Information Broadcasting - Current date

Hi gurus
we have a requirement of broadcasting the reports,now the brodcasting works perfect but we need to have the date as a header set for daily broadcast been made.It like 08/09/2007 - Daily sales report to be shown on to the broadcaster.
is it possible ,if yes can you please give me the steps
thanks

Yes. Variables can be incorporated into the text of the broadcast to provide the date or time of the broadcast in the header of the broadcast, if required. This can also be combined with free text for more flexible and descriptive broadcast headers
Hope it Helps
Chetan
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Information Broadcasting(Event Data change in Info provider)

Hi All,
Does anyone have experince on the functionality Information Broadcasting ,Can you please help me where we use Trigger event when change in the info provider in the process chains.I want to know when we use the (Trigger event in the Broadcaster) in the process chains,how will it take effect in the Information Broadcasting scheduler screen when we select the particular Info provider when there is any data change.Can you please elaborate on the topic if any one has used the event data change in the info provider.Actually I Executed and scheduled the pocess chains, when I go to the Process chain log ,It says that the Job is finished and the data change is occured for the Cube,but I dont get any error message and I dont get any mail to my Inbox.Can you please through some light if anyone has worked on this,Answers are always appreciated and rewarded.
Thanks.

Hi,
Usually we trigger an event in SM64 tcode..if u want to create an event u will go for SM62.
In addition to time- and calendar-based job scheduling, the background processing system supports event-driven scheduling.
Triggering an event notifies the background processing system that a particular condition has been met. The background processing system reacts by starting any jobs that were waiting for that event.
Events are not saved. Once an event occurs and triggers any jobs that were waiting for that event, the event is discarded
U can monitor process chain via Tcode 'CCMS'..
Information broadcasting allows you to make objects with Business Intelligence content available to a wide spectrum of users, according to your own requirements.
Go through this
Information Broadcasting:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/a5/359840dfa5a160e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
Including an Event Data Change in a Process Chain :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ec/0d0e405c538f5ce10000000a155106/content.htm
Regards-
Siddhu
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Information Broadcasting - Event data changes

Hi Gurus,
I am trying to trigger a broadcast settings, What i am trying to acheive is as soon as any data changes in data target, trigger a report to portal folder.
Report is published to portal only when there is no data in data target, i.e. contents of data target are empty and any data that is loaded as first request.
Any data loads after first request, Am i missing some configuration steps.
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Reddy.

Hi,
Usually we trigger an event in SM64 tcode..if u want to create an event u will go for SM62.
In addition to time- and calendar-based job scheduling, the background processing system supports event-driven scheduling.
Triggering an event notifies the background processing system that a particular condition has been met. The background processing system reacts by starting any jobs that were waiting for that event.
Events are not saved. Once an event occurs and triggers any jobs that were waiting for that event, the event is discarded
U can monitor process chain via Tcode 'CCMS'..
Information broadcasting allows you to make objects with Business Intelligence content available to a wide spectrum of users, according to your own requirements.
Go through this
Information Broadcasting:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/a5/359840dfa5a160e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
Including an Event Data Change in a Process Chain :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ec/0d0e405c538f5ce10000000a155106/content.htm
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Information Broadcasting(Event data change in Process chains)

Hi All,
Does anyone have experince on the functionality Information Broadcasting ,Can you please help me where we use Trigger event when change in the info provider in the process chains.I want to know when we use the (Trigger event in the Broadcaster) in the process chains,how will it take effect in the Information Broadcasting scheduler screen when we select the particular Info provider when there is any data change(Including an Event data change in a process chain).Can you please elaborate on the topic if any one has used the event data change in the info provider.Can you provide me with steps that would be great help.Answers are always appreciated and rewarded.
Thanks.

Hi,
Usually we trigger an event in SM64 tcode..if u want to create an event u will go for SM62.
In addition to time- and calendar-based job scheduling, the background processing system supports event-driven scheduling.
Triggering an event notifies the background processing system that a particular condition has been met. The background processing system reacts by starting any jobs that were waiting for that event.
Events are not saved. Once an event occurs and triggers any jobs that were waiting for that event, the event is discarded
U can monitor process chain via Tcode 'CCMS'..
Information broadcasting allows you to make objects with Business Intelligence content available to a wide spectrum of users, according to your own requirements.
Go through this
Information Broadcasting:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/a5/359840dfa5a160e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
Including an Event Data Change in a Process Chain :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ec/0d0e405c538f5ce10000000a155106/content.htm
Regards-
Siddhu
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Information Broadcasting: Monthly Reporting with variable dates

