Standard Web Template for Reports 

Use

When you display a report in the portal (Web), it is automatically embedded in the standard Web template for reports. The report is displayed in a table on the Web. In addition, a date in the upper area of the Web template indicates how current the data is. Using the standard pushbuttons provided, Information, Send, and Print Version, and the link Filter, you can access the most common functions for navigating in and further editing your report.

Integration

When you have created and saved a report in the Report Designer, choose  (Execute): The report is displayed automatically in the portal using the standard Web template for reports.  

From a technical perspective, the standard Web template for reports is based on the 0REPORT_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE Web template. This Web template is set as the default for displaying reports from the Report Designer in the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide under SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → Reporting-Relevant Settings → BEx Web → Set Standard Web Templates → Enterprise Report. The standard Web template contains three pushbuttons, Information, Send and Print Version, and the link Filter to call the filter pane.

You can copy this Web template to make changes and set it as your new standard Web template for reports in the IMG. Note that to activate the changes in the SAP Reference IMG, you must start the J2EE Engine.

Features

The functions of the individual pushbuttons and the Filter link are as follows:

●      Information pushbutton

You use this pushbutton to display information about the data provider, such as the technical name and description, the name of the person who last changed it, and the key date of the data provider. You can also document the data provider. 

●      Send pushbutton

You use this pushbutton to navigate to the broadcasting wizard, from which you can precalculate and distribute your report. For more information, see Functions of the BEx Broadcaster.

●      Print Version pushbutton

You use this pushbutton to directly create a PDF version of the report, which you can then print, as required.

●      Filter link

You use this link to display a filter pane above the table displayed in the report. In this filter pane, characteristic values for the characteristics used in the data provider are displayed and available for filtering. This allows you to change the view of the report and use certain analysis options. For more information, see Filter Pane.