Information Composer

Log on to SAP Information Composer B4 open the IC we need to run GO file first

Uploading Data into HANA DB:

Log on to Information Composer

Click on Upload

We can upload data in two ways

1) Data from File system Note:- File should be is in the form of .CSV, .XLS, .XLSX

We an upload 5 million cells at a time Select option for Update with Column Headers 2) Data from Clipboard

Copy the data and paste our data We an upload 5 million cells at a time Select option for Update with Column Headers

EX #1: load data by using Source File System

CMP_NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 COUNTRY USA United States OF America IND UK United Kingdom United States OF America COMPANEY C1 C2 C3 COMP1 C4 C5 QTY_SOLD AMT_SOLD 9 12345679 18 12345679 27 12345679 36 12345679 45 12345679 54 12345679

Select file name and upload with headers

EX #2: load data by using Clipboard

CMP_NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 COUNTRY USA United States OF America IND UK United Kingdom United States OF America COMPANEY C1 C2 C3 COMP1 C4 C5 QTY_SOLD AMT_SOLD 9 12345679 18 12345679 27 12345679 36 12345679 45 12345679 54 12345679

Select required data copy it and paste into data(space)

Note:After uploading file into HANA DB. Let us consider If we add one or more records. We want to update into HANA DB. Click on our table in MY DATA

Select Refresh and select same file to upload 6 rows of 6

Click on update

6 rows of 7

Steps for uploading data into HANA DB Log on to Ic Click on Upload and click on start

Provide File name

We will get preview of file If the file contains repeated values and same meaning values (Ex: USA and United States Of America) We need to cleanse the values by merging them into single name Click on Cleanse Data

We need to merge USA and United States Of America as one file and UK and United Kingdom as single file

Note: If we have repeated data in multiple columns we can select columns as shown below

Classify columns which contains NUMBER format as Attributes and Measures

Provide name and description If we want to share our table to other users we can select option Share this data with other users

We will get message like successfully loaded

Modeling Data(Compose)

After uploading data we need to create Information Views Information Views are nothing but Calculated views Click on Compose and start Select File/Attribute/Analytic/Calculated for Source A

Select File/Attribute/Analytic/Calculated for Source B

Combine A, B with (Union/Join(Inner/Outer(Left/Right))) By default sys will use INNER JOIN operation to combine two source

If you want to check the combine operation click on Create your own Combine Settings If we want to change Combine operation click on Create your own Combine Settings

Select combine operation 1) JOIN a) Right Outer Join

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b) Left Outer Join

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2) Union

Refine the data 1) Manage Fields Here we can manage fields for displaying and hiding

2) Adding Custom Calculated(Attibute/Measure)

We can create Attibute/measure fields

EX: Creating Attribute Column called Country_Lable

EX: Create Measure Column called Revenue

Provide name Select Share option If requires