Wednesday 7 March 2012

SAP BW IQ - Part 6

Q) I would like to display the date the data was uploaded on the report. Usually, we load the transactional data nightly. Is there any easy way to include this information on the report for users? So that they know the validity of the report.

A) If I understand your requirement correctly, you want to display the date on which data was loaded into the data target from which the report is being executed. If it is so, configure your workbook to display the text elements in the report. This displays the relevance of data field, which is the date on which the data load has taken place.


Q) What is ODS?

A) An ODS object acts as a storage location for consolidated and cleaned-up transaction data (transaction data or master data, for example) on the document (atomic) level.

This data can be evaluated using a BEx query.

Standard ODS Object

Transactional ODS object:

The data is immediately available here for reporting. For implementation, compare with the Transactional ODS Object.

A transactional ODS object differs from a standard ODS object in the way it prepares data. In a standard ODS object, data is stored in different versions ((new) delta, active, (change log) modified), where as a transactional ODS object contains the data in a single version. Therefore, data is stored in precisely the same form in which it was written to the transactional ODS object by the application. In BW, you can use a transaction ODS object as a data target for an analysis process.

The transactional ODS object is also required by diverse applications, such as SAP Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM) for example, as well as other external applications.

Transactional ODS objects allow data to be available quickly. The data from this kind of ODS object is accessed transactionally, that is, data is written to the ODS object (possibly by several users at the same time) and reread as soon as possible.

It offers no replacement for the standard ODS object. Instead, an additional function displays those that can be used for special applications.

The transactional ODS object simply consists of a table for active data. It retrieves its data from external systems via fill- or delete- APIs. The loading process is not supported by the BW system. The advantage to the way it is structured is that data is easy to access. They are made available for reporting immediately after being loaded.


Q) What does InfoCube contains?


A: Each InfoCube has one FactTable & a maximum of 16 (13+3 system defined, time, unit & data packet) dimensions.


Q) What does FACT Table contain?


A: FactTable consists of KeyFigures.


Each Fact Table can contain a maximum of 233 key figures.

Dimension can contain up to 248 freely available characteristics.


Q) How many dimensions are in a CUBE?

A) 16 dimensions. (13 user defined & 3 system pre-defined [time, unit & data packet])


Q) What does SID Table contain?

A:SID keys linked with dimension table & master data tables (attributes, texts, hierarchies)


Q) What does ATTRIBUTE Table contain?

A:Master attribute data


Q) What does TEXT Table contain?

A:Master text data, short text, long text, medium text & language key if it is language dependent

Q) What does Hierarchy table contain?

A:Master hierarchy data

 

Q). Differences between STAR Schema & Extended Schema?

A) In STAR SCHEMA, A FACT Table in center, surrounded by dimensional tables and the  dimension tables contains of master data. 


  In Extended Schema the dimension tables does not contain master data, instead they are stored in Masterdata tables divided into attributes, text & hierarchy. These Masterdata &  dimensional tables are linked with each other with SID keys. Masterdata tables are independent of Infocube & reusability in other InfoCubes.


Q) As to where in BW do you go to add a character like a \; # so that BW will accept it. This is transaction data which loads fine in the PSA but not the data target.


A) Check transaction SPRO ---Then click the "Goggles"-Button => Business

Information Warehouse => Global Settings => 2nd point in the list. I

hope you can use my "Guide" (my BW is in german, so i don't know all the english descriptions).

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