Infocube Creation Steps Using SAP BI 7.0 - 2

SAP has come up with enhanced functionalities for businesswarehousing. The new functionalities are part of SAP Business Intelligence 7.0 (SAP BI 7.0).

There are some differences in SAP BI 7.0 while creating objects. We will see how to create InfoCube and other related Objects in SAP BI 7.0.

Infocube uses concept of star schema. Infocube is created using Characteristics and Key Figures.

Characteristics are levels on which reporting has to be performed. For example, Product, Customer and Plant.

Key Figures are measures used for characteristics. For example, sales quantity for a product, customer and location combination.

In this section we will discuss InfoArea and InfoObject Catalog creation steps in SAP BI 7.0.

1) Logon to SAP and Execute transaction RSA1, shown below is the left hand side panel

2) Select the InfoProvider at right hand side panel and select 'Create InfoArea;

3) Enter name and description for InfoArea

4) Go to InfoObjects at left hand panel, select the InfoArea created and right click to create 'InfoObject Catalog'

5) Create InfoObject Catalog for Characteristics and Key Figures

6) Select the InfoObjects for InfoObject Catalog as shown below

7) Enter the InfoObjects and select 'Continue'

8) Activate the InfoObject Catalog

9) InfoObject Catalog is created as shown below

In next section, we will see how to create InfoCube in SAP BI 7.0

10) Select the InfoArea and right click, select 'Create InfoCube'

11) Enter name and description of the InfoCube and press 'Create'

12) The screen is very different from SAP BW 3.5, the screen is similar to ODS creation screen in SAP BW 3.5. 

There are folders available for Dimensions, Navigation Attributes and Key Figures

Right click 'Dimension 1' to assign a characteristics to Dimension 1

In the next section, we will see how to create Data Transfer Process and load data in InfoCube

13) Enter the characteristics and press 'Continue'

14) To create new dimensions, right click 'Dimensions' folder and press 'Create New Dimensions'

15) Press 'Continue' button to create new dimension or press 'Create' to create more than one dimension at a time

16) Select 'Time' dimension and right click to add time characteristics '0CALMONTH'

17) Similarly, add Key Figure to 'Key Figure' folder by right clicking

18) Check the InfoCube for any inconsistencies and activate theInfoCube

19) InfoCube will be created as shown

In the next section we will see how to create Transformation betweenInfoCube and DataSource

20) Replicate the data source, select the source system, right click and select 'Replicate DataSources'

21) Select the data source as RSDS DataSource

22) Select the InfoCube and right click to 'Create Transformation'

23) Select Source and Target for Transformation

24) System will propose the mapping, incase system does not propose, select the InfoObject and drop for mapping

25) For 0CALMONTH, a constant will be used in this case, define the constant

26) After defining, press 'Transfer Values'

27) Check and activate the transformation

28) Now define, Data Transfer Process as shown

29) Enter the source of DTP

30) Activate the DTP after maintaing the required settings

31) Create a InfoPackage by right clicking the DataSource

32) Execute the InfoPackage to load data into PSA

33) Check the data load in PSA by double clicking the DataSource

34) Execute the DTP

35) Check the data in InfoCube