Calling BI Content in the Portal 

Use

The portal desktop is the initial page for calling BI content in the portal. The header area contains the initial navigation bar which includes all of the initial folders for the assigned Portal roles of a user. The initial entry takes place through the portal roles.

When you select a folder, either an iView, a Portal page in the content area of a subfolder in detailed navigation is displayed.

Features

You have the following options when you call BI content.

·        The BEx Web Applications as iView are started directly from Portal roles or Portal pages.

·        You can include BEx Web Applications as documents and links in Knowledge Management (KM) as iViews.

·         You can also display the documents and links that can be selected using the BEx Portfolio or KM navigation iView.

With KM-Navigation iView, a complete Knowledge Management folder is displayed. The KM Navigation iView allows you to execute Collaboration functions for these documents and links (see Collaboration with Other Users). The BEx Portfolio is a special graphical display of the KM Navigation iView (see Calling from the BEx Portfolio).

The fundamental difference between the two options for calling BI content can be summarized as follows:

When Portal roles are used, navigation using the initial navigation bar and detailed navigation is carried out. In contrast to this, navigation using folders in Knowledge Management takes place via the content area.

The various options for including collaboration functions with documents and links are clarified in the Business Explorer Portal role. For more information, see Business Explorer Portal Role.