Integration from the Viewpoint of Administrators and Authors 

Use

The following sections describe the different scenarios for the integration of BI content into the portal.

The explanations contain technical information that will make it easier for administrators to understand and make the necessary settings. The prerequisites displayed in Customizing refer to the current scenarios. For more information, see the SAP Reference IMG → SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → Settings for Reporting and Analysis → BEx Web → Integration into the Portal.

For authors of BI content, the following sections contain the technical information required to implement the options described in Integration from the User’s Viewpoint.

Features

The BI content can be displayed in the portal in different ways. BEx Web applications can be included as iViews, precalculated documents or as links in the portal. Furthermore, you can display BEx Analyzer workbooks and BI documents in the portal. For more information, see Display of Content from BI on the Portal.

You can call these BI objects using portal roles or with KM folders in the portal. For more information, see Calling BI Content in the Portal.

Various tools support you in generating BI objects in the portal and integrating them into it. For more information, see Creating Content from BI for the Portal.

Integrating BI content into the portal requires experience both in SAP NetWeaver BI and in SAP NetWeaver Portal. To make the necessary settings, administrators of the BI systems and administrators of the portal must work closely together. Similarly, the authors responsible for the BI content and the portal content must also work together to integrate the BI content into the portal.

 

For an overview of which options you have for integrating BI content into the portal, see Overview: Integration- and Display Types of BI Content.