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Description

Existing queries from SAP BW 3.x cannot be processed with the BEx Query Designer. The BEx Query Designer is a component of the SAP NetWeaver 2004s shipment and is installed with the BI Add-On of the SAP GUI.

However, since the BEx Query Designer was completely redesigned and has a new user interface (based on Microsoft .NET), the new functions can be used with the BEx Query Designer from SAP NetWeaver 2004s only. These functions are available in the BEx Query Designer from SAP BW 3.x.

Query Views do not have to be migrated, that is, they do not have to be saved with the BEx Query Designer from SAP NetWeaver 2004s. They can still be used after migration. For more information, see Structure linkRuntime and Design-Time Cross-Dependencies: SAP BW 3.x and SAP NetWeaver 2004s.

General Practices with Migration

You can open and edit queries from SAP BW 3.x with the BEx Query Designer from SAP NetWeaver 2004s, as required. However, as soon as you save a query, it is stored as an SAP NetWeaver 2004s query. Queries from SAP BW 3.x and SAP NetWeaver 2004s are stored in the same tables. Only the version information is adjusted as required.

Once you process and save queries with the BEx Query Designer from SAP NetWeaver 2004s, you can no longer open them with the BEx Query Designer from SAP BW 3.x. The queries are still displayed in the open dialog for the BEx Query Designer from SAP BW 3.x, but cannot be selected.

The reusable components of a query (structures, restricted and calculated key figures, variables) are also saved in the new version; this can result in dependencies to other queries. Likewise, these dependent queries can also only be opened with the BEx Query Designer from SAP NetWeaver 2004s. For information about eliminating these dependencies, see SAP Note 884629, which provides details about restoring temporarily stored queries.

 

 

 

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