Dear all,
we have created a lot of reports with RD and have pubished the reports in the portal. Our reports have a lot of selection screens. Now we would like to use information broadcasting. We have already created information broadcasting settings. We have maintained fix variants for our reporting
For example:
Variant x1
Organization: C110
Scenario: Actual
Date: is filled by the user Exit
Now we tried to shedule the report. We are using Variant x1 to find the correct selection. The problem is, that we have already saved a fix date in the variant (for example 01.01.2008), because the field is obligatory.
The User-Exit for the variables works with step 1, but the problem ist, that the variant x1 is overwriting our User-Exit value.
How can I avoid, that the Variant is not overwriting the User-Exit. Of course for reporting without variant, the manual entry has priority before the user exit.
Thanks for a soon feedback.
XmxhX

hi,
in order to update months, firstly create variants for the reports. Then implement the below program modifying the users inputs. For current month or last month you have to hard something like sy-datum(6), an you have to hard code the field name for the month variable that you use in query.
Below program is for BI 7.0, you can also check the document. It also contains a method for bw 3.5 variants.
You can schedule this program in a process chain or make variations of this as needed.
[How To Troubleshoot Information Broadcasting (BEx Workbooks)|http://www.sapadvisors.com/resources/HowtoInformationBroadcasting.pdf]
*& Report Z_MASS_VARIANT_MAINTENANCE *
*& Program to mass update BEx Variants within SAP NetWeaver 2004s *
REPORT Z_MASS_VARIANT_MAINTENANCE.
parameter variable like RSRVARIANT-VARI.
parameter vname like RSRVARIANT-VNAM.
parameter sign_01 like RSRVARIANT-SIGN.
parameter opt_01 like RSRVARIANT-OPT.
parameter low_01 like RSRVARIANT-LOW.
parameter high_01 like RSRVARIANT-HIGH.
tables: RSRVARIANT.
select * from RSRVARIANT.
if rsrvariant-VARI = variable AND rsrvariant-vnam = vname.
rsrvariant-SIGN = sign_01.
rsrvariant-OPT = opt_01.
rsrvariant-LOW = low_01.
rsrvariant-HIGH = high_01.
elseif rsrvariant-vnam = vname.
rsrvariant-SIGN = sign_01.
rsrvariant-OPT = opt_01.
rsrvariant-LOW = low_01.
rsrvariant-HIGH = high_01.
endif.
update rsrvariant.
if sy-subrc 0. insert rsrvariant. endif.
endselect.
RSRVARIANT-VNAM must be your month variable.
RSRVARIANT-LOW and HIGH must be your automatic month like sy-datum(6)
regards,

I got new iphone and when i connect it to my pc, it lost all my current data and replaced it with the backup on my computer, which is from april. so i have lost all my calendar information and schedule. does anyone know how i can reverse this?

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Broadcast E-mail, online link to current data- Issue

Hi team,
i have set up the above mention settings in my IB settings, i am receiving the email,
however i am receiving a very very long link in the email as shown below,
"http://bomw064a.in002.siemens.net:8110/sap/bw/BEx?CMD=LDOC&DATA_PROVIDER_ID=D5UDW7VW2RZ1ZR6Z96FBTOY8X&VAR_NAME_1=0SCRMPRO&VAR_NAME_2=0SCRMPRO&VAR_NAME_3=0S_BUSP&VAR_NAME_4=0S_SSCC&VAR_NAME_5=0S_DOC_I&VAR_NAME_6=0S_DOCTY&VAR_NAME_7=0S_EPCNO&VAR_NAME_8=0S_USRID&VAR_NAME_9=0S_DVC_I&VAR_NAME_10=0S_DVCTY&VAR_NAME_11=0S_DVG_I&VAR_NAME_12=0S_DVGTY&VAR_NAME_13=0S_DEV_I&VAR_NAME_14=0S_LOC_I&VAR_NAME_15=0S_LOCTY&VAR_NAME_16=0S_GTIN&VAR_NAME_17=OS_PLO_I&VAR_NAME_18=OS_PLOTY&VAR_NAME_19=0S_EXDAY&VAR_NAME_20=0S_EXTIM&VAR_OPERATOR_1=EQ&VAR_OPERATOR_2=EQ&VAR_SIGN_1=I&VAR_SIGN_2=I&VAR_VALUE_LOW_EXT_1=AII_MATERIAL1&VAR_VALUE_LOW_EXT_2=AQUA002"
is there any way by which this link could be shortened???
kindy assist,
Regards
blusky

