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Bex Broadcast Through Email: Information Broadcasting
Bex Broadcast Through Email: Information Broadcasting
Information Broadcasting
The basic idea of information broadcasting is to make BI reports available to a wide spectrum of
users. This
allows the distribution of BI information via various channels in different formats to the right
people at the right
time. A broadcast can be configured to run
Only Once(immediate)
On a scheduled basis (every day, week, month)
During specific times defined by the administrator
When an event occurs (i.e., when an exception occurs)
As part of a process chain
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Business Scenario
The sales users want to track the weekly sales growth. They may wish to receive the sales data
on Monday
morning. The data can be broadcasted to the users via mail based on authorizations; plant wise,
sales
organization wise, etc.
User: BI user names of the recipients can be filled in manually or using the selection icon.
User in Role: BI roles can be entered manually or filled in using the selection options
available. All
users assigned to the particular role mentioned will receive the mail.
Email Addresses: Individual email ids can be entered. For distribution lists, the smtp address
for the
particular distribution list must be entered. You can get the smtp address from the properties of
the
distribution list in Microsoft Outlook.
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Authorization user: If the broadcast is scheduled for later execution (background processing),
the
system generates the document with the settings according to the specified user. In case, the
current
user wants to execute it immediately, the document produced takes the authorization setting of
the
current user.
User-Specific: If the broadcast is scheduled for background processing, this option enables
the
personal settings (language, date format, etc.) of the user specified in the User field. If the
broadcast
is to be executed immediately, the system generates the document using the settings for the
current
user.
Step 7: Subject and body of the email can be framed through the Texts tab. Even the
importance setting of the
mail can be chosen from the drop down list.
Step 8: In the general precalculation tab, following features are available:
Portal Theme: The theme to be used can be specified by selecting one from the available list.
The theme
defines the appearance of control elements, font size, colors of the precalculated BI object.
Only Upon Data Change: Once this is checked it ensures that the document is distributed only
in case the
document has been changed since the last distribution.
Excel 2000 Format: This option appears only when the output format is chosen as XML (MS
Excel). If this is
selected, the system creates the document in Microsoft Excel 2000 format. Otherwise, Microsoft
Excel 2003
format is created by default.
Variable Assignment: Values can be assigned to the querys input-ready variables
(variables
defined during query creation). The query is precalculated using these variable
values. These
variable values are set whenever an online link is opened.
When the option Online Links to Current Data is chosen as output format, we can
find a
General Link Generation tab instead of General Precalculation as was available
earlier with
other output formats. The Ignore button is preselected which indicates no variable
assignment
for the query. Values to variable can be assigned by selecting the Determine here
option. The
assigned values of the variable are appended to the url of the online link. The query
is started
with these variable values whenever this link is opened.