Display of Content from BI in the Portal 

Use

The following types of content from BI are included in the content area of the portal:

●      BEx Web Application as an iView

●      Precalculated BEx Web Applications as a document in Knowledge Management

●      BEx Web Applications as a link in Knowledge Management

●      BEx Analyzer workbooks

●      BI documents

●      Web interface (from BW-BPS)

Features

BEx Web application as an iView

A BEx Web Application as an iView shows the current data for the BI report. From a technical viewpoint, a direct call of the BEx Web Application occurs in the BI system. You can combine the BEx Web Application as part of a portal page with other iViews from other systems as an iView.

You can change the properties of the iView so that BI bookmarks or BEx queries can be displayed. For more information, see BEx Web Application or Query as iView in the Portal

For more information about the various options for generating iViews, see Overview: Integration and Display Types of BI Content.

Precalculated BEx Web Applications As a Document in Knowledge Management

Using BEx Information Broadcasting, you can precalculate BEx Web Applications and store them as a document in Knowledge Management. The precalculated BEx Web applications contain historic data for specific times. These documents can also be displayed in an iView. For more information, see BEx Web Application or Query As Document or Link in KM.

BEx Web Applications As a Link in Knowledge Management

You can create links to BEx Web applications in Knowledge Management. The links show current data from the BI report. In contrast to BEx Web Applications as iView, the call takes place indirectly using the Repository Manager for BI-Metadata

The collaboration functions can be applied to BEx Web Applications as documents and links. Collaboration with BEx Web Applications as an iView is not possible.

For more information, see Cooperation with Other Users.

There are several difference between calling BEx Web Applications as an iView from  Precalculated BEx Web Applications as Documents in Knowledge Management and BEx Web Applications as Links in Knowledge Management. For more information, see Calling BI Content in the Portal.

BEx Analyzer Workbooks

In addition to BEx Web applications as iView or as documents, BEx Analyzer workbooks also maintain a special position. Workbooks can be included in the portal and can be called from the portal. Workbooks are opened in a separate MS Excel window. Opening workbooks within the Web browser window is not possible for technical reasons.

For more information about workbooks, see Analysis & Reporting: BEx Analyzer.

BI Documents

The documents and metadata created in the BI system (metadata documentation in particular) can be integrated into knowledge management of the portal using the repository manager. There they are displayed together with other documents for the end user in a directory structure. Furthermore, individual documents can be displayed as an iView.

For more information about BI documents, see Documents.

Web Interface (from BW-BPS)

A Web interface (from BW-BPS) is a Web-capable planning application in the form of a Business Server Page Application (BSP application) that is created using the Web Interface Builder. You are able to combine a Web interface as part of a portal page with other iViews, such as BEx Web Applications, to form an iView.

For more information, see Web Interface (from BW-BPS) as iView.

 

For more information on including further applications and tools from the BI system, see BI Components in the Portal.