Creating a Local Copy of the Shape File BI InfoObject

Use

You need a local copy of the shape file before you are able to maintain the SAPBWKEY column in the attributes table of the shape file.

Procedure

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1. Use your file manager (Windows Explorer, for example) to localize the three files cntry200.shp, cntry200.shx and cntry200.dbf on the ESRI BI map data CD, and copy the files to the C:\SAPWorkDir directory, for example.

2. You must deactivate the Write Protected option before you are able to edit the files. (Select the files and choose the Properties option from the context menu (secondary mouse-click). Under Attributes, deactivate the Write Protected option).

If you do not have access to the ESRI BI map data CD, proceed as follows:

The files are already maintained in the BI Business Document Service (BDS). The following example explains how, for the characteristic 0D_COUNTRY in InfoCube 0D_SD_C0, you download these files from the BDS to your local directory.

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1. Log on to the BI system and go to the InfoObject maintenance screen (transaction RSD1). This takes you to the Edit InfoObjects: Start screen.

2. In the InfoObject field, enter 0D_COUNTRY and choose Display. You reach the Display Characteristic 0D_COUNTRY: Details screen.

3. Choose the Business Explorer tab page. In the BEx Map area, 0D_COUNTRY is shown as a static geo-characteristic.

4. Choose Display Shape files. This takes you to the Business Document Navigator that already associates three shape files with this characteristic.

5. Open up the shape files completely in the BI Metaobjects tree.

6. Select the .dbf file BW_GIS_DBF and choose Export Document. This loads all the files to your local SAPWorkDirectory. (The system proposes the C:\SAPWorkDir directory as your SAPWorkDirectory).

7. Repeat the last step for the .shp (BW_GIS_SHP) and .shx (BW_GIS_SHX) files.