There are other functions available in addition to creating, changing, and deleting InfoObjects.

Use this function to add documents to InfoObjects in different formats (for example, MS Word, PowerPoint, PDF, BMP, HTML).

Use this function to display, in a clear tree structure, all the settings for an InfoObject that have been made in the InfoObject maintenance tab pages.

This function compares the following InfoObject versions:

• the active and revised versions of an InfoObject
• the active and Content versions of an InfoObject
• the revised and Content versions of an InfoObject

This enables you to compare all the settings made in the InfoObject maintenance tab pages.

You can choose and transport InfoObjects. All BW Objects that are needed to ensure a consistent status in the target system are collected automatically.

You determine which other objects in BW also use a specific InfoObject.

You can determine what effects changing an InfoObject in a particular way will have, and whether this change is permitted at the moment or not.

Use this function to see how different BW objects relate to one another.

For example:

• Structural dependencies, for example the InfoObjects, from which an InfoCube is structured.
• Connections between BW objects, such as the data flow from a source system across an InfoCube to a query.

The dependencies can be displayed and exported in HTML format.

Technical objects, such as data elements or attributes are often underlined in blue in the InfoObject maintenance. In this case, use the context menu (right mouse click) to call up a selection of possible functions, including jumping to the detail view (dictionary), table contents, table type, and so on. Double-click to get to the detail display.

In some cases (for example when converting large amounts of data), activating an InfoObject can take a very long time. The activation process terminates after a specified amount of time. In these cases, you can activate InfoObjects in the background with the help of a background job. In the InfoObject maintenance, choose Characteristic ® Activate in Background.