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GenericDelta
WehaveseenExtractionfromTable,View,Infoset,andFucntionalmodule...

Butthedatasourcescreatedusingallthesewonthavedeltacapability...

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Togetdeltacapabilityforthisdatasourcesweusegenericdelta

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Thisishowdeltamechanismworkwithcalendarday...wemusthaveadatefieldinsourcetable...

wehaveanUppertimeintervalandLowertimeinterval.

wearedoingourfirstdataloadon2.01.2011

nowuppertimeintervalbecomes2.01.2011...andlowertimeintervalisblank...

datawillbeloadedfromsourcetotargettill2.01.2011,

soSO1andSO2reachestarget...

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somenewdataisavailabeinECCtables...andwearedoingaloadon4.01.2011

nowvalueinuppertimeintervalmovestolowertimeintervalanddateonwhichdataloadingishappeningbecomes
thenewuppertimeinterval...sodatarecordsbetweentheloweranduppertimeintervalisonlypulledtotarget...

So,SO3andSO4reachesTarget...

ThisishowdeltaishandledusingCalendarday..

Drawback..

Considerthisscenario,

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Wehave2postingsonsamedayoneat10.00AMandotherat5.00PM..

Nowconsiderourfirstdataloadishappeningat12.00AMon2.01.2011...

OnfirstloadwewillgetSO1andSO2...

Nowsecondloadishappeningon4.01.2011,ourlowertimeintervalwillbesetto2.01.2011andupperlimitwillbe
setto4.01.2011

Inthiscasewewilllooseour1record,ie,SO3

toavoidthisweusesafetyintervalupperlimitandsafetyintervallowerlimit...

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Inthisweignoreonedayforasafetyinterval...

firstloadhappenson2.01.2011,upperlimitsetto1.01.2011andlowerlimitblank

whenweloaddatatotarget1dayisignored..soonlySO1reachestarget...

secondloadhappenson4.1.2011,upperlimitissetto3.01.2011andlowerlimitissetto1.01.2011

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Onlydisadvantageinthismethodiswewillhaveadatalatencyof1day..

ToovercomethisdatalatencywecanuseTimestampdeltamethod..

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TheprocedureissameasofCalendarday...onlydifferenceisweuseTIMEinsteadofDATEinupperlimitandlower
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IfdataisbeingloadedtoDSOorMasterdata(Infoobject)thenchoose"newStatusforchangedRecords"

IfdataloadedtoInfocube,thenchoose"AdditiveDelta"

nowwecanseethatourdatasourcehavedeltacapability....

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Posted29thJuly2013byMohamedAslam

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Anonymous November30,2013at11:36PM
Hatsofftoyousir.Clearandcrispexplanation.Iseethisacrossyourdocuments.
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MohamedAslam December1,2013at9:02AM
thankyou...

keepvisiting...
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Anonymous August3,2014at10:24PM
Thank you Aslam for maintaining such a wonderful blog. I've seen so many blogs for BW. But the one
youaremaintainingisUNIQUE.Hatsoffforyourexplanationwhichbringsclarityaboutthetopics.Hope
youwouldbepostingmoresuchArticlesfocussingmoreonInterviewsandalso,weareexpectingmore
onBIABAP.

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Anonymous December4,2013at9:28AM
Hello Sir, this is sekhar again. Would request you to add few points on "NUMERIC POINTER" option under Delta
SpecificFieldtab,butinyoursignaturestyle:)
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MohamedAslam March2,2014at9:54PM
NUMERICPOINTERalsoworksonthesameconceptofcaldayandtimestamp...
NumericPointerwillbepointingtoanyuniquefield..
wenormallydontuseNUMERICPOINTER..asitcannotrecordchangesinthesamerecord..
UsedonlyinHRdatasources

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Anonymous February6,2014at6:48PM
Veryniceexplanation,thanksforsharing....NareshAnakamatla(SAPBIConsultant)
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MohamedAslam March2,2014at9:55PM
ThanksNaresh

prasad March25,2014at12:08AM
Hi Mahmaed Thanks for giving Day Wise Delta Loading, Please Can u explain me clearly on Time
stamp....Howtogiveinlowerlimit...

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rajSrivastava April24,2014at6:43PM
Cannot thank you enough for posting these...I came across this website today and I think there is no better
explanationaboutconceptsthenhowyouarepresentingit.!!!!
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DeepakV April24,2014at11:58PM

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HiaslamnicedocumentcanyouplzposttheFIDeltascenario
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Bhanu May6,2014at7:07AM
HiAslam,Blogisveryinformativeanddetailedexplained.IwouldliketoaskyouaQueryhere..
WhenwearecreatingaGenericDataSourcethroughInfosetQueryandwantedtoenableDelta..Wedon'thavean
option of Numeric Pointer here could you please explain that once and also we don't have Extract Structure in in
caseofInfoset...
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yektekonlinetraining May16,2014at4:11AM
veryusefulinformationthanksforsharingthankyou
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RaviSharma September10,2014at9:20PM
whatis"DELTA"meaninginSAPBI,asweareusingitmanywhere,likeDeltaupdate,DeltaTransfer,DeltaLoad,
PleaseHelpurgentclarificationrequired.
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MohamedAslam September10,2014at11:21PM
Deltaloadmeans..newrecordsafterthelastsuccessfuldataload..

Anonymous April15,2015at11:36PM
ItisveryhelpfulforBIFreshers.
Thanksalot.

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shivagurram May23,2015at1:01AM
hellosir,
IcantabletoselectSDasapplicationcomponent(icouldntfindanyoptioninthedatasource
helpplease!!
regards,
kumar
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Anonymous May25,2015at9:28PM
HiAslam,

Theblogistoogoodman...Kudos...!!!Seemstobeasinglestopformostoftheconcepts.Thanksalotdude.Its
notthateasytomaintainalltheseinformationinasuchadetailway....Wishyouthebestfuture....!!!!

Regards,
Raj

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MohamedAslam May25,2015at11:57PM
ThanksRaj

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NayyerShamsi October24,2015at2:23AM
thissiteisexceptionallygood.foranynewbiecansay"Eureka"
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