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Function documentationReports in Business Context Viewer (BCV)

 

BCV in SAP QIM offers a framework that allows different types of additional information to be integrated in the application. This information can then be analyzed according to the business requirements of the user.

For more information, see the documentation for Business Suite Foundation under Business Context Viewer (BCV).

Prerequisites

If you are assigned to the PFCG role SAP_BCV_ADMIN2, you have a wide range of configuration options available.

For more information about the settings necessary for using BCV, see Customizing for QIM under Start of the navigation path Search and Analytics Next navigation step Configure Business Context Viewer End of the navigation path.

Features

Side Panel

You can open context-sensitive query views in BCV in the side panel of the QIM worklists by selecting entries in the list of worklists and choosing Additional Information. You then have access to the functions of the BCV side panel, which are described in detail in the documentation for BCV under Side Panel. For example, individual key figures are displayed directly in graphical form in the side panel overview. You can enlarge each key figure in the main window and use other BCV functions there. For detailed analyses, you can display groups of query views as dashboards.

You define the required queries and key figures in the BCV configuration center. Here, you also specify the display format of the results and key figures in the form of a query view, for example, as a graphic or in table format. You also use the BCV configuration center to group several query views in a dashboard. For more information, see the documentation for BCV under Configuration Center.

To display key figures in an overview and in a dashboard, business content in the form of queries, query views, and a dashboard is delivered for QIM. You can adapt and extend this business content. For example, you can use your own queries to determine the data so trends can be displayed.

CHIPs

You can also integrate BCV queries into the QIM user interface as CHIPs. As an example, graphics are available on the home page showing the following reports:

  • Number of issues by priority and status

  • Number of Activities per Month by Expected End Date

For more information about these graphics, see Example: BCV Query via BAPI Search Connector.

Dashboard

You can also open the graphics integrated as CHIPs in the BCV dashboard on the home page under Start of the navigation path Reports Next navigation step Dashboard for Quality Issues and Activities End of the navigation path. This gives you the option of changing the input parameters, allowing you, for example, to display the number of activities per day or per month instead of per week, or to restrict the display to one business partner. To do this, in the dashboard choose Start of the navigation path Functions Next navigation step Details on End of the navigation path and then for each respective graphic Start of the navigation path Functions Next navigation step Change Input End of the navigation path.