Setting Up Broadcasting Using WebDAV Repository Managers 

Use

If you set up broadcasting of BI information in federated portal networks using WebDAV repository managers, you have the following options:

●      Information broadcasting by storing the documents in the producer portal

●      Information broadcasting by storing the documents in the consumer portal

The advantage of storing documents in the consumer portal is that read access is faster than write access. Users normally access documents using read access more often than write access. Users normally only use write access once, when they are creating the document. Storage in the consumer portal marginally slows down the creation of documents using the WebDAV protocol. This negative performance impact should hardly be noticeable.

With storage in the producer portal, documents can be created without WebDAV. Users must always access documents using the WebDAV protocol and access is therefore slower.

Overview

Solution	Storage of the Documents in the Producer Portal	Storage of the Documents in the Consumer Portal
Write Access	The documents can be modified.	The documents can be modified.
KM Properties	All KM properties are supported because WebDAV transfers all properties.	All KM properties are supported.
KM Services	KM services (such as subscription, ratings, feedback) can be used. Note, however, that only time-defined (daily, weekly, or monthly) subscriptions are possible, and not event-based subscriptions.	KM services (such as subscription, ratings, feedback) can be used without restrictions because the original documents are in the consumer portal.
Common Storage	The common storage of documents from different producer portals is possible using links. If common storage is required, we recommend that you store the documents in the consumer portal.	The common storage of documents from different producer portals is possible.

More information: KM Properties

Prerequisites

Ensure that Single Sign-On is set up between the portals.

More information: Configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) Between SAP EP 6.0 and the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Portal

Procedure

Setting up information broadcasting by storing the documents in the consumer portal

With this option, the documents are stored in the consumer portal. The producer portals access this storage using WebDAV repository managers. In the producer portals, you define an entry point to the respective folders so that users can broadcast the documents from the BEx Broadcaster to the producer portals.

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       1.      Create a CM repository manager in the consumer portal. The documents are physically stored in a database, a file system, and so on.

More information: CM Repository Manager

       2.      Create a WebDAV repository manager in the producer portal. This facilitates virtual access to the documents in the CM repository manager in the consumer portal.

More information: Integration and Configuration of WebDAV Repository Managers

       3.      Define a folder or subfolder of the WebDAV repository manager in the producer portal as the entry point.

More information: Entry Points and SAP Note 827994

If required, you can create multiple WebDAV repository managers in different producer portals.

Setting up information broadcasting by storing the documents in the producer portal

With this option, the documents are stored in the producer portal. The consumer portal accesses the documents using WebDAV repository managers.

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       1.      Create a WebDAV repository manager in the consumer portal. This facilitates virtual access to the documents in the CM repository manager in the producer portal.

More information: Integration and Configuration of WebDAV Repository Managers

       2.      Create a CM repository manager in the producer portal. The documents are physically stored in a database, a file system, and so on.

More information: CM Repository Manager

       3.      Define a folder or subfolder of the CM repository manager in the producer portal as the entry point.

More information: Entry Points and SAP Note 827994

For multiple consumer portals, you have to create multiple WebDAV repository managers. Steps two and three are therefore the steps required for one portal.

Result

You have set up information broadcasting for federated portal networks using WebDAV repository managers.

In the BEx Broadcaster, users can now choose a folder of the WebDAV repository manager or of the CM repository manager as a storage location for the document that is to be broadcast. The folder appears in the input help in the CM Repository View during broadcasting to Any Folder. Depending on the setting the user makes here, the system physically stores the created document either in the CM repository manager of the consumer portal or in the CM repository manager of the producer portal.