Printing BEx Objects 

Use

You can broadcast BEx objects (queries, query views, Web templates and reports) to a printer.

BEx Broadcaster generates a spool request and sends it to the selected output device to print.

Prerequisites

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

Procedure

Defining the Output Format

Select the required output format.

You can select one of the following output formats:

●      Print Format (PS or PCL)

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

●      Portable Document Format (PDF)

BEx Broadcaster generates a PDF file.

Not all types of Web items for a BEx object can be exported to the PDF output format.

More information: Creating Print Versions of BEx Applications

Defining Print Specifications

Make the following settings on the Print Specifications tab page:

●      Printer: Select the output device from which you want to print the document.

You can only select devices that support the specified output format (PS, PCL, or PDF).

●      Authorized User: If you schedule the broadcast setting in the background (for example for a certain time), you can enter a BW user name either manually or using the  Selection.

The system generates the document with the settings (date format for example) and authorizations of the specified user.

If you want to distribute the broadcast setting immediately, the system generates the document using the authorizations and settings of the current user who is logged on to the system and who defined the broadcast setting.

●      Language: If you schedule the broadcast setting for background processing (for a specific time for example), you can select the language that the document will be generated in.

The system offers you a choice of the languages that are installed in the BW system.

If you want to distribute the broadcast setting immediately, the system generates the document using the logon language of the current user who is logged on to the system and who defined the broadcast setting.

Making General Settings for the Precalculation

Define any settings you require (for example, for variable assignment or exceptions) on the General Precalculation tab page.

More information: Making General Settings for Precalculation and Creating Links

Defining the Print Layout

Make the required settings for the print layout on the Layout tab page.

More information: Creating Print Versions of BEx Applications

Defining Texts for the Header and Footer

Define the texts for the header and footer of the print version on the Header/Footer tab page. You can also use text variables in the text.

More information: Creating Print Versions of BEx Applications

Specifying 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.

More information: Specifying Filter Navigation