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A business of

Spc

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

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Query Designer

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Query Designer - Motivation for the Changes

Easier to use query designer 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

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

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New Open Dialog and Search Functions

Search takes

place in the

backend. Cansearch by:

Creator

Date

Technical name

or description

Queries by

InfoProviders

Search stringwith 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 theycan be dragged

and dropped into

the query

definition

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Saving a Query

Can save directly into

your Favouritesand/or roles you are

assigned to (check

authorisations)

The Create and

Delete allow you tocreate 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/ordownload 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

1. Create two structures

2. Assign the attributes to

the structures

3. Press cell definitionbutton

4. Define cell

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Drill down on hierarchy and navigate

1. Execute a query that is

based on two

hierarchies in a row

2. Right mouse click toactivate the menu

3. 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 theinconsistency

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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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