Portal Theme Editor Concept

Prior to 7.0 version of Netweaver the idea of changing the web templates of BI Reports were completely dependent on modifying the contents in the BWReports.css cascading style sheets in the MIME repository via T-code SE80. The various elements in the file were edited using a CSS editor and later imported back with the respective changes. With the changes the reports were generated on a web browser and the template would adapt the cascading style sheet that was modified. These URL’s were later linked to the Portal or sometimes a different application.

Now things have changed a bit. The concept of Portal Theme Editor has taken precedence over the use of the MIME objects in the backend BI system. Developers can now use this editor as a central editing location for all the web applications that are executed in the Portal browser. Just for clarifications or for some naïve learners, Web Templates are created in the Web Application Designer (BEx Tool), these web templates when executed on a browser is called BEx Web Application and this Bex Web Application when executed on a Portal Browser is called a BEx Web Application iView.

So getting back to the point after taking the beginners detour, these web applications can be assigned a specific Portal theme by using certain components in the Theme Editor. Some of them are Global Formats Content Area, Complex Elements, Basic Elements, and Component-Specific Formats.

Lets feed the baby using a spoon and follow the below steps to achieve the invincible: Execute the BEx Web application in the Web browser and Decide what needs to be changed. Open the same as a template in your WAD and identify which web item needs to be changed and use the theme editor to make the necessary changes. (System admin > portal display)

Now let’s get graphical. Consider the below screen print. It is an example of a standard web application as seen on a BEx web analyzer.

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To change or modify certain parts of the template consider the below screen prints: