Broadcasting BI Content
You can use BEx Broadcaster to make BI applications that you have created with the various BEx tools available to other users.
For beginners and end users, the Broadcasting Wizard is of particular interest. This Wizard provides step-by-step instructions in how to define the parameters required for broadcasting.
Broadcasting with BEx Broadcaster
You can use BEx Broadcaster to precalculate queries, query views, Web templates, reports and workbooks, and to broadcast them by e-mail, to the portal or to the printer. As well as precalculated documents in various formats (HTML, MHTML, ZIP, and so on), which contain historical data, you can also send online links to the BI applications, thus providing recipients with access to up-to-date data.
Further broadcast options and functions are available that are specially customized for system administration. These include the generation of alerts for the purpose of exception reporting, broadcasting by e-mail based on master data (bursting), broadcasting in multiple formats using various channels, and precalculation of objects for performance optimization.
Access in the SAP NetWeaver Portal
To store and manage BI content in the portal, the Knowledge Management functions from the SAP NetWeaver portal are used. In the portal, the ideal way for users to access BI information is via a central entry page (like the BEx Portfolio). This shows the documents in the Knowledge Management folder in which you published the content.
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