How to get quicker solutions from SAP Support
I work on many incidents a day and whenever I get a new one I have a big challenge: to understand the customer’s issue. The customer may have clear in mind what his/her issue is. But normally it’s not...
View ArticleHow to get rid of wrong/unexpected data issues in BEx Queries
Here I present you a recommended flow to analyze queries that return unexpected data. It can guide you finding out whether it happens due to a bug in the software or show you that your expectation is...
View ArticleWhen your BEx report execution turns into 'Not Responding'
As BW developers, we expect users to show some patience when they are executing BEx queries. Even when the window turns to 'Not Respondin' for a while. If its a rare occurance then we disregard it...
View ArticleGuided Procedure for BI Java Integration to ABAP
Dear Community, 8 years after the release of SAP Netweaver 7.0 and the introduction of BI Java Runtime as the official frontend for the 7.0 BEx Tools (WAD, Query Designer) we still have questions about...
View ArticleHow to Display Unit/Currency as Separate column in BEx Analyzer
Blog OverviewIn SCN community, noticed few people asking how to display unit as separate column instead of behind the value. Initial I thought its quite complex as we have only two options. Modeling...
View ArticleHow to Derive Status Column Like Open/InProgress/Close in BEx Designer...
Blog Overview Issue In Past few years SAP BEx designer changed/improved and added few options, however never added an option like deriving characters/strings/flags or status based on business logic (...
View ArticleEliminating Compounding in Reports using Web Application Designer
Please use the below procedure to eliminate the compounding issues in the Reports using Web Application Designer, Go to properties of Web Template in WAD. Come down to Standard Actions of the Web...
View ArticleReporting Statistics Report in SAP BW
In BW Reporting scenarios, business or application manager who deals with the BW reporting requires a report, how many times does the report executed by which user, on what timing, DB time at the time...
View ArticleHow to verify a Workbook last used date
Hi BEx community, These days I came across a requirement to find out when was the last used date of a certain Workbook. I could not find an easy way to enter the Workbook title and simply get the...
View ArticleFew important commands in WAD in SAP BI - Part1
Web Application Designer (WAD) is used to design templates for the report embedded in it. Usually report simply provides an excel based output. In addition to this WAD can provide some extra...
View ArticleFew important commands in WAD in SAP BI - Part 2
In addition to the "Few important commands in WAD in SAP – Part 1", in this blog I would like to share few more useful commands those usually use in many reporting scenarios. Context Web Item:The...
View ArticleHow to find "Where Used List of InfoObject Value In BEx Report"
Objective: Every organization use multiple reports like Sales, Shipping, Billing and Profit & Loss to make good business decision. In this all areas we might have developed and used huge BEx...
View ArticleHow to Set up the Customizing Currency Display in Query Output
Recently I saw some customers raised incidents about the currency display in the query output. It's not very often to request the customizing currency display, but BW indeed provides the functionality...
View ArticleRun Report SAP_RSDDCHNGRCHECK_CLEANUP with Option DELCNSID
Recently I met a situation that the customer can not delete the relevant entries from table RSDDCHNGRCHECK using the Clean-up report SAP_RSDDCHNGRCHECK_CLEANUP with option DELCNSID. Although the...
View ArticleYTD Time Structure – Using SAP Standard Variable
YTD Time Structure – Using SAP Standard Variable A key figure nee to display under A structural Frame that include , YTDLY YTDLY PeriodDynamic Display of 12 Rolling Period User Prompt: 0P_FPER (Fiscal...
View ArticleUnexpected values in Bex Query? Check out SAP collective notes for...
Hi BEx Community, After you import a Support Package for your SAP NetWeaver BW you notice unexpected values/numbers when consuming a BEx Query (or even a BW Infoprovider directly) or reading...
View ArticleBex Query going into debug mode in RSRT? Check here how to find the solution
Hi BEx community, Not rare a BEx Query goes into debug mode when you test it in transaction RSRT due to an exception raised during the query execution.Here I will show you an easy step to increase...
View ArticleRead Mode P is now Supported in BExAnalyzer Filter Screen
Earlier F4 (Filter Screen / Selector Dialog ) in BEx Analyzer Planning enabled query we were able to select only M or D as read modes and were not able to select read mode as P(planning ) .With the new...
View ArticleIssues you may face with Precalculation server patch 400 & Solution
The purpose of this blog is to explain some of the functional/installation changes you will see when you install precalculation patch 400 for SAP GUI 740 onwards.From 740 precalculation patch 400 only...
View ArticleVBA Function SAPBExSetVariable not working as required in BExAnalyzer 7x
Usage of BExAnalyzer 3.5 Macros and VBA Function: In 3.5 BExAnalyzer you can use SAPBExSetVariable to set the variable to a query that you would like to see the result once the query is refresh in 3.5...
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