The document provides an overview of BW Web Reporting and the Web Application Designer tool. It discusses the architecture and features of the Web Application Designer, including how it allows drag-and-drop creation of web templates without using Excel. It also describes how the templates can be integrated with the Enterprise Portal and customized further using other web development tools.

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BW Web Reporting
Anand Kashyap

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BW Overview1111
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Agenda
Web Application Designer Tool
4444 Integration with
EP
Web Application Designer Architecture
5555 Beyond Web App Designer
6666 Q & A
7777 Demonstration

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BW Overview

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Reporting Tools in BW
• BEx Browser
• BEx Analyzer
• BEx Query Designer
• Web Application Designer
• Crystal Reports Designer

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Desktop Access
• Separate entry “Business Explorer” in the Programs menu on
the Windows desktop
• Formatted reporting can only be done once Crystal Reports
front-end has been installed
• All tools use the saplogon.ini file for all the available SAP
systems

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BI Web Analysis Tools
BI Tools
Business Explorer
Any data source
Data Warehouse
Web/Portal
BEX Query Designer Web Application DesignerOne Click

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BEx Query Designer
Available as a stand alone tool for query
development
Identical to the to the query designer present
in the BEX Analyzer, except that it can be
invoked independent of MS Excel
Query designer is also called from within the
Web Application Designer or Crystal Reports

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Web Application Designer
Available as a separate, stand alone tool for creating
web templates
Replacement of the Web Publisher tool present in BW
2.0B/2.1C
ITS no longer required with 3.0B. Web Application
Server (WAS) is used for all web transactions
Goal: Improve usability of web publishing process
significantly
– No need to use MS Excel
– More WYSIWYG layout design
– Start as late as possible with direct HTML editing
– Improve reuse and maintenance of Web Publishing
objects

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Web App Server Architecture
WEB
Browser
HTTP
ITS
Web
Serv.
ITS
• Mainly used for web-
enabling of existing SAP
applications
• Dynpro-based
• BW used ITS only as a
gateway (WEBRFC)
• ITS Flow Logic was only
used in special cases
mySAP WAS
• Enhanced scalability,
performance, and
robustness
• Generation of charts and
maps on Internet Graphic
Server (IGS)
• Support of background
processing
• BEx Mobile Intelligence
• Easy administration
IGS
BW 2.0
BW 3.0 and
beyond with
mySAP Web
AS
technology

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Web App Server Architecture
BW Server (using
mySAP Web App
Server
Technology)
HTML
Templates
Data
Base BW Charting EngineBW Charting Engine
Any Web
Design
Tool
OLAP ProcessorOLAP Processor
Portal/
Web
Browse
r
http
• Save HTML Templates in
Web Content Management
• Generate URL
automatically
BEx Web
Application
Designer
BW Web
Service
BW Web
Service
BEx Query
Designer
(excel based,
windows
based, web
based)
create
Queries /
Views

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Web App Designer
Available
Web items
Multiple documents Web item
properties
Drag&Drop

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Web Items
New Items
• Ad-hoc query designer
• News ticker
• User menu
• Broadcaster

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Data Binding

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Customizing Web Items
Customizable context menu:
 Each menu entry can be placed in the
general menu, the enhanced menu or
even be hidden.
 Context menu settings are possible
individually for each Web template.

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Integrated HTML Editor
HTML editor is
integrated with the
web application
designer
HTML can be
edited for adding
additional
functionality using
JAVA and other
web development
tools

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Integration with EP

Save Web Application as iView
 for immediate role-specific use in the
Portal
 as iView file on your PC

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Beyond the Web App Designer
• Web templates can be further customized
using web editing tools such as
DreamWeaver, Front Page, etc.
• Web APIs can be used as well.
Documentation of web APIs can be
downloaded from the SDN or from
service.sap.com/bi
• Java script is often used to enhance web
templates