Hi,
Checkout this
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/a5/359840dfa5a160e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Variable Assignment
Ignore: When creating an online link, you can make a setting on the Link Creation tab page to define that the values for input-ready variables are not set. When the recipient opens the online link, the variable screen can appear, allowing the recipient to enter the required variable values. This is the case, for example, if the variable has the setting Mandatory, Initial Value not Allowed.
Variable Assignment: You can create values for the BI objectu2019s input-ready variables (Query, Query View, Report, or Web Application). The BI object is precalculated using these variable values. These variable values are set whenever an online link is opened.
Take from Variant: You can select from a variant for the BI object (Query, Query View, Report, or Web Application). The BI object is precalculated with the values of the variant. These variable values are set in accordance with the variant whenever an online link is opened.
Variables can also be assigned from variants for workbooks. For more information about the settings on the Workbook Precalculation tab page, see Precalculating and Distributing Workbooks.
If you have selected Online Link to Current Data as the output format, the variable assignment is appended to the URL. When the recipient opens the online link, the BI object is started with these variable values.
When you precalculate a file, you can specify one or more variable assignments on the General Precalculation tab page. When you generate online links, you can assign only one variable.
Regards,
Senthil

Data change Event for Information Broadcasting

Hello Forum
This is regarding problem with "Data change Event for Information Broadcasting".
We have integrated the evening in a separate chain which is scheduled after the transaction data load.
In the settings for the event we have mentioned the infoprovider name based on which the reports are to be distributed.
Now, when the process chain is executed it does not distributes any reports though the data is changed in the infoprovider.
However when executed again its distributing it,any ideas what the problem is ?
Regards
Ashish

Hi,
Check out the t.code RSRD_LOG.
have a check at the below link for monitoring via email
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/44/5b2341144ba52fe10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Issue with Information broadcasting and pre-cal server in SAP BI

