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Thursday, July 10, 2008

SAP BI InfoObject Catalog

Definition

An InfoObject catalog is a collection of InfoObjects grouped according to application-specific criteria. There are two types of InfoObject catalogs: Characteristic and Key figure.

Use

An InfoObject catalog is assigned to an InfoArea.

An InfoObject catalog is an organizational aid and is not for intended for data analysis purposes.

For example, all the InfoObjects that are used for data analysis in the area of Sales and Distribution can be grouped together in one InfoObject catalog. This makes it much easier for you to handle what might turn out to be a very large number of InfoObjects for any given context.

An InfoObject can be included in several InfoObject catalogs.

In InfoProvider definition, you can select an InfoObject catalog as a filter for the template.

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