Functions of the Web Application Designer Menu Bar

Use

From the menu bar in the Web Application Designer, you access all of the functions that you need to create or edit a Web template. 

For more information about Web Application design and the structure and functions of the Web Application Designer, see:

Web Application Design: BEx Web Application Designer

The BEx Web Application Designer

From Web Template to Web Application

Features

Web Template Menu

New

Choose Web Template ® New, if you want to create a new Web template that you can then publish as a Web application on an Internet browser.

See also:

Creating Web Applications with the BEx Web Application Designer

Creating a Web Application with the Web Application Wizard

Open…

This function takes you to the BEx Open Dialog. From here you can open a Web template in various views to edit it or publish it in the Web browser. You can also access the Open… function by clicking on the  Open… icon on the Web Application Designer toolbar.

Close

You use this function to close the Web template.

Delete

You use this function to delete Web templates that are already saved.

Save

You use this function to save the changes that you have made to an existing Web template.

Save as…

This function takes you to the BEx Save Dialog where you can save your Web template in your favorites or roles. You can also access the Save and Save As… functions by clicking on the  icon on the Web Application Designer toolbar.

Import from File…

You use this function to import back into the Web Application Designer a Web template that you have edited with an external HTML editor. See also Editing the Web Templates Further.

Export to File…

You use this function to export to a file system of your choice a Web template that you want to edit with an external HTML editor. See also Editing the Web Templates Further.

Download File from Server

You use this function to download a Web template directly from the server without opening it in the Web Application Designer. See also Editing the Web Templates Further.

Upload File to Server

You use this function to upload to the server directly a Web template that you have edited with an external HTML editor. See also Editing the Web Templates Further.

Execute in the Browser…

You use this function to publish your Web template on the Web and thereby create a Web application. You can also call the function from  Execute in the Browser on the Web Application Designer toolbar. See also Creating Web Applications with the BEx Web Application Designer.

Reset Properties

You use this function to reset the properties that you have set for a Web template in the Properties window on the Web Item tab page. This reassigns the default settings to the Web template. See Web Template Properties.

Documents

You use this function to create, change, and display documents for the Web template. See also Editing Documents in the Document Screen and Documents.

Exit

You use this function to leave the Web Application Designer.

Edit Menu

Delete Web Item

You use this function to delete a highlighted Web item or HTML element from the Web template. You can also call the function from  Delete Web Item on the Web Application Designer toolbar.

Copy

You use this function to copy individual Web items or entire HTML tables to which you have added Web items so that you can, for example, include them in another Web template. You can also access this function by clicking on the  (Copy) icon on the Web Application Designer toolbar.

Paste

You use this function to paste into a Web template any Web items or HTML elements that you have copied. You can also call the function from  Paste on the Web Application Designer toolbar.

For more information about the menu options in the Edit menu, see Context Menu in Web Templates.

Publish Menu

Into a Role…

You use this function to publish a Web template in a role so that you can integrate the Web template into a Portal, for example, at a later stage. See also Role Maintenance and Integration into the SAP Enterprise Portal.

Into Enterprise Portal 6.0...

With this function, you call the Save Dialog that includes various views of an Enterprise Portal in which a Web template can be saved. Depending on the view (My Portfolio, CM Repository View, Collaboration Room, Portal Content, Portal Roles), either iViews in the Portal or links in Knowledge Management are generated.  See also Integration of SAP BW 3.5 and SAP EP 6.0.

Into Enterprise Portal 5.0… ® as iView or as iView file

With this function you can either save the Web template as an iView in a role or export it as an iView file for use in the iView studio. See also Integration of SAP BW 3.5 and SAP EP 5.0.

BEx Broadcaster

This function starts the BEx Broadcaster, with which you can precalculate and distribute queries and Web applications. See also Publishing Queries and BEx Web Applications.

Copy URL to Clipboard

You use this function to copy the URL of the Web template to the clipboard so that you can call it in a Web browser or send it as an e-mail, for example. You have to save the Web template before you can do this.

Insert Menu

Table

You use this function to insert HTML tables into your Web template. If you have already inserted an HTML table into your Web template and want to edit this table, you have several options under Insert ® Table, such as, Insert Row, Insert Column, Delete Cell, and so on. You can also call this function by clicking on the  Table icon on the Web Application Designer toolbar. See also Layout Design of Web Templates and Merging Cells in an HTML Table.

Picture…

You use this function to insert images into your Web template, for example, company logos. See also Layout Design of Web Templates and Storing Stylesheets and Symbols.

Print Stylesheet…

You use this option to select a print stylesheet to form the basis of a printout for your Web application. See also Print Stylesheets.

Tools Menu

Wizard…

You use this function to call the Web application wizard. The Web application wizard helps you to create a Web application simply and easily by taking you step by step through the process. See also Creating Web Applications with the Web Application Wizard.

Query Designer…

You use this function to call the BEx Query Designer to create or change a query. See also Query Design: BEx Query Designer

View Definition  ® Based on a Query or Based on Another View

With this function, you can generate and save a new query view by navigating in an existing query or in an existing query view. The selected query or the selected query view is automatically embedded in the standard Web template for ad-hoc analysis. See Standard Web Template for Ad-hoc Analysis.

Settings

You use this function to determine and save the general settings for all Web templates and Web applications that you create. You can select the stylesheet that you want to use as the basis for your Web applications and determine the path for the Web browser or the HTML editor. See also Determining Settings.

Layout Menu

Show Borders

You use this function to show or hide the borders of an HTML table during the design process. See also Layout Design of Web Templates.

Display HTML Tags

You use this function to display the HTML tags in the layout view. See also Layout Design of Web Templates.

View Menu

You use the options under View to change the appearance of the Web Application Designer.

Toolbar

Choose View ® Toolbar to show or hide the toolbar.

Status Bar

Choose View ® Status Bar to show or hide the status bar in the bottom margin of the Web Application Designer.

Web Items

Choose View ® Web Items to display the Web Items window again if you closed it earlier. See also BEx Web Application Designer and Web Items.

Properties

If you choose View ® Properties, you can display the Properties window again if you closed it earlier. See BEx Web Application Designer.

Window Menu

Cascading

You use this function to overlap several Web templates that you have open in the Web template window. See BEx Web Application Designer.

Horizontally

You use this function to arrange several Web templates that you have open next to one another in the Web template window.

Vertically

You use this function to arrange several Web templates that you have open below one another in the Web template window.

Arrange Symbols

You use this function to arrange the Web template symbols if you have previously minimized the Web template window.

Number and Name of Open Web Templates

The Web templates that you have opened are listed below one another here.

Help Menu

Content

You use this function to reach the context sensitive help in the online documentation.

Info…

From Help ® Info… you see the version of the Web Application Designer with the number of the support package. You can quote this information to SAP if you need to send any problem messages.