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This function allows you to define business content that can be used as a source of data for reports and charts. It helps you to streamline the data identification and generation process, thereby making the data selection procedure more user-friendly. It simplifies the content creation process and separates content design from report/chart design.

Integration

With Other Mobile System Maintenance Components

To do this

Use this component

Create a report using a business content provider as a data source.

For more information, see Report Maintenance.

Report Maintenance

Design a chart using a business content provider as the data source.

For more information, see Designing Charts.

Charts
With Other Applications

To do this

Use this application

Create business queries and relationships that are used to create a business content provider.

For more information, see Business Query.

Mobile Application Studio

Features

  • Interface to access the business framework

    Business Content Provider exposes the business object layer through a business query and provides a structured view of all the business objects and their relationships.

  • Structured data selection process

    You can use complex business content in reports and charts. The business content provider retrieves data that is relevant to the business object properties selected; this simplifies the processes of designing and executing reports and charts.

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    SAP delivers standard business content providers in the prefill and advanced prefill databases.

    For more information, see Business Content Provider Workflow.

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  • Calculated field definitions

    You can define fields that calculate values (using formulas) at runtime.

    For more information, see Defining Formulas for Business Content Providers.

  • Hierarchical view of the business content provider structure

    While creating a business content provider you can view the hierarchy of the business content provider structure.

    After creating the business content provider, you can view the properties of the business objects, relationships between business objects, and formulas created for the business content provider graphically, without having to use the design mode of the business content provider.

  • Effective search function

    You can search for a business content provider easily based on criteria such as, unique name, status, and owner.

  • View the associated entities

    You can view and preview the reports and charts that use a business content provider.