Concepts bw
- 1. MultiProvider Concepts in BW Rel. 3.0 Dr. Bernhard Hornung SAP Portals BI Platforms- MetaData
- 2. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 2 Overview BW Architecture InfoProvider / MultiProvider Union-Operation to collect Data Mapping: Identification and Selection of InfoObjects (Abstract) Example (Concrete) Examples Summary and Outlook
- 3. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 3 SAP BW Architecture
- 4. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 4 InfoProvider Definition of InfoProvider: „Every object in BW MetaData Repository suited for Reporting with Business Explorer“ InfoObject (Characteristics with Master Data) ODS (Operational Data Store, contains consolidated and cleansed transaction data at documentation level) InfoCube (Data organized by star schema in facttable and dimensions) InfoSets (Data from multiple Infoproviders – JOIN) (Rel. 3.0) MultiProvider (Data from multiple Infoproviders – UNION) (Rel. 3.0) © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 4
- 5. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 5 InfoCube InfoSet InfoObject Master Data ODS Object MultiProvider MultiProvider
- 6. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 6 MultiProvider Definition of MultiProvider: „An object combining the data of several infoprovider. Data are brought together via union-operation“ New Object Type in Administrator Workbench 1 ... n participating infoprovider (ODS / InfoCube / InfoObject / InfoSet) Definition similar to InfoCube No physical data storage (data contained in part. Infoproviders only) © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 6
- 7. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 7 MultiProvider: Definition Multi Provider ODS Object MultiProvider, consisting of 1 ODS-Object and 1 InfoCube C = Characteristic / K = Key Figure MultiProvider, consisting of 1 ODS-Object and 1 InfoCube C = Characteristic / K = Key Figure InfoCube C1 K1 C2 C2 C3 K3 K2 K2 C1 C2 K3 K1 K2 Object Structure
- 8. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 8 Mapping: Identification of characteristics Country ........ Candidates for characteristic „Country“ in MultiProvider: Infoobject „Country“ or Nav. Attr. „Customer__Country“ in ODS Candidates for characteristic „Country“ in MultiProvider: Infoobject „Country“ or Nav. Attr. „Customer__Country“ in ODS Country Customer.... Customer__Country InfoObject Nav. Attribut Object Structure Multi Provider ODS Object Master Data
- 9. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 9 MultiProvider: Definition Multi Provider ODS Object MultiProvider, consisting of 1 ODS-Object and 1 InfoCube C = Characteristic / K = Key Figure MultiProvider, consisting of 1 ODS-Object and 1 InfoCube C = Characteristic / K = Key Figure InfoCube C1 K1 C2 C2 C3 K3 K2 K2 C1 C2 K3 K1 K2 Object Structure
- 10. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 10 Mapping: Selection of Key Figures Multi Provider ODS Object Selection of each Key Figure from at least 1 infoprovider – K2 may be selected from ODS AND / OR InfoCube Selection of each Key Figure from at least 1 infoprovider – K2 may be selected from ODS AND / OR InfoCube InfoCube K1 K3 K2 K2 K3 K1 K2 Object Structure Aggregation (e.g. SUM): K2 (Multi) = K2 (ODS) + K2 (Cube) Aggregation (e.g. SUM): K2 (Multi) = K2 (ODS) + K2 (Cube)
- 11. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 11 (Abstract) Example MultiProvider InfoCube IC1 ODS Object ODS1 K2K1C2_C1C2C1 K3K2C3C2C1 K3Origin K2K1C2C1 IC1IC1 ODS1ODS1
- 12. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 12 (Abstract) Example MultiProvider 100700XGB 300200YGA 700 600 K3 500XHB 400XGA K2C3C2C1 1007000IC1GB K1 700 600 300 K3 5000IC1HB 400 200 0 0 IC1G G A A K2OriginC2C1 InfoCube IC1
- 13. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 13 (Abstract) Example 100700XGB 300200YGA 700 600 K3 500XHB 400XGA K2C3C2C1 IC1 IC1 IC1 Origin 1007000GB K1 700 900 K3 5000HB 6000GA K2C2C1 MultiProvider InfoCube IC1
- 14. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 14 (Abstract) Example 700600400AHA 100 200 K1 100 400 K3 100BGB 100BGA K2C2__C1C2C1 ODS1 ODS1 Origin 700600400HA K1 400 100 K3 100 100 200 100 G G B B K2C2C1 MultiProvider ODS Object ODS1
- 15. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 15 (Abstract) Example 700600400AHA 100 200 K1 100 400 K3 100BGB 100BGA K2C2__C1C2C1 ODS1 ODS1 Origin 700600400HA K1 500 K3 200300GB K2C2C1 ODS Object ODS1 MultiProvider
- 16. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 16 (Abstract) Example 700600400ODS 1HA K1 500 K3 200300ODS 1GB K2OriginC2C1 ... from Cube... from Cube ... from ODS... from ODS 1007000IC1GB K1 700 900 K3 5000IC1HB 6000IC1GA K2OriginC2C1 MultiProvider
- 17. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 17 (Abstract) Example 500 100 200 700 300 0 ODS1 IC1G G B B 700600400ODS1HA 7005000IC1HB K1 900 K3 6000IC1GA K2OriginC2C1 MultiProvider
- 18. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 18 (Abstract) Example 600900300GB 700600400HA 7005000HB K1 900 K3 6000GA K2C2C1 MultiProvider
- 19. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 19 (Concrete) Example: „Unselling Products“ 400 0 0 Sales 600 P3 P2 P1 P4 Product InfoCube: Sales InfoObj: Product MultiProviderMaster Data
- 20. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 20 (Concrete) Example: „ ODS Invoice / Billing“ ... ... ... 0 30 0 O.Q. – I.Q. ... ... ... 0 5.000 1.000 N.O.V. – N.I.V. 40.000 60.000 75.000 30.000 20.000 40.000 Net Order Value 20039.00020000010001 18030.0001800003 ... ... ... 120 Invoice Quantity ... ... ... 15.000 Net Invoice Value 0003 0002 0001 0002 Item Number 300 400 500 150 Order Quantity 0002 Order Number ODS: Purchase ODS: Invoice MultiProvider
- 21. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 21 (Concrete) Example: „ ODS Sales / Cube Sales“ ... 30.000 20.000 40.000 Sales Amount (ODS) 4.80035.2000001 2.00028.0000003 ... 0 Sales(ODS) – Sales(Cube) ... 20.000 Sales Amount (Cube) ... 0002 Product ODS: Sales InfoCube: Sales MultiProvider
- 22. © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 22 Summary and Outlook Summary: (Features you can do with a MultiProvider) Uniform Combination of Data from several infoproviders no matter what type of Avoid Redundancy of Data (no additional storage of records) Hide Complexity of definition in Business Explorer (query on multiprovider) Analyze Functions (like compare) for objects of different levels of staging Outlook: Integration of Query Data (treat query as infoprovider) Interchange with Infosets (allow any combination of UNION- and JOIN- operation) © SAP AG 2001, PT2D2P5, TechED 2001 (Hornung) / 22