The query designer lets a business user take advantage of online analytical processing olap features such as variables, hierarchies, and custom formulas called calculated key figures. Query designer in bw4hana, an eclipse based toolset, is a new and improved tool for working with bex queries. The system will prompt you to select an infoprovider, as seen in figure 3. By selecting and combining infoobjects characteristics and key figures or reusable query elements such as structures in a query, you determine the way in which you evaluate the data in the selected infoprovider. Comparison of sap bex query designer and eclipse bw modeling. Eclipse based query modeling in bw4hana step by step sap. Are future enhancements planned for bex query designer. This document is the fourth installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners. After attending this class, you should be able to create, run, modify and save your bex queries. Bi l3 bex query designer unit 5 variable computer science.
The icon next to the key figures section represents a structure. In addition, we will learn how to set up the query properties and the various properties of the query components. Complete installation sap gui 740 and bex frontend sap. It deals with understanding the need and use of conditions and exceptions in the query designer.
Understanding bex query designer part4 conditions %26. You can use this tool to analyze data in an info provider under sap bw. Part 1 screen appearance this document is the first installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners. Create restricted or calculated key figures, global structure or a global filter. Part2 structures, selections and formulas sap community network sdn.
As you can see, this query has been saved in the favorites folder, but we also have the option to store the query in. Building sap businessobjects web intelligence queries based on. If you doubleclick an element in query designer, the standard function is called for this element. This document will also be helpful to intermediate and advanced level users to learn. The reportreport interface rri allows you the flexibility to call a jump target receiver online from a bex query sender within or outside of the bw system. It is a complete product which provides different reporting procedures and an analysis tool to run queries and reports with sap netweaver bi system. Advanced tips and tricks using bex analyzer and bex query designer free download as powerpoint presentation. To create a new query, there should at least be an infoprovider in the sap bw system. How to work with f4 input help effectively in bex applies to. When the user drills down on the hierarchy query, both the expanded data and the original data are logged. You can now use the data result of the selected query as a variable in a different query. You can launch the bex query designer from analysis office in 1.
Sap s4hana embedded analytics a detailed walkthrough part. You can also use planning functions in planning applications, thus automating your planning. Does that mean bex query designer is not going away. Mar 15, 2014 this is part 2 of a tutorial on how to analyze the dataset of the business information warehouse by defining queries for infoproviders using the bex query designer. Summary this document is the second installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for. When the user runs a hierarchy query, the system logs the data that is displayed to the user. A query developed in the bex query designer has a format available for both the bex analyzer frontend excel based and the bex web analyzer web based. We will also learn the different query components in detail. Once you are connected and the blank bex query designer window appears, click the icon at the beginning of the top toolbar to create a new query. Sap bex analyzer and query designer the complete guide book. May 10, 2020 the business explorer bex is a component of sap bi that provides flexible reporting and analysis tools that we can use for strategic analysis and supporting the decisionmaking process in an organization. It deals with understanding more advanced elements in the query designer i. These queries can be used for manual planning in a planning application. You access them from the context menu under the goto function.
As to portal is not listed under option query publish in bex query designer you will see that there is no role assigned for the user. Creating a bw query in sap business explorer query designer ibm. Querys personnel area row, showing only the values for the four. Bi l3 bex query designer unit 4 free download as powerpoint presentation. Included calendar yearmonth characteristic in columns. Scaling defined on key figures in the bex query will be mapped into sap analytics cloud s scaling concept. Characteristic variable with replacement path sap blogs. Claudine lam from business analytics services demonstrates how to create a structure within sap business explorer bex query designer. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each characteristic that you selected in step 4. Aug 06, 2016 bex query designer part 1 chaitanya kumar. You can perform the following tasks in the analysis mode.
Developing workbooks with bex analyzer design mode 119. Apply to sap consultant, enterprise architect, architect and more. In this chapter, we will discuss the various features of the bex query designer and understand its functions. Sap bex query designer in this chapter, we will discuss what a query designer is. The bex query designer can also be called from other tools by navigating through the path given below. Mar 11, 2016 hey chetan, to this date the tools are very different. Whether your current job title is functional consultant, financial reporting analyst, bwbi consultant, business consultant, project manager or something entirely different, if you are responsible or. Summary this document is the fourth installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners. You have 4 tabs under the characteristics restriction, which are. Dec 28, 2006 here is the approach which i tried by creating variable on vendor characteristic with replacement path on top5 vendor query. Sap puts the query designer to the bw backend because it is a tool that models data for reporting purposes. First select the required query component and then choose a menu option from the context menu.