Hi Experts,
I have issue with information Broadcasting and Pre-cal server. I have a worrkbook whcih runs from information broadcasting in pre-cal server. Workbook is desinged on single query and workbook contains visual basic code. workbook has a variable which is controlled by Control query in information broadcasting.
I have 20 employees every month I need to send workbook via e-mail from information broadcasting. The problem is sometimes all 20 employees will recieve e-mails and sometimes not. I identified there is something wrong in workbook or in pre-cal server.
because after workbook calculation in pre-cal server is not pushing to SOST so there is something wrong in workbook or in pre-cal server.
I closely observed pre-cal server front end log. There are few operations performing on workbook in pre-cal server
like Open workbook, Calculate workbook, Save woorkbook and close workbook. In success case pre-cal sever is performing all the operations but in failure case pre-cal server is missing Close workbook case.
Below log In pulled from pre-cal server
Can you please tell what could be the problem.
Successful job
3/11/2011 9:29:46 AM (3) -> RS_PREC_LAUNCH_EXCEL i nvoked in thread 3 and job 'BIBCAST4L4EIS7TOR5BWG0
2PCUG9ZPPP'. nvoked in thread 3 and job 'BIBCAST4L4EIS7TOR5BWG0
3/11/2011 9:29:46 AM (3) -> InitConnection in thre ad 3
3/11/2011 9:29:46 AM (3) -> Trying to open "C:\Pro gram Files\Common Files\SAP Shared\BW\BExAnalyzer.
xla" gram Files\Common Files\SAP Shared\BW\BExAnalyzer.
3/11/2011 9:30:18 AM (4) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_STA TUS invoked.
3/11/2011 9:30:18 AM (4) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_STA TUS finished
3/11/2011 9:30:35 AM (3) -> Using Version 7100.4.1 200.35 of BExAnalyzer.xla
3/11/2011 9:30:35 AM (3) -> PID of Excel process: "2504"
3/11/2011 9:30:35 AM (3) -> EndOfInitConnection in thread 3
3/11/2011 9:30:35 AM (3) -> RS_PREC_LAUNCH_EXCEL f inished
3/11/2011 9:30:36 AM (0) -> Calculation Request 91 1A35ED029D4D79DD7A000200000000 received for job 'B
IBCAST4L4EIS7TOR5BWG02PCUG9ZPPP'. 1A35ED029D4D79DD7A000200000000 received for job 'B
3/11/2011 9:30:52 AM (6) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_STA TUS invoked.
3/11/2011 9:30:52 AM (6) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_STA TUS finished
3/11/2011 9:31:22 AM (0) -> Opening workbook: C:\W INDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks\SAPBEXPRECMML4NN
DVLYAPC2SYIC7F1AAIO_0.xls INDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks\SAPBEXPRECMML4NN
3/11/2011 9:31:43 AM (0) -> Refresh BExAnalyzer.xl a!MenuRefreshPrecalc returned with 1.
3/11/2011 9:31:43 AM (0) -> Calculated workbook C: \WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECMML
4NNDVLYAPC2SYIC7F1AAIO_0.xls saved. \WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECMML
3/11/2011 9:31:43 AM (0) -> Calculated workbook C: \WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECMML
4NNDVLYAPC2SYIC7F1AAIO_0.xls closed. \WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECMML
3/11/2011 9:31:44 AM (0) -> Excel based operations finished.
Failure job
3/10/2011 10:22:58 AM (1) -> RS_PREC_LAUNCH_EXCEL invoked in thread 1 and job 'BIBCAST4L41566ZBZDN2N
TGJR0462ZFX'. invoked in thread 1 and job 'BIBCAST4L41566ZBZDN2N
3/10/2011 10:22:58 AM (1) -> InitConnection in thr ead 1
3/10/2011 10:22:58 AM (1) -> Trying to open "C:\Pr ogram Files\Common Files\SAP Shared\BW\BExAnalyzer
.xla" ogram Files\Common Files\SAP Shared\BW\BExAnalyzer
3/10/2011 10:23:20 AM (3) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_ST ATUS invoked.
3/10/2011 10:23:20 AM (3) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_ST ATUS finished
3/10/2011 10:23:44 AM (1) -> Using Version 7100.4. 1200.35 of BExAnalyzer.xla
3/10/2011 10:23:44 AM (1) -> PID of Excel process: "2544"
3/10/2011 10:23:44 AM (1) -> EndOfInitConnection i n thread 1
3/10/2011 10:23:44 AM (1) -> RS_PREC_LAUNCH_EXCEL finished
3/10/2011 10:23:44 AM (5) -> Calculation Request 9 11A35ED02654D789871000900000000 received for job '
BIBCAST4L41566ZBZDN2NTGJR0462ZFX'. 11A35ED02654D789871000900000000 received for job '
3/10/2011 10:24:27 AM (0) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_ST ATUS invoked.
3/10/2011 10:24:27 AM (0) -> RS_PREC_GET_SERVER_ST ATUS finished
3/10/2011 10:24:31 AM (5) -> Opening workbook: C:\ WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks\SAPBEXPRECQB2VE
A8O8D8FBHYCR4HVB5UI8_0.xls WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks\SAPBEXPRECQB2VE
3/10/2011 10:24:52 AM (5) -> Refresh BExAnalyzer.x la!MenuRefreshPrecalc returned with 1.
3/10/2011 10:24:52 AM (5) -> Calculated workbook C :\WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECQB
2VEA8O8D8FBHYCR4HVB5UI8_0.xls saved. :\WINDOWS\TEMP\BW\Analyzer\Workbooks
SAPBEXPRECQB
Thanks in advance
Narendra

Hi Ravikanth,
Thank you very much for the reply
I went into RSPRECADMIN and clicked on 'Display Current Queue'. There we have 3 sections
1) Queue Overview of Open Precalculations
I can see this section is always blank after running IB also
2) Queue Overview of Current Precalculations
In this section I can see an entry after running IB and duration is changing. but some time workbook in this section will never processed but the duration column is changing may be something is happening at this stage.
If the entry is not proccessed in this section and IB SM37 job will never end. I manually cancelled the job from SM50.
Don't why the workbook is taking long time and will never end even though I cancelled the SM37 IB job.
3) Queue Overview of Proccessed Error-Free Precalculations
All the error free workbooks which means all pre-cal server completed workbook calculation and sent to SOST.
I manually ran the workbook for all the 20 employees I can't find any pop-up message (earlier we have pop-up windows appearing because of VB code and when report returns no data and we fixed the pop-up issues)
Can you please help me further to trace the error.
Thank you
Narendra

Information Broadcasting in SAP BI 7.3

Hi All,
We have a requirement to send a report to few recipients through Information Broadcasting in .CSV file. When I entered Info Broadcast setting through BEx analyzer, I am not able to find the option to send the file in .CSV format. I could only see MHTML, HTML and Links to current data. Could you please help me out in solving this?
We are on SAP BI 7.3
Thanks.

