Syntax Errors - Message no. RG102
Dear All, In the last months I indentified several incidents reporting Syntax errors in BW objects (Message no. RG102).The ones that appear with more frequency are related with DSO and Transformation...
View ArticleConversion approach of Composite Provider from COPR to HCPR
Introduction:This document explains the conversion approach/steps to convert the Local Composite Provider/ Multi Provider to HCPR composite provider.Prerequisites:Backend BW version has to be BW 7.4...
View ArticleForce Conversion Activity
Author: Subhash Matta Company: NTT DATA Global DeliveryServices LimitedAuthor Bio :Subhash Matta is a Senior Consultant at NTT DATA from theSAP Analytics Practice This SCN can be useful in some special...
View ArticleCreating and Assigning Authorization in BW
In the past I created a blog post describing the Infoobjects Level authorizations: SAP BW Authorization - InfoObjects level authorizationNow I will focus on creating and assigning authorization to BW:...
View ArticleBW/BI - Vol 1 - Loading a Flat File into Info cubes in BI
Greetings to All,Hope you all are having a wonderful time. In this Blog I would like to explain the step by step procedure on how to load a flat file into Info cube in a BW system. Am in fact thrilled...
View ArticleSap documentation search x component assigning
Today I'm writing this blog post for reiterante the importance of chosse the right component when open an incident, and also on how to make a best search before open it.SAP is working a lot on provide...
View ArticleBrowse infoprovider content via RSRT using a 'non existing' query
Imagine you've created an (acquisition) DSO for which you'd like to browse its content. Imagine this DSO contains General Ledger Data and is called MC_O005 Of course "Display data" or SE16 can come in...
View ArticleTables for Technical Design Documents Creation
Every SAP project has phases like Blue print, Development, Testing, Migration, Maintenance etc. in each phase we need to spend considerable amount of time in documenting the activates we have planned...
View ArticleSetup automatic email trigger for ABAP Short Dumps in the system
1. Business Scenario As a system performance improvement measure, the requirement is to send an email to the team with a list of ABAP Short Dumps that occur in the system during the day.The email...
View ArticleBW transformation: defining custom methods
Sometines we need to create a huge ABAP expert routine to shave a mammoth into an elephant by bussines requirements.And we using the FORM statement to split and structurize a ABAP code, but I've found...
View ArticleChange released task to unreleased/ modifiable
Dear All, Recently i have a faced one issue where i required to change TR status from released to unreleased.I have assumption that once we released TR(task) then we can not revert TR to modiable, but...
View ArticleCalculating MTD, QTD and YTD in BW Transformation
If you are a BW developer and you just read the title, you are probably thinking ‘…but shouldn’t that be done in the query’. You are right the ‘to date’ variants for aggregating date should be done at...
View ArticleIntroducing an Add-on for Sending DTP Monitor Log to E-mail
Monitoring data loads can be considered as a recurring daily activity for any BW Support Organization. In some cases it is also required to have a deep-dive into the DTP Monitor Log, e.g. for observing...
View ArticleAddition of new records to START or END routine
Dear All, Many times there are sdn threads on issues while adding records to SOURCE_PACKAGE or ERSULT_PACKAGE. This issue causes because while adding new records to SOURCE or RESULT Package, we need to...
View ArticleAutomation of RDA Scheduling and Monitoring
Real Time Data Acquisition can be controlled and monitored using trx. RSRDA. The same tasks can be accomplished programmatically. I created a set of programs that simplifies RDA scheduling and...
View ArticleSAP BW - Security Customer Exit for use in Analysis Authorizations
Below is an example of the methodology on how to build a security model for SAP BW using Customer Exit and Analysis Authorizations. Edit where necessary for your particular project. Create a Z-table...
View ArticleHow to Optimise the long running loads by DTP settings
Hi All, Today I'm going to share one of most efficient way and the fix for long running loads. In one of our application, there is delta load which usually completes in seconds, but from past 2 days...
View ArticleCode Customer Exit Variables with Renewed ABAP
Latest BW releases offer better options for coding Customer Exit Variables by means of using:RSROA_VARIABLES_EXIT_BADI BADI instead of RSR00001 exit to structuring code better (since BW 7.31);New ABAP...
View ArticleSending Monitor Log Messages with a Custom Formula
In the context of Transformations you can choose for rule type Formula. SAP delivered a Formula Builder with many ready-to-use Formulas. It is even possible to extend the Formula Builder with your own...
View ArticleHow to check Multiprovider for unused Infoprovider
IntroductionAfter running a BW-system for several years, there will be many InfoProviders where you are not sure if they are really being used by BEx Queries. But every time you have to modify or would...
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