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Session ID: NW104 Information Broadcasting with SAP NetWeaver '04
Session ID: NW104
Information Broadcasting
with SAP NetWeaver '04
Contributing Speaker(s)
Eric Schemer
SAP NetWeaver Product Management, SAP AG
Glen Leslie
SAP NetWeaver Product Management, SAP Labs, LLC
Oliver Mayer
SAP NetWeaver RIG - BI, SAP Labs LLC
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Learning Objectives
As a result of this session, you will be able to:
Explain Information Broadcasting
Understand SAP NetWeaver components
which enable Information Broadcasting
See an overview of Information Broadcasting
in action
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Overview
BEx Broadcaster & Wizard
Administrative Controls on Broadcasting
Enterprise Portal Integration
Overview
BEx Broadcaster & Wizard
Administrative Controls on Broadcasting
Enterprise Portal Integration
BI Suite: Business Explorer (BEx)
Portal Integration
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BEx Information Broadcasting (I)
Information Broadcasting allows the
distribution of BW information
... via different channels ...
(9) E-Mail
(9) Enterprise Portal
... in different formats ...
(9) HTML, MHTML
(9) BEx Analyzer Workbooks
(9) ZIP Files
… of different sources …
(9) BI Web Applications - Dashboards, cockpits
(9) BEx Analyzer Workbooks
(9) Queries
… in different modes…
(9) Online & pre-calculated
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BEx Information Broadcasting (II)
Information Broadcasting supports
different business scenarios
(9) Event based (“Intelligent push”)
Integration into process chains
E.g. If new data is loaded into
the data container (InfoCube)
(9) Ad hoc
BEx Broadcasting Wizard for one-step
distribution
(9) Scheduled
BEx Broadcaster
Guided scheduling times
(for end users / information consumers)
Scheduling at any time
(for power users / administrators)
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Key Functions: Information Broadcasting – BEx Portfolio
Queries, Workbooks, BI
Applications as KM
Documents
KM Document: Pre-
calculated query, workbook
or application
KM Link: Online BW report
Use KM Services for:
Subscription
Feedback
Discussion
Collaboration
Rating
TREX search
Notes
Download
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Information Broadcasting Target: Collaboration Rooms
Queries, Web Applications &
Workbooks can be broadcasted into Collaboration
Rooms
Collaboration Rooms
Services
Chat
Application Sharing
Notes
Meeting Pad
Discussion
Forums
Instant Messaging
My Portal Contacts
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Overview
BEx Broadcaster & Wizard
Administrative Controls on Broadcasting
Enterprise Portal Integration
BI User Categories
High
High
us
ine
(B ss E
Ex
) xplo
re
r
Authoring
and
Ad-hoc Query
10 %
Low
Th
eB
Analytical functionality
and flexibility
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OLAP Analysis
and Power Reporting
30 %
Information Consumption,
Portal-based Deployment,
and Executive Reporting
60 %
Required training
investment
and cost
Low
User-Type Specific Information Broadcasting
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Launching the Broadcaster Wizard
The BEx Broadcaster
Wizard can be
conveniently launched
from the context menu
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BEx Broadcaster Wizard – Step 1
Choose
distribution
format.
ZIP option
The Broadcaster Wizard allows you to send queries,
workbooks and web applications as e-mails or to broadcast
them into SAP EP
It consists of 4 possible steps
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BEx Broadcaster Wizard – Step 2
Continue
Execute
If you choose to continue you will be
If you choose ‘execute‘ the query
able to create a new persistent
broadcasting setting
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will be sent immediately via
E-mail or published into to the
Enterprise Portal
BEx Broadcaster Wizard – last Step
Determine the Scheduling:
Based on a data change event
triggered by a process chain
Based on a pre-defined time
point
Freely definable scheduling
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Demo
Demo
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User-Type Specific Information Broadcasting
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BEx Broadcaster – Settings & Immediate Broadcast
Via the Broadcaster you can find, create, delete and change Broadcasting
settings for BEx Web Applications, Queries and Workbooks
Change
existing
settings
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Via ‘Execute’ you can broadcast immediately
Via ‘Dispatch’ you can determine a broadcasting
schedule
BEx Broadcaster - Settings under the Receiver Tab
You can select from the list of SAP BW Users
You can select from Users within a certain Role
You enter/select e-mail addresses
You can broadcast with authorizations of another user (if you have
according authorizations)
You can determine a language
You can broadcast user-specific
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Distribution Type: Export to Enterprise Portal
You can select different text
variables that will be
automatically filled by the
system
You have access to
the SAP EP KM
Repository and can
choose a KM Folder
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BEx Broadcaster – Pre-calculation Tab
‘Pre-calculation Tab’
If you have exceptions defined in the
underlying queries the different defined
exception levels will be displayed
You can determine if the Broadcasting
should only be triggered if a certain alert
level has been reached
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BEx Broadcaster – Filter Navigation Tab
‘Filter Navigation Tab’
If you precalculate queries
you can automatically
generate filter navigation
by choosing the corresponding characteristics
In order to use this func-
tion for web templates, a
navigation block item has
to be included in the
template
If you precalculate a web
template you can optionally specifiy a control
query to pre-calculate
filter navigation
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Demo
Demo
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Access to BEx Broadcaster
The BEx Broadcaster is
available via:
BEx Query Designer
BEx Analyzer
BEx Web Analyzer
As a Web Item in the
Web Application Designer.
