【正文】 such as sorting, filtering, swapping characteristics, recalculating values, and so on allow you to flexibly navigate in the data at runtime. 重慶 郵電 大學(xué)本科學(xué)生畢業(yè)設(shè)計 （論文）附件 附件 C：譯文 C14 You can visualize the data in graphics (bar or pie charts, for example) and you can also evaluate data geographically (for characteristics such as customer, sales region, and country) on a map. Moreover, you can use exception reporting to determine special situations and critical measurement thresholds. When these thresholds are met, Information Broadcasting can automatically send messages about these issues via or SMS (short message service) or to the Knowledge Management repositories with access to it from the portal. You can analyze data in the following areas in the Business Explorer: ? BEx Analyzer (Microsoft Excelbased analysis tool with pivottablelike features) ?BEx Web Analyzer (Webbased analysis tool with pivottablelike features) ?BEx Web Application Designer (customerdefined and SAP BI Content provided) ?BEx Report Designer (highly formatted Web output) Both the Microsoft Excel and Web areas are seamlessly integrated. In other words, you can display queries from the BEx Analyzer in a standard view in the Web browser or you can display the Excel rendering of the data from a Web page with a single click. BEx Web Application Designer The BEx Web Application Designer allows you to implement plex OLAP navigation in Web applications and in Business Intelligence cockpits for both simple and highly individual scenarios. These scenarios can be created using customerdefined interface elements using standard markup languages and Web design APIs. The Web Application Designer enpasses a wide spectrum of interactive Webbased Business Intelligence scenarios that you can modify to suit your requirements using standard Web technology. You can use the BEx Web Application Designer, the desktop application for creating Web applications, to generate HTML pages that contain BIspecific content such as various tables, charts, or maps. You can save the Web applications as URLs and access them from the Inter, intra, or mobile devices. You can also save Web applications as iViews and integrate them into an enterprise portal. An assistant, the Web Application Wizard, has been integrated into the Web Application Designer to support you when creating Web applications. It uses an automatic stepbystep procedure and a simplified design process. Enterprise Reporting Enterprise reporting (formatted repor ting) with positioning control and display 重慶 郵電 大學(xué)本科學(xué)生畢業(yè)設(shè)計 （論文）附件 附件 C：譯文 C15 formatting can be acplished in sev eral ways in BI. Features of the BEx Analyzer allow for customized, highly formatted Excel workbooks, while the BEx Report Designer does the same for Web output or conversion of the document to PDF. In the unlikely event that these optio ns do not meet your needs, thirdparty tools can easily access physical BI data or data residing physically on other systems. Information Broadcasting Information broadcasting provides a tool set to execute analyses (BEx Web, BEx Analyzer, workbooks, and queries) at a desired time and frequency, then distribute the results to intended recipients. The distribution can be exceptionthresholdtriggered and can be scheduled via a Webbased UI. The BI Platform The BI platform layer contains BI services to support plex analysis tasks and functions. It contains the Analytic Engine, which processes the data requested though BEx analysis navigations and supports the interface that allows for the entry and manipulation of data as part of BI Integrated Planning. Finally, special analysis tools such as the Analysis Process Designer (APD) and the Data Mining provide the analysts at your pany with the tools to merge, mine, preprocess, store, and analyze data without support from your technical team. Note: New corporate governance rules, such as the SarbanesOxley Act in the United States, frown on the creation of uncontrolled data. The APD lets analysts manipulate the data (like they would have done in Microsoft Excel and Access) and keep it in the warehouse. Mobile Reporting You can use BEx Mobile Intelligence to call up the Web applications you created with the Web Application Designer. You can even do this when away from your desk. The following devices are supported: ? Personal digital assistant (PDA) with Windows CE and Pocket Inter Explorer ?WAPenabled mobile telephone ? iModeenabled mobile telephone ?Mobile device with EPOC32 operating system (the Nokia Communicator 9210, for example) SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: Data Warehouse Layer The Data Warehouse layer is the subject of this class, and its overview will be in the 重慶 郵電 大學(xué)本科學(xué)生畢業(yè)設(shè)計 （論文）附件 附件 C：譯文 C16 lesson that follows. Briefly, the warehouse is responsible for the cleansing, loading, storage, and management of the data needed for the enterprise. You now have the basics, but one other m ajor point should be made. SAP, unlike other providers of BI solutions, provides you with robust, delivered BI content. With BI Content, SAP delivers preconfigured role and taskbased information models and reporting scenarios that are based on consistent metadata. BI Content gives selected roles in a pany the information they need to carry out their tasks. The information models delivered cover all business areas and integrate content from almost all SAP applications an d selected external applications. In BI projects, determininguser requirements and then designing extraction programs are the two hardest things. With BI Content we provide the