Tab Page: Content Repository 

Definition

The storage type for documents is the physical means of storing the documents. The default storage category is the SAP database. On the Content Repository tab page in the data management area, you can change the storage category for the documents that you want to create and that belong to a particular document class.

Use

Depending on the requirements of your application, we recommend that you decide, before you start a project, which is the best storage category to use.

·        Database of the SAP system

Administration effort: Minimal

Access times: With large numbers of documents, and individual users, accessing the documents (over the network) is slower than if you use a HTTP content server.

·        HTTP Content Server

Administration effort: High

Access time: The HTTP content server can be implemented in stages, and the caching method means that you can access documents quickly, even with very large number of documents, and lots of different users.

You are able to change the content repository only if there are no documents in the selected document class.

If documents do exist, you will no longer be able to access them once you change the storage category.

If, for example, you want to be able to transfer these documents to the HTTP content server, you have to first move the documents from the SAP database to the HTTP content server. In this case, contact your SAP consultant, or contact SAP directly.

Structure

The settings for each document class are displayed in the Content Repository tab page:

·        Storing documents for metadata

·        Storing documents for master data

·        Storing documents for InfoProvider data

The system shows you the settings for the following fields:

Field	Information
Content Repository	You use the  Content Repository Maintenance pushbutton to get to the Change Content Repositories: Detail. This is part of the Content management framework. You can choose between Simple Administration and Full Administration. For the Business Information Warehouse document area, there is a selection list with the following storage categories. ·        HTTP Content Server ·        Database of the SAP system ·        RFC archive ·        Structure repository Only the first two types are valid for the Business Information Warehouse You use the  Back pushbutton to get to the Change Content Repositories: Overview screen.
Storage category	In this field, the system displays the selected storage category, database of SAP system or HTTP content server. If you want to change the storage category, click on the  Content Repository Maintenance pushbutton.
Number of logical documents	For more information about logical and physical documents, see Documents.
Number of physical documents