BEx Web Application Designer (Changed)

Technical Data 

Function Is	Changed
In Release	Software Component ●      Component: SAP NetWeaver ●      Release: 7.0
Assignment to Application Component	BW-BEX-ET
Country Setting	Valid for all countries

Use

In addition to the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 and earlier SAP BW releases (the delivery of which ensures customer scenarios can continue to be processed), SAP delivers a new version of the BEx Web Application Designer. This new BEx Web Application Designer and the new Web runtime offer the following new features:

New Technical Features

●      Input and display of Unicode texts is supported.

●      Support for visually-impaired or blind users has been improved.

Functional Changes

●      New commands (Web API)

●      Command wizard to include Web API commands

●      Integration of planning functions

●      Improved editing options; in particular, for checking the syntax of 

        commands and Web item parameters

●      Structured display of parameters for Web items and commands

●      Transparent, XML-based document format

●      Note that the following functions are no longer available in the new 

        BEx Web Application Designer or as part of the Web Design API:

             

         ○       Web Application Wizard 

         ○       Web Design API for tables

●      Some Web items from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 are not available in the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver 7.0, or have been replaced.

See also:

Web Items (Deleted)

Web Items (Changed)

Web Items (New)

●      New functions for the BEx Web Application Designer are only provided for the BEx Web Application Designer for SAP NetWeaver 7.0.

New Features in Operation

●      Context-sensitive auxiliary functions in textual view (XHTML view)

Effects on Existing Data

●      To continue support for the existing customer scenarios, the BEx Web 

       Application Designer and the Web runtime from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 are 

       still available.

●      Web templates from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and Web templates from SAP 

        NetWeaver ‘04 are saved in different stores.

Effects on Data Transfer

The migration tool for Web templates in the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 allows data to be transferred from Web templates from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 into a Web template from SAP NetWeaver 7.0. This transfer is not always complete, and generally requires users to make subsequent manual corrections and adjustments. As part of this process, a new object is created in the new store. The existing data is not changed.

Due to significant functional changes, it is not possible to automatically migrate existing Web templates. This applies, in particular, to Web applications in which customer-specific enhancements have been made (such as enhancements with the Web Design API for tables or enhancements with JavaScript). Manual adjustments may be required to ensure the Web applications behave correctly. 

Web templates from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 and earlier SAP BW releases can be migrated using the migration tool from the BEx Web Application Designer for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 when the corresponding Web templates are opened with the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver 7.0. 

Once this type of Web template is saved in the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver 7.0, the migrated version of the Web template can no longer be used with the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 or earlier SAP BW releases. The migrated Web templates no longer appear in the open dialog of the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 or earlier SAP BW releases. 

After migration, the original version of the Web template from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 and earlier SAP BW releases is still available in the Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver ‘04 and appears in the open dialog. You can migrate as often as you want since Web templates from SAP NetWeaver '04 are not deleted. The different versions of the Web applications (SAP NetWeaver '04 und SAP NetWeaver 7.0) are saved (in different formats) in different database tables. 

Web templates for the new Web runtime from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 can only be created with the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver 7.0.

We recommend that you do not use any queries and query views from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 in the BEx Web Application Designer from SAP NetWeaver '04.

If you are migrating Web templates and Web items from SAP NetWeaver '04 to SAP NetWeaver 7.0, see also SAP Notes 832713 and 832712.

Effects on Customizing

For more information, see IMG Entries (Changed).