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This document provides information on connecting data sources, reporting tools, folders and subfolders in SAP, steps for creating an infocube in SAP, attributes of dimensions and hierarchies, and conversion routines. It discusses connecting to sources like SAP, CSV files, and databases. It outlines the process of creating an infocube including infoareas, infocatalogs, and infoobjects. It also describes characteristics, key figures, and attributes in dimensions.

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SAP BW Course Screens

This document provides information on connecting data sources, reporting tools, folders and subfolders in SAP, steps for creating an infocube in SAP, attributes of dimensions and hierarchies, and conversion routines. It discusses connecting to sources like SAP, CSV files, and databases. It outlines the process of creating an infocube including infoareas, infocatalogs, and infoobjects. It also describes characteristics, key figures, and attributes in dimensions.

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the above screen is for connecting to sources to get data.

BI to get data from SAP BI sources.


SAP to get data from SAP R3 sources.
csv and ascii files alone can be connected by source systems.
external connections should be used to talk to other applications and ERPs.
DB connect should be used to directly talk to databases. this will not use the application interface.
this cannot connect to multi-dimensional databases.
UD connect is universal data connect to connect to multi dimensional data bases like SSAS. This
uses J2EE.
web services uses to get data from xml sources. this uses microsoft simple object access
protocal (SOAP).

SAP BI does not use ETL tools. it uses its own APIs. SERVICE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
INTERFACE (SAPI).
for external systems, it uses BAPI. From version 7.4 it will use data integrator from business
objects.

Reporting tool for SAP is Bex Analyzer. It uses ms excel. There is anothe web application
reporting tool.

SAP has a staging engine called persistant stating area (PSA).

pushing data from SAP BI to SAP and non-SAP applications are done using open hub services.

FOLDERS UNDER SAP MENU = INFOAREAS.


SUB-FOLDERS UNDER INFOAREAS ARE INFO-CATALOGS.
MASTER DEFINITIONS AND KEY FIGURES KEPT SEPERATELY UNDER CHARECTERISTIC
& KEY FIGURE INFO CATALOGS.
LEFT PANE IS NAVIGATIONAL AREA.

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STEPS FOR CREATING INFOCUBE:
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GO TO RSA1
CLICK ON MODELING
CLICK ON INFOOBJECTS.
RIGHT CLICK COLUMN HEADER
CLICK ON CREATE INFOAREA. CONTEXT MENU APPEARS
INFOAREA NAME IS A TECHNICAL NAME. NO SPACES ALLOWED IN TECHNICAL NAMES.
CREATE A NEW INFO AREA (TA_MOTORS_PROJECT)
RIGHT CLICK ON NEW INFOAREA. CONTEXT MENU APPEARS.
CLICK ON CREATE INFOAREA. CREATE SUBFOLDERS.
RIGHT ON THE FINAL INFOAREA. CONTEXT MENU APPEARS. SELECT CREATE
INFOOBJECT CATALOG. SUGGESTED NAME TA_SALES_ICC IC STANDS FOR
INFOCATALOG. C INDICATES CHRACTERISTICS. CLICK ON CHARECTERISTICS RADIO
BUTTON (DEFAULT). SO DO NOT FORGET TO CLICK ON KEY FIGURE RADIO BUTTON
WHEN CREATING KEY FIGURE INFOCATALOG.
ON THE RIGHT PANE, CHARECTERISTICS APPEARS. CLICK ON ACTIVATE.
GREEN TRIANGLE IS CHARECTERISTICS; GREEN SQUARE IS KEY FIGURES.

TO CREATE INFOOBJECTS, RIGHT CLICK ON INFOCATALOG. USE CREATE INFOOBJECT


FROM CONTEXT MENU.
INFOOBJECT TECHNICAL NAME LENGTH IS FROM 3 TO 9.

CHARECTERISTICS DATA TYPES ARE


CHAR CHAR STRING MAX LEN 60. LARGE TEXT FIELDS ARE NOT ALLOWED. PROBLEM
FOR TEXT PROCESSING.
NUMC CHAR STRING WITH ONLY NUMERIC MAX LEN 60
DATS DATE FIELD YYYYMMDD STORED AS CHAR(8)
TIMS TIME FIELD HHMMSS, STORED AS CHAR(6)
ENTE LENGTH.
THERE IS NO DATE & TIME FIELD. individual DATE & TIME FIELDS HAVE TO BE USED.
CLICK ON ACTIVATE.
A NEW TABLE WILL BE CREATED FOR EVERY NEW INFOOBJECT AND ITS NAME WILL BE
AVAILABLE UNDER SID_TABLE. WHEN DOUBLE CLICKED, THE TABLE METADATA
APPEARS.
SIMILARLY CREATE OTHER CHARECTERISTICS INFO OBJECTS.
SIMILARLY CREATE OTHER KEY FIGURE INFO-OBJECTS
DATA TYPES
AMOUNT
NUMBER
DATE
QUANTITY
INTEGER
TIME.
DATE AND TIME APPEAR AS KEY FIGURES TO FIND OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN DAYS AND
HOURS.
WHEN QUANTITY IS SELECTED, UNIT/CURRENCY FIELD IS ALSO ENABLED. ENTER
0UNIT FOR EXAMPLE. ALL OBJECTS CREATED BY SAP IS PREFIXED WITH 0. SIMILARLY
FOR CURRENCIES, 0CURRENCY CAN BE USED. THE ADVANTAGE IS, ANY VALID UNIT
AND CURRENCY CAN BE ENTERED (MULTIPLE UNITS AND CURRENCIES).
IF UNIT OR CURRENCY IS FIXED, THEN, THAT SPECIFIC UNIT / CURRENCY CAN BE
SELECTED UNDER FIXED UNIT / CURRENCY COLUMN.

