Business Information Warehouse for SAP (Prima Techs SAP Book Series)

Loading data in SAP BW requires an in-depth understanding of data volumes in the data sources. For initial data loads, you need to prepare several data feeds to optimize system resources. In this chapter, you learned the basics of the data loading process in SAP BW and the steps you need to take in preparing data feeds.

You also learned about methods to load data in SAP BW. Actual data flow in SAP BW depends on the method you choose, ALE or tRFC with ODS. Moreover, you gained some insight into BW 2.0A data load scheduling options.

This chapter did not cover data load techniques for flat files and third-party data sources. These subjects are covered in Chapters 10 and 14, respectively. After reading these three chapters, you will have a good understanding of data loading methods available in SAP BW 1.2B and 2.0A.