Sap hana bobi 4.0 (data services, universe, web intelligence) implementation guide v1 p (1)

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SAP HANA and BOBI 4.0
Knowledgebase

Data Services, Universe and WebI
an end-to-end implementation guide

A SAP HANA Community Services

Author: Chief Architect:
Pals Nagaraj, PMP Jothi Periasamy A SAP HANA Community Services
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Certified SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Thought Leader
SAP HANA Certified SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion 01/01/2012
SAP HANA Community Member Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228
TOGAF 8 Certified, pnagaraj@gmail.com

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Table of Contents:

Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3
1. Data File/Raw Data.......................................................................................................... 5
2. SAP BusinessObjects Data Services ............................................................................... 6
Loading Data into SAP BW using SAP BusinessObjects Data Services ............................ 11
3. SAP BW Setup .............................................................................................................. 14
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and SAP BW Connection ........................................ 14
Create InfoObjects, InfoCube and InfoSource. .................................................................. 17
Create Characteristics and Key Figures ............................................................................ 22
Add InfoObjects created in the above step into InfoSource ............................................... 33
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Setup ...................................................................... 37
Retrieving data into SAP BW............................................................................................. 62
4. SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool ............................................................. 96
Create Project ................................................................................................................. 100
Create Session................................................................................................................ 101
Create Relational Connection to SAP BW InfoCube ........................................................ 101
5. BI Launch Pad & Web Intelligence.............................................................................. 130
Create a Web Intelligence Document .............................................................................. 130



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Objective:
Propose of this document is to provide adequate functional and technical
implementation steps to develop a self servicing business analytics functions
using SAP BO 4.0 and SAP HANA 1.0 solutions.

Introduction:
Over a period of time businesses produced substantial amount of big data
on their day to day operations. These data are buried with a number of
information such as how the business is performing? Where the risk is? Where
the opportunity is? Which part of the business is getting stronger? Which part is
getting weaker? Etc. Extracting the buried information, to drive the business in
the right direction, is the role of information science discipline called Business
Intelligence. This article address how the raw data from daily operation, walk
through various Business Intelligence technology solutions, transforms and
becomes a powerful tactical and strategic decision making tool for the
businesses.

In this article we are focusing on a implementing an “end-to-end” SAP’s SAP
BusinessObjects solutions on SAP HANA and SAP BW.



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SAP HANA and BO 4.0 Business Analytics Solutions Overview:



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1. Source Data/Raw Data

In this article we are using file as a source systems, and the data is in CSV
format and contains massive volume of data but we are talking a sample of 400
records.



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2. SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Data Services

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services tool is the threshold of converting data into
information. It is used for ETL – Extract, Transform and Load operation.
Extract transaction data from multiple source systems (business may have more
than one system to handle operational data)
Transform the extracted data – cleanse, summaries/aggregate and create a
single record at the aggregation level.
Load – load the transformed data into a Data Warehouse or Data Mart.

Sample Transformations

Let us consider the following example sales data for company X.

Lines 1 to7 in the above data contain sales information for Quarter 1 of 2011 and
remaining lines contain sales information for Quarter 2.



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The SAP BusienssObjects Data Services ETL process converts these detailed
data into the following summary data and sends it to Data Warehouse – SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse, in this case.

Using the above data Company X can find information like,



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3. SAP HANA In-Memory Database and It’s Tools Overview



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SAP HANA In-Memory Database and It’s Tools Overview



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SAP HANA and SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Implementation Steps:



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Loading Data into SAP BW using SAP BusinessObjects Data
Services:

This section covers loading of data from the CSV file into SAP BW InfoCube
using Data Services.

Loading data into SAP BW using SAP BusinessObjects Data Services is a three
step process as given below.



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SAP BW Setup
1) Verify SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and SAP BW integration
2) Create InfoObjects, InfoSources, Transfer Rules, Application Components
in SAP BW.
3) Create SAP BW Info Source, Data Source

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Setup
4) Setup DataStores, Jobs and Data Flows in SAP BusinessObjects Data
Services
5) Configure SAP BW to execute Data Services Job to transform source data
in SAP BW PSA
6) Get Data Services job metadata .bat file.
SAP BW InfoPackage/Scheduler Setup
7) Create InfoPackage and pass the Data Services job metadata .bat file as
a parameter
8) Schedule InfoPackage to execute the Data Services job (using metadata
file) and move data into PSA

The detailed steps follow.



