SAP ABAP Data Element RSAN_WB_DT_INFOOBJECT (Data Target: Master Data Attributes)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ BW-EI-APD (Application Component) Analysis Process Designer
     ⤷ RSAN_WB (Package) APD - Tool - User Interface
Basic Data
Data Element RSAN_WB_DT_INFOOBJECT
Short Description Data Target: Master Data Attributes  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type     Direct Type Entry
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type      
Data Type STRG   Character String of Variable Length 
Length 0    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 0    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Text 
Medium 20 Description 
Long 40 Description 
Heading 60 Description 
Documentation

Use

You can use this node to change attribute values in the master data table.

When doing so, observe the following:

  • You can only change attribute values in records that already exist. It is not possible to use an analysis process to add new records to the master data table.
  • The system checks the objects referenced by the attribute values. In the case of attributes with master data tables, this means that the system checks for all such attributes that the attribute values exist on the master data tables. The attribute values are checked in packages against the most recent data in the master data tables. If errors occur, the analysis process is terminated.
  • Attribute values are only changed in records contained in source data.
  • If the input table contains several records for the same key, the system cannot determine which record to use to fill the attribute value. For this reason, use if necessary another grouping step before the update.
  • In the case of compound characteristics, the compound characteristics must also be filled.
  • Units and currencies are treated like normal characteristics. Key figures and units can be changed independently of each other.
  • An analysis process locks the master data table against conflicting changes.
  • Time-dependent attributes are updated with the validity period from the current date and up to 12/31/9999. Existing attribute values in this time period are also completely overwritten.

Activities

  1. In the Data Target tab page, select the characteristic with the master data table in which the attributes are to be changed.
  2. In the Attributes tab page, select the attribues to be changed.
  3. Define the field assignments to this data target explicitly by double-clicking the inward data flow arrow.
  4. After the execution, activate the changes made to the master data table.

Note

You can use a process chain to automate the execution of the analysis process and the activation of the changes. You use the General Service ABAP Program to include an analysis process in a process chain. From within this program, you then use the program RSAN_PROCESS_EXECUTE.

To activate the master data, you use an attribute change run (under Other BW Processes).

Runtime Behavior

For mass data to be processed, the data is written in packages. The data is written with each package into the database (COMMIT). This means that, if an error occurs, the master data can be changed partially. Processing is then continued by restarting the analysis process, and this causes all attribute values to be overwritten again.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 310