Data Targets (SAP Library - Administrator Workbench)

Data Targets

Definition

A data target is an object into which data is loaded. Data targets are the physical objects relevant during data modeling and when loading the data.

Structure

Data targets are:

InfoCubes

ODS objects

InfoObjects (characteristics with attributes, texts or hierarchies).

There are differences between:

Pure data targets for which no queries can be created or executed. An InfoCube might only be used as a data source for another InfoCube. This is also possible for ODS objects and InfoObjects.

If you want a characteristic to appear in the InfoProvider tree, you have to assign an InfoArea to it. You can define update rules for the characteristic in the InfoProvider tree, and use them to load attributes and texts.

You can turn a characteristic into a data target only if the characteristic contains texts or attributes. It is not possible to use update rules to load hierarchies.

Data targets for which queries can be defined. These are called InfoProviders.