Documents
Use
With BI objects, you can add, link to, and search one or more documents in various formats, versions, and languages. You can add documents for metadata, master data and InfoProvider data. There are therefore three different document classes.
More information: Document Classes
Integration
The following figure provides an overview of the components:
Prerequisites
You have given users the authorization to display or edit documents.
More information: Authorizations for Documents and Administration of the BI Metadata Search and the BI Documents
Features
You can use documents for metadata, master data and InfoProvider data in Web applications, in Knowledge Management (KM), in Data Warehousing Workbench (BEx Web runtime, ABAP), and in BEx Analyzer. The following table provides an overview of the available tools and options.
Area |
Description |
Data Warehousing Workbench |
In Data Warehousing Workbench (BEx Web runtime, ABAP), you can only access and edit documents that are on the BI server and have not been migrated. The Administration functional area is available for editing documents → BI Metadata Search / BI Documents. 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 functional area (Administration → BI Metadata Search/BI Documents), you can display and edit documents from all document classes using various search criteria. You can also branch to document administration. More information: |
Web Applications |
In Web applications, you can access documents on the BI server and in 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: |
Knowledge Management |
In BEx Web runtime (Java), you can integrate BI documents into portal-based Knowledge Management using the BI Document Repository Manager, the BI Metadata Repository Manager, and migration. You can access documents on the BI server and in the portal. All KM services are available for working with BI documents. More information: |
BEx Analyzer |
In BEx Analyzer (BEx Web runtime, ABAP), you can display, create, and edit documents that were created in the Data Warehousing Workbench, in the master data maintenance, or in a Web application.
More information: |
