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Overview of SAP BW Reporting

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SAP BW: Overview

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Components of BEx

• Portal Integration, Collaboration & Broadcasting • Seamless Integration into ECP/ other portal • No further development for BEx Browser • Query Reporting and Analysis • Query design (enterprise wide deployment) • Analysis (seamless integration Web/Excel) • Web Application Design • Portal Integration / Open for further Webdesign • Create Analytical Applications / InfoCockpits • Form Reporting • Web/Portal deployment • Mobile Intelligence • PDAs / WAP Mobile Phones • Pre-calculation 3

Query Designer

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• EasierDesigner Query - Motivation for the to use query designer Changes • Web publishing functionality within one step • Tool for variable maintenance • Key figure maintenance • Tabular query definition mode • Enhanced reporting functionality • Enable calculation on cells

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Features of the Query Designer

• Enhanced usability • Easier access to objects e.g queries etc. • Enhanced design capabilities • Simple web publishing facility • Ability to download a Web report to MS Excel • How to use it • Executing a query in the BEx • Technical names can be entered directly • New search options • Attributes displayed directly in the Designer • Publishing to the web in one step • Restricted Key Figures in Calculated Key Figures • Tabular Editor • New definition mode to create tabular queries • Mode contains a filter and a columns section

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Features of the Query Designer • Variable Wizard • New front-end integrated Wizard to create and change variables • New types of variables are existing that improve the reporting options • The Wizard allows definition of variables within the query builder • New variable types e.g. multiple single value • Hierarchies • Supports full range of hierarchy handling • It is possible to combine any structures and hierarchies • Other Query Designer Features • Cell Editor (e.g. calculations on cells) • Queries with 2 structures support a new cell definition mode 7

New Open Dialog and Search Functions Search takes place in the backend. Can search by: •Creator •Date •Technical name or description •Queries by InfoProviders •Search string with wildcards

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Selecting Display Attributes in Query Designer

Display attributes of characteristics are displayed directly in the query designer tree

From there they can be dragged and dropped into the query definition

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Saving a Query Can save directly into your Favourites and/or roles you are assigned to (check authorisations) The ‚Create‘ and ‚Delete‘ allow you to create new folders

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Displaying a Query on the Web Publishes a default view in 1 step Buttons are provided for several functions to change and/or download the report. The context menu is available for all functions

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Definition of variables in the frontend

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Change an existing variable 1. Open the query 2. Right mouse-click on the variable 3. Choose Edit 4. Go on in the dialogue or start the variable wizard 5. Press ok and run the query

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Hierarchies • The query designer now supporst a wider range of OLAP hierarchy handling, and extends it by providing ‚hierarchical structures‘ • New features include: − The generation of display hierarchies where there is no hierarchy defined in the BW − Combining hierarchies and structures − Displaying attributes of the hierarchy leaves and nodes

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Cell Editor - Calculations on cells

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Create two structures

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Assign the attributes to the structures

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Press cell definition button

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Define cell

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Drill down on hierarchy and navigate

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Execute a query that is based on two hierarchies in a row

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Right mouse click to activate the menu

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expand to the second level of the hierarchy

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Self correction function in the query designer (consistency check; add missing mater data) • If a characteristic changes or is no longer available which is in the query definition a message is returned to display the inconsistency

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Other Features • Restricted Key Figures in Calculated Key Figures

− Allows very complex definitions on key figures in the front end. − Possible uses: Calculate the difference between sales volume between 2001 and 2002.

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