Creating InfoSources (SAP Source System) in SAP BW BI

Use

Instead of creating a new InfoSource, you can copy one from SAP Business Content.

Procedure

Choose the InfoSource tree of the Data Warehousing Workbench to create InfoSources for an SAP source system. From the context menu of the affected application component, choose Additional Functions ® Create InfoSource 3.x.

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1. Select the type.

2. Under InfoSource, enter the technical name of the InfoSource, and then a description.

You can also use an existing InfoSource as a template.

3. Assign a source system to the InfoSource and confirm.

4. From the proposal list, select the DataSource from which transaction data is to be loaded.

Transfer structure maintenance automatically appears.

The system automatically offers you suitable transfer rules, but you can modify these.

5. Maintain the transfer structure. Assign InfoObjects to the fields of the DataSource.

6. The communications structure is adjusted automatically, but you can also include more fields. Activate your selection.

7. Maintain the transfer rules.

8. Activate the InfoSource.

Result

The InfoSource is now saved and active.

See also:

Maintaining InfoSources (Flat Files)

Maintaining InfoSources (External System)