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How to Integrate BW Web Applications into EP 5.0 BUSINESS INFORMATION WAREHOUSE Applicable Releases: BW 3.0B, BW 3.1 Content June 2003 SAP (SAP America, Inc.

1 How to Integrate BW Web Applications into EP 5.0 BUSINESS INFORMATION WAREHOUSE Applicable Releases: BW 3.0B, BW 3.1 Content June 2003 SAP (SAP America, Inc. and SAP AG) assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. These materials are provided as is without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. SAP shall not be liable for damages of any kind including without limitation direct, special, indirect, or consequential damages that may result from the use of these materials. SAP does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. SAP has no control over the information that you may access through the use of hot links contained in these materials and does not endorse your use of third party web pages nor provide any warranty whatsoever relating to third party web pages. mysap BI How-To papers are intended to simplify the product implementation. While specific product features and procedures typically are explained in a practical business context, it is not implied that those features and procedures are the only approach in solving a specific business problem using mysap BI. Should you wish to receive additional information, clarification or support, please refer to SAP Professional Services (Consulting/Remote Consulting).

2 1 Business Scenario How to effectively disseminate web applications? Having developed numerous web applications with the new Web Application Designer delivered with BW 3.x, you are faced with the challenge to make the reports easily accessible to users. 2 Introduction Via the web application designer, BW provides a utility to not only design reports but also to ease the integration of web applications into SAP Enterprise Portal 5.0 (EP 5.0). This document will detail the step-by-step process of creating a simple web application and integrating it into EP SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 1

3 The Step By Step Solution Step 1: Creating the BW web application. Step 2: Integrating the web application into EP 5.0 1. Designing the template 1.

3 3 The Step By Step Solution Step 1: Creating the BW web application. Step 2: Integrating the web application into EP Designing the template 1. Start the BW Web Application Designer from the start menu "Start/Programs/Business Explorer/Web Application Designer" SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 2

On the left hand side, click the button next to field labeled Query/View.

4 2. Drag the Generic Navigation Block and Table web items onto the canvas on the right. 3. Click on the generic navigation element to select it. On the left hand side, click the button next to field labeled Query/View. In the dialog box that pops up select an existing query or view. In this case enter DECUQUERY1 in the text box and click OK SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 3

4. After you selected the query, save your web application either in your favorites or

You can test your web application by selecting Web Template -> Execute in browser from the

The complete template is contained in Appendix A. 6.

5 4. After you selected the query, save your web application either in your favorites or under a role with 'Web Template -> Save As...' from the menu. 5. You can test your web application by selecting Web Template -> Execute in browser from the menu. If you selected the Demo Cube Query you should get something that looks like this. The complete template is contained in Appendix A. 6. Save the template as an iview file by selecting Publish->As iview File from the menu. (See Appendix B for the file contents) 2003 SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 4

6 2. Enterprise Portal Setup 1. After logging in to EP 5.0 with administrator privileges, select Content Admin->iViews from the top level navigation. Click on the Import button and navigate to the location of the iview file saved earlier. 2. Click on Import. You should get this screen. By default, the iview will be added to the channel BI Web Applications SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 5

to this screen) and select the Java tab. IMPORTANT: The entry in the System field must match the entry in the Systems.

7 3. By default, the BW system field (found on the Java tab) will be populated by the logical system name. To change this entry in the iview, click on the Edit link to the far right of the iview entry in the iview overview page (see step 1 on how to navigate to this screen) and select the Java tab. IMPORTANT: The entry in the System field must match the entry in the Systems.xml file defined by your portal administrator. You can maintain the logial system name via IMG: SAP Web Application Server -> System Administration -> Change & Transport System -> Confugure Clients SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 6

8 4. Create a page to contain the newly added iview by selecting Content Admin -> Pages from the navigation bar. 5. Click on New and enter a name and page ID, Click Apply SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 7

9 6. Once the confirmation dialog disappears, click on the Content tab, check the iview created in the previous step as well as the Visible property and click Apply. 7. Click on the Layout tab and select the whole page layout and click Apply SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 8

10 8. While still in the Content Admin section, click on the Roles navigation tab. 9. Click the Create button on the right. This will start a wizard, enter a Role name and id and click on Next, select EN as the language and click Next and then click on Finish. Highlight the New Folder text in the text box at the bottom of the page and type in a name this will be the name that appears in the top level navigation. In our case SD Demo. Then click on the New Folder button. Your screen should look something like this SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 9

click on the Add button in the middle. Your page should be underneath the folder. 11. Select Portal Admin -> Role Assignment from the top navigation bar. Search for your user ID.