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4. SAP BW Setup
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and SAP BW Connection
Verify external system configuration in SAP BW

• Go to Data Warehousing Workbench by entering the transaction code
rsa1
• Go to Modeling and click on Source Systems
• Expand External System folder
• Select the definition for Data Service (DataService_PRD in the
screenshot below. There may be many definitions. You may have to
refer to administrator for the Data Services one)
• Right click and Select Connection Param.

RFC Destination window will open.



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Click Connection Test button to verify the communication between Data Services
and SAP BW. If the communication is fine the following window will be displayed.
If not refer you System Administrator to establish this connection before
proceeding to further steps.



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Verify RFC Server Interface Status in Data Services
For the RFC – Connection Test mentioned above to pass the following
configuration is required in Data Services side

Login into Data Services Management Console (may need Administrator role).
Navigate to SAP Connections – RFC Server Interface
Verify RFC Destination configured in SAP BW (DATA_SERVI in this case) is
listed under RFC Server Interface and the status is “Started”.



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Create Data Targets (InfoObjects, InfoCube and InfoSource).



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Log into SAP BW
Using Transaction Code rsa1 open the Data Warehouse Workbench.
Create InfoArea (or select already existing InfoArea of your choice) following the
step given in the screenshot below.



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Create InfoObject Catalogs
In this step two infoObject catalogs are created
1) a Characteristic InfoObject Catalog and
2) a Key Figure InfoObject Catalog

Right click on the InfoArea and select Create InfoObject Catalog



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In the Edit InfoObject Catalog enter information as given below.
1) InfoObjCat : name (no spaces)
2) Description
3) InfoObject Type: Select Char
4) Save



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5)Activate the saved InfoObject Catalog

Repeat the above steps to create Key Figure InfoObject Catalog (in the Edit
InfoObject Catalog window select Key Figures instead of Char)

After completion the catalogs should appear under InfoArea as shown below –
one for Characteristics and one for Key Figures



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Create Characteristics and Key Figures

In this step Characteristics and Key Figure InfoObjects are created to receive the
data coming from SAP BusinessObjects Data Services.

Creating Characteristics
1. Right click on the Characteristics InfoObject Catalog and select Create
InfoObject



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2. In the Create Characteristics menu, enter name for the characteristics and
Long description. Note: name must be without space and 9 characters
maximum

3. In the detail screen-General Tab enter, Shot description, data type and
length.



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4. In the Master data/texts tab select With master data, With texts, Short text
exists, Medium length text exists



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5. Save the characteristics.
6. Create Object Directory Entry window will popup. Select Local Object.
7. Activate the InfoObject
8. Created InfoObject will show up under InfoObject Characteristic Catalog



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Repeat the above steps to create P_ACCT (*_PACCT), P_ACTIVITY (*_ACTY),
P_CC (*_PCC), P_DATASRC (*_PDS), RptCurrency (*_RCUR) and Time
(*_TIME) Characteristic InfoObjects. (*=prefix of your choice)

Creating Key Figures

1. Right click on the Key Figure InfoObject Catalog and select Create
InfoObject.



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2. In the detail screen-Type/Unit tab select number.



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3. Save and Activate. The Key Figure infoObject should appear under Key
Figure InfoObject Catalog.
4. After creation of all the Characteristics and Key Figures, the
Characteristics and Key Figures catalog should have the InfoObjects as
shown below.



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Create InfoSource
Follow the steps given below to create InfoSource Object
Create Application Component before creating Info Source.
1. Select InfoSource from Modeling menu
2. Right click on the context menu. Click on Create Application Component



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3. In the “Create Application Component” window (not shown), enter name (9
characters max without any space) and Long Description and click the
check icon.
4. Next in the Create Object Directory Entry window (not shown) click on
Local Object. The created Application Component will be listed under
“InfoSources” as shown below.



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5. Navigate to “Create InfoSource 3.x” menu as shown below

6. Enter name and Long description in the “Create InfoSource” window



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Next in the “Create Object Directory entry” select “Local Object”
InfoSource will be created and listed under Application Component.