Hello,
Unfortunately it is only possible to broadcast with the output format CSV with a query or query view. That is by design.
Best regards,
Michael

Facing problem in Information broadcasting through BI 7.0

Hi,
I am facing problem in Information broadcasting through BI 7.0
In Web Bex Anyalzer, i selected the information bradcasting via Email.
I did all setting for Information bradcasting, in the output Format, when I select the output format as HTML or MHTML the system gives is error when i click the excute button after scheduling .
It gives an Shot DUMP on "MESSAGE_TYPE_X"
And in WEB BEX Analyzer follwing are error messages
Note
The following error text was processed in the system BWQ : The current application triggered a termination with a short dump.
The error occurred on the application server uplbwq_BWQ_00 and in the work process 0 .
The termination type was: RABAX_STATE
The ABAP call stack was:
Form: INTERNAL_ERROR of program SAPLSDCL
Form: PHIO_GET_CONTENT_ACCESS of program SAPLSDCI
Function: SDOK_PHIO_GET_CONTENT_ACCESS of program SAPLSDCI
Function: SKWF_PHIO_CONTENT_ACCESS_GET of program SAPLSKWF_CONTENT
Method: COPY_MIME_TO_FOLDER of program CL_RSRA_KWF_UTILITIES=========CP
Method: GET_STYLESHEET of program CL_RSRA_KWF_TMPL==============CP
Method: CONSTRUCTOR of program CL_RSRA_KWF_TMPL==============CP
Method: SET_TEMPLATE_FOLDER of program CL_RSRA_ENGINE_BC=============CP
Method: CONSTRUCTOR of program CL_RSRA_ENGINE_BC=============CP
Method: EXECUTE_SINGLE of program CL_RSRA_JOB===================CP
But when i select the output Format as "online link to current data" there is no error when i click the excute button after scheduling . I receive a email with the Link for the online data, which open up query when i click the link.
But in the output type HTML or HTML it does not work.
Can suggest anu solution ASAP.
Thank in Advance.
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Information broadcasting in BI7.0

Dear friends,
Could you pls help me with the procedure to configure the information broadcasting in BI7.0.
Pls help us with the below information
1.prerequiste for information broadcasting
2.How to configure bex broadcaster?(is there any step by step procedure doc?)
3.As per our understanding we can access bex broadcaster in web environment only(in browser).Is there any other way to access bex broadcaster to email the reports to the users?.
4.Is precalculation server is mandatory to execute and email the reports?
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
Regards
Soujanya

