Creating InfoPackages to Load Characteristic Data

BW uses InfoPackages to define how to select data, and when to transfer and load the data. In BW, a characteristic can consist of three data components:

Section 7.1, "BW Star Schema," discusses master data, texts, and hierarchies and explains their relationships to characteristics.

Each part requires an InfoPackage. This section describes how to create InfoPackages to load master data and text. The next section covers entering master data and text manually.

Work Instructions

Step 1. Right-click Source System demo: flat file, and then select Create InfoPackage….

 

 

SCREEN 3.16

Step 2. Select the DataSource Material number (Master data), enter a description for the InfoPackage, and then click to continue.

 

 

SCREEN 3.17

Step 3. Click the External data tab. Select options as shown in the screen. Enter a file name with a path. The file contains the data given in Table 3.1.

 

 

SCREEN 3.18

Note

The data file can reside on a front-end computer (or Client workstation as it is called here) or one of the application servers in the SAP Basis three-tier architecture. In our example, IO_MAT_ATTR.CSV resides in our front-end computer. For better loading performance, it is recommended that you place data files in application server computers.

Step 4. Click the Schedule tab, select the option Start data load immediately, and then click to load data.

 

 

SCREEN 3.19

Result

The staging engine starts to load the data. A status message Data was requested will appear at the bottom of Screen 3.19.

Note

To schedule the loading operation for a later date or to execute loading periodically, select the option Start later in bckgrnd proc, and then click . A pop-up window appears, as shown in Screen 3.20. You can set up a background process to start the data loading job based on the criteria specified in Screen 3.20. The same window is used in R/3 for background job scheduling. In essence, BW Scheduler is embedded in InfoPackages.

SCREEN 3.20

Table 3.1. MATERIAL NUMBER – MASTER DATA
MAT001 TEA
MAT002 COFFEE
MAT003 COOKIE
MAT004 DESK
MAT005 TABLE
MAT006 CHAIR
MAT007 BENCH
MAT008 PEN
MAT009 PAPER
MAT010 CORN
MAT011 RICE
MAT012 APPLE
MAT013 GRAPEFRUIT
MAT014 PEACH
MAT015 ORANGE

By repeating this procedure and selecting DataSource Material number (Texts) (Screen 3.21), we can load the texts in Table 3.2.

SCREEN 3.21

Table 3.2. MATERIAL NUMBER – TEXTS
E MAT001 Ice tea
E MAT002 Hot coffee
E MAT003 Fortune cookie
E MAT004 Computer desk
E MAT005 Dining table
E MAT006 Leather chair
E MAT007 Wood bench
E MAT008 Black pen
E MAT009 White paper
E MAT010 America corn
E MAT011 Asia rice
E MAT012 New York apple
E MAT013 Florida grapefruit
E MAT014 Washington peach
E MAT015 California orange

The first column specifies the language of the texts, with "E" indicating English.

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