Mastering Information Broadcasting with SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0

Muke Abdelnaby has over 10 years of experience in the area of business information systems, including over 6 years implementing, developing, and supporting reporting initiatives using SAP BW/Bi technology. He has conducted numerous business blueprint workshops with business users to gather requirements and determine functionality requirements. Mr. Abdelnaby is a frequent presenter at conferences, including TechEd and SAP NetWeaver BI and Portals events, and has written for the BI Expert newsletter.

* 1 ... Introduction ... 11 * 1.1 ... SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Component Overview ... 12 * 1.2 ... Business Explorer (BEx) Suite ... 13 * 1.3 ... Overview of Information Broadcasting ... 15 * 1.4 ... Summary ... 17 * 2 ... Information Broadcasting and Portal Integration ... 19 * 2.1 ... Integrate Portal with SAP NetWeaver BW ... 21 * 2.1.1 ... Portal and SAP NetWeaver BW Configuration ... 21 * 2.1.2 ... Portal Wizard Based Configuration ... 53 * 2.2 ... Configure Knowledge Management ... 55 * 2.3 ... Troubleshooting Portal and SAP NetWeaver BW Integration ... 60 * 2.4 ... Summary ... 62 * 3 ... Email Configuration ... 63 * 3.1 ... Set Default Domain ... 63 * 3.2 ... Outbound SMTP Configuration ... 64 * 3.3 ... Schedule Send Process Background Job ... 66 * 3.4 ... User Address Maintenance ... 69 * 3.5 ... Message Monitoring ... 70 * 3.6 ... Additional Settings for Distributing Emails ... 71 * 3.7 ... Summary ... 72 * 4 ... Precalculation Server ... 73 * 4.1 ... Precalculation Server Prerequisites ... 74 * 4.2 ... Frontend Component Installation ... 75 * 4.2.1 ... SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS 710 CORE ... 75 * 4.2.2 ... SAP BW Precalculation Service ... 81 * 4.3 ... Windows System Configuration ... 85 * 4.3.1 ... Excel Macro Security ... 85 * 4.3.2 ... Windows Registry Entry ... 88 * 4.3.3 ... Establish Precalculation Service ... 90 * 4.3.4 ... Network Host Name Resolution ... 93 * 4.4 ... Backend SAP NetWeaver BW Configuration ... 95 * 4.4.1 ... Creating a New Precalculation Server ... 95 * 4.4.2 ... Generated RFC Destination ... 96 * 4.4.3 ... Internet Graphics Server (IGS) Installation Check ... 98 * 4.5 ... Testing and Monitoring Workbook Precalculations ... 101 * 4.5.1 ... Workbook Precalculation Program ... 101 * 4.5.2 ... Workbook Precalculation Queue ... 103 * 4.5.3 ... Workbook Precalculation Log ... 105 * 4.6 ... Essential SAP Notes for Precalculation ... 106 * 4.7 ... Summary ... 107 * 5 ... SAP NetWeaver BW Schedule Settings and Administration ... 109 * 5.1 ... Scheduling and Monitoring Broadcast Time Points ... 109 * 5.1.1 ... Defining a Background Job ... 109 * 5.1.2 ... Monitoring Predefined Time Point Jobs ... 115 * 5.2 ... Setting Up Event Data Change Triggers ... 118 * 5.3 ... Using the Broadcasting Administration Interface ... 123 * 5.3.1 ... Displaying and Maintaining Broadcast Settings ... 125 * 5.3.2 ... Displaying and Maintaining Broadcast Setting Schedules ... 127 * 5.3.3 ... Displaying Broadcast Logs ... 129 * 5.3.4 ... Reorganizing Broadcast-Generated Bookmarks and View IDs ... 131 * 5.4 ... Summary ... 132 * 6 ... Information Broadcasting Authorization ... 133 * 6.1 ... Authorization Object S_RS_ADMWB (Broadcasting Administrator ... 135 * 6.2 ... Authorization Object S_RS_BCS (Broadcasting User ... 136 * 6.3 ... Summary ... 137 * 7 ... BEx Broadcaster ... 139 * 7.1 ... Basic Settings ... 139 * 7.2 ... BEx Broadcaster Wizard ... 148 * 7.3 ... Execute Settings ... 151 * 7.4 ... Output Formats in BEx Broadcaster ... 154 * 7.4.1 ... PDF ... 154 * 7.4.2 ... Online Link to Current Data ... 156 * 7.4.3 ... HTML ... 157 * 7.4.4 ... MHTML ... 160 * 7.4.5 ... XML (MS Excel ... 161 * 7.5 ... Filtering in BEx Broadcaster ... 162 * 7.5.1 ... PDF ... 164 * 7.5.2 ... HTML ... 166 * 7.5.3 ... XML (MS Excel ... 168 * 7.6 ... BEx Scheduling ... 169 * 7.7 ... Summary ... 170 * 8 ... Broadcasting with Exceptions ... 171 * 8.1 ... Alert Management Architecture ... 172 * 8.2 ... Configuring Exceptions in a Query ... 175 * 8.3 ... Configuring BEx Broadcaster to Distribute Exception Reports ... 179 * 8.4 ... Executing Exception Reports ... 183 * 8.5 ... Exception Distribution ... 185 * 8.5.1 ... Distribution Type ... 186 * 8.5.2 ... Selection Criterion ... 186 * 8.5.3 ... Contents ... 187 * 8.5.4 ... Format ... 189 * 8.6 ... Summary ... 196 * 9 ... Usage and Configuration for Bursting ... 197 * 9.1 ... Summary ... 207 * ... The Authors ... 209