11 10. Once the folder has been created, select Pages from the dropdown box on the left and search for the page you created earlier. Drag your page over to the left and position the cursor over the Folder SD Demo and let go of the mouse button, or highlight the folder name and then under Pages on the left select your page and click on the Add button in the middle. Your page should be underneath the folder. 11. Select Portal Admin -> Role Assignment from the top navigation bar. Search for your user ID. Click on the Edit button to the far right of your userid. In the next screen, select your new role, click on the Add button and then click on Save. Once saved, refresh your browser. You should now have a new navigation tab called SD Demo SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 10

12 12. Results when clicking on the SD Demo tab. See Appendix C for alternate ways of integrating BW content into the portal SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 11

13 Appendix A Web application template <HTML>  <object> <param name="owner" value="sap_bw"/> <param name="cmd" value="set_data_provider"/> <param name="name" value="dataprovider_1"/> <param name="query" value="decuquery1"/> <param name="infocube" value="0d_decu"/> DATA_PROVIDER: DATAPROVIDER_1 </object> <object> <param name="owner" value="sap_bw"/> <param name="cmd" value="set_properties"/> <param name="template_id" value="demo_cube_template"/> TEMPLATE PROPERTIES </object> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft DHTML Editing Control"> <TITLE>BW Web Application</TITLE> <link href= "/sap/bw/mime/bex/stylesheets/bwreports.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><object> <param name="owner" value="sap_bw"/> <param name="cmd" value="get_item"/> <param name="name" value="navigationblock_1"/> <param name="item_class" value="cl_rsr_www_item_nav_block"/> <param name="data_provider" value="dataprovider_1"/> ITEM: NAVIGATIONBLOCK_1 </object></p> <P><object> <param name="owner" value="sap_bw"/> <param name="cmd" value="get_item"/> <param name="name" value="table_1"/> <param name="item_class" value="cl_rsr_www_item_grid"/> <param name="data_provider" value="dataprovider_1"/> ITEM: TABLE_1 </object></p> </BODY> </HTML> 2003 SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 12

14 Appendix B iview File <iview name="demo_cube_template" type="java"> <channel><![cdata[bi Web Applications]]></channel> <title><![cdata[demo Cube]]></title> <params> <PhysicalService> <System type="simplepropertytype"> <Value><![CDATA[BWRCLNT800]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="personalization" <Value><![CDATA[no-dialog]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="inheritance" <Value><![CDATA[non-final]]></Value> </System> <LAF_ThemePart type="simplepropertytype"> <Value><![CDATA[BIReports30]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="type" <Value><![CDATA[select[sapbwreports,BIReports30]]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="personalization" <Value><![CDATA[none]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="inheritance" <Value><![CDATA[non-final]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="plaindescription" <Value><![CDATA[Look and Feel Theme Part for BW Reports ("sapbwreports" for BW 2.0, "BIRports30" for BW 3.0)]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="isdefinedbymaster" <Value><![CDATA[false]]></Value> </LAF_ThemePart> <SAP_BWReport type="simplepropertytype"> <Value><![CDATA[cmd=ldoc&TEMPLATE_ID=DEMO_CUBE_TEMPLATE]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="type" <Value><![CDATA[string]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="personalization" <Value><![CDATA[no-dialog]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="inheritance" <Value><![CDATA[non-final]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="plaindescription" <Value><![CDATA[BW Report Id (Key Property)]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="isdefinedbymaster" <Value><![CDATA[false]]></Value> </SAP_BWReport> <Description type="simplepropertytype"> <Value><![CDATA[Demo Cube]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="personalization" 2003 SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 13

15 <Value><![CDATA[no-dialog]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="inheritance" <Value><![CDATA[non-final]]></Value> </Description> <MasterLink type="simplepropertytype"> <Value><![CDATA[global/services/installed/SAPApplication.BWReport]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="personalization" <Value><![CDATA[no-dialog]]></Value> <PropertyAttribute name="inheritance" <Value><![CDATA[non-final]]></Value> </MasterLink> </PhysicalService> </params> </iview> 2003 SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 14

16 Appendix C Alternate ways of integrating BW web applications into the portal. 1. Via the Java iview wizard in the portal. You will need to know the technical name of the web application template as well as the name of the BW system specified in the systems.xml file 2. Via importing of roles from the BW system. Please consult the online help documentation at as well as OSS note for more information SAP AMERICA, INC. AND SAP AG 15

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