SAP ABAP Data Element RSDISOURCEFL (Characteristic is an InfoSource with Direct Update)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ BW-WHM-MTD (Application Component) Metadata (Repository)
     ⤷ RSD (Package) BW: Data Basis InfoObjects and Core Services
Basic Data
Data Element RSDISOURCEFL
Short Description Characteristic is an InfoSource with Direct Update  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type XFELD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 0   
Medium 0   
Long 40 InfoSource with Direct Update 
Heading 40 InfoSource with Direct Update 
Documentation

Definition

This indicator or the application component specifies if the characteristic is a master data InfoSource with direct updating. You cannot set the indicator directly, but rather only by entering an application component into the respective field.

To make a characteristic a master data InfoSource, you have to assign it to an application component. The characteristic then appears in the InfoSource tree of the Adminstrator Workbench. From there, you can assign the DataSources and source systems to the characteristic. You can then load master data, texts and hierarchies for the characteristic.

These are the cases in which it is not possible to make an InfoObject a master data InfoSource:

  • The characteristic is a 0SOURSYSTEM (source system ID)
  • The characteristic has neither master data nor texts, nor hierarchies.
  • It is not a characteristic, but a unit or a key figure.

To generate an export DataSource for a characteristic, the characteristic must also be a master data InfoSource - meaning, it must be assigned to an application component.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 20B