Datasets based on SAP Universes

When creating a dataset based on data from an SAP univese, data is acquired from the database and retrieved to SAP Analytics cloud. The acquired data can be altered by the succession of serialization processes or business logic of the semantic layer.

The table below details the mapping strategy between the different layers involved:
Data Foundation Business Layer SAP Analytics Cloud Data Loss
BIGINT Numeric Number No
BINARY Blob N/A  
BIT Numeric Boolean No
CHAR String String No
DATE Date Date No
DECIMAL Numeric Numeric No
DOUBLE Numeric Numeric No
FLOAT Numeric Numeric No
INTEGER Numeric Integer No
LONGVARBINARY Blob N/A  
LONGVARCHAR Long Text String No
NUMERIC Numeric Numeric No
    High Precision Numeric Yes
REAL Numeric Numeric No
REF_CURSOR   N/A No
SMALLINT Numeric Integer No
TIME Datetime Datetime No
TIMESTAMP Datetime Datetime No
TINYINT Numeric Integer No
UNDEFINED   N/A  
VARBINARY Blob N/A No
VARCHAR String String No
XML   N/A