Documents

Use

With BW objects, you can add, link to, and search in one or more documents in various formats, versions, and languages. You can add documents for metadata, master data, and InfoProvider data. There are three corresponding document classes.

More information: Document Classes

Integration

The following figure provides an overview of the components:

Prerequisites

You are authorized to display and edit documents.

More information: Authorizations for Documents and

Administration of BW Metadata Search and BW Documents

Features

You can use documents for metadata, master data, and InfoProvider data in Web applications, in Knowledge Management (KM), in the Data Warehousing Workbench (BEx Web runtime, ABAP) and in the BEx Analyzer. The following table provides an overview of the available tools and options.

Area	Description
Data Warehousing Workbench	In the Data Warehousing Workbench (BEx Web runtime, ABAP), you can only access and edit documents that are on the BW server and have not been migrated. The Administration BW Metadata Search / BW Documents functional area is available for editing documents and the Documents screen is available for maintenance transactions for metadata and master data. The same functions for creating, importing, editing, exporting, and displaying documents are available on both interfaces. In the Administration BW Metadata Search / BW Document functional area of the Data Warehousing Workbench, you can display and edit documents from all document classes using different search criteria. You can also branch to document administration. More information: Editing Documents on the Documents Screen Editing Documents in the Document View of DW Workbench
Web applications	In Web applications, you can access documents on the BW server and on the portal. Using the Single Document, Document List, and Analysis Web items, you can insert context-sensitive documents into the data used in the Web applications and display the related properties. More information: Using Documents in Web Applications Display of Documents for InfoProvider Data
Knowledge Management	In the BEx Web runtime (Java), you can integrate BW documents into portal-based Knowledge Management using the BW Document Repository Manager, the BW Metadata Repository Manager, and migration. You can access documents on the BW server and on the portal. All KM services are available for working with BW documents. More information: Integrating BEx and BW Objects into the Portal BW Documents in Knowledge Management
BEx Analyzer	In the BEx Analyzer (BEx Web runtime, ABAP), you can display non migrated documents that were created in the Data Warehousing Workbench, in master data maintenance, or in a Web application. Caution The BEx Analyzer only uses the BW server to store documents. Migrated documents are not available in the BEx Analyzer. Only migrate documents if they do not use the BEx Analyzer or do not use it in connection with documents. More information: Working with Linked Documents