Calling Content from BI in the Portal
Use
Display of Content from BI in the Portal explains which types of content from BI can be displayed. The following sections outline the various options available to users for calling and using this content.
Features
You can call content from BI using portal roles or KM folders.
A special feature of a KM folder is the BEx Portfolio: Calling with the BEx Portfolio
With portal roles, you navigate using the initial navigation bar and detailed navigation. To navigate in KM folders or the BEx Portfolio, you use the content area on the portal desktop.
The portal offers a variety of options for communicating and collaborating with other portal users:
In collaboration rooms, groups of users can
exchange context-based applications and information. BI contents can also be
included. More information:
Making Rooms Available
in the Portal.
Discussions enable an exchange of ideas about
specific topics using a document in Knowledge Management. Using BEx
Information Broadcasting, you can store BEx Web applications as precalculated
documents or links in Knowledge Management. You can have discussions based on
these documents and links.
See
Discussing with Other
Users.
In addition to collaboration, Knowledge Management offers
various functions for working with documents. You can add ratings,
evaluations, feedback or personal notes to documents. For
more information, see
Functions for Objects
in Folders.
Notifications are particularly interesting for
precalculated documents automatically generated with BEx Information
Broadcasting. Notifications can automatically inform users about changes (such
as a new precalculation). More information:
Notifications for
Folders in the Universal Worklist and
Notifications.
The Business Explorer portal role (com.sap.ip.bi.business_explorer_showcase) clarifies the options for working with documents and links in Knowledge Management. More information: Business Explorer Portal Role.
For more information about collaboration and Knowledge
Management, see
Collaboration and
Knowledge
Management.