Spc

Data Extraction

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OLTP Extraction

Production Data Extractors DataSource Replication R/3 Extraction Process Non-R/3 Extraction Process Scheduling Monitoring

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R/3 Production Data Extractor

Supports multiple R/3 releases beginning with 3.0D.

Integration to DataSources provided by SAP OLTP system.

Data transferred using either IDOCs or TRFCs to carry the data.

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DataSource Replication for R/3 OLTP

BW Server

Transfer Structure

DataSource Replication Transfer Structure Extract Structure

R/3 OLTP
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Extraction from R/3 OLTP

InfoSources
Transaction data
Meta data Data Extractor

Master Data Descriptions Attributes Hierarchies Currency conversion rates

HR

CO

FI R/3 OLTP

LO

EC

Full update / Delta update

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Update Process
BW Server
Aggregates, ODS and InfoCubes Master Data Hierarchies Texts

Update process serves ODS Objects InfoCubes Master data Update Rules Field to field Currency conversion Time conversion Grouping Fixed values Formulas Conditions ...

Update Rules

UR1

UR2

UR3

Info Sources

Sales data

HR admin

Customer

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Non-R/3 Data Sources

Third party data extraction and load tools Third party tool represents Source System with multiple InfoSources Meta data exchange through BAPI Consistent update through BW transformation and update rules File interface

Mapping based on meta data

Fixed and variable record length CSV-format (i.e. Excel)

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Spc

External Data Extraction Remote Cubes

PC

SAP BW Remote Cube

Replace reporting tools in OLTP systems wherever possible
Uniform and modern user interface Cross application reporting

Real-time access to transaction data in the operative system(s)

Direct access versus replication

Reuse of the existing BW infrastructure

Extractors Service API BW meta data model Transfer rules

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Limitations
Only for transaction data Suitable only for small volumes of data

Few end users

Additional requirements for the extractors
Selective for the most important characteristics

Pre-aggregation (if appropriate)

No Inversion of Customer Exits (in SAPI) Available from OLTP-Release 4.0B on

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