Displaying the TransientProvider Preview

Use

You can run a preview of the TransientProvider derived from an operational data provider (ODP) and run a consistency check on the TransientProvider.

Procedure

  1. Call transaction RSRTS_ODP_DIS.

  2. Under ODP Name, select the ODP used to derive the TransientProvider that you want to display.

  3. Choose which version of the ODP to use the preview for: You can choose between the version that has a current connector ( active version) and that version that is currently saved in the search and analysis model ( modeled version).

    If you choose a modeled version, you can also specify which software component the displayed ODP should be read from.

  4. Choose Execute.

    The preview appears for the TransientProvider derived from the selected ODP. The preview shows the TransientProvider in a tree structure:

    Tree Structure Element

    Description

    1st Level (Root Node)

    TransientProvider

    The root node of the tree displays the following information:

    • TransientProvider Name

    • ODP software component which the TransientProvider is derived from

    • Activation time stamp or modeling time stamp of ODP

    2nd Level

    ODP which the TransientProvider is derived from

    The ODP node displays the following information:

    • Symbol for the ODP data type:

      • Transaction data:

      • Master data

    • Name of the ODP that the TransientProvider is derived from

    • Name of underlying data source

    • Description of underlying data source

    • Symbol that indicates the ODP was modeled and was not generated by the system: Modeled ODP

    3rd Level

    InfoObject Categories - Dimensions

    The InfoObject categories are based on the InfoProvider display in BEx Query Designer:

    • Key part, data part and unit as dimensions for the characteristics

    • Key Figures

    • not included for fields of ODPs that cannot be interpreted as TransientProvider InfoObjects

    4th Level

    InfoObjects

    The following information is displayed for InfoObjects (from left to right):

    • InfoObject name created by the system

    • Name of the ODP field that the InfoObject is derived from

    • Reference information for InfoObject:

      • For a characteristic that is contained in the TransientProvider because it is defined as a navigation attribute: Navigation Attribute and the name of the ODP where the navigation attribute originates from

      • For a characteristic that is contained in the TransientProvider because a temporal join has been specified: temporal join and name of the ODP where the attribute for the temporal join originates from.

      • For key figures: Reference Unit and name of associated unit

    • Technical properties of the ODP field (data type, length)

    • Description of the InfoObject

      The symbol is displayed in front of the description of the InfoObject, which was specified in modeling for search and analysis in the Model Node step as the representative key field.

    • For characteristics: Symbols that indicate the properties of the characteristics:

      • Master Data

      • Texts

      • Hierarchies

      • Authorization Relevance

    5th Level and Further Levels

    If a characteristic has master data, texts or hierarchies, the characteristic node can be expanded. The level below this displays the associated ODPs.

    The ODP node displays the following information:

    • Symbol for the ODP data type:

      • Master Data

      • Texts

      • Hierarchies

    • Name of associated ODP

    • Name of underlying data source

    • Description of underlying data source

    • Symbol that indicates whether the ODP was modeled or generated by the system:

      • Modeled ODP

      • Generated ODP: If a model only contains one single text ODP, the system creates an associated attribute ODP at runtime.

    If you expand an associated ODP, the following symbols indicate whether and how the ODP fields are used in the TransientProvider:

    • is not used in the TransientProvider

    • is used as an attribute in the TransientProvider

      If an attribute supports texts, the Texts symbol is shown.

    • is used as a text in the TransientProvider

Functions

The following functions are available in the TransientProvider preview:

  • Display ODP search and analysis model

    If you have selected an ODP, you can go to the associated search and analysis model screen by double-clicking the ODP or by choosing Display Model.

  • Show ODP Details

    You can display the following information:

    • For a projection ODP: the name of the associated data extraction ODP

    • For a join ODP field: the path leading through the node to the origin field (naming convention: <name of search and analysis model>.<node name>)

    To show or hide the details of an individual ODP, select the relevant ODP and choose Details On/Off.

    To show the details for all the ODPs used by the TransientProvider, choose Start of the navigation pathEdit Next navigation step Show DetailsEnd of the navigation path. Use the "Hide Details" menu command to hide the details.

  • Show Associations

    You can show information on the associations of associated ODPs. The associations are displayed in a node above the relevant ODP. Symbols indicate the data type and association type (modeled or generated). The foreign key relationship is also shown.

    To show the details for all the ODPs used by the TransientProvider, choose Start of the navigation pathEdit Next navigation step Association OnEnd of the navigation path. After this option has been activated, any expanded nodes are collapsed and the screen resets to the initial view. Use the "Association Off" menu command to hide the details.

  • Check ODP Metadata in the TransientProvider

    To check the consistency of the metadata in the TransientProvider, choose Check Metadata.

    The system checks the ODP that the TransientProvider is derived from, together with all ODPs that are used by the TransientProvider (ODPs that provide navigation attributes for example) and displays the application log in a popup.

  • Display activation status of ODPs and DataSources used by the TransientProvider

    Choose Start of the navigation pathTransientProvider Next navigation step Activation StatusEnd of the navigation path to display the activation status. The next screen shows all the ODPs used in the TransientProvider and the associated DataSources. If an active version of the object exists, the system displays the green status. If no active version exists, the red status is displayed.