A first inclusion of a non-cumulative can take place as an initialization or by loading a non-cumulative change. With initialization, you can only post and initial non-cumulative for each combination of InfoCube characteristics. Non-cumulative changes subsequently take place. There is one InfoSource for the initial non-cumulative and one for non-cumulative changes.

InfoSource for initial non-cumulative: Transfers the current non-cumulatives once from the source system to SAP BW. This is necessary, for example, if you want to connect a system to a BW system later. By doing this, you can ensure that the non-cumulative situation in BW is the same as the situation in the source system.

InfoSource for non-cumulative changes: Transfers current transactions, goods receipts, goods issues, and so on.

If an initial non-cumulative is to be loaded for a characteristic value combination, then this occurs in the first load procedure with the InfoSource for the initial non-cumulative. If a non-cumulative change is posted first, then no further initial non-cumulative can be posted for this characteristic value combination. The initial non-cumulative is then equal to zero. In the query, the first delta, which actually contains the initial value, appears to be especially high.

For other combinations of characteristics, initialization is permitted. If you load an initialization in an InfoCube that already has data, a warning appears. However, you can continue with the initialization. Both initializations are added to the query. However, you can no longer compress the request. Before compression, you have to delete the request with the second initialization from the InfoCube.

When loading the data, the validity period is determined and updated correspondingly, for every combination of validity-defining characteristic and per request.