Mapping BEx Query Elements To The SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Query Panel PDF

Mapping BEx Query Elements to the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Query Panel
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In the following sections of this document you will learn how elements from a BEx query are being leveraged by Web Intelligence and where to find them in the query panel for Web Intelligence. Even though the screenshots are focusing on Web Intelligence, the document is also
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applicable to Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards as all three BI clients are sharing the integration with the BEx queries via the semantic layer.
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So lets start with a very simple BEx Query:
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Figure 1: Mapping BEx Query Elements
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As shown in Figure 1 here we are starting with a very simple BEx Query example with a set of characteristics in the Rows, in the Free Characteristics, and a set of key figures in the Columns.
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Characteristics (= Dimension in the Query Outline)Each characteristic will be presented in the query outline with separate fields for the key, and description based on the definition of the InfoObject. For example characteristic Country is shown with a Key, Text, and Medium Text because the InfoObject has been defined with key, text, and medium text but no long text. The dimension object in the query outline for the characteristic represents the Text value.
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In addition each characteristic also has an element called the default hierarchy which is the very first entry below the dimension object. The default hierarchy represents the hierarchical display in cases a hierarchy has been configured. In case no hierarchy has been configured then the default hierarchy is simply showing the members of the characteristic. The default hierarchy is very important for BEx queries with hierarchy variables.
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Navigational Attributes (= Dimension in the Query Outline) Navigational Attributes are treated like other characteristics and are also represented with the key and text based on the definition of the Navigational Attribute. Key Figures (called Measure in the Query Outline) Each Key Figure can have up to four elements: numeric value, unit, formatted value, and scaling factor. Calculated and Restricted Key Figures (called Measure in the Query Outline) Calculated and Restricted Key Figures are treated like any other Key Figure and can have up to four elements: numeric value, unit, formatted value, and scaling factor. Information about the details of the calculated or restricted Key Figure is not available in the Query Outline.
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Figure 2 shows the elements for characteristic Country in more details.
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In Figure 3 we can see the Display attributes for characteristic Sales Organization. Display Attributes are turned into Detail objects and are shown as subordinates for each of the characteristics. It is important to note, that Display Attributes are shown in the Query outline even if they are not part of the BEx Query itself. Display Attributes for the Characteristics are leveraged based on the definition of the InfoObject in SAP NetWeaver BW. In Figure 3 you can see that the Display Attribute Country for the Characteristic Sales Organization is shown as a Detail object in the outline below the dimension object Sales Organization.
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Figure 4 shows the Characteristic Restrictions area of our BEx Query, which shows three BEx Variables. BEx Variables are turned automatically into prompts / parameters. Those prompts will be shown to the user each time the report is being refreshed, but the person creating the report also has access to these prompts already in the Query outline. Prompts as a result of BEx Variables used in the underlying BEx query can be used in the
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query outline already by using the Variable Manager (see Figure 4). The Variable Manager allows the user in the query outline to see the list of available prompts and to configure default values (in addition to default values from a BEx query). The Variable Manager is very important when using BEx queries with a hierarchy and a hierarchy node variable or BEx queries with time-dependent objects, as the Variable Manager then allows the user to resolve those dependencies before creating the actual report.
Figure 5: Mapping BEx Query Elements Two Structures
Figure 5 shows a BEx Query with a custom structure in the rows and another custom structure in the columns. In the BEx Query designer only one the structures can contain actual key figures in the example above it is the structure in the columns and each of the structure elements of the structure with key figures will be mapped to measures (=key figures) in the query outline (in the example Quarter 1 to Quarter 2).
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Figure 6: Mapping BEx Query Elements Hierarchies
Figure 6 shows a BEx Query with characteristic Product in the Rows and characteristic Product has been configured with a Hierarchy Variable. In case the underlying BEx Query contains a Hierarchy Variable, the query outline will not contain a list of available hierarchies based on the InfoObject in SAP NetWeaver BW, but instead the characteristic
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will only be shown with the Default Hierarchy and the report designer can use the Default Hierarchy to create the report and the user will then be able to select a hierarchy using the prompt every time the report is being refreshed.
Figure 7: Mapping BEx Query Elements Variable Manager
In Figure 7 you can see the steps involved to resolve a hierarchy variable input in the query panel.
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In step 1 the report designer is creating a new report based on a BEx query which contains a hierarchy variable. In step 2 the report designer is opening the Variable Manager in the query panel. In the Variable Manager the report designer is able to set a default value for the hierarchy variable. In step 3 based on the configured default value for the hierarchy variable the report designer is now able to open the list of members for the hierarchy so that the report designer can select specific nodes or leafs from the hierarchy in the report.
In addition to the member based selection, Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports for Enterprise, and SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards are now (SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Service Pack 04) also offering a level based selection, which allows the report designer to keep the report more flexible by not configuring a fixed set of members and leafs but instead to select levels of a hierarchy.
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Figure 8: Mapping BEx Query Elements Hierarchy Node Variable
Figure 8 shows the Characteristic Restrictions area of the BEx Query Designer with a Hierarchy Node Variable. In case the BEx query has been configured with a Hierarchy Node variable (without a hierarchy variable) the characteristic has been configured with a specific hierarchy (in the example shown Product Hierarchy 1) and the hierarchy node variable allows the user to filter based on hierarchy nodes or leafs. In such a scenario the query outline will not show all available hierarchies and also the default hierarchy will not be shown in the query outline; in the query outline the report designer will see a single entry for the selected hierarchy.
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Figure 9: Mapping BEx Query Elements Time dependency
In case the underlying BEx query contains time dependent objects for example a characteristic with time dependent hierarchies (not time dependent hierarchy structures) it is important to note that the query panel will not prompt for a key date before the meta-data is shown to the report design. In Figure 9 in Step 1 the characteristic Sales Group is shown with two hierarchies Sales Group Hry 1 and Sales Group Hry 2.
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In Step 2 the report designer is opening the Variable Manager and sets a specific date for the key date variable and based on the set date the query panel is being refreshed and as shown in Step 3 one of the hierarchies is not available anymore for the specified timeframe. Especially when using BEx queries with time-dependent objects it is important to use the Variable Manager also in the query panel to resolve the time-dependency so that the report designer is able to see the correct information in the query panel.
Figure 10: Mapping BEx Query Elements Local Calculations
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