Information Broadcaster in WAD 7.0

Hi gurus,
               I have a requirement where i have to put information broadcaster in a webtemplate. we are using wad 7.0. i created a button and assigned broadcaster command to it. when i click on it but it launches a adhoc query template where when i go to the bex broadcaster nothing is active. all the buttons are faded out.
can someone please guide me how to setup broadcasting service in wad 7.0 with options like xml and pdf.
Thanks
Maqdoom

Hi Maqdoom,
I just want to know if you have J2EE or similar servers installed for the Netweaver portal.
I have faced similar issue when I could not generate PDFs. So, I had to call my basis team & requested them to install the patches & server for Info broadcasting. If so, one it could a technical authentication error -or- the services might not have been installed. Reinstalling might help in the latter case.
Thanks,
Arun Bala G

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