RIGHT CLICK ON INFO AREA. CLICK ON CREATE INFOCUBE. ENTER TECHNICAL NAME
AND DESCRIPTION.
FOR THE CUBE CREATED, 4 OBJECTS WILL BE CREATED BY DEFAULT:
DATA PACKAGE
TIME
UNIT
DIMENSION1

IF THE CUBE NAME IS TM_SALES, THE OBJECT NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS


TM_SALESP
TM_SALEST
TM_SALESU
TM_SALES1

THE TECHNICAL NAMES CANNOT BE CHANGED.


RIGHT CLICK DIMENSION1 TO CHANGE THE PROPERTIES.
CREATE ADDITIONAL DIMENSIONS.
one cube can have only one fact table.
maximum of 13 user defined dimensions can be created per cube.
maximum of 248 characteristics can be created per dimension. so, total dimensions can be
13*248
maximum of 233 key figures can be created in a fact table (cube).

TO COPY A CUBE, RIGHT CLICK ON A CUBE AND SELECT COPY CUBE. PROVIDE A NEW
NAME. IT WILL BE COPIED IN THE SAME INFO AREA.

to view data, RIGHT CLICK ON THE INFOOBJECT AND SELECT MAINTAIN MASTER DATA.

THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF ATTRIBUTES FOR MASTER DATA. DISPLAY & NAVIGATIONAL.
DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES DO NOT HAVE LINK BETWEEN THE DISPLAY VALUE AND A
MASTER. NAVIGATIONAL ATTRIBUTES HAVE A MASTER. IF DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE HAS TO
BE CHANGED TO NAVIGATIONAL, CLICK ON THE NAVIGATIONAL ATTRIBUTE CELL
BELOW. 'DIS' IN 'TY.' COLUMN INDICATES DISPLAY FIELD.DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES CANNOT
BE USED FOR AGGREGATION.
COMPOUNDING = COMPOSITE KEY. SUPERIOR INFOOBJECT IS THE PARENT FILED FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR STATE FIELD, ADD COUNTRY AS THE SUPERIOR INFOOBJECT.
INSTEAD OF ONE DESCRIPTION IN ONE LANGUAGE ATTACHED TO ONE MASTER ITEM, A
SEPERATE TABLE IS MAINTAINED FOR DESCRIPTION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. THE
MASTER TABLE CONTAINING ONLY THE SID & MASTER KEY IS CALLED S TABLE. THE
ATTRIBUTE CONTAINING MULTIPLE LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION IS CALLED THE T TABLE.
SID STARTS FROM 2; PURE NUMERIC. TEXT SHORT 20; MEDIUM 40 & LONG 60 CHARS.
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HIERARCHIES
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LEVELS IN A HIERARCHY = NODES IN SAP. MATERIAL IS THE LAST NODE IN AN


HIERARCHY.

TO CRETE AN HIERARCHY, ENABLE CHECK BOX 'WITH HIERARCHIES' IN HIERARCHY


TAB. H TABLE WILL BE CREATED.
YOU CAN CREATE TEXT NODE OR CHARACTERISTIC NODES. INITIAL EXAMPLE IS USING
TEXT NODE. CREATE TEXT NODE LIKE NORTH SALES ORG, SOUTH SALES ORGN, ETC.
THEN CREATE ADDITIONAL NODES BELOW IT LIKE MOTORS, SPARE PARTS, SERVICES,
ELECTRICALS, ELECTRONICS, ETC. ETC. FOR EACH TEXT NODE, A PARTICULAR
MATERIAL ID CAN BE ASSOCIATED.
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CHECK HOW TO CREATE CHARECTERISTIC NODES.
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CONVERSION ROUTINE ON GENERAL TAB
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ENTER conversion_exit_ALPHA_INPUT in SE37 screen. click on testing / execute. enter sample


values. SAP will display output values. IF THE VALUE IS ALPHA, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE
INPUT VALUE. IF THE INPUT IS NUMERIC, IT PADS LEADING ZEROS. IF 0100 AND 100 ARE
VALID CODES, THEN REMOVE THE ALPHA CONVERSION IN GENERAL TAB. IF SPACES TO
BE REMOVED, USE THE PROGRAM 'NOGAPS'. CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT
REMOVES LEADING ZEROS.
for MATERIAL, conversion_exit_MATN1_INPUT. for others USE ALPHA.
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METADATA REPOSITORY
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TO SEE ALL CUBES CRETED BY SAP, CLICK ON BUSINESS CONTENT AND THEN CLICK
ON LOCAL OBJECTS. FOLLOWING SCREENS WILL APPEAR. NONE OF THESE CUBES ARE
ACTIVATED BY SAP. WHICHEVER CUBES ARE REQUIRED, IT NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED.

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