Hi Amit,
Initially, I created a system DSN - ODBC connection to the Excel file from any specified location of the BO server (consider the location to be D:\\SAP\SAPBusinessObjects\Excel.xls). After creating the connection, I created a universe based on the Excel.xls file using the Designer and simultaneously prepared my reports using WebI. Till this point everything is fine.
Now, what exactly I am looking for is the path on my server in which the ABAP program will keep on updating the file at regular interval. If the path is same as the one mentioned above, then where exactly the File Repository Server (FRS) will play a part here? Or, if there is any other idea for implementing this, then please suggest.
I would like to know one more thing: Is it really necessary to have a universe in place to create WebI reports from Excel as we do have another option to directly load data from excel in WebI reports.
Thanks,
Santoshpratim