Specifying the Structure of the Open ODS View

In the Open ODS view maintenance screen, you can generate the structure of the Open ODS view on the semantics tab by assigning the fields of the source object to field categories (example: for facts, assign to the categories characteristic key, characteristic, key figure and others).

Context

Procedure

To perform an automatic assignment of source fields to field categories of the Open ODS view, select the Create Proposal button. The system generates the proposal based on the source type.

Alternatively, you can drag source fields into the field categories of the Open ODS view.

Note

You can move a source field multiple times in the structure of the Open ODS view, in order to assign it to different field categories.
If multiple key fields exist for attributes or texts, drag the key field that defines or represents the Open ODS view to field category representative key field.

Results

In the middle screen area of the tab, you see the structure of the Open ODS view.

The names of the Open ODS view fields are copied from the source fields. The names of the view fields are limited to 12 characters. The description of the view fields is copied from the description of the source fields. If the source does not have a description, the field names are used for the description of the view fields.

You can now specify the properties of the Open ODS view fields.