infopackage settings

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InfoPackage Settings

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• Introduction1• Different tabs in Infopackage2• Data Selections in Infopackage3• External Data tab in Infopackage4• Processing modes5• Update Modes 6• Error Handling7• Scheduling Of Infopackage8

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•Introduction1

-InfoPackage is used to schedule the data loads.

-The properties of Infopackage will always be depending on the properties of

DataSource.

-Incase of BW3.x , Infopackage will extract data from Source System and updates to Data Target.

-Incase of BI7.0, InfoPackage will extract data from Source System and load to PSA only. It will not update to Data Target , to upload from PSA to Data Target we use the concept called ‘DTP’.

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•Different tabs in Infopackage2

-Infopackage will have different tabs like ‘Data Selection’ , ‘Extraction’ , ’Processing’ , ‘Data Target’ , ‘Update’ , ‘Schedule’.

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SAP R/3 or DB Connect

Flat file

Note : In case of R/3 or DB Connect and Flat File one small change is there in Infopackage observe it.

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How to enable fields for Data Selections.Different ways of Data Selections.Fixed Data Selections. Dynamic Selections.

- ABAP/4 Routine- OLAP Variable

•Data Selections in Infopackage3

We use ‘Data Selections’ to extract data from Source System selectively.


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How to enable fields for Data Selections.

Enabling a field for data selection depends on “Source system” & “Data Flow version (3.x or 7.x)”.

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Source System SAP R/3 or ECC

Data Flow version 3.X and 7.x

In the Extract Structure of DataSource in R/3 or ECC select ‘Selection’ check box.

Under Infopackage ‘Data selection’ tab in BWSelections are enabled.

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Source System Flat File

Data Flow version 3.X

Under Infopackage ‘Data selection’ tab in BWSelections are enabled

In the Transfer Rules of DataSource in BW select the ‘Selection’ checkbox.

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Source System Flat File

Data Flow version 7.x

Under the ‘Fields’ tab of DataSource , if Selection is ‘X’


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Source System DB Connect


While Generating the DataSource , Select the ‘Selection’ checkbox


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Source System DB Connect


Under the ‘Fields’ tab of DataSource , if Selection is ‘X’


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Different ways of Data Selections.

-We can pass single value to the field

-We can pass multiple single values to the field

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-We can pass single Interval to the field

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-We can pass multiple Intervals to the field

Note: In the Data selections ‘Exclude’ is not possible.

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To pass multiple single values or multiple Intervals to the field , select that field and click on ‘+’ icon in the ‘Data Selection’ tab

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Fixed Data Selections.

If the Data in the Source System is as below

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If you give selections for Customer number. i.e Customer number = C10 TO C20

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The Data in the Target is

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Dynamic Selections.- ABAP/4 Routine- OLAP Variable

If you want to pass the values to the field Dynamically we use ABAP/4 Routine or OLAP Variable.

6-ABAP/4 Routine 7-OLAP Variable

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ABAP/4 Routine : If you want to pass the value to the InfoObject by implementing some logic we use ABAP/4 Routine.

Scenario: If you want extract current day data

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In the Routine you will have one Internal Table with the name ‘L_T_RANGE’.This Internal Table will have 6 columns(fields).

L_T_RANGEIOBJNM FIELDNAME SIGN OPTION LOW HIGH

IOBJNM = Name of the InfoObjectFIELDNAME = The field name of that InfoObjectSIGN = Include(I)/Exclude(E)OPTION = Equal to(EQ)/Not Equal To(NE)/Between(BT)/Not Between(NB)LOW = Low value of that InfoObjectHIGH = High value of that InfoObject

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Sample code:

L_T_RANGE-IOBJNM = '0CALDAY'.L_T_RANGE-FIELDNAME = 'CALDAY'.L_T_RANGE-SIGN = 'I'.L_T_RANGE-OPTION = 'EQ'.L_T_RANGE-LOW = SY-DATUM.APPEND L_T_RANGE.

