SAP Webi - Creating Documents

In this chapter, we will learn how to create Webi documents.

Creating Documents in Webi

When you open Web interface via BI Launchpad or open Webi rich client, you have an option to create a new document or edit an existing one. You can create a new document as blank document or use an interface to create a document based on the following data sources −

Universe
Flat files in .csv or .xls format
BEx queries
Analysis view

Rich Internet application interface and Webi rich client allows you to use from list of available data sources; however, Web Interface supports only no data source or Universe from IDT/UDT.

Data Source	Web Interface via BI Launchpad	Rich Internet Application Interface	Web Rich Client Tool
No Data	Yes	Yes	Yes
.unx or .unv Universe file	Yes	Yes	Yes
BW BEx Query	No	Yes	Yes
Analysis View	No	Yes	Yes
Text Files CSV and XLS	No	Yes	Yes

To create a blank document to use later − Launch Webi Rich Client → Click ‘New document’ option at the top → No Data Source → Ok.

Or you can select a blank document by clicking the icon below the list of available data sources.

You can also use other data sources like Universe, BW BEx query, and text sources like CSV and XLS files, Analysis view or a web service as data source to create a new document.

Creating Document Based on Universe

You can create a Webi document based on Universe using Information Design Tool/Universe Design Tool.

.unx − File created with Information Design Tool
.unv − File created in Universe Design Tool

To use a Universe as data source, go to New → Select a Universe as data source and click Ok.

It will open a list of all Universes published to BI repository to use in a document. You can select any available universe and click ‘Select’.

It will show you all .unx and .unv files available to use in a document.

Query Panel will be open. You can select from list of available objects as per your access permissions. You may not be able to use a few of the objects because of permission issues.

In query panel, you have Universe outline in the left pane, and result objects, query filters, data preview panels in the main pane.

Creating Document based on BEx

To use BEx as data source, go to New → Select BW BEx query as data source and click ‘Ok’.

It will show you a list of all available BEx queries. You can select only those which you have permission to access. On the left side of the screen, it shows you the name of Info provider for BEx query.