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●      Component: SAP NetWeaver

●      Release: 7.0

●      Support Package Stack: 14

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BW-WHM Warehouse Management

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In SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 14, the following enhancements are available in transformations:

Copying Transformations

Using the Copy Transformation function, you can create a transformation by copying an existing transformation. You can then adjust the copy to suit your requirements. This function is provided in the context menu in the InfoProvider tree for a transformation.

More information: Copying Transformations

Error Analysis in Transformations
Testing Rules

Using the Test Rule function, you can check whether source values are updated to the target (for example, for analyzing errors in complex routines). This function is available in the rule details for the transformation.

For more information, see Test Rule.

Enhanced Breakpoints

As of SPS 14, you can specify breakpoints after the start routine and before the end routine in addition to the existing breakpoints before and after the transformation.

More information about specifying breakpoints: Simulating and Debugging DTP Requests.

Search in the Transformation

With SPS 14, you can search the transformation in the source, in the target, and in the rule name according to the technical name and/or description of InfoObjects/fields. You can call this function using the Search pushbutton in transformation maintenance.

Table View of the Metadata of the Transformation

With SPS 14, you can display the metadata of the transformation as a table (in HTML format) in a separate window, for example for documentation purposes. To do this, on the transformation maintenance screen, choose Extras à Table View. This table view is also available in the Metadata Repository.

Update Navigation Attributes

With SPS 14, you can update navigation attributes from InfoCubes and DataStore objects directly into the target. To do this, you must ensure that the navigation attributes are activated in InfoCube maintenance or in DataStore object maintenance.

To get a better overview, you can also hide the navigation attributes in transformation maintenance (pushbutton Hide Navigation Attributes).

Performance Optimization for Reading Master Data

With SPS 14, the performance for reading master data was optimized. With the new procedure, the master data is no longer read for each key in the data package with a SELECT command. Instead, all master data of the data package is stored temporarily and further processed from the temporary store. This reduces the number of database accesses and improves the performance when reading master data. The new procedure is set by default. You can switch back to the old procedure in the program SAP_RSADMIN_MAINTAIN (transaction SE38).

For more information, see SAP Note 1092539.

Changing the Update Behavior of End Routines

By default, only fields that have a rule in the transformation are transferred from the end routine. With SPS, you can set the All Target Fields (Independent of Active Rules) indicator by choosing  Change Update Behavior of End Routine. As a result, fields that are only filled in the end routine are updated and are not lost. This function is only available for standard DataStore objects, DataStore objects for direct writing, and for master data tables.

If only the key fields are updated for master data attributes, all the attributes are initialized anyway, whatever the settings described here. For more information, see SAP Note 1096307.

 

 

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