Menu Option

Description

New…

You use this function to create a new report.

Open…

This function displays the BEx open dialog. Here, you can open and edit reports from your history, favorites, or roles, using the search function if required.

Close

You use this function to close a report. If you have edited a report and want to keep the changes, save the report before closing it.

Save

You use this function to save any changes you have made to a report. When you create a new report and choose Save, the BEx save dialog appears. You can then save your report in your favorites or roles.

Save As

This function displays the BEx save dialog, where you can save your report with a different name in your favorites or roles.

Delete

If you choose this function, the report is deleted permanently.

Insert Data Provider

You use this function and the open dialog to choose a data provider for a report section. The data providers for a report section can be queries or query views. Once you have made your selection, the data provider is automatically inserted into a report section and displayed in the design area.

Check Data Provider

With this function, you can check whether a data provider with a static drilldown has been changed since the report was created and apply these changes to the field catalog. To do this, select a data provider in the Field Catalog under Query Fields. In the menu, choose Report -> Check Data Provider. Once the check is completed, only the current fields for the data provider appear in the field catalog. You can drag and drop new fields to the report.

●      Note that any fields that no longer exist in the data provider are not automatically removed from the list. If you want to remove these fields, you need to delete them manually.

●      As a precautionary measure, a copy of the report is created when you do this.

Page Setup

You use this function to set up the page for the report: You can set the page size (such as DIN A4 or letter), the page alignment (portrait or landscape) and the margins.

Note that the setting for the page margins applies to reports generated as PDFs only and not to the Web display.

Note that you cannot change the page alignment in a report. If you want to have different page alignments in a report, you need to use several Report Web items in BEx Web Application Designer.

Execute

You use this function to execute the report in the portal. The report is displayed in the standard Web template for reports. You set the standard Web template for reports in Customizing, by choosing SAP NetWeaver → Business Intelligence → Reporting-Relevant Settings → BEx Web → Set Standard Web Templates → Enterprise Report.

Print Version

You use this function to convert the report into a printable PDF document.

Publish

To Role...

You use this function to publish reports to roles. The system saves a link to the current report in the selected role.

To Portal...

You use this function to publish reports to the Portal Content Directory as iViews . More information: Publishing Queries, Web Applications, and Reports.

BEx Broadcaster...

You use this function to open BEx Broadcaster, where you can precalculate and broadcast your report. More information: Precalculating and Broadcasting Queries, Query Views, Web Templates, and Reports.

Properties

Here, you can change the report description in the Properties screen area.

Exit

You use this function to close Report Designer.