IMG Entries (Changed)

Technical Data

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

Use

With SAP NetWeaver 7.0, the following changes have been made to the Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis  scenario in the IMG under the Business Intelligencestructure node:

The following activities are new:

Web Items (New)

Technical data 

Function is	New
For Release	Software components ●      Component: SAP NetWeaver ●      Release 7.0
Assignment to application components	BW-BEX-ET
Country setting	Valid for all countries

Use

With SAP NetWeaver 7.0, the following new Web items are available:

Container Layout 

Web Items (Changed)

Technical Data

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

Use

The names of the parameters have changed for all the Web items. Use the migration tool in the BEx Web Application Designer to automatically convert Web items in Web templates and libraries (from SAP BW 3.x) into the new notation.

Web Items (Deleted)

Technical Data

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

Use

The following Web items will no longer be supported in the Business Explorer Web in SAP NetWeaver 7.0:

●      Role menu

●      Alert Monitor

●      Broadcaster

●      Ad-hoc Query Designer

●      ABC classification

●      What-If Prediction

●      Key Figure Overview

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

Web Application Solutions: A Designer’s Guide

Link to Article

Web Application Designer for Beginners

Link to Article

From Web Template to Web Application

The aim of the design process is to create an HTML page with BW-specific content, called a Web application.

A Web page executed in the browser is described as a Web application.

Creating a Web Template

The Web template is the starting point for creating a Web application. The Web template is an HTML document that is used to define the structure of a Web application. It contains placeholders for Web items, data providers and BW URLs. A Web template becomes a Web application only at the point when the data is actually displayed in the Web browser.

Creating Web Applications with the Web Application Wizard

Use

You can use the Web application wizard to create a Web template quickly and easily. You can publish this template as a Web application in the Internet browser. The Web template is an HTML document with BW specific placeholders that determines the structure of a Web application. 

You can use the Web application wizard to create Web templates but not change them. If you want to change your Web template, you use the Web Application Designer. See Create Web Applications with the BEx Web Application Designer and Further Editing Web Templates.

Prerequisites

You have called up the BEx Web Application Designer.

Procedure

Creating Web Applications with the BEx Web Application Designer

Use

The BEx Web Application Designer enables you to create a BEx Web application (an HTML page with BW-specific content) quickly and easily. You can find background information on the steps described below under From Web Template to Web Application.

We recommend that you create your first Web applications with the BEx Web Application wizard in order to familiarize yourself with the Web Application Designer. See Creating Web Applications with the Web Application Wizard .

 Procedure

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.

The Properties Window

Definition

A component of the BEx Web Application Designer

Use

In the Properties window, you define the properties of Web templates and Web items.

Structure

The Properties window is divided into three areas:

The Template Window

Definition

The Web Items window is a component of the BEx Web Application Designer

Use

The Template window contains the Web templates that you edit in the design process and that form the basis of your Web applications.

The HTML page published on the Web is called a Web application. The Web Template is the HTML page that you use to determine the structure of the Web application.

Structure

At the bottom of the Template window there are three tab pages that you can use to change the view of the template or the current HTML editor.

The Web Items Window

Definition

The Web Items window is a component of the BEx Web Application Designer

Use

The Web Items window offers a pool of Web items that you can use to create your Web application.

A Web item is the display type (for example, tables, maps, charts) used to display data from a data provider.

Structure

The Web Items window is made up of two areas:

BEx Web Application Designer

Use

The BEx Web Application Designer is a desktop application for creating Web applications with BW-specific contents. Using the BEx Web Application Designer, you can create an HTML page that contains contents such as various tables, charts or maps. This HTML page (Web application) provides the basis for not only Web applications with complex interaction, but also for Web cockpits and iViews.

Features

In addition to the menu bar and application toolbar, the BEx Web Application Designer consists of three main screen areas:

•        the Web Items Window
•        the Template Window
•        the Properties Window