Reorganizing and deleting bookmarks

Bookmarks are saved navigational states of a Web application.In the bookmark functional area of the Reporting Agent,

one can manage the bookmarks created in the system for all BW system users.

Many a times we do not require the bookmarks and it needs to be reorganized or deleted.

Creation of Bookmarks in BI system:-

•    in BEx Web Analyzer
•    once you personalize a web application
•    using Bookmark function in the context menu of a web application.

Reorganization of BookMark : –

we can follow below simple steps to reorganize bookmarks :-

1. Go to SA38

2. Run the report :-RSWR_BOOKMARK_REORG

3. you get the below screen to fill the details

General Criteria

Created by User: You can enter the user name .

Time of Attachment: Enter the timeframe.

Bookmark Points to Following Object

Type: Choose the basis of bookmark e.g a report, a query view etc

Technical ID: technical name of web template

4. Once you fill the details and execute it, gives you list of bookmarks , you can choose from to delete:-

we can delete/reorg the bookmark from Broadcasting tab of RSA1 as well.

we need to go to RSA1–>Administration –>Broadcasting –> Reorganization –>Bookmarks

then we choose bookmark:-

then we fill the no. of days  for deletion and reorg. and simulate in “Test Call”.

it displays the simulated results of what it will do :-

you can confirm and re-run it by unchecking the “TestCall” for deletion.

Hope this helps you in deleting/reorganizing your bookmarks.

cheers,

vinay singh