


Web applications are based on Web templates that you create and edit in Web Application Designer. You can use it to generate HTML pages containing BW-specific contents such as tables, charts or maps. Web application design comprises a broad spectrum of interactive Web-based business intelligence scenarios that you can adjust to meet your requirements by using standard Web technologies.īEx Web Application Designer is a desktop application for creating Web applications. Web Application Design allows you to use the generic OLAP navigation in Web applications for simple or highly individual scenarios.You can use standard markup languages and Web Design API to implement highly individual scenarios with user-defined interface elements. You can perform a detailed analysis of BI information on the Web and in Microsoft Excel. You can also use exception reporting to determine deviating and critical objects, to broadcast messages on deviating values by e-mail, or to distribute the messages to the universal worklist in the portal. You can also evaluate geographical data (for example, characteristics such as Customer, Sales Region, and Country) on a map. You can also display data graphically (such as bar charts or pie charts). A range of interaction options, such as sorting, filtering, swapping characteristics, and local calculations allow flexible navigation through the data at runtime. The data is displayed in a table and acts as the starting point for detailed analyses that can be used to provide answers to a large variety of questions. You can implement any number of variance analyses (such as plan-actual comparison, fiscal year comparison). By selecting and combining InfoObjects (characteristics and key figures) or reusable structures in a query, you define how you will evaluate the data in the selected InfoProvider.Īnalyzing data based on multidimensional data sources (OLAP reporting) makes it possible to analyze multiple dimensions simultaneously (like time, location, and product). You analyze the data from the BW system by defining queries for InfoProviders in BEx Query Designer. The data in SAP NetWeaver BW is divided into self-contained business data areas (InfoProviders). The graphic below outlines the functional areas of the Business Explorer and how they relate to SAP NetWeaver Portal and SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer.īEx applications are created using the various tools from the Business Explorer Suite or SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer the applications can then be published to SAP NetWeaver Portal. Information about supported Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft Office versions (with maintenance periods) is available in the SAP Developer Network (SDN) under Information Management → Business Intelligence → Reporting, Analysis, and Planning → Maintenance Information → BEx Compatibility of MS Operating Systems and Office Products or in the Product Availability Matrix (login to SAP Service Marketplace (SMP) required). You can also publish this content to the portal (in Knowledge Management folders or collaboration rooms). You can use BEx Information Broadcasting to distribute objects created with Business Explorer by e-mail, either as precalculated documents with historical data, or as links with live data.

More information: Planning Business Data with BW Integrated Planning. You can also use the SAP Business Explorer tools to create planning applications, and for planning and data entry in BW Integrated Planning. As an employee with access authorization, you can evaluate historical or current data at various levels of detail and from different perspectives both on the Web, in the portal and in Microsoft Excel. These tools include query, reporting and analysis functions. The SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence Suite, SAP Business Explorer (SAP BEx), provides flexible reporting and analysis tools for strategic analyses and decision-making support within a business.
