BI Menu Dialog Boxes
This section describes the different options that are available on the BI menu in the Visual Composer main menu:
Data sources supported by these menu options include systems based on the SAP BI Connector (SAP BW systems 3.5 and higher) and the BI Java JDBC Connector. See Defining Portal Systems and Aliases in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Installation & Configuration Guide.
You may only deploy models created using BI menu functionality to Adobe Flash format. To check that your runtime is set to Flash: from the Visual Composer main menu, choose Tools → Options. Select the Compiler tab, and from the Runtime dropdown box, select Flash.
BI Terminology Notes
BI menu functionality allows you to build queries relational data sources defined in your portal. These may include SAP BI systems (BW) or non-SAP data sources. In cases where SAP BI system terminology differs from general OLAP terminology, the BI dialog boxes use the standard OLAP terminology.
A short summary of some of the major differences between standard OLAP and SAP BI terms follows:
OLAP and SAP BI Terminology
OLAP Standard Term |
SAP BI Term |
dimension |
characteristic |
measure |
key figure |
member |
characteristic level |
level |
hierarchy level |
For OLAP systems, the caption value from your data service is displayed in dialog box fields. For relational systems, the field name is displayed.
For definitions of terms used in Visual Composer, see the Glossary in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Modeler’s Guide.