Bex query designer provides you with a high degree of flexibility and ease of operation. For more information, visit the business intelligence home page summary this document helps to overcome the challenges while using f4 help in variable inputs and choosing filter selections. Sap business explorer bex provides you the set of tools to perform reporting, query analysis and to support strategic decisions. Quick reference card business warehouse bex reporting. In bex query designer, you can define a query based on an inputready infoprovider of type aggregation level. This can be used for planning by writing queries in a bex query designer. How to create your first sap bw bex analyzer query. Sap s4hana embedded analytics a detailed walkthrough. Sap bex analyzer and query designer the complete guide. Create conditions in bex query designer configure conditions and characteristic assignments.
Advanced tips and tricks using bex analyzer and bex query. This book is a complete sap bw bex analyzer and query designer training course and has been written with sap endusers and consultants in mind. It is structured according to the following concepts. It deals with understanding the need and use of conditions and exceptions in. The characteristic values of the so called prequery are used to restrict the corresponding info object in the resultset query. Compared with the bex query designer variable creation you also need to fill the reference characteristic. Bi l3 bex query designer unit 3 free download as powerpoint presentation. The second possibility is the one known from bex query designer. Comparison of sap bex query designer and eclipse bw. Part2 structures, selections and formulas applies to.
Bi l3 bex query designer unit 5 free download as powerpoint presentation. Sap business explorer i about the tutorial sap business explorer bex provides you the set of tools to perform reporting, query analysis and to support strategic decisions. Structuring sap bw queries for reuse sap training hq. Bi l3 bex query designer unit 4 hierarchy computer data. This is how basic structural components of a bex query are grouped. You can also use business explorer to broadcast the objects. You analyze the dataset of the bi system by defining queries for infoproviders using the bex query designer. Quick reference card business warehouse bex reporting display query 4 2009 university of kentucky iris training myhelp website.
The relevant information is displayed in the messages screen area. Open bex query designer and connect to your bw 7 system. This document is the first installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners. Sap business explorer bex and sap bi reporting basics. It deals with understanding the need and use manipulating the properties of the query elements and the query itself to get the desired result. Creating conditions in query design lesson objectives after completing this lesson, you will be able to. The bex query designer can be used to analyze the data in infoproviders under. The options under suppress zeros section decide the application of zerosuppression on the query. Part5 query element properties this document is the fifth installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners.
It deals with understanding first thing you see in the query designer the menu, the buttons, the screen sections etc. It is used for designing the interface for query applications. Variable types sap netweaver business warehouse community. Create an exception in bex query designer configure the status of exception values apply exception definition options lesson 2.
You can also open the bex query designer from the bex web application designer. These tools include query, reporting, and analysis functions. Understanding bex query designer part4 conditions %26 exceptions free download as pdf file. In the replacement path dialog step, select the query whose result you want to use as the variable. Objects that cannot be deleted for example, reusable objects that are part of other queries are not deleted. A query based on multiple sources may result in sap bw errors during data retrieval. Advanced tips and tricks using bex analyzer and bex query designer. The options under suppress zeros section decide the application of zero suppression on the query. Bex is still 10 years now packed with cool things like variables with possibility of customer exits, authorization relevance, rkfckf, reusable structures, etc. The analyzer under business explorer is a reporting and designing tool, which provides integration with microsoft excel. Aug 12, 2009 the bex query designer is the main tool for designing queries and generating data to analyze with an infoprovider i. Aug 19, 2016 then a new window opens where you need to select the variable settings. Using the secondary mouse button, you can call all functions offered in the current context menu. Part3 calculated key figures and restricted key figures applies to.
Sep 27, 20 most of us bw user would say that the query designer is also a frontend client because it comes with the frontend installation. You can access the bex query designer to define queries. Bex analyzer page 1 objective this course is intended to familiarize users with the sap business information warehouse bw. Sap business explorer bex suite bex broadcaster sap netweaver 7. However, sap analytics cloud s scaling concept is currently limited to scale factors of 1, million, and billion. Summary this document is the third installment of a 6 part query designer training guide for beginners. After running the newly created query we can see category, and calendar year variables on the selection screen even though they are not the part of query definition.
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