InfoObject 
InfoObject
Definition
Business evaluation objects (customers. sales revenues,...) are known in BW as InfoObjects. They are divided into characteristics, key figures, units, time characteristics and technical characteristics (for example, request number).
InfoObjects with attributes or texts can be either a pure
data target or an InfoProvider (if it is being reported).Use
InfoObjects are the basic information providers of BW. They structure the information needed to create data targets.
Structure
The characteristics of an InfoObject are reference objects (keys) with interrelated dimensions (for example, ‘region’ and ‘land’ are the geographical dimensions of ‘customer’). Time characteristics are characteristics that are assigned to the dimension of time. Their dependencies are therefore already known, because time is predefined. The key figures of an InfoObject form the data part. That is, they deliver the values that you want to report on. Key figures can be quantities, amounts or number of items. These values must have units to give them meaning. The technical characteristics of an InfoObject are only of structural use within BW. An example is the request number, which is taken when you load a request and helps you find the request at a later date.
InfoObjects are structured by attributes and/or hierarchies. The company location can be an attribute of ‘customer’. You can use these to form customer groups for a specific region. You can also define a hierarchy to make the structure of the characteristic ‘customer’ more clear in its overview.
Integration
An InfoSource is always a quantity of InfoObjects that logically belong together.
An InfoSource with flexible updating can be updated in any data targets (with the exception of hierarchies). Update rules are created for this InfoSource.
InfoObjects can be used in as many InfoSources and InfoCubes/ODS objects as you want.
Master data (characteristics with attributes, texts or hierarchies) of an InfoObject can be written directly (without update rules) to the master data table with an InfoSource with direct updating.
An InfoCube/ODS object consists of a number of InfoObjects.