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You want to model a sales scenario that is made up of the sub-processes order, delivery and payment. Each of these sub-processes has its own (private) InfoObjects (delivery location and invoice number, for example) as well as a number of cross-process objects (such as customer or order number). It makes sense here to model each sub-process in its own InfoProvider and then combine these InfoProviders into a MultiProvider. It is possible to:

  • Model all sub-scenarios in one InfoProvider, or

  • Create an InfoProvider for each sub-scenario, and then combine these InfoProviders into a single MultiProvider.

The second option usually simplifies the modeling process and can improve system performance when loading and reading data. There is one InfoCube for order, delivery and payment respectively. You can execute individual queries for the individual InfoCubes or obtain an overview of the entire process by creating a query based on the MultiProvider.

This is a heterogeneous data model. Heterogeneous MultiProviders are made up of InfoProviders that only have a certain number of characteristics and key figures in common. Heterogeneous MultiProviders can be used to simplify the modeling of scenarios by dividing them into sub-scenarios. Each sub-scenario is represented by its own InfoProvider.