print Format (PS or PCL)

The document is generated in the appropriate format for the output device: PostScript (PS) or Printer Control Language (PCL)

●     Portable Document Format (PDF)

The BEx Broadcaster generates a PDF file.

You make the settings for printing on the following tab pages:

Print Specifications

Here you can make the following entries:

●     Printer: Choose the output device you want to print the document on. Only those devices are available for selection that support the chosen output format (PS, PCL or PDF).

●     Authorized User: If you schedule the broadcast setting in the background (for example for a certain time), then you can enter a BI user name manually or using  Selection. The system generates the document with the settings (for example, date format) and authorizations of the specified user.

If you want to distribute the broadcast setting immediately, the system uses the authorizations and settings for the current user that has logged on to the system and has defined the broadcast setting when generating the document.

●     Language: If you schedule the broadcast setting in the background (for example for a certain time), then you can select the language in which the document is to be generated. The system offers you the choice of those languages that are installed in the BI system.

If you want to distribute the broadcast setting immediately, the system uses the logon language for the current user who has logged on to the system and has defined the broadcast setting when generating the document.

General Precalculation

You can make various settings (for example, for variable assignment or exceptions) on the General Precalculation tab page). For more information, see General Settings During Precalculation and the Creation of Links.

Layout

On the Layout tab page you make the required settings for the print layout. For more information on these setting options, see Creating Print Versions of BI Applications.

Header/Footer

On the Header/Footer tab page you can define the texts for the header and footer of the print version. You can also use text variables in the text. For more information, see Creating Print Versions of BI Applications.

Filter Navigation

On the Filter Navigation tab page you can specify characteristics or a control query so that the system precalculates several documents with different filter settings from the same query or Web application. For more information, see Filter Navigation.