Configuration Center

You use the configuration center as a central point of entry for Business Context Viewer (BCV) configuration and administration. You can define, edit, display, and delete BCV objects in the configuration center, including the following:

Search connectors
Queries
Query views

You can also perform the following actions in the configuration center:

Perform authorization checks
Perform consistency checks
Test search connectors and queries
Create, display, maintain, or delete access control lists (ACLs)

On the starting page of the configuration center, the system groups BCV objects according to their type (for example, in the case of search connectors), and according to other criteria (for example, Favorites, Last Used, and so on).

Recommendation

Some of the functions that the configuration center provides are available in Customizing as well. However, we strongly recommend that you use the configuration center for all your BCV configuration and administration activities, for the following reasons:

Not all of the functions of the configuration center are available in Customizing.
The system locks all settings of the same type for other users if one user edits them in Customizing.
Customizing is only meant to be used by administrators and advanced users to check and maintain settings, build their own business configuration (BC) sets, and so on.

End of the recommendation.

Activities

Configuration Activities

You can configure all BCV objects in the configuration center:

BCV Object	More Information
Search connector	Search Connector
Query	BCV Query
Query views	Query View
Dashboard	Dashboard and Definition of Dashboards
Overview	Definition of Overview
Query view hierarchy	Definition of Query View Hierarchies
Meanings	Definition of Meanings
User group	Definition of User Groups
Launchpad	Definition of Launchpads
Access control list (ACLs)	Access Control Lists in BCV

For more information about the configuration activities that you can access from the configuration center, see Configuring Business Context Viewer (BCV).

Administrative Activities

You can also perform administrative tasks on these objects, such as testing, where-used check, authorization check, and statistics:

Activity	More Information
Query Statistics	BCV Query Statistics
Search Connector Statistics	Search Connector Statistics
Consistency Check	Consistency Check
Authorization Check	Authorization Check
Where-Used List for User Group in ACL	Where-Used List of User Groups in Access Control List (ACL)

For more information, see Administration of Business Context Viewer (BCV).

Accessing the Configuration Center

You can access the configuration center in one of the following ways:

From your user menu, choose Business Context Viewer Business Context Viewer Homepage .
The necessary authorizations for this option are as follows:
- Configuration functions
  In the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction, you are assigned to the BCV User (SAP_BCV_USER) role.
- Administrative functions
  In the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction, you are assigned to the BCV Administrator (SAP_BCV_ADMIN) role.
In SAP NetWeaver Portal, choose Business Context Viewer.
The necessary authorizations for this option are as follows:
- Configuration functions
  In the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction, you are assigned to the BCV User (SAP_BCV_USER) role.
  
  On the SAP NetWeaver Portal, you are assigned to the BCV User (com.sap.pct.bs_fnd.BCV_USR) role.
- Administrative functions
  In the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction, you are assigned to the BCV Administrator (SAP_BCV_ADMIN) role.
  
  On the SAP NetWeaver Portal, you are assigned to the BCV Administrator (com.sap.pct.bs_fnd.BCV_ADMIN) role.
From SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC).
The necessary authorizations for this option are as follows:
- If the underlying system of NWBC is the back-end system, you need the authorizations described in the user menu access option above.
- If the underlying system of NWBC is the SAP NetWeaver Portal, you need the authorizations described in the portal access option above.