Overview: Integration into the Portal
Use
A number of settings need to be made in the BI system for the integration of SAP NetWeaver BI and SAP NetWeaver Portal. Some settings depend on one another, which is why we recommend that you follow the given sequence when you maintain settings in the BI system and in the portal. The report Maintain Settings for Integration into the Portal (report RSPOR_SETUP) supports BI system and portal administrators in setting up a secure connection in both directions, step by step. First the report asks you to make the required entries and then automatically determines additional specifications that you either have to enter manually, or that are entered automatically when the steps are performed.
Template Installer
As an alternative to report Maintain Settings for Integration into the Portal (report RSPOR_SETUP), you can use the template installer. The portal-based template installer enables the automatic configuration of the settings required in the portal and in the BI system. For more information, see Template-Based Configuration.
Requirements
Before you start to maintain settings, you enter general information. This information is used, in part, by various steps. If you determine this mandatory information at the start, you can perform the steps in a simple, logical sequence.
The report summarizes these specifications in the selection screen. The specifications are saved for the current session so that the transactions for the individual steps can be called separately from the SAP Reference IMG.
BI administrators require authorization for transactions SM59, SMGW, RZ10, STRUSTSSO2, SM30 (table RSPOR_T_PORTAL) and, in some circumstances, STMS.
Portal administrators need to have the portal roles super_admin_role and com.sap.ip.bi.business_explorer_showcase assigned to them. They also need to have access to the portal file system.
It is recommended that, from an organizational point of view, BI and portal administrators work together closely.
Connections Between SAP NetWeaver BI and SAP NetWeaver Portal
This report supports you in establishing connections between BI and the portal. The portal communicates with BI using the Web protocol http or https. Communication is establised based on the system object in the portal.
BI uses an RFC connection to communicate with the portal. The portal is the RFC server and BI is the RFC client. The report is used to create an RFC destination.
Single Sign-On Between SAP NetWeaver BI and SAP NetWeaver Portal
Single Sign-On saves you having to log on to BI and the portal separately. Single Sign-On uses SAP Logon Tickets. SAP Logon Tickets are created in the source system and contain the system ID, user, validity, and a digital signature. The digital signature is created by using the private key of the certificate. In the target system, the signature is verified by using certificates with public keys. The target system must trust SAP Logon Tickets from the source system; this requires the source system to be entered in the access control list (ACL).
For single sign-on to work correctly, the URL must be fully specified with the host name and domain. For this reason, you must also specify the portal URL prefix and domain in step 3. When you call BI iViews within the portal, the hostname from SAP NetWeaver AS determined in step 7 is used if this is a Web template from BEx Web Runtime 3.x For this reason, you must also specify the domain there. See the documentation for different domains under SAP Library -> SAP NetWeaver -> Security -> User Authentication and Single Sign-On -> Authentication on the Portal ->Single Sign-On -> Single Sign-On with SAPLogon Tickets -> SAP Logon Tickets for Multiple Domains.
Standard settings
The individual selection screen values are now described. For a more detailed description of these values, see the documentation on the individual steps.
Creating RFC Destinations in the J2EE Engine
Program ID: The program ID is the name of the registered server program (see step Creating RFC Destinations for the Portal).
Portal Directory: The Portal Directory is used to start the SAP J2EE Engine Administrator tool. The file ./admin/go.bat has to be in the directory. The SAP J2EE Engine Administrator can also be installed locally on the administrator's PC for remote access to the portal server.
BI User and BI Password: The BI user and the BI password are used by the J2EE Engine to request signatures from the RFC function modules in the BW system. Users can be compared using ALEREMOTE.
Creating RFC Destinations for the portal
User-Defined RFC Destination, Program ID as RFC Destination and RFC Destination : This report allows you to choose any name for the RFC destination. Otherwise the program ID is used (see above). If you choose a user-defined name, enter the name under RFC destination.
RFC Description: The RFC description is the text that is displayed in the BEx Web Application Designer and BEx Query Designer applications as the description of the connected portal.
Maintaining Portal Server Settings for the Portal
Default: To select a portal as the default portal, select the Default indicator. A warning will be produced if another portal is already marked as the default portal.
Portal URL Prefix: The Portal URL prefix is required for input help in the BEx Broadcaster. The report uses the portal URL prefix to list particular iViews for maintaining or testing the settings. The portal roles super_admin_role and com.sap.ip.bi.business_explorer_showcase are required for calling these iViews.
Prefix of RM for BI Metadata: The RM prefix for BI metadata is required in the step Setting up Repository Managers for BI in the Portal and also has to be maintained in the portal server settings. The prefix determines the path in Knowledge Management under which BI metadata is accessed by the Repository Manager.
Exporting the BI Certificate into SAP BI
Export Path and Export File Name: The BI certificate is saved under the specified path and file name and can then be imported into the portal.
Creating BI Systems in the Portal
Path in Portal Content and Name in Portal Content: The BI system in the portal is created under the specified path and name in the Portal Content Studio.
Template for Defining BI Systems in the Portal: As a template, you can choose either System with Load Balancing orSystem with Application Server when creating a BI system in the portal. The necessary information is determined and displayed depending on the template you select.
BI Properties: The following properties are specific to a BI system. If the identifier BI Directory Provider is activated, the BI system is displayed in open dialog when selecting queries or InfoProviders. The properties BI Documents for InfoProviders, Master Data, and Metadata contain the path to the respective CM Repository Manager for storing BI documents in Knowledge Management. These properties are used when the documents are migrated to Knowledge Management.
The property BI Master System means that the BI system is the central persistent store in the portal. The BI master system is used to read and execute Web templates. The running BI Web Runtime requires exactly one BI master system within a portal.
System Alias: Every system in the portal requires a system alias. You can enter any value. SAP recommends that you use the logical system name as the alias.
Creating System Alias SAP_BW: For the portal role Business Explorer com.sap.ip.bi.business_explorer_showcase, a BI system is required in the portal with the system alias SAP_BW. Note that there can only be one system with the alias SAP_BW.
Configuring User Management in the Portal
Logon Ticket Client: The logon ticket client can be any value between 000 and 999. The client is necessary if several portals with identical portal SIDs are connected. This is not normally the case and the default value can usually be transferred. You have to enter the client when you import the portal certificate into the BI system.
Exporting the Portal Certificate into the Portal
Portal SID: The portal SID is required so that naming conventions are observed. It has to be entered when you import to the BI system.
Import Path and Import File Name: The portal certificate should be saved under the specified path and file name and can then be imported into the BI system.
Maintaining User Mapping in the Portal
User-Mapping User and User-Mapping Password: The user-mapping user and password are used to check user assignment. This information is not absolutely necessary but does ensure that all settings have been made for a secure connection from the BI system to the portal.
Activities
1. Determine the mandatory information described above.
2. Execute the activity (= report Maintaining Settings for Integration into SAP Enterprise Portal ).
3. Enter the mandatory information on the selection screen.
4. Choose Execute.
5. Choose Previous Step or Next Step to switch between the individual steps.
6. To execute the step, choose Execute Step. The system either starts the necessary application so that you can enter information manually, or executes the step automatically. For each step the report supports the start-up of the appropriate application for executing the step manually.
Sequence of Steps
SAP recommends that you perform the necessary steps in the following order:
7. Create RFC Destination in J2EE Engine
8. Create RFC Destination for the Portal
9. Maintain Portal Server Settings for the Portal
10. Maintain Single Sign-On in the BI System
11. Export BW Certificate to the BI System
12. Import BW Certificate to the Portal
13. Create BW System in the Portal
14. Configure User Management in the Portal
15. Export Portal Certificate to the Portal
16. Import Portal Certificate to the BI System
17. Set Up Repository Manager for BW in the Portal
18. Maintain User Mapping in the Portal
19. Import SAP Basis Plug-In to the BI System
The documentation for the individual steps describes the manual process. The report Maintaining Settings for Integration into the SAP Enterprise Portal (report RSPOR_SETUP) executes some of these steps automatically..

