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Prerequisites

The InfoObjects that you want to transfer to the InfoObject catalog must be active. If you want to define an InfoObject catalog in the same way as an InfoSource, then the InfoSource has to be available and active.

Context

An InfoObject catalog is a collection of InfoObjects grouped according to application-specific criteria. There are two types of InfoObject catalogs: Characteristic and Key Figure.

An InfoObject catalog is assigned to an InfoArea.

It is a purely organizational aid and is not intended for analysis purposes. For example, you can group together into an InfoObject catalog all InfoObjects that play a role in analysis in the area of "Sales and Distribution". This makes it much easier for you to handle what might turn out to be a very large number of InfoObjects in any given context.

An InfoObject can be included in several InfoObject catalogs.

Procedure


  1. You are in the Modeling functional area of the Data Warehousing Workbench.

  2. Create an InfoArea, to which you want to assign the new InfoObject catalog. To do this, choose Create InfoArea from the context menu in the InfoObject tree.

  3. In the context menu of the InfoArea, choose Create InfoObjectCatalog. If you want to make a copy of an existing InfoObject catalog, specify a reference InfoObject catalog.

  4. Choose either Characteristic or Key Figure as the InfoObject type, and choose Create.

  5. Copying InfoObjects:

    On the left side of the screen, there are various templates to choose from. These allow you to get a better overview in relation to a particular task. For performance reasons, the default setting is an empty template. Using the pushbuttons, select an InfoSource (only the InfoObjects for the communication structure of the InfoSource are displayed), an InfoCube, a DataStore object, an InfoObject catalog or all InfoObjects.

    On the right side of the screen you compile your InfoObject catalog. Transfer the desired InfoObjects into the InfoObject catalog using Drag&Drop You can also simultaneously select multiple InfoObjects.

  6. Activate the InfoObject catalog.