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Use

Calling content from BEx and BW objects using KM folders in the portal is an additional option to calling content using portal roles.

For more information about integrating BEx Web applications into Knowledge Management (KM) as documents and links, see BEx Web Applications or Query as Documents or Links in KM .

Features

You can display the documents and links that can be selected using the BEx Portfolio iView or the KM Navigation iView.

With the KM Navigation iView, a complete KM folder is displayed. The KM Navigation iView allows you to execute Collaboration functions for these documents and links. The BEx Portfolio is a special graphical display of the KM Navigation iView.

You can generate a KM Navigation iView with Portal Content Studio . KM Navigation iViews have the code link com.sap.km.cm.navigation.

The two most important properties are Path to Initially Displayed Folder and Path to Root Folder for Navigation:

  • The Path to Initially Displayed Folder defines which KM folder is displayed first when calling the iViews.
  • Using the Path to Root Folder for Navigation, you can restrict the user navigation.

If the two properties are identical, the user can only navigate in deeper folders. The folders situated higher up in the hierarchy remain hidden.

A path refers to a folder in Knowledge Management. You can view the folder by choosing Content Administration → KM Content. The appropriate authorizations are necessary to display the folders.

You can include the folders with a user's personal documents using an alias. By using the alias, an iView can be used to display the personal documents for various users in a personalized form.

Examples with Alias

Personal folders for the user: /~alias~/userhome/<user.id>

Folders with favorites: /~alias~/userhome/<user.id>/favorites

Folders with BEx documents: /~alias~/BIuserhome/<user.id>/Personal BEx Documents

Note

The folder with the BEx documents is located at /BIuserhome and not under the general folder /userhome.

Authorizations for KM folders, documents and links is managed using access control lists (ACL). More information: Authorizations for Integration with the Portal .

The Layout Settings property specifies which layout is displayed. More information: Calling with BEx Portfolio .