Audit Characteristics

Specific characteristics are used to save audit information - for either an audit dimension (which is added to a real-time InfoCube) or for a BW Workspace local provider.

The audit characteristics are supplied with technical content from SAP Business Warehouse. These characteristics are filled by the system and cannot be modeled by users.

The following table provides an overview of the audit characteristics and their values.

Audit Characteristics
Characteristic Values and Description
0ATIMSTMP This characteristic contains the audit time stamp.
  • If the database audit is active, this characteristic contains a time stamp, which indicates when the data was saved on the database.
  • If the database audit is inactive, this characteristic contains a fixed time stamp, which indicates when the data audit was switched from active to inactive.
0AMODE This characteristic contains the audit modus. The following values are permitted:
  • WHM: This value is used in loading mode (in other words, when data is added to the InfoCube by loading requests).
  • PLAN: This value is used in planning mode (in other words, when data is taken from planning).
  • OFF: This value is used in planning mode or loading mode, if the data audit is set to inactive.
0AUSER This characteristic contain the name of the user who initiated the save event.
  • If the data audit is active, this characteristic contains the content of the ABAP system field SY-UNAME.
  • If the data audit is inactive, this characteristic is empty.
0ASOURCE This characteristic contains the name of the source of the data change at the time of saving.
  • When the data audit is active and the data is taken from planning (planning mode), this characteristic contains the name of the BW query or the planning function, provided that these names are unique.
  • In all other cases, this characteristic is empty.