When running Business Content queries, you can use the switches in the Switch Framework to control the visibility of query components that cannot be used used any more. The switches are delivered with the SAP application, not with the BW source system. The assignment of these switches to query components is delivered with Business Content. To ensure that the assigned switches influence the behavior of the query components, you need to replicate the switches from the source system. During replication, the switch statuses defined using the status of the assigned business function are also replicated. Replicating the switches to the BW system therefore defines which query components are visible when the query is executed.
If a switch is contained in more than one source system and is replicated from more than one source system, the switch in the BW system is active if it is active in one of the source systems.