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Add InfoObjects created in the above step into InfoSource
1. Right click on the newly created InfoSource and select change
2. Communication Structure will be displayed
3. InfoObject list will be empty.

Add the infoObjects created in the beginning into the Communication Structure
as shown below. Save.



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Create Transfer Rules
Follow the steps to create Transfer Rules for transferring data from Data Source
to InfoSource and finally to InfoObjects.
1) Right Click InfoSource – Select Additional Functions – Create Transfer
Rules
2) Transaction Data – InfoSource: Assign Source System window will appear
3) Click on the Search Icon, select the Source system (you may need to
check with System Administrator for appropriate source system since
there may be more than one)



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4) Save Changes? Menu will appear with DataSource Assignment to
InfoSource information. Select Yes and Activate

5) Transfer Rules will be activated



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SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Setup

In this step, the InfoObjects created in the above section are established a target
datastore to receive the data from the CSV file.
Section Roadmap

Steps:
• Create Project
• Create source datastore (in this case, the CSV file, as data source)
• Create target datastore ( in this case, the InfoObjects in SAP BW, as data
target)
• Create data flow connecting the data source and data target using
Validate transform



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• Create job and add data flow to the job
• Execute the job
• Open Data Services Administrator
• Get the job metadata .bat file

1. Launch BusinessObjects Data Services from Windows

2. Enter log on credential and log into Data Services Designer. Select the
Repository and click OK , to open the designer.



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3. Select Create Project , enter Project name and click Create button to create a
new project.



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Created project will be displayed under Project Area.



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Create source datastore for the CSV file.

Select Flat Files tab under Local Object Library to open Format section. Right
click in the white space area. Select New -> File Format.



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Next, in the File Format Editor, in General Section enter name for this format
(plan_data_csv); under Data File(s) section enter, Root Directory (C:PAL) and
csv data file name (plan_ap.csv) and enter. Select “Yes” for the prompt
“Overwrite the current schema with the schema from the file you selected?”



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File Format Editor reads the data from the file and displays as shown below.
Note in the top section the field names defaults to “Fieldx”, data types and field
lengths are automatically detected.



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Change the field names by clicking “Field1”, “Field2”.. and change the names.
Changes field names will appear as shown. Click Save & Close.



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Created file datastore (plan_data_csv) will be displayed under Formats section.



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Create target datastore for SAP BW InfoObjects
Select Datastore tab in the Local Object Library, right click in the white space and
select New.



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In the Create New Datastore window, enter all required information. For
Datastore type, select SAP BW Target. Click Advanced << button and enter
Client number, System number. For Routing String enter /H/ which represent
host.



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The datastore should appear in Local Object Library -> Datastore tab.



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Right click on the target datastore and open it.
Datastore explorer tab will open displaying Master Infosources and Transacation
Infosources.

Expand Transaction Infosources, search for the Data Source created in SAP BW.



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Expand Transaction Transfer Structures in the imported SAP BW InfoSource and
double click the infosource (in this case BBJ_IFSRC2_3X_RF). All the SAP BW
InfoObjects will be displayed in the Transfer Structure Definition.



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Create data flow connection data source and data target using Validate
transform
Next step is to create dataflow using soure datastore, target datastore and
Validation Trasform.
Select the DataFlow tab, right click and create a New dataflow. Name is at DF_...
(in this case DF_CSV_2_BW)



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Open the newly created dataflow.
Select Formats tab and drag the CSV datastore created before into the dataflow
and select Make Source – to make it as source of data.



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Select datastore tab, select the SAP BW target (in this case BBJ_IFSRC2_3X),
drag it into the dataflow.

Select Transforms tab, expand Platforms and select Validation and drag it to the
dataflow. Connect source to validation and validation to target as shown below.



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Double click the target to open target table editor. Select Options tab and select
Compare by position for Column comparison.

Save All and Validate All



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Validation should pass.

Create job and add data flow to the job

Next step is to create a job and add data flow to it.
In the Project Area, right click the project and select New Batch Job. Prefix the
name with JOB_ (JOB_csv_to_BW as shown here).



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Go to the dataflow tab, select the dataflow and drag it to the right to the Job tab.
Data flow should appear below the Job in Project Area.



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Execute the job

Right click on the job, select Execute, Click OK to Execution Properties.
The job should complete without any error.



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At this point data is not transferred to SAP yet. Metadata about the job is created
in the repository. Export this metadata into a file. Use that file in SAP BW, run the
Data Services Job from SAP BW and pull the data into SAP BW. The steps
follow.

Open Data Services Administrator
Go to Tools menu and select Data Services Management Console…
Log in if required.
Click on Administrator menu.
In the console, expand Batch, select your repository. Verify that the job status is
complete.



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Get the job metadata file

Select the Batch Job Configuration tab, select the Job and click on “Export
Execution Command” to export the job file.



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In the next page, enter File name, click Export and verify if export was
successful.



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Navigate to the folder specified in the above step and verify that a .bat and .txt
job files are created. (in this case, JOB_csv_to_BW.bat and
JOB_csv_to_BW.txt). The .txt file contains the job information and the .bat file
contains command to execute the job.



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Retrieving data into SAP BW
The job .bat file created in the above step will be used to in an InfoPackage,
scheduled to run and the data will be retrieved into SAP BW PSA.



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Create InfoPackage in SAP BW
Log into SAP BW and go to Data Warehousing workbench:Modeling. Select
DataSources. Right click on the DataSource created before and select “Create
InfoPackage”.

Enter InfoPackage name and Save. Select Local Object for “Create Object
Directory Entry” prompt.



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In the Scheduler(Maintain InfoPackage) select 3rd Party Selection tab. Click
Refresh button till entries show up for Name and Input Value columns. Enter
Repository, JobName, JobServer information. For Advanced_parameters enter
the job meta data file name with full path (in this case
C:PALJOB_csv_to_BW.bat)



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Go to Processing tab and select “Only PSA”
Go to Scheduling tab, check Start Data Load Immediately, click Start. Data was
requested should appear in the bottom status bar.



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Check the status of the schedule and the data
Right click on the Data source created and select Manage.



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List of Request will be displayed. Select the InfoPackage scheduled. Click on the
PSA Maintenance button at the bottom.



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PSA Maintenance window will open with number of records transferred. (In this
case there are 400 records transferred – all 400 records in the csv file.



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Click the check button in the PSA window to view the records transferred.



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From PSA the data can be transfer to an InfoCube.

Data transfer using SAP BusinessObjects Data Services between non SAP
systems like database to database, flat file to flat file, flat file to database, etc is
relatively straight forward –select data from source and insert data into target.
SAP BW system is a very comprehensive system with built-in resource to handle
in coming data. Inserting data into SAP BW or any SAP database schema need
to use built-in mechanism as demonstrated in this section.



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Where is the data now?



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Load the exported CSV data into an InfoCube

Next, we will build an InfoCube and use that cube as a data source for next
section – Building Universe using SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool.

InfoObjects and Lowercase letters
Note: By default the InfoObjects will accept only uppercase letters. If the sample
csv data contains lowercase letters, the InfoObjects should be configured to
accept lowercase letters.

Log into SAP BW, go to Data Warehousing workbench and select InfoObjects
under Modeling. Go to the InfoArea and select Characteristics InfoObject catalog.
Right click on the InfoObject that need to accept lowercase letters and select
change. In the Change Characteristics window under General Tab select
Lowercase letters. Save and Activate. Repeat the steps for all the InfoObjects



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that need to accept lowercase letters. Refer to the screen shot below and follow
the numbers for step sequences.

Build an InfoCube

Select InfoProvider from Modeling menu.
InfoArea will be displayed (in this case BOBJ CLASS PALS).
Right click on the InfoArea and select Create InfoCube.



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In the Edit InfoCube widow enter name (no spaces), Long description, select
Standard InfoCube and save.



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Adding Dimesions and Key Figures to the InfoCube
Dimensions
In the Edit InfoCube window, right click on Dimensions and select Create
Dimenion.



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Enter Description in the Create Dimension window. (in this case Category) and
click green check icon.



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Dimension will be created as shown (in this case, Category)



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Repeat the above steps to create all required Dimensions. (In this case-
Category, P_ACCT, P_ACTIVITY, P_CC, P_DATASRC,RptCurrency,Time)

Add Characteristics InfoObjects to Dimensions
Click the InfoObject Catalog in the top row. This will open Select InfoObject
Catalog window. Select the characteristics InfoObject catalog (created in the very
begining)



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All the InfoObjects in the catalog will be listed as shown.



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Drag and drop all the InfoObjects to the corresponding Dimensions (eg. Category
infoObject to Category Dimension, etc. Note if you have more than one
InfoObject with same name, select the appropriate one to add to the dimension in
this InfoCube). Repeat the step to add all other Characteristic InfoObjects to
other Dimensions.

After adding all the required InfoObjects to the appropriate Dimenions, expand
each dimension and make sure corresponding InfoObject is listed under the
dimension as shown in the following screenshot.



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Key Figure
Open the Key Figure InfoObject Catalog (follow the same step to open the
Characteristic InfoObject Catalog), drag and drop Revenue Key Figure
infoObjects from the template on the left to the Key Figure folder in the
InfoCube on the right . Expand all the dimensions and Key Figure and make sure
Dimensions have Characteristics InfoObjects and Key Figure has Key Figure
InfoObject. Save and Activte.



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Save and Activate the InfoCube.



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Check the data in the InfoCube

Right click on the InfoCube and select Manage to open InfoCube Administration
window. Select the Content tab and click Fact Table.



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Data Browser window will open. Click on Number of Entries and verify that there
are zero records



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Load the InfoCube with CSV data
Loading InfoCube requires 1) a Transformation and 2) Data Transfer Process.

Create Transformation
Here we define where the data should go (to the cube) from PSA. Actual data
transformation is done by Data Transfer Process.

Right click on the cube created above and select Create Transformation



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In the Create Transformation window, enter the InfoCube created above. For
source Object Type select DataSource and enter DataSource and Source
System information. (You may need to check with System Administrator)



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Transformation window will show the mapping between InfoSource InfoObjects
(PSA) and Dimensions and Key Figure in the InfoCube. Verify the mapping.



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Save and Activate the Transformation.
Transformation will be activated and listed under the InfoCube (green X like
icon). A Data Transfer Processes folder will also be created under the InfoCube.



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Create Data Transfer Process

Right click Data Transfer Processes and select Create Data Transfer Processes..
In the Create Data Transfer Process verify source and target and click green
check icon button.



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In the Data Transfer Process details, accept default values in Extraction and
Update tabs. In Execute tab, the Execute button will be deactivated. Activate the
Data Transfer Process, to activate the Execute button. Click the Execute button
after it is activte.



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Select Yes to the following prompt.

The process will complete with the following details.



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Check the data in the InfoCube
Right Click on the InfoCube. Select Manage. Go to Content Tab. Click on Fact
Table button. In the Data Browser, click Number of Entries and verify 400 records
– from CSV, are in InfoCube.



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To see the actual data in the InfoCube, click InfoCube Content button in the
Content Tab.
In the next window, click on Fld Selectn for Output.



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In the Fld Selectn for Output window, click Highlght all Key figs, Select All
Characteristics and the clock icon

Fld Selectn for Output window will close and ..Select.Screen window will show
up. Click clock icon in the ..Select. Screen. Data in the InfoCube will be
displayed.



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Where is the data now?



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Note the created InfoCubes technical name (in this case, BBJ_CSV2). It will used
in the next section.

4. SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool

SAP BusinessObjects Information Design Tool is used to build Universe.
Universe is a semantic layer lying between data warehouse and presentation
layer (reports, dashboards etc.). The purpose of the universe is to help the
business division users (not technical users) to be as independent as much as
possible from IT when using the BusinessObjects BI system. This is achieved by
translating the data in technical terms to familiar business terms. For example,
translating P_CC to Cost Center. These business terms are saved as objects in
the universe and provided to the business users, giving them the flexibility to
create reports, dashboards etc. on their own. In addition, universe provides data
format, security, filters, lookup lists etc.



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This section covers building a Universe, on top of the InfoCube with CSV data
created in the previous section using, SAP BusinessObjects Information Design
Tool.

Step to create universe



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Step to create universe

• Create Project
• Create Session
• Create Relational Connection to SAP BW InfoCube
• Create Data Foundation
• Create Business Layer
• Classes & Objects



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Step details follow

Create Project
Launch Information Design Tool

Log into Information Design Tool.

Select File – New – Project. Enter Project Name and click Finish. The new
project (InfoCube-Data) should appear under Local Projects



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