The context menu in any
BEx Web Query, Workbook
and Web Application
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User-Type Specific Information Broadcasting
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BEx Web Application Direct Publishing
DIRECT PUBLISHING
BEx Query Designer
BEx AdHoc Query
Designer
BEx Web Application Designer
SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0
Web Design
Tool (optional)
OLAP Processor
Web Service
Charting Engine
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HTML Templates
InfoProvider
BW Server
with
SAP Web AS
Publishing from WAD into Enterprise Portal
Publish to Enterprise Portal 6.0
Administrative view
Allows to publish right into the PCD
Read & Write Access
Optional Assignment to Portal Page
or Portal Role
Publishing of BW KM Links into KM
Folders
Publish to BEx Broadcaster
Allows broadcasting of links but also
precalculation and scheduling
No Broadcasting into PCD
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BEx Web Application Example
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Overview
BEx Broadcaster & Wizard
Administrative Controls on Broadcasting
Enterprise Portal Integration
BEx Broadcaster - Scheduling
Depending on authorizations,
end-users can schedule their
Broadcasting Settings
Based on Process
Chain Events
Pre-Defined Time Points
Ad Hoc
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Process Chain Variants: Selection of InfoProviders
Variant is created with selection of InfoProvider(s) desired
Trigger event sets off broadcasts associated with these data providers
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Using Process Chains Events - Frontend
BEx Broadcaster Scheduling:
If you start the Broadcaster for a query
(or template or workbook) that gets
data from an InfoProvider that has
been selected in the process chain,
you can select this InfoProvider for
Scheduling
As soon as that InfoProvider is
affected by a Process Chain, the
Broadcasting is triggered
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Setting up pre-defined time points
Creating Broadcasting Timepoints:
You can create "Broadcasting Timepoints" by scheduling jobs
starting with the prefix ‘TP_BROADCASTING_xxxxxxxxxx’
Transaction SM36
Background Job
Scheduling
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Setting up pre-defined time points - II
Step-by-Step:
Press the ‘Start condition’
button
Press the ‘Date/Time’ button
in the ‘Start time’ screen
Enter a date and a time in
the respective fields,
Must be a periodic job with
the “Periodic Values” defined:
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Using pre-defined time points - Frontend
BEx Broadcaster Scheduling:
If you start the Broadcaster for a
query (or template or workbook)
you will be able to select from predefined time points
The scheduling options available to
you depend on your authorizations.
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Workbook Pre-calculation Service – SAP BW Settings
Transaction
RSPRECADMIN or
via IMG
=
Machines with SAP BW Pre-calculation Service are identified on SAP BW server
Load Balancing among these servers is an option
Pre-requisites for Workbook Precalculation Service
At least one server with:
Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 (already part of Office XP)
SAP GUI 6.20 with BEx Frontend or higher
Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher
The SAP BW Workbook Pre-Calculation Service (on the Installation CDs)
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Information Broadcasting:
Additional SAP BW Authorizations
New Authorization Object for Information Broadcasting S_RS_BCS.
This object determines the user‘s scheduling options
Fields:
ObjectType: Three instances: Query, Template & Workbook
ObjectID:
QueryID / TemplateID / WorkbookID
EventType: DataChange or TimePoint
EventID:
DataChange - InfoProviderID
TimePoint - Timepoint ID (as specified during timepoint definition)
Administrator Authorizations for Broadcasting are maintained via
the existing authorization object S_RS_ADMWB
The field RSADMWBOBJ has been enhanced with "Broadcasting Settings".
