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Characteristic Company Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Technical name: 0GN_COMPANY

Use

This characteristic is a Structure linkconsolidated InfoObject that provides a global view of the business object "Company" using various technical representations from different systems. The systems can be either different SAP components (R/3, CRM, EBP) or non-SAP systems.

In this context, the business object "Company" means a legally independent unit within a corporate group.

The characteristic 0GN_COMPANY in SAP BW Standard is made up of the following InfoObjects from various SAP components:

Composition of 0GN_COMPANY in SAP BW Standard

InfoObject

Description

0COMP_CODE

Company code (SAP R/3)

0BPARTNER

Business partner: Only those that are companies (SAP CRM / EBP)

Data Flow

The following graphic shows the data flow of the InfoObjects involved from various SAP components:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

For the exact data flow of the InfoSource 0BPARTNER (business partner), see the documentation on the ODS object Structure link0GN_BP(business partner).

Flexible Update

To facilitate the update of master data and texts from different SAP components into the present InfoObjects for company and also into the consolidated InfoObject 0GN_COMPANY, additional InfoSources have been developed in SAP BW release 3.0B with flexible update (see also, Structure linkFlexible Update for Central Master Data Objects).

The concept of consolidated InfoObjects is extensible You can update additional InfoObjects for the business object "Company" from different source systems (for example, non-SAP systems) into the consolidated InfoObject 0GN_COMPANY.

Technical Data

Available from Release

SAP BW 3.0B

External Hierarchy

None

See also:

Overview: Consolidated InfoObjects for Business Partners

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