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Procedure documentationSaving BEx Web Applications as Bookmarks

Prerequisites

You have opened a BEx Web application in the BI launchpad, navigated in the data and now want save a particular navigation location in the Web application for later use.

The authors of BEx Web applications have configured the corresponding Web templates as follows:

  • In the context menu Web item, they have activated the Bookmark parameter (MENU_BOOKMARK).

  • Alternatively, they have integrated the Save Bookmark command in the Web template.

More information:

Context Menu

Save Bookmark

Procedure

  1. In the context menu for the BEx Web application, choose Start of the navigation path Distribute and Export Next navigation step Bookmark End of the navigation path.

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    Depending on how the Web application has been configured, this entry can be displayed differently, as a pushbutton for example.

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  2. Save the BEx Web application in a folder of your choosing in your web browser favourites.

Result

You have saved the BEx Web application as a bookmark in your Web browser favourites. You can access this later or send it as a link to other users.

Note Note

Note that you have to be logged on to the BW system to access the bookmark again.

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