Sap BI

Delta

Infocube

Self-Contained data set Large Fact table surrounded by several dimension tables Physically contains data Used for reporting and analysis Structure is of Extended Star schema

Aggregates

Materialized and aggregated view of data in info cube They have a different fact table technical name: /bic/fxxxxxx where xxxxxx > 100000 No separate dimension tables Speeds up query execution Aggregation can be performed at

All characteristic values (*) Hierarchy level (H) Fixed Value (F)

Aggregation All characteristic level (*)

Example - InfoCube
COUNTRY USA Germany USA Austria Austria Germany USA ZONE AMERICA EUROPE AMERICA EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE AMERICA CUSTOMER SALES Buggy Soft 10 Ocean 15 Networks Funny Duds 5 Ocean 10 Networks Thor 10 Industries Funny Duds 20 Buggy Soft 25

Example 1: Aggregate Country '*

COUNTRY USA Germany Austria SALES 40 35 20

Aggregation Hierarchy level (H)

Example: Aggregate Country 'H' Level 2

COUNTRY SALES

America

40

Europe

55

Aggregation Fixed Level (F)

Example: Aggregate Country 'F' = DE; Customer '*'

COUNTRY Germany Germany

CUSTOMER SALES Ocean Networks Funny Duds

15 20

Attribute Change Run

When master data ( Attributes or hierarchies) is changed/updated it gets loaded into the master data table as version "M (modified) / N (New). After a attribute change run the master data becomes activated i.e. version "A".

Master data attributes and hierarchies are used in cube aggregates also. So to do update the latest master data attributes values in the aggregates attribute change run need to be performed.

Sequence to follow
1. Load attributes/ hierarchies 2. Attribute Change Run 3. Load texts 4. Load transaction data (including ODS data activations, cube delete indexes and creating indexes, and etc.) 5. Roll Up the Aggregates

Plug in

BW SAPI

SAP application specific extractors as basis for Data transfer into BW Carry generic delta extractions Access data in the source system directly by remote cube (Virtual infoproviders)

Generic Datasources

Used where standard datasources do no meet the requirement Can extract data from transparent tables, Database table views, SAP query infosets Can be created for Master data attributes or texts and transaction data as well.