SAP ABAP Data Element RSINFOAREA (InfoArea)

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	RSINFOAREA
Short Description	InfoArea

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	RSINFOAREA
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	30
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	30
Value Table	RSDAREA

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID	RSAREA
Default Component name
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	InfoArea
Medium	15	InfoArea
Long	20	InfoArea
Heading	30	InfoArea

Documentation

Definition

InfoAreas are used to organize the meta-objects in the Business Information Warehouse:

Each InfoProvider is assigned to an InfoArea. This hierarchy is shown in the Data Warehousing Workbench.

As well as being an Info Provider, InfoObjects can also be assigned to different InfoAreas using InfoObjectCatalogs.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
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