Broadcasting Functions 

Use

Information broadcasting provides various functions that are executed by business experts and in system administration.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have administrator authorization for broadcasting. You need authorization object S_RS_ADMWB with field RSADMWBOBJ = BR_SETTING.

The Broadcast E-Mail, Broadcast to Portal, and Broadcast to Printer distribution types are intended for all users. More information: Functions of the BEx Broadcaster

All other distribution types listed below allow users to perform administrative tasks and are, therefore, only available to users with the appropriate authorization.

More information: Overview: Authorization Objects

Features

The following distribution types are available in the BEx Broadcaster; the distribution types provide different functions for system administration and business experts.

Broadcast E-Mail (Bursting)

You can distribute BI objects (queries, query views, Web templates, or reports) as precalculated documents or online links by e-mail to recipients that you identify based on master data.

More information: Broadcast by E-Mail (Bursting)

Broadcast by Exception

You can check queries or query views in the background for exceptions. If a threshold value for an exception is exceeded or not reached, the BEx Broadcaster immediately generates a document according to the criteria you defined and distributes this to the recipients by e-mail, to the portal, or as an alert.

More information: Broadcast by Exception

Broadcast (Multi Channel)

You can distribute a BI object (query, query view, Web template, report, or workbook) with a broadcast setting using multiple channels (e-mail, portal, or printer).

More information: Distribution over Multiple Channels

Precalculating Value Sets

You can fill variables of the type Precalculated Value Set for characteristic values with values in the background. The precalculated value sets are then available as variable values in queries.

More information: Precalculating Value Sets

Filling the OLAP Cache

You can precalculate queries and fill the OLAP cache with generated data to reduce the time needed to access the data.

More information: Filling the OLAP Cache

Filling the MDX Cache

You can precalculate BEx queries in the background, which then serve as data providers for Crystal Reports. This improves the performance of Crystal Reports.

More information: Filling the MDX Cache

Activities

In the BEx Broadcaster, you create a new broadcast setting for the required BI object and select one of the distribution types listed above. More information: Creating Broadcast Settings