Ways to find the source of a Virtual Provider
This blog is to address the beginners in SAP BW space, who are exploring and learning BW. Here is the ways to find the Function Module which loads data into Virtual Provider. Background:...
View ArticleThe future of the SAP EDW: Interview with Juergen Haupt - Part I
This blog has previously been published on my company's website, and posted here to reach the SCN audience as well. At the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Juergen Haupt, Product Manager...
View ArticleHandling Negative Number in Open Hub
Scenario:While sending data to external systems via OpenHub or Analysis Process Design (APD), if there are negative numbers in the extracted data, the minus sign is positioned after the number in the...
View ArticleHandling Before Aggregation (Exception Aggregation) in BW 7.X
Applies to: SAP BW 7.XSummary: This document gives a clear picture on How to handle (Calculate) Before Aggregation (This option was available in the BW 3.x version)at BEx Query level...
View ArticleThe future of the SAP EDW: Interview with Juergen Haupt - Part II
This is the second part of the interview with Juergen Haupt by Sjoerd van Middelkoop. The first part of the interview, covering LSA++, native development and S/4HANA topics, is available here >>...
View ArticleArchive administration for the archiving object BWREQARCH in BW7.X
Applies to: SAP BW NW 7.X. For more information, visit the Business Intelligence home page for Data ware house management. Author: MP ReddyCompany: NTT DATA Global Delivery Services...
View ArticleSimulation Workbench: Part 1 - Transformation Rules
Simulation Workbench - IntroductionData loaded to BW might go through complex transformations. In many case it is required to debug these transformations. BW provides standard simulation functionality...
View ArticleSimulation Workbench: Part 2 - Transfer Rules and Update Rules
In first part of the blog Simulation Workbench: Part 1 - Transformation Rules I introducted Simulation Workbench and demonstrated how it help simulate Transformation Rules. Now I will explain how it...
View ArticleHow to Optimize Data Loads to Write-Optimized DSO
ScenarioWrite-optimized DSOs were first introduced in SAP BI 7.0 and are generally used in the Staging layer of an Enterprise Data Warehouse as data loads to these are quite fast. This is because they...
View ArticleUsing Selective deletion in a Process Chain with a filter from the TVARVC table
SCOPE: This document will explain “Selective deletion of infocube data in a process chain” based on fiscal period. SCENARIO: Infocube is being loaded in such a way that we need to delete the previous...
View ArticleSetup automatic email trigger for ABAP Short Dumps in the system
1. Business Scenario As a system performance improvement measure, the requirement is to send an email to the team with a list of ABAP Short Dumps that occur in the system during the day.The email...
View ArticleProcedure for Deletion of Master Data in SAP BI
Master data deletion is not a straightforward deletion what normally we do for Info Cube or DSO. Master data may have dependency with the transaction data, in this case Master data deletion is not...
View ArticleError Handling x Semantic Groups
I have seen recently a lot of problems or SCN discussions about the use of Error Handling and Semantic groups on DTP's.And I thought, it would be a good idea to give a brief overview of the use of...
View ArticleDistinct Value Analysis for se16 Table Columns
Introduction In the past I had to analyse PSA tables and, to be more specific, I had to find out the distinct values for a table column in order to know which specific values have been extracted from...
View ArticleWho raised this Event - SAP BW
This may sound very basic but can be useful to someone who doesn't know yet.Others, please ignore.You may have a situation where Event triggers are used in process chains and you are confused or find...
View ArticleBW-WHM* Released SAP Notes (Last 7 Days)
Hello Guys, I only would share with you the BW-WHM* released notes for the last 7 days: ComponentNumberDescriptionBW-WHM-MTD-SRCH2152359BW search/input help for InfoObjects returns no...
View ArticleAre you facing deadlock issue while uploading master data attributes?
Sometimes you face such issues in SAP BW which may drive you crazy and this deadlock issue is one of them. I have recently resolved this infamous dump so decided to share my experience with you all....
View ArticleModel Drill Down Using Analysis Items in WAD
There is an OFB solution how to model drill down using Analysis Items in WAD. What it takes is to pass selection from parent analysis item to child one. But this solution has two major problems:Bad...
View ArticleNeed Support to Extract data from SAP TCODE automatically in Excel
Hi, Please help me to Extract data from SAP TCODE ( front end ) automatically in Excel vba code. Sap “Script Recording and Playback ” is disabled from server.Regards,Satish
View ArticleSyntax Errors - Message no. RG102
Dear All, In the last months I indentified several incidents reporting Syntax errors in BW objects (Message no. RG102).The ones that appear with more frequency are related with DSO and Transformation...
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