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SAP Netweaver
People Integration

Information Broadcasting

Multi Channel access

Portal

Pre-Calculated, online / offline reporting

documents (Web Applications, Dashboards,
Queries. Scheduling, subscribing,

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Information Integration

BI

KM

Displayed in
HTML, (emails-MHTML)

Process Integration

Zip files
Workbooks
KM portfolios

Application Platform

ABAP

Collaboration rooms

DB and OS Abstraction

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Information Broadcasting allows the distribution of BI information

... via different channels ...
( ) E-Mail (works independently from an EP installation, available with NW Ramp Up)
( ) Enterprise Portal (EP 6.0 SP3>)

... in different formats ...

( ) HTML, MHTML
( ) BEx Analyzer Workbooks
( ) ZIP Files

of different sources
( ) BI Web Applications - Dashboards, cockpits
( ) BEx Analyzer Workbooks
( ) Queries

in different modes
( ) Online & pre-calculated
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Information Broadcasting supports different business scenarios

( ) Event based (Intelligent push)
Integration into process chains
E.g If new data is loaded into the data container (InfoCube)
( ) Ad hoc
BEx Broadcasting Wizard for one-step distribution
( ) Scheduled
BEx Broadcaster
Guided scheduling times (for end users / information consumers)
Ensures system performance because of better load balancing
Scheduling at any time (for power users / administrators)
Create scheduling slots for specific user groups
No time restriction and no target restriction
Create pre-calculations based on the data authorizations of the target user
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Queries, Workbooks, BI
Applications as KM
Documents
KM Document: Precalculated query,
workbook or application
KM Link: Online BW
report
Use KM Services for:
Subscription
Feedback
Discussion
Collaboration
Rating
TREX search
Notes
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Queries, Web Apps &
Worksbooks 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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Seamless deployment of BI Applications into SAP Enterprise Portal
Easier deployment of BI Applications (Publishing)
into SAP EP 6.0 Portal Content Directory (PCD) as iView
into SAP EP 6.0 Portal Roles (open) as iView
into SAP EP 6.0 Collaboration Rooms as KM object
into SAP EP 6.0 KM folders as KM object

Automatic deployment of BI Applications (Information Broadcasting)

into SAP EP 6.0 Collaboration Rooms as KM object
into SAP EP 6.0 KM folders as KM object

No more manual export/import of iView files necessary

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Publish to Portal Content

Catalog
Administrative view
Create iView
Manual assignment to Portal Page
or Portal Role

Publish to Portal
End user view
Create KM Link in BEx Portfolio or
other KM Folder

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Enable end-users to broadcast and schedule reports

Prerequisite: SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 Stack 4
SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Management (KM) Services to share &
disseminate insights and to support the decision making processes
Subscription, feedback, discussion, collaboration, rating, TREX search, etc.

Java Repository Manager to enable all SAP BW meta data, master data and
transactional documents as well as pre-calculated queries/templates for KM
Services
Single (web-based) wizard to disseminate personalized BI information
portfolios
Including direct parameterized pre-calculation for power users
Including one-step personalized pre-calculation for end-users

Infrastructure and service enhancements

Different scheduling options: ad-hoc, based on data loads, time scheduling
Pre-calculation of queries and web applications
Pre-calculation of workbooks
Active distribution of pre-calculated queries and web templates through email
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The BEx Broadcaster

is available via:
BEx Query Designer
BEx Analyzer
BEx Web Analyzer

A Web Item in
Web Application
Designer.

any BEx Web Query,

Workbook and Web
Application
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Via the Broadcaster you can create, delete and change your
Broadcasting settings for BEx Web Applications, Queries and
Workbooks

change
existing
settings

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setting with the wizard you can also
create new settings. You can also
broadcast immediately from there without
creating a setting
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An existing setting can

be scheduled easily via
the context menu

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Via Create New Setting
you get to the setting
properties
You can maintain the
setting properties
Via Execute you can
broadcast immediately
Via Schedule you can
determine a broadcasting
schedule

Schedule
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ZIP
Option

Under the receiver tab you can select the Output Format

HTML (compressed as zip format)

MHTML
HTML
MHTML (compressed as zip format)
Excel in MS Office XML- Format
Excel in MS Office XML- Format (compressed as zip format)
Online Link
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of BW Users
You can select from Users
within a certain Role
You can type in e-mail
addresses
You can broadcast with
authorizations of another
user (if you have according
authorizations)
You can determine a
language
You can broadcast userspecific

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You can also select the

Distribution Type:
Send as E-Mail
Export into Enterprise Portal

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You can select different text
variables that will be
automatically filled by the
system

You have access to

the EP KM
Repository and
choose a KM Folder

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Precalculation Tab
If you have exceptions defined in the
underlying queries the different
defined exception levels will be
displayed
You can determine if the
Broadcasting schould only be
triggered if a certain alert level has
been reached

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Filter navigation Tab

If you precalculate queries
you can automatically
generate filter navigation
by choosing the
corresponding
characteristics
In order to use this
function for web
templates, a navigation
block item has to be
included into the template

If you precalculate a web

template you can
optionally determine a
control query to precalculate filter navigation

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Subscribe
Feedback
Notes
Search

Publish into KM
(one-time, scheduled)
Integrate project specific
reports into
a Collaboration Room

Send e-mail
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