Precalculation Server for Information Broadcasting

Hi Folks,
Do we need Precalculation server to use Information Broadcasting in BW7.0?
I am especially interested in using the Filling OLAP Cache functionality in Information Broadcasting to fill OLAP cache for one workbook.
Need your help on this.
Regards,
Sn

Hi Raghavendra \ NS,
We have only one application server. The issue might be because of the broadcast settings which I am giving to fill the OLAP Cache.
In my current query there are two variables one is on business unit and the other one is on calendar month. Both the variables are optional.
Business Unit variable accepts multiple single values as input and the calendar month is selection-option variable.
Now My problem is if I fill cache with a variant, without providing any value for Business Unit variable (i.e for all the business Units ) and Calendar month values as 01.2010 to 11.2010, then when I execute the query for Business Unit x and Calendar month 10.2010- this is not picking data from cache instead reading from the database. Ideally this selection is the subset of the cache which I have filled.
The query is picking data from the cache only if I give the same variable values i.e no values for Business Unit and 01.2010 to 11.2010 for calendarmonth.
My requirement is to fill the cache for all the Business Units and all the calendar months of current year. This cache should be accessed by the query even if user selects one or multiple or all the Business Units and a single or range or all the calendar months of current year.
I might be doing something wrong in settings of BEx broadcaster. Please throw some light on the settings which I have to make in this case.
Regards,
SN

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Hi,
We are receiving some reports via Information broadcaster. But in those reports when we are opening we can not see navigational block and pre selection criteria.
Is there any way we can achieve this?
Any urgent help will be appreciated.
Thanks and regards
Kiran

If you try the option Online link to current data then you can get the display similar to the query output where you can see the Pre selection criteria and the navigational block
Prathish

Information Broadcaster Utilizes 60 to 90 % of Java Stack CPU

We are currently on BI 7.0 and EP7.0; we have started using Information Broadcaster and we are noticing that it utilizes 60 to 90% of CPU on the Java stack.
One thing to inform is that we are using the same Java Stack for Portal, BI and R/3.
90% of CPU seems abnormal to me (At the peak of its usage the Portal Performance goes down).
Will this issue get solved if we use a dedicated Java Stack for BI? Thoughts Please.
Regards,
Deepak

Deepak,
We too facing the same problem.
After proper analyzation our experts decided to go for a dedicated Java Stack for BI to increase the performance.
Regards,
Ramkumar.

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