Publishing to SAP BW

This recipe shows you how to publish a dashboard to a SAP BW system. Once a dashboard is saved to the system, it can be published within a SAP Enterprise Portal iView and made available for users to view.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a completed dashboard. This dashboard does not necessarily have to include a data connection to SAP BW.

How to do it...

  1. Select Publish in the SAP menu. If you want to save the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards model with a different name, select the Publish As... option.
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  2. If you are not yet connected to the SAP BW system, a pop up will appear. Select the appropriate system and fill in your username and password in the dialog box.
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  3. If you want to disconnect from the SAP BW system and connect to a different system, select the Disconnect option from the SAP menu.
  4. Enter the Description and Technical Name of the dashboard. You can choose to save the dashboard as a role or just into your Favorites folder. Click on Save. The dashboard is now published to the SAP BW system.
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  5. To launch the dashboard and view it from the SAP BW environment, select the Launch option from the SAP menu. You will be asked to log in to the SAP BW system before you can view the dashboard.
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How it works...

As we have seen in this recipe, the publishing of a dashboard to SAP BW is quite straightforward. As the dashboard is part of the SAP BW environment after publishing, the model can be transported between SAP BW systems like all other SAP BW objects.

There's more...

After launching the dashboard in step 5 of this recipe, the dashboard will load in your browser from the SAP BW server. You can add the displayed URL to a SAP Enterprise Portal iView to make the dashboard accessible for portal users.

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