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InfoCube (Understanding InfoCube tables)

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Objective:
Understand the tables behind InfoCube.

Prerequisites:
You must know how to create 3.x dataflow to load to DSO & InfoCube (You should have done the reference material creating 3.x data flow, Creating InfoCUbe)

Note:
Please use the same InfoObjects & the flat file used in this document. Please use a paper & pen, when you do this assignment, to analyze.

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DSO Design
Technical Name Description Type of DataStore Object SIDs Generation upon Activation Key Fields AS3_Dxxx DSO to Understand InfoCube Standard NO CID001 PID001 SID001 SH_STAT01 SORG001 NVAL001 GRWT001 SHCOST001 TAXAMT001

Data Fields

The DSO should look as below after creation.

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InfoCube Design
Technical Name(Standard InfoCube) Description Dimension Description Customer Product Region Shipping Status Key Figure AS3_Cxxx Working with InfoCube InfoObject CID001 PID001 SID001 SORG001 SH_STAT01 NVAL001 GRWT001 SHCOST001 TAXAMT001

The InfoCube should look as below.

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DataSource Structure

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Create the below 3.x dataflow.

Note: Remember to include 0RECORDMODE in InfoSource.

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InfoPackage Settings

Name of file: ZAS03_FILE1

Load Data 1. Run above InfoPackage & Load data into DSO 2. Observe the data in DSO. Activate the DSO data 3. Right click on DSO > Additional functions > Update 3.x data in targets > choose Full Update. > Start the Load to InfoCube. 4. Go To Manage of InfoCube > Request Tab, observe each columns in this tab.

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Analysis 1. Go to T Code: LISTSCHEMA. Open the the cube.

2. Expand the +, observe the tables relation.

3. Understand the tables naming standard. List down all the tables. 4. Now open each table in SE11, note the Keys & non-Keys
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5. What columns does the F-table contain? What are the Keys? 6. What columns does the DIM contain? What are the Keys? Which columns relate to F-table ? 7. Understand the link between SID tables & DIM tables 8. Observe Region DIM table. Its linkage with SID tables. 9. Now draw the F-table, DIM tables, SID tables on a paper. Make the entries that you see in each tables. Try to link the data from F-Table to SID tables. 10.RSA1 > (locate your InfoCube) > right click > display Data > Fls Selection for Output > select all char > execute > in this selection screen check Display SQL Query > execute.

11.Read the SQL query, try to identify what tables the system is looking into. If you dont understand the SQL, dont worry. You dont have to!