The existing activities are:
03 (Display)
16 (Execute, for Broadcasting also schedule)
23 (Maintain, including delete)
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Overview
BEx Broadcaster & Wizard
Administrative Controls on Broadcasting
Enterprise Portal Integration
Multilayer Information Integration & Access
BEx Portfolio
iViews
Collaboration Rooms
Enterprise Portal
Collaboration Framework
(Collaboration Services)
Knowledge Management – Repository Framework
(KM Services)
Business Information Warehouse
(BI Services)
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Information Broadcasting leverages SAP NetWeaver
For Information Broadcasting with the
Portal, SAP NetWeaver components
seamlessly work together:
Information Broadcasting components are
located on both the SAP BW and the SAP
Enterprise Portal server
SAP BW server components need to be able to
call SAP EP and KM
This enables the following scenarios:
BEx Information Broadcasting
Adhoc
scheduled & event triggered
Calling of BEx Web Applications from
SAP EP 6.0
Publishing into SAP EP 6.0 from
BEx Web Application Designer & Query
Designer0
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PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Portal
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Mgmt
SAP EP needs to be able to call the SAP BW
server
Both leverage SAP Web AS features
SAP NetWeaver™
Composite Application Framework
SAP BI Broadcasting Services
Enterprise Portal 6.0
E-Mail
Personal / BEx
Portfolio
ZIP File Attachments
BI iViews
Portal Content
Catalog
(PCD)
HTML
KM Folders
MHTML
Collaboration
Rooms
Workbooks
Workbook
Precalculation
Services (Optional)
Windows based
Service (could be an
end user PC or
company server)
Repository Services
KM Content
Repositories
SAP BW 3.5
BEX Query Designer
BEx Web
BEx Web Application
Designer
BEx Broadcaster
BEx Broadcaster Wizard
BEx Analyzer
OLAP/Metadata
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BI Platform
Precalculation Services
Queries & Web Templates
KM Platform & Information Broadcasting
BEx Portfolio built with KM
Flexible UI
Repository Services
Search and Indexing
Collaboration
Subscription
etc.
Repository Framework
Repository Manager for CM Store
Æ precalculated web templates
and workbooks
Metadata Repository Manager for
BI Online Queries
BEx Portfolio with Flexible UI
Repository Services
Collaboration
Discussionforums
Search &
Indexing
Subscriptio
n
Repository Framework
BW Document
Repository
Manager
Repositor
y Manager
CM Store
other
RMs…
BW Server
Access to broadcasted
Online BW Queries
Web Applications
via URL links
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CM Store saving
precalculated web
applications, queries &
workbooks
Starting Information Broadcasting –
The Showcase Role
With SAP EP 6.0 a SAP BW showcase role is delivered to enable a quick
start for Information Broadcasting
com.sap.ip.bi.business_explorer_showcase
You can use the delivered role & objects as they are or as a template for
your own design
The portal role Business Explorer provides you with:
Business Intelligence content provided by SAP BW
Various tools of the Business Explorer Suite
Various possibilities to work with documents using Knowledge Management
and Collaboration
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Working Together in Virtual Teams:
Collaboration in an Information Environment
Collaboration
Enable teams
Manage project & team activity
Easily share information and
applications across roles
Communicate in real-time or
asynchronously
Embed structured (BI) and
unstructured (KM) information
into your collaboration
processes
Your Benefit:
Collaboration is only useful if it is based on relevant and trustworthy information
Æ SAP embeds contextual collaboration into business processes
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Demo
Demo
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Summary
Information Broadcasting is available to a wide range of users
Information Broadcasting makes important business information
readily available to the end user via the Enterprise Portal
Information Broadcasting leverages several SAP NetWeaver
components:
SAP BW
SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP Enterprise Portal KM and Collaboration
SAP Web Application Server
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Further Information
Î
Public Web:
http://www.sap.com/netweaver
http:www.sap.com/bi
SAP Developer Network: http://www.sdn.sap.com Î Business Information
Warehouse
Î
Related SAP Education Training Opportunities
http://www.sap.com/education/
Î
Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2004
BW254: Information Broadcasting & SAP Enterprise Portal Integration with
SAP BW 3.5 - Hands-On Workshop
KM101: SAP Knowledge Management in SAP NetWeaver: An Overview
COLL01: SAP NetWeaver Collaboration: An Overview
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SAP Developer Network
Look for SAP TechEd ’04 presentations and videos on
the SAP Developer Network.
Coming in December.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/
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