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Process documentationSending Data to SAP BW

 

In this process, you send POS transaction data to SAP BW in order to create analyses and statistics such as sales analysis, error statistics, or loss prevention.

Prerequisites

You have made the following settings in PIPE Customizing.

  • You have set the type of the task to be carried out under Start of the navigation path Tasks Next navigation step One-Step Processing Next navigation step Define Tasks End of the navigation path depending on the requirements to either Immediate Processing or Collective Processing and you have checked the correctness of the other task settings.

  • Under Start of the navigation path  POS Transactions End of the navigation path, you have checked the task group that is assigned to the relevant POS transaction and you assign a task group if required.

  • You have ensured that the task group, which is assigned to the transaction type of your POS transaction, exists under Start of the navigation path Tasks Next navigation step Define Task Group End of the navigation path.

  • You have ensured that the task to be carried out is assigned to the relevant task group under Start of the navigation path Tasks Next navigation step Assign Tasks to Task Group End of the navigation path.

Distribution of Discounts, Taxes and Tenders to Transaction Line Items

Prior to using task 0004: Supply BW with Distribution (SAP Standard Profile), you can choose how to distribute transaction discounts, taxes and tenders to the individual transaction line items. You can choose to perform:

  • Legacy distribution: By default, during the execution of task 0004, discounts, taxes and tenders are distributed to the transaction line items using the embedded, legacy SAP POS DM distribution logic, which distributes the amounts proportionally to the line items.

  • Enhanced distribution: To distribute discounts, taxes and tenders to the transaction line items using the active implementation of BAdI: POS Transaction Data Distribution to Item Level BAdI (/POSDW/ANALYTIC_DIST_ITEM), set parameter USE_DISTRIBUTION_BADI to Use distribution BAdI: /POSDW/ANALYTIC_DIST_ITEM in Customizing under Start of the navigation path POS Inbound Processing Next navigation step Tasks Next navigation step One-Step Processing Next navigation step Define Parameters for Tasks Next navigation step Parameters for Extraction to BW End of the navigation path.

    If you are using the enhanced distribution, you can use additional distribution options of the Define Distributable Amounts Customizing activity to altogether disable the distribution of discounts, taxes, tenders, or a combination of these. This activity is located in Customizing under Start of the navigation path POS Inbound Processing Next navigation step Customer-Specific Enhancements and BAdI Implementations Next navigation step Enhancements for Distribution Next navigation step Define Distributable Amounts End of the navigation path.

For more information on distribution, see Supplying Analytics with Distributed Transaction Data.

Process

The following tasks are available in the standard system for sending data to SAP BW:

  • 0001:Supply BW Immediately, Non-Aggregated, with Distribution

  • 0004: Supply BW with Distribution

  • 0005: Supply of Old POS Content in BW

  • 5001: LPA: Provision of Suspicious Transactions

Carry out processing of the task for the relevant POS transactions depending on the task type.

If the task has been carried out successfully, the system sets the task status for all processed POS transactions to Completed.

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Task Processing