IOBJNM FIELDNAME SIGN OPTION LOW HIGH

0CALDAY CALDAY I EQ SY-DATUM

L_T_RANGE

After the execution of above code the Table L_T_RANGE will have

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OLAP Variable: If you want pass the value to the InfoObject by using any ‘Customer Exit’ Variable we use the type ‘OLAP Variable’.

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•External Data tab in Infopackage4

‘External Data’ tab will have all the parameters which are needed to extract data form Source System. -In case of Flat File Source System we will have the following parameters.

File Location(Client Server or Application Server) Name of The File File Type(ASCII or CSV file)

Data Separator ( ‘ , ‘ or ‘ ; ‘) Escape Sign ( ‘ “ ‘ ) Separator for Thousands (By Default ‘Comma’( ‘ , ‘ ) ) Number of Header rows to be ignored……etc.

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File Location:-

It will tell you the location of the File(Incase of Flat file extraction). -If the file is in the Local System( i.e ‘C’ drive or ‘D’ drive of your computer) then select

-If the file is in the Application Server( i.e in the BW Server) then select

Name of the File:- It will tell you the name of the file.

-If the file is in the Local System then give file path. For Ex:- If the file is in ‘C’ drive and the file name is ‘SALES_V1.csv’ then ‘C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\SALES_V1.csv’

Client Workstation

Application Server

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We use ABAP/4 Routine for dynamic file selections. -In this Routine we will have one parameter with the name ‘P_filename’. Just we need to pass our file path to this parameter..

For this click on the button ‘Create Routine’ , give the description and pass the file path to ‘P_filename’ .

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Sample code:-

DATA : lv_str1(100) TYPE C, lv_str2(8) TYPE C, lv_str3(4) TYPE C.

lv_str1 = 'D:\usr\sap\BI7\DVEBMGS07\work\Sales_'. lv_str2 = Sy-Datum. lv_str3 = '.csv'.

Concatenate lv_str1 lv_str2 lv_str3 Into P_filename.

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In BI7.0 :- In Infopackage ‘External’ Tab will become ‘Extraction’ Tab. Here we will have the same options but slightly changed.

Adapter :- It will tell you the type of the flat file like whether it is a Binary file(ASCII file) or Text-type file(CSV file) and also Location of the file(Local Workstation/Application server).

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For dynamic file selections here also we use ABAP/4 Routine. Click on the Button which is marked with red color in the below screen shot.

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Data Format:- -If the file is Notepad then select ‘Fixed Length’. -If the file is Excel Sheet then select ‘Separated with Separator’ .

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File Type:- It will tell you the Type of the Flat File like ASCII file or CSV file.

-If the file is ‘Note Pad’ then select ASCII File

-If the file is ‘Comma separated value’( i.e. Excel file) then select CSV File

Data Separator:- It will tell you how the data is being separated field by field like by ‘Comma’(,) or ‘Colon’(;)

Escape Sign:- This sign should always be ‘ “ ‘ .

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Separator for Thousands:- In order to make the number easier to understand we use this.

For Ex:- If the number in the Source System is 9885664556 and if you use Comma( ‘ , ‘ ) as ‘Separator for Thousands’ then this number will be loaded to BW as 988,566,455,6.

Note: By default this will be comma( ‘ , ‘ ).

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Number of Header rows to be Ignored:-

This is used to ignore first ‘n’ number of records in the Flat File.

For Ex:- Suppose if you have first record in the Flat file as header of the data and if you don’t want to extract that record into BW then

Number of Header row to be ignored is 1.

Note:- If you won’t pass any value to this parameter then it will take default value. -Default value for this parameter is zero(‘0’). In this case all the records will be extracted from flat file.

Note:- Maximum number we can pass for this parameter is 99. i.e. System can ignore maximum 99 records from the first record of flat file

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•Processing modes5

We have different Processing modes.

-PSA and then into Data Targets (Packet by Packet).

-PSA and Data Targets in Parallel (Packet by Packet).

-Only PSA Update Subsequently in Data Targets.

-Data Targets Only.

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-PSA and then into Data Targets (Packet by Packet).

All the data will come to PSA first and then loaded to Data Targets packet by packet.

-PSA and Data Targets in Parallel (Packet by Packet). The data will come to PSA and then loaded to Data Targets packet by packet parallelly.

( First packet will come to PSA and this packet will be updated to Data Targets , second packet will come to PSA and this packet will be updated to Data Targets…)

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-Only PSA

All the data will be loaded to PSA only (It will not be updated to further Data Targets).

If you check the check box Update Subsequently in Data Targets then all the data will be loaded from PSA to further Data Targets.

-Data Targets Only. The data will be loaded to Data Targets directly (It will not be loaded to PSA).

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In BI7.0 , InfoPackage will load the data up to PSA only.

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•Data Targets6

In BW3.x , we need to select the required Data Targets.( i.e. To which Data Target we need to load the data)

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•Update Modes 7

In this tab we will specify required Update mode.

we will have different Update Modes. -Full Update

-Delta Update

-Initialize Delta Process -Initialization with Data Transfer -Initialize with out Data Transfer

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-Full Update If you use ‘Full Update’ then your Infopackage will always bring all the data from Source System.

For Ex:- Assume that there are 100 records in the Source System , if run your Infopackage with ‘Full Update’ then all 100 records will be loaded to BW.

Now if 20 more records are added to the Source , if you run the Infopackage then all 120 records will be loaded to BW.

i.e. The No. of records in the Source = 100+20. The No. of records in the Target = 100+120.

i.e. your are having duplicate of 100 records in the Target.

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To over come this we will have 2 options. One is we will delete previous Request in the Target and Second one is we should bring only newly added 20 records.

To bring newly added 20 records from Source we should enable the DataSource for ‘Delta’. To enable ‘Delta’ we must run ‘INIT’ Infopackage.

-Initialize Delta Process -Initialization with Data Transfer -Initialize with out Data Transfer

If you select ‘Initialize Delta Process’ and ‘Initialization with Data Transfer’ then your Infopackage will bring all the available data as of now in the Source and enables your DataSource for Delta.

If you select ‘Initialize Delta Process’ and ‘Initialize without Data Transfer’ then your Infopackage will not bring any data from the Source but it enables your DataSource for Delta.

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Note :- With which ever Data Selections you run your ‘INIT’ Infopackage with those Selections only your Delta Infopackage will work.

-Delta Update:-

We use ‘Delta Update’ to bring delta records or newly added records from the Source.

For Ex:- Assume that there are 100 records in the Source System , if run your Infopackage with ‘Init with Data Transfer’ then all 100 records will be loaded to BW and your DataSource will be enabled for Delta.

Now if 20 more records are added to the Source , if you run your Infopackage with ‘Delta update’ then only 20 records will be loaded to BW.

i.e. The No. of records in the Source = 100+20. The No. of records in the Target = 100+20.

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In BW3.x we can do ‘Error Handling’ in this ‘Data Targets’ tab.

-No update , No reporting -Valid records update , No reporting ( request red ) -Valid records update , Reporting possible ( request green)

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-No update , No reporting

If the system finds any error record then all the records in that request will not be updated to Data Target and reporting is not possible.

-Valid records update , No reporting ( request red )

If the system finds any error record then all the valid records in that request will be updated to Data Target and reporting is not possible.

-Valid records update , Reporting possible ( request green)

If the system finds any error record then all the valid records in that request will be updated to Data Target and reporting is possible.

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•Scheduling options8

We use this tab to Schedule the Infopackage in Fore ground or Back ground.

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-Start Data Load Immediately : If you select this option and if you click on ‘Start’ then your Infopackage will be run in the Fore ground.

-Start Later in Background If you select this option and if you click on ‘Start’ then your Infopackage will be run in the Back ground.

We need to specify the Scheduling options like date and time , job , event etc..