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Background documentation Automatically Generated Information in BW Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Definition

Automatically generated information in the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) consists of technical information that is generated by the system as well as manually created documentation. Both are displayed together in the browser. This concerns information about BW objects, such as InfoSources, InfoCubes, or queries. Within this information, you can navigate to help or further documentation by using additional objects, such as necessary objects or those that have been used.

Prerequisites

You need access to an SAP BW system in order to be able to display automatically generated information. Otherwise, you can also export HTML pages: Structure linkMetadata Exchange in XML Format by CWM.

Procedure

You can call up the automatically generated information from the following places:

Different procedures are required at the individual places for displaying automatically generated information:

Administrator Workbench (AWB)

  1. AWB ® Modeling
    1. Select the respective object and choose F1.
  1. AWB ® Modeling ® Object Maintenance ® MultiProvider
    1. Select the respective MultiProvider.
    2. Choose Documentation This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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  1. AWB ® Modeling ® Object Maintenance ® InfoSet, InfoCube, or InfoObjects
    1. Select the respective object.
    2. Choose Documents This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
    3. Choose Display Documentation This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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  1. AWB ® Modeling ® Object Maintenance ® ODS Object
    1. Select the respective ODS object.
    2. Choose Display.
    3. Choose Documents This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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  1. AWB ® Transport Connection
    1. Select the respective object and choose F1.
  1. AWB ® Documents
    1. Select Metadata.
    2. Select the Object Type you want.
    3. Select the Object Name you want.
    4. Double-click on Show Me the Documents from...
    5. Choose Display Documentation This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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  1. AWB ® Metadata Repository
    1. Select the respective object type first, such as a query.
    2. Double-click on the respective object.

The information is then displayed in the browser.

Note

If you display automatically generated information for an InfoSource, you can use Communication Structure to see the InfoSource fields.

Administration

Administration ® Process Chains

    1. Select the respective process chain by double-clicking on it.
    2. Choose Documents This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
    3. Choose Display Documentation This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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Business Explorer or Query Designer

    1. Go to the change mode for the query.
    2. Choose Change Query (Global Definition).
    3. Choose Query Properties.
    4. Choose Documents.
    5. Choose Display Documentation This graphic is explained in the accompanying text
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