WAD and work book

Question

Hi
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pls explain defference between Web Application Designer (WAD) and  workbooks
Thanks in advance
rk

Answer 1

WAD
Web Application Design: BEx Web Application Designer
Use
Web application design allows you to use generic OLAP navigation for your BW data in Web applications as well as in business intelligence cockpits for simple or highly individual scenarios. Web application design comprises a broad spectrum of Web-based business intelligence scenarios, which you can adjust to meet your individual needs using standard Web technologies.
Features
The following graphic illustrates the basic concept of Web Application Design with the Web Application Designer as the central tool:
You can use this BEx Web Application Designer, the desktop application used to create Web applications, to generate HTML pages that contain BW-specific contents such as tables, charts or maps. These objects, which retrieve BW data from a data provider and place it in a Web application as HTML, are known as Web items. For more information on the Web items available, see Web Items.
You can save the Web applications as a URL and access them from an intranet or on mobile devices. In addition, you can save Web applications as iViews and integrate them into an Enterprise Portal.
The Web Application Wizard is an assistant that is integrated into the Web Application Designer. You can use this to help you create Web applications using a step-by-step procedure and to simplify design activities. The Web application wizard helps you to work with Web application design confidently and create your first Web applications.
Business Explorer Web application design also allows you to create highly individual scenarios with user-defined interface elements by using standard markup languages and Web design APIs. You can individually adjust and enhance Web Templates, the HTML pages that determine the structure of Web applications. For further information, see:
Object Tags
Command URLs
Use of Forms
Data Provider
Query View
Use of JavaScript-Functions
In addition, using a Web design application programming interface (Web design API), you can change the display of tables or navigation blocks in Web applications. See Web Design API for Tables
WorkBook
Queries in Workbooks
Use
Queries are inserted into workbooks so you can display them. When you insert a query, a link is made between the cell areas of the worksheet and the data of the InfoProvider upon which the query is based. A link therefore exists between the Business Explorer and the Business Information Warehouse Server (BW Server). This link stays in place until you interrupt it (see Settings).
When you open a query and insert it into a workbook, the query is calculated and the view (initial view) of the data established in the Query Designer is displayed.
If variables that are ready for input are used in the query, you can enter the required values for the variables or confirm the default values when you insert the query.
Workbooks into which queries are inserted are no different in appearance than other Excel workbooks. They can be saved as files, copied, sent and (using Excel functions) edited however you like and even supplemented with other data.
Features
You can choose whether you want to insert a query into a new workbook, into an existing one, or into a workbook template:
If you want to insert a query into a new workbook:
Choose the symbol for Open...from the BEx toolbar. This brings you to the screen Open SAP BEx:
Select Queries from the left column.
Select a query from all those available. The queries are arranged according to InfoProviders.
Double-click on the required query or choose OK.
If you want to insert a query into the active workbook:
Open a workbook and, from the BEx toolbar, choose Tools ® Insert Query.... The query is then inserted into the current worksheet starting at the active cell.
If you want to insert a query into a workbook template:
Create a workbook template.
Insert the query into the workbook template.
See: Creating Workbook Templates
If you use the function Based on Permanent Template (see Settings), the Business Explorer queries in all these workbooks will have the same formatting when you insert them.
hope it helps,
raghu