As indicated in the Functional Enhancements Schedule BI in NW2004s document found in the SAP Service Marketplace (service.sap.com/bi), the ability to upload and download selection text files to the BEx Analyzer is available as of Support Pack/Front End Patch 9 for SAP NetWeaver 2004s.
You may have a little trouble finding this feature, however, as it is a little tricky, and unfortunately there is no documentation available yet. To upload a text file in BEx Analyzer, you mark the selected characteristic in the navigation block, right-mouse click to open the context menu, and select the "Select Filter Value …" option. In the Selection Dialog that is opened, you choose the "More" button to expand entire dialog to display the "Selection" area. Right-mouse click in this area to call up the context menu and select “Upload Selections”. This will open the File Open Dialog, where you can select the text file to upload for the characteristic.
Initially the "Download Selections" option will be grayed out. Once you have selected values, this option becomes available. In this way, you can make your initial selection manually or edit an existing selection and save the new selection list to a text file for future use. The following is an illustration of the Selection Dialog with the context menu, including both of the text file options:
For more information on selecting values in BEx, see Input Help in BEx in the online documentation.
The ability to upload text files to BEx Web Analyzer is planned for SP/FEP 12.
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