Infocube Creation Step 1 using SAP BI 7.0 SAP has come up with enhanced functionalities for business warehousing. The new functionalities are part of SAP Business Intelligence 7.0 (SAP BI 7.0). There are some differences in SAP BI 7.0 while creating objects. We will see how to create InfoCube and other related Objects in SAP BI 7.0. Infocube uses concept of star schema. Infocube is created using Characteristics and Key Figures. Characteristics are levels on which reporting has to be performed. For example, Product, Customer and Plant. Key Figures are measures used for characteristics. For example, sales quantity for a product, customer and location combination. In this section we will discuss InfoArea and InfoObject Catalog creation steps in SAP BI 7.0. 1) Logon to SAP and Execute transaction RSA1, shown below is the left hand side panel 2) Select the InfoProvider at right hand side panel and select 'Create InfoArea; 3) Enter name and description for In
Step 1 à Before implementing filter objects to a BADI. We need to deactivate all the implementation for that BADI. Go to SE18 (BADI definition) and from there navigate to all BADI implementation to view all the active implementations for that BADI Select the BADI implementations listed on the screen and deactivate the implementation. Once done, return back to the initial screen of SE18 and proceed with next step. Step 2 à go to SE18 – BADI Definition screen and change the existing BADI definition that we created in the earlier tutorial. Select the FILTER –DEPENDENT check box under the TYPE section. This will open up the FILTER TYPE field for inputs. And do an F1 on the FILTER TYPE field. Click on the F4 on the FILTER TYPE field name and enter some search criteria to find a relevant data element. And click on the continue button Select the data element from the list to set up your filter and hit